Henry Carter Hull

Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the golden age of British book illustration, which encompassed the years 1890 until the end of World War I. The acclaim for the artist's wealth of color illustrations has overshadowed the merit of his first-rate ink work, a genre richly deserving of individual attention. This original volume, the first available collection of Rackham's line art, features images from throughout...

Excerpt: Leonardo Da Vinci found in drawing the readiest and most stimulating way of self-expression. The use of pen and crayon came to him as naturally as the monologue to an eager and egoistic talker. The outline designs in his " Treatise on Painting" aid and amplify the text with a force that is almost unknown in modern illustrated books. Open the pages at random. Here is a sketch showing " the greatest twist which a man can make in turning to...

Coles Phillips (1880–1927) was among the most in-demand illustrators in his field during the 1910s and 20s. A dynamic and highly skilled watercolor artist and draftsman, Phillips created dozens of covers for mainstream American magazines, including Good Housekeeping, Life, and The Saturday Evening Post. In 1908, he created a style in which the figure in the foreground blended seamlessly into the background, rendering some amount of the clothing...

At the turn of the twentieth century, Charles Dana Gibson's pen-and-ink drawings of the "American Girl" - now remembered as the Gibson Girl - became the national ideal of femininity. This collection of his images of youthful, dynamic women offers an informative and amusing reflection of the era's social life. Sentimental, humorous, and often gently satirical, these images portray the Gibson Girl at the theater, in the drawing room, flirting and courting,...

My love for art inspired the creation of this book. Art is such a powerful tool. It can stir many different emotions in the viewerto me it brings love, joy, happiness, and fun. These are the feelings I wish to share with all those who look upon it.

The renowned and highly influential architect, furniture-maker, interior designer and photographer Eileen Gray was born in Ireland and remained throughout her life an Irishwoman at heart. An elusive figure, her interior world has never before been observed as closely as in this ground-breaking study of her work, philosophy and inner circle of fellow artists. Jennifer Goff expertly blends art history and biography to create a stunning ensemble, offering...

Famed in the early twentieth century for his Art Nouveau–style depictions of episodes from mythology, Willy Pogány illustrated books for readers of all ages. This collection - featuring the best examples of design, illustration, and calligraphy from the artist's early career - returns a long-neglected master illustrator to the public eye. The Hungarian-born artist studied in Paris and worked in London for a decade before his arrival in the United...

Es probable que fuera en 1779 cuando Goya, que contaba entonces treinta y tres años, entró en contacto con la naciente tendencia prerromántica en la literatura española. La atmósfera melancólica, patente en poemas como Noches Lúgubres de Cadalso, en A Clori de Jovellanos y en La Noche y la Soledad de Meléndez Valdés, se refleja también en La Cita de Goya de finales de ese mismo año. Pero también revela en ella su extenso conocimiento de...

Un tesoro de reflexiones y misivas cuidadosamente seleccionadas, escritas por grandes artistas. -Organizado temáticamente, incluye notas y mensajes sobre el amor, el trabajo, la vida cotidiana, el dinero, los viajes y el proceso creativo. -Las cartas se reproducen junto con las transcripciones, con atractivos datos de fondo que proporcionan información y nos sitúan en su contexto. Cada carta se presenta como una reproducción con un comentario...

A leader in promoting the Art Deco style in advertising art and book illustration, John Vassos undertook his most personal and ambitious work in this 1931 volume. Its twenty-four gripping images represent visceral depictions of common fears-the dread of heights, open and enclosed spaces, the dark, and the menace lurking behind other everyday situations. Doctors and the general public alike hailed Phobia as a masterpiece of psychological insight. Vassos's...