A substantial book on the 1920s' group who turned against modernist abstraction in favour of figurative painting, and were particularly influential oin theatre design, ballet and fashion.
His paintings of irises and plum blossoms on gold-foiled folding screens are still exquisite after 400 years. This book offers the first detailed presentationof his work in English.
Illustrated with 300 paintings from the State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow and the Albertinum of the State Art Collections Dresden, this is a fine book on the C19th artists who dreamed of freedo... read more
A gorgeous, illustrated study of the ways in which shells were circulated, depicted, collected and valued during a time of remarkable global change, by aristocrats and apothecaries, scholars... read more