AMERICAN PAINTERS

The Art of Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko: The Art of Transcendence

Mark Rothko  in Close-Up

The Art of Frank Stella

Frank Stella: From Minimalism to Maxmimalism

Frank Stella in Close-Up

Brice Marden

Jasper Johns

Maurice Sendak and the Art of Children's Book Illustration

Maurice Sendak in Close-Up

Colourfield Painting

Minimal Art and Artists in the 1960s and After

Postwar Art

Glorification: Religious Abstraction in Renaissance and 20th Century Painting

Sex in Art: Pornography and Pleasure in Painting and Sculpture

Land Art: A Complete Guide

Surveying all of the work of the celebrated American painter, from the early post-Surrealist figurative works, the 'multiform', cloud-like paintings of the Forties and Fifties, to the murals series and 'Rothko Chapels' in Houston, Harvard and the Tate Gallery; and finally, the late grey, brown and black works of the Sixties. Davis places Rothko within modern art - Surrealism, Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism, colourfield, 'cool art' and Minimalism - and with his contemporary artists: Newman, de Kooning, Gottlieb, Pollock,  Still, Avery, Motherwell, Johns, Stella.
 
 

Painters Series  Notes, illustrations (b/w & colour) & bibliography. 145pp  ISBN 1-86171-040-2  £14.99 / $23.50   forthcoming
 
 
 
 

Mark Rothko, the American Abstract Expressionist painter, is one of the most widely celebrated of all 20th century artists. His paintings are huge and haunting, marked by themes of tragedy and transcendence. Davis covers Rothko's development from the post-Surrealist semi-figurative works through the radiant canvases of the 1950s, with their floating 'clouds' or 'forms', to the intensity and religiosity of the late mural sequences, the so-called 'Rothko chapels' of Houston, Harvard and the Tate Gallery.

A new, special edition, with a new introduction and bibliography, and many more illustrations.
 
 

Painters Series   New, special 3rd edition  Illustrations, bibliography, notes  168pp
 

ISBN 1-86171-072-0    £15.00 / $30.00   PBK
 

ISBN 1-86171-192-1    £45.00 / $90.00   HBK

by Julia Davis

This new book surveys all of the work of the celebrated American painter Mark Rothko up close.
Taking in every period of Rothkoís artistic career, from the early post-Surrealist figurative works, the ëmultiformí, cloud-like paintings of the Forties and Fifties, to the mature works: the big commissions and murals series and the ëRothko Chapelsí in Houston, Harvard and the Tate Gallery, London. Finally, to the late grey, brown and black works of the Sixties.
Juila Davis sites Rothko within modern art - Surrealism, Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism, colourfield, post-painterly abstraction and Minimalism - and beside his contemporary artists: Newman, de Kooning, Gottlieb, Pollock, Still, Avery, Motherwell, Johns and Stella.
 
 

Art in Close-up Series   Bibliography, notes, illustrations   119pp  ISBN 1-86171-074-7  £19.99 / $32.00   forthcoming
 

A new study of the American abstract painter born in 1936, from the celebrated Black Paintings of 1959, through the Minimalist Copper and Aluminium paintings of the early Sixties, the exuberant Protractor series, the 3-dimensional Polish Village, Exotic Birds and Brazilian 'maximalist' works of the 1980s and 1990s. Employing the most up-to-date art criticism of Stella. Pearson also looks at Stella's contemporaries: Johns, Rauschenberg, Noland, Olitski, Louis, Ryman, Marden, Rothko and Newman among others.
 
 

Painters Series  Notes, illustrations (b/w & colour) & bibliography. 153pp  ISBN 1-86171-038-9   £14.99 / $23.50   forthcoming
 

A new critical survey of the celebrated New York abstract painter. Stella achieved success early on in his career with his Black Paintings of the late 1950s. In the 60s his colourful 'Protractor' series and geometric shaped canvases became some of the most distinctive manifestations of postwar and Minimalist art. In the 1970s Stella went 'maximalist', producing multi-media works, often using lumps of aluminium and steel, which were vivaciously and complexly three dimensional.

A new, special edition, completely rewritten, and many more illustrations.
 
 

Painters Series   New, special 3rd edition  Illustrations, bibliography, notes  92pp  ISBN 1-86171-073-9    £10.00 / $20.00   PBK
 

by James Pearson

An in-depth exploration of the American abstract painter. Born in 1936, Stella went on to become among Americaís premier contemporary artists. Unlike many 20th century artists, Stella has always worked in abstraction. His art is irrepressible, daring, hugely enjoyable, and refreshingly angst-free.
This book begins with the celebrated Black Paintings of 1959, moves on through the Minimalist Copper and Aluminium paintings of the early Sixties, to the exuberant Protractor series, the expansion into three dimensions in the 1970s, and closing with the 3-dimensional Polish Village, Exotic Birds and Brazilian ëmaximalistí works of the 1980s and 1990s.
Employing the most up-to-date art criticism of Frank Stella, Pearson also looks at Stellaís contemporaries: Johns, Rauschenberg, Noland, Olitski, Louis, Ryman, Marden, Rothko and Newman among others.
 
 

Art in Close-up Series   Bibliography, notes, illustrations   122pp  ISBN 1-86171-075-5  £19.99 / $32.00   forthcoming
 
 

Brice Marden's first works were the Minimalist monochrome panels of the 1960s, large, austere, 'implacable' oil and wax paintings characterized by a precise coolness. In 1975 he had a one-man show at the Guggenheim. Garrard looks at the early works, the multi-panel works of the 1970s, the Sea Paintings, Grove Group, Greek and landscape works, the 'Annunciation Series' and Thira. In the 80s Marden developed a 'calligraphic' or 'Oriental' art, which appeared in many prints as well as large canvases. This is the only full-length appraisal available.
 

Painters Series  Illustrations, bibliography, notes  158pp  ISBN 9781861711205  £15.00 / $30.00
 

by L.M. Poole

Jasper Johns is one of the most poignant and sensual of postwar artists, whose works command some of the highest prices for a living artist. Johns is the creator of the famous flags, targets, ale cans, numbers and letters series. Poole traces Johns' development from the Rauschenberg era to the multi-part Season paintings of the 1980s.
 
 

Painters Series  Bibliography, illustrations, notes, new, revised edition   115pp  ISBN 9781861711564    £10.00 / $20.00
 

Maurice Sendak is the widely acclaimed American children's book author and illustrator. This critical study focusses on his famous trilogy, Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen and Outside Over There, as well as the early works and Sendak's superb depictions of Grimm's fairy tales in The Juniper Tree. Poole begins with a chapter on children's book illustration, in particular the treatment of fairy tales. Sendak's work is situated within the history of children's book illustration, and he is compared with many contemporary authors.

This new, special edition includes a new introduction, a new bibliography and many more illustrations.
 
 

Bibliography, notes, illustrations    260pp
 

PAPERBACK

ISBN 1-86171-061-5    £15.00 / $30.00
 

HARDBACK

ISBN 1-86171-191-3    £50.00 / $100.00
 
 

Just about the best childrenís book author and illustrator of recent times, if not the most significant, Maurice Sendak ranks alongside Dr Seuss (Theodore Geisel) as one of Americaís biggest talents in the world of childrenís picture books. Now heís having the Hollywood blockbuster treatment, with the release of Where the Wild Are, itís a good time to reappraise the art of this astonishingly inventive book artist.
And itís not only Maurice Sendak that Hollywood is turning to in its hunt for more childrenís fantasy literature: two huge recent movies, The Grinch and The Cat in the Hat, are based on Dr Seuss ? and thereís Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, of course (with C.S. Lewisís Narnia series on the way).
 
 

Art in Close-up Series   Bibliography, notes, illustrations   132pp  ISBN 1-86171-076-3  £19.99 / $32.00   forthcoming
 

A new study of Sixties post-painterly abstraction, also known as colourfield, ABC, Process, systematic, minimal or 'hard edge' painting. Featuring Louis, Stella, Newman, Rothko, Noland, Frankenthaler, Kelly, Marden, Ryman, Richter, Martin, Mangold, Reinhardt, Klein, Diebenkorn and many others.
 
 

Painters Series  Notes, illustrations (including colour) & bibliography. 200pp    Large format

Paperback     ISBN 1-86171-026-7  £25.00 / $50.00

Hardback     ISBN 1-86171-129-8  £50.00 / $100.00

All the main practitioners and theoreticians of the still-influential 1960s Minimal art are studied here: Donald Judd, Robert Morris, Carl Andre, Frank Stella, Robert Ryman, Robert Smithson, Brice Marden, Dan Flavin, Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt, and many land artists

Chapters on Minimal aesthetics; Minimal painting and painters; Minimal sculptors and sculpture; and  Minimal art and land artists.
 
 

Painters Series     colour and b/w illustrations.   262 pages.  Large format

PBK     ISBN 1-86171-025-9  £25.00 / $50.00

HDBK     ISBN 1-86171-112-3   £50.00 / $100.00
 
 

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A comprehensive survey of painting, sculpture, performance art and installations, taking in Abstract Expressionism, land art, Superrealism, Conceptual art, ABC or Process Art, Pop Art, the New Figuration, and artists such as Warhol, Oldenburg, Koons, Johns, Oulton, Hesse, Kahlo, Smith, Hockney, Mapplethorpe, Kitaj, Morris, Kiefer, Schnabel, Judd, Serra and Horn.
 
 

Bibliography, illustrations, notes  124pp  ISBN 1-898283-07-9  £11.99 / $18.00
 

A study of the iconography, symbolism, abstraction and mythopoeia in Renaissance and modern art. Nine painters are explored in detail: Renaissance masters Fra Angelico, Fra Filippo Lippi, Sandro Botticelli, Piero della Francesca, Hans Memling, Leonardo da Vinci, Andrea del Sarto, and 20th century American abstract artists Brice Marden and Ad Reinhardt, whose Black Paintings mark the end of one path of religious art. Chapters include discussions of abstraction and figuration in sacred art; the hermeneutics of space, light, colour and abstraction; the iconology of the Virgin Mary, Christ and angels; the symbolism of geometry, numerology and colour.

Jeremy Robinson's books include Rimbaud (1992), Lawrence Durrell (1995) and Detonation Britain: Nuclear War in the UK (1997). He edits two magazines, Passion and Pagan America (a journal of American poetry).
 
 

Painters Series  With full index, bibliography and lists of over 650 artworks cited. Illustrated.  220pp  New, second edition   ISBN 1-871846-27-7    £15.99 / $25.00
 

A comprehensive and detailed survey of erotic art from ancient times to the modern era. All the major erotic artists of the Western tradition are analyzed (Schiele, Bellmer, Rowlandson, Picasso, Titian, Ingres, Rops, Leonardo). Other chapters include erotica in ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, Oriental erotic art (Taoist and Tantric art from China and India), gender and eroticism in Renaissance art, and the sensuality of sculpture. A discussion of the complex relationship between art and pornography provides the central critical axis for this challenging book.

Cassidy Hughes is a writer and photographer. His previous books include Images of India (1982), Petrarch, Dante and the Troubadours (1992) and Sex in Art (1993). His photographs have been exhibited in London, Rome, Hong Kong and New York (among others). He lives near St Just in West Penwith, Cornwall.
 

This new, special edition contains many new illustrations (some of which are rare), a new introduction and bibliography.
 

Bibliography, index, illustrations  New, special edition  480pp  ISBN 1-86171-193X    £30.00 / $60.00
 
 

by William Malpas

A new book on land art.

Chapters on land artists such as Robert Smithson, Walter de Maria, Christo, Michael Heizer, Richard Long and Andy Goldsworthy. All of the major practitioners of land and environmental art are discussed, as well as the key concepts and themes.
 
 

Sculptors Series.    35 b/w, 2 colour illustrations.   314 pages.  First edition.
 

PBK   ISBN 1-86171-062-3   £25.00 / $37.50

HDBK   ISBN 1-86171-111-5   £50.00 / $100.00
 

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The Art of Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko: The Art of Transcendence

Mark Rothko  in Close-Up

The Art of Frank Stella

Frank Stella: From Minimalism to Maxmimalism

Frank Stella in Close-Up

Brice Marden

Jasper Johns

Maurice Sendak and the Art of Children's Book Illustration

Maurice Sendak in Close-Up

Colourfield Painting

Minimal Art and Artists in the 1960s and After

Postwar Art

Glorification: Religious Abstraction in Renaissance and 20th Century Painting

Sex in Art: Pornography and Pleasure in Painting and Sculpture

Land Art, Earthworks, Installations, Environments, Sculpture

Land Art: A Complete Guide

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