A crime novel featuring Chief Inspector Morse, in which Morse and his assistant Sergeant Lewis are called upon to investigate the murder of a young woman who was shot from close range through her kitchen window. After a visit to his doctor, Morse finds that he also has to deal with a crisis of his own.

This brilliant blend of history, biography, and criticism explores the seminal figures of twentieth-century French art—Matisse, Picasso, Derain, Léger, Dufy, Braque, Giacometti, Balthus, and Hélion—and the vital art world in which they thrived.The ten interlocking essays in this important book include radical new evaluations of Derain, Léger, and Dufy, and penetrating studies of the final works of Picasso and Braque. Paris Without End, Jed Perl’s first book, is now celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary and is essential reading for anyone passionate about modern art.Roberta Smith called it “a quiet, cogent tour de force. . . . As one critic’s demonstration of what he considers the best in art and the best way to write about it, this book sets a high standard.”Hilton Kramer also noted, “Everyone who cares about the art of the twentieth century will find something to disagree with in this book—its many unorthodox judgments are bound to be controversial—but that, in my view, is a mark of the book’s importance.”

Product Description: Alexander Calder was one of the most original artists of the twentieth century and a major figure in American art. Renowned for his mobiles and stabiles, he also created the beloved Calder Circus, an early performance piece now preserved at the Whitney Museum...read more

Product Description: As art critic for The New Republic, Jed Perl is renowned for combining a passion for art and a skepticism about the current art establishment with an ability to write about art in the context of our larger culture. In this collection of essays, including two written especially for this book, he delivers a brilliant mixture of first-rate art criticism and politically informed insight into the true workings of the American art world...read more

A panoramic study of mid-twentieth-century New York art and culture focuses on an innovative, revolutionary period in American cultural development, looking at the work of such figures as Jackson Pollock, David Smith, Willem de Kooning, Joseph Cornell, Andy Warhol, Donald Judd, Joan Mitchell, Fairfield Porter, and other, lesser known artists. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

A panoramic study of mid-twentieth-century New York art and culture focuses on an innovative, revolutionary period in American cultural development, looking at the work of such figures as Jackson Pollock, David Smith, Willem de Kooning, Joseph Cornell, Andy Warhol, Donald Judd, Joan Mitchell, Fairfield Porter, and other, lesser known artists. 25,000 first printing.

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Twenty-six essays discuss contemporary artists, developments in the world of museums and galleries, and how the art world is now dominated by market demands.

Product Description: A treasure of mini monographs.

Examines the art scene of the late 1980s

Briefly discusses Man Ray's approach to photography and gathers a selection of his portraits, nudes, abstracts, and still lifes

Product Description: The artist's dazzling landscapes, still lifes, and self-portraits are a defining achievement of postwar American art, uniting bold colour, spare geometric composition, and naturalistic observation. Matthiasdottir returned regularly to her native Iceland, the subject of much of her work...read more