Christopher White, author of a number of highly regarded books on Rembrandt, firmly bases his study on the most thorough and up-to-date scholarly research, and builds up a sensitive, accurate and fully-rounded portrait of his life and work. The author describes the radiant happiness of Rembrandt's marriage, tragically cut short by the death of his wife, discusses the psychological factors that may have awakened Rembrandt's sudden interest in landscape, and delineates the last decade of the artis...
William Kentridge (born 1955, Johannesburg) is one of South Africa's pre-eminent artists, internationally acclaimed for his drawings, films, theatre and opera productions. His work draws on varied sources, including philosophy, literature, early cinema, theatre and opera to create a complex universe in which he explores time, history and revolutionary politics. In 2016 the Whitechapel Gallery will present an exhibition of his recent works, focussing on a sequence of five key pieces dating from...
The portrait-sculptor Ivor Roberts-Jones is best known for his statue of Winston Churchill in London's Parliament Square, but outstanding among his other work is the epic bronze group `Bendigeidfran and Gwern', taken from the Mabinogion: this illustrated history of Roberts-Jones's life and work was prepared to commemmorate its completion.
Discussion of all aspects of Ayrton's work: nightmares and neo-Romantic visions, Italian and Spanish scenes, sculpture in bronze, Greece-inspired imagery of Daedalus, Icarus and the Minotaur, and the long-standing interest in mirrors leading to the sequence of reflector sculptures; finally, the Archilochos etchings and drawings of wildlife in East Africa.
Born in Bergamo and documented since 1480, Bramantino died in Milan in 1530. His nickname derives from his relationship with Bramante, the great architect of the Sforza court. From his youthful Adoration of the Shepherds to the Saint Sebastian(1515 ca.), Bramantino is always up to date with the most innovative art, but, at the same time, developing his own style, somewhat abstract and ripe with mysterious iconographies. 'Bramantino: A Renaissance Painter in Milan', a veritable reference work on...