Product Description: The ultimate collection of gluten-free baking recipes. Denise O'Callaghan shares all her tips and secrets on how gluten free baking differs from regular baking. With loads of inspirational photographs and step-by-step instructions she shows you how to make everything from pizza to Tiramisu, and from crepes to Christmas cake...read more

A biography of Russian-born artist Sonia Delaunay, a major figure in the birth of abstract painting, offers an intimate glimpse of the artist, her famous contemporaries, and Paris culture since the 1920s

Whether you are an ardent follower of this fascinating artist, or just learning about her life and work, this lively volume offers an in-depth portrait of Niki de Saint Phalle's world, turbulent life and extraordinary art. De Saint Phalle's biography reads like a bestselling novel: a difficult education, early fame as a fashion model, and family rebellion. Her earliest works, known as shooting paintings, were executed with a rifle and paint-filled bullets. She went on to explore women s identities through papiermache figures. As her reputation grew, so did her works. Her larger than-life Nanas could be entered and viewed from within. She created sculpture parks in Israel, Italy, and California, among other places. This book introduces readers to De Saint Phalle in chapters that include reproductions of her pieces, photographs from her life, and historical background that gives insight into her life and work. As lively as the life it reveals, this volume is a superb look into the world of an intriguing and courageous artist.

A portrait of one of the fathers of post-modernism reveals Marcel Duchamp's humor, originality, and charm, as well as the artist's romantic affairs and his influence on contemporary personalities

Product Description: Reflections on life and art from the legendary filmmaker-novelist-poet-genius. By the time he published The Difficulty of Being in 1947, Jean Cocteau had produced some of the most respected films and literature of the twentieth century, and had worked with the foremost artists of his time, including Proust, Gide, Picasso and Stravinsky...read more

Product Description: Now available again, this lively and accessible introduction to one of the world's most beloved artists is filled with color illustrations, fascinating biographical information, and insight into Picasso's artistic development. What did Spain look like when Picasso was born? What kind of community did he grow up in? What was his studio like? Who were the people who had the most influence on his art? The answers to these and other questions help bring into focus the Spanish artist's brilliant career and his influence on 20th-century art...read more

A full-length portrait of the pioneering founder of Cubism places his life against a backdrop of twentieth-century art, covering such topics as his role in bringing about a revolutionary way of seeing, his creative partnership with Picasso, and his boundary-pushing artistic achievements. 12,500 first printing.

Product Description: The French painter Jean Hélion’s unique and deeply moving account of his experiences in Nazi prisoner-of-war camps prefigures the even darker stories that would emerge from the concentration camps. This serious adventure tale begins with Hélion’s infantry platoon fleeing from the German army and warplanes as they advanced through France in the early days of the war...read more

Product Description: Now in paperback: the third volume of John Richardson’s magisterial Life of Picasso.Here is Picasso at the height of his powers in Rome and Naples, producing the sets and costumes with Cocteau for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, and visiting Pompei where the antique statuary fuel his obsession with classicism; in Paris, creating some of his most important sculpture and painting as part of a group that included Braque, Apollinaire, Miró, and Breton; spending summers in the South of France in the company of Gerald and Sara Murphy, Hemingway, and Fitzgerald...read more

The third in a multi-volume study of the life and work of Pablo Picasso captures the artist at the height of his talent in prewar Europe producing sets and costumes for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, working in Paris with an avant-garde group that included Miró and Braque, and spending summers in the south of France with Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and others. 60,000 first printing.

Product Description: This thought-provoking book presents a lively introduction to the 20th century's most important artist, Pablo Picasso. Picasso was a passionate student of the European painting tradition, and his memory for images was voracious. Naturally drawn to Spanish masters Velázquez and Goya, he also engaged with such figures as Rembrandt, Delacroix, Ingres, Manet, and Cézanne...read more

Explores the world, art, and inspiration of the French impressionist painter

Product Description: Who hasn't had the fanthasy of leaving his or her old life behind to start over? What would happen if you gave up your job, city, state, and routine to move to another part of the world? Critically acclaimed writer and aspiring painter James Morgan does just that...read more

A richly illustrated first volume in a multi-volume portrait of the seminal artist focuses on Picasso's early life in Málaga and Barcelona, his 1904 move to France, his Rose and Blue periods, and his work on Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, the painting that would usher in the modernist period. Winner of the Whitbread Prize. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

The second volume in a definitive biography of the artistic genius follows the most revolutionary period in Picasso's career, shedding new light on the private life, psychological make-up, and artistic evolution of the century's most famous painter. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

The second volume in a masterful two-part biography, following The Unknown Matisse, chronicles the later years of the influential artist, interweaving analyses of his work with a study of Matisse's relationships with family and friends, trips around the world, the women in his life, and the continuing influences on the evolution of his art. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Product Description: For more than 50 years the passionate pursuit of color led Henri Matisse to visit some of the most enchanting villages in southern France. Travelers and art lovers will delight in this mix of art, history, biography, and travel guide that covers southern France and explores the teal skies, emerald hills, red soil, and indigo seas beloved by the artist...read more

The voice of Pablo Picasso recounts the leading events of his life and places them in the historical, intellectual, and artistic context of his times.

The voice of Pablo Picasso recounts the leading events of his life and places them in the historical, intellectual, and artistic context of his times.

A practical series of monographs in which the titles help art lovers avoid any embarrassing lapses of memory in conversation. Peppered with numerous illustrations and texts that cover contemporary history, biographical information and artistic works, these mini art guides offer an overview of some of the most exceptional artists in history.