Libros

This book, like the exhibition it accompanies, looks at the special pictorial and thematic characteristics of Cezanne's portraiture practice, including his creation of complementary pairs and multiple versions of the same subject . The chronological development of the artist's portraiture is also (...)

Duane Michals, the subject of a major travelling retrospective exhibition organized by the Carnegie Museums, has long been recognized for his inventive photo sequences, which shaped the work of several generations of artists. But even as he is enjoying wide acclaim, a central body of work by the (...)

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 1986) was one of the foundational figures of American modernism and a pioneering woman in the arts. Widely celebrated and recognized for her flower paintings and Southwest landscapes, O'Keeffe is revealed in full in this new book. With superb plates of more than 200 works, it (...)

After the Peace of Westphalia, several German states developed a disciplined Military' that produced outstanding armies. Germany supplied mercenary troops to major and minor powers in Europe, and the military-state, usually exemplified by Prussia, became a crucial part of German history. However, (...)

This study describes and analyses the Swedish campaign in Muscovy of 1609 1610 and the Ingrian War of 1610 1617 between Sweden and Muscovy; both wars took place during Russia's Time of Troubles'. Faced with a serious threat from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Moscow entered into an alliance (...)

As well as being Emperor of the French (and note, incidentally, that Napoleon's title was not Emperor of France') it is often forgotten, or simply overlooked, that Napoleon was also King of Italy a state that essentially comprised all Italy north of the Kingdom of Naples. The Kingdom of Italy was a (...)