  The
Society Portrait: From David to Warhol ~ Gabriel Badea-Päun
(Author), Richard Ormond (Introduction) – Hardcover: 224 pages Vendome Press
(October 1, 2007)
In a time that celebrates beauty and money over so much else, this book is a lesson
in elegance, grace, and style. It draws together for the first time in a single
volume a sumptuous gallery of portraits dating from the early nineteenth century
to World War II. Some are well-known, others unfamiliar, but all capture the spirit
of their age, throwing the society that produced them into sharp and vivid relief.
The Society Portrait offers entertaining anecdotes and intriguing insights into
the personalities of both the artists and their patrons, providing a panorama
of the settings in which the portraits were created, from French châteaux
and English country houses to American mansions and Russian palaces.
From David to Ingres, from Sargent to Boldini, from Dali to Warhol, The Society
Portrait presents a dazzling array of works of art, and discusses them in their
art historical and social context in the most elegant and entertaining manner.
 Fabric
of Vision
by Anne Hollander Paperback: 192 pages National Gallery London (July 1, 2002)
Accompanying an exhibition at London's National Gallery of Art in summer 2002,
this volume by fashion historian Hollander (Sex and Suits) demonstrates
how artists used garments and draperies as an expressive means in their paintings.
Covering Western European art from the Renaissance to the 20th century, Hollander
shows how fabric in art reflected each era's social preoccupations, fashions,
and tastes. For example, in the 15th century, representations of draperies demonstrated
a respect for the properties of the cloth itself, while in the 16th and 17th centuries,
rich drapery became used as an emotive, dramatic element. By the early 19th century,
dress reflected a new classical simplicity, and the suit became the staple item
for men. From then on, women's dress would be more the focus of emotion and sexuality,
until the 20th century, when clothing was subordinated altogether to color and
forms on a flat surface. The text is illustrated by more than 140 beautiful full-color
illustrations of works by such artists as Tintoretto, Van Dyck, Delacroix, and
Picasso. Throughout, Hollander brings new insight into the fields of both art
and costume history. Recommended for libraries that collect books on art and costume.
—Sandra Rothenberg, Framingham State Coll. Lib., MA Copyright 2002 Reed
Business Information, Inc.
Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits by Marion Oettinger,
Miguel Bretos, Carolyn Carr, Elizabeth Benson (Contributor) – Hardcover:
304 pages Yale University Press (December 1, 2004)
The tradition of portraiture in Latin America is astonishingly long and rich.
For over 2,000 years, portraits have been used to preserve the memory of the deceased,
bolster the social standing of the aristocracy, mark the deeds of the mighty,
advance the careers of politicians, record rites of passage, and mock symbols
of the status quo. This beautiful and wide-ranging book-the first to explore the
tradition of portraiture in Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the present
day-features some 200 works from fifteen countries.
Retratos (Portraits) presents an engaging variety of works by such well-known
figures as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Fernando Botero, and Jose Campeche as well
as stunning examples by anonymous and obscure artists. Distinguished contributors
discuss the significance of portraits in ancient Mayan civilizations, in the world
of colonial Iberians, in the political struggles of the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries, and in a remarkable range of other times and locations.
With a wealth of informative details and exquisite color illustrations, Retratos
invites readers to appreciate Latin American portraits and their many meanings
as never before.
This book is the catalogue for the first exhibition of Latin American portraiture
ever organized in the United States. The exhibition is on view at El Museo del
Barrio, New York (December 3, 2004 to March 20, 2005); the San Diego Museum of
Art (April 16 to June 12, 2005); the Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach (July 23
to October 2, 2005); the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
(October 21, 2005, to January 8, 2006; and the San Antonio Museum of Art (February
4 to April 30, 2006).
 Great
Portrait Drawings and Prints (Dover Pictorial Archive Series) by Carol
Belanger Grafton (Editor) – Paperback: 112 pages Dover Publications (June
4, 2004)
Pontormo: Portrait of a Halberdier (Getty Museum Studies on Art) by
Elizabeth Cropper – Paperback: 126 pages J. Paul Getty Trust Publications
(April 1, 1998)
Much has been written about the identity of the sitter in this great portrait.
In 1568, Vasari noted that Pontormo painted a beautiful work, a portrait of Francesco
Guardi. In 1612, however, the name of Cosimo de'Medici was attached to a description
of the portrait. In this volume, Cropper argues that the subject of the painting
is indeed Francesco Guardi. She discusses not only the specific determination
of the sitter but the tools and methods used in general for establishing the people
and places portrayed in works of art.
Van Gogh Face to Face: The Portraits by George Keys, Joseph J. Rishel,
Katherine Sachs (Contributor), Roland Dorn, Graham W. J. Beal, George S. Keyes,
George T.M. Shackleford, Lauren Soth, Judy Sund – Hardcover, 272 pages (April
2000)
Published to accompany a major touring exhibition, Van Gogh Face to Face
brings together for the first time the great portraits from all periods of the
painter's life, augmented by reproductions of many of his most important other
paintings. The result is an unprecedented and wonderfully revealing study of van
Gogh's development as an artist, making it possible to see his evolving approach
to the genre as he pushed back the boundaries of portraiture, culminating in the
masterworks of his final years.
 Vincent
Van Gogh: The Painter and the Portrait by George T. M. Shackelford –
Hardcover, 80 pages (June 2000)
Vincent van Gogh: The Painter and the Portrait, produced in conjunction with the
international loan exhibition Van Gogh: Face to Face, explores the artist's changing
conception of the portrait from his first experiments with drawing character studies
around 1880 to his astonishing explorations of expressive color at the end of
the decade. Illustrated with more than 50 color plates.
Portraits: A History by Andreas Beyer – Hardcover: 416 pages Harry
N Abrams (October 1, 2003)
This sumptuous, oversized art treasury-with nearly 300 full-page reproductions
of major works from museums all over the world-presents the history of Western
portraiture, from its earliest beginnings in ancient art to its flowering in the
Renaissance and Baroque eras to its transformation in modern times. The masters
of the portrait-including Van Eyck, Leonardo, Raphael, Hals, Holbein, and Rembrandt-are
all well represented, as are more recent practitioners of the genre such as Picasso,
Chuck Close, and Gerhard Richter. Numerous stunning, close-up details provide
an intimate view of the subjects depicted and invaluable information about the
artists' techniques.
Art historian Andreas Beyer's well-researched and far-ranging text offers a fascinating
overview of portraiture; it is augmented by extended captions that shed light
on each of the individual works, a complete bibliography, and biographies of the
artists. Thomas Gainsborough's The Blue Boy, François Boucher's
Madame de Pompadour, John Singer Sargent's Madame X, Pablo Picasso's
Gertrude Stein, and scores of other masterworks by famous and less-well-known
artists make this deluxe volume a joy to behold-a splendid celebration of a key
aspect of our artistic heritage.
Bibliography on Portraiture: Selected Writings on Portraiture As an Art Form
and As Documentation (Library Reference) by Irene Heppner (Compiler),
Hardcover, G K Hall, 1990
Old Master Portrait Drawings (Dover Art Library Series) by James Spero
– Paperback, 44 pages, Dover Pubns, 1990
47 masterpieces of drawing from the great schools and traditions of Italy and
northern Europe, spanning four centuries from Filippino Lippi, Andrea del Sarto
and Titian to Rembrandt, Van Dyck and Ingres. 47 plates.
Russian Portraits in Watercolour 1825-1855 by Maurice Baruch Hardcover,
200 pages, Antique Collectors Club, 1997
This work reveals for the first time a large number of paintings—chiefly
portraits of contemporaries of Pushkin - taken from one of the most significant
and important private collections of Russian watercolor portraits of the nineteenth
century. It is of exceptional interest not only for the quality of the works reproduced,
but also for the great variety of both artists and subjects represented. So full
of life and expression are these portraits that it is impossible to resist conjuring
up images of an era—and a technique—that have been overlooked for many
years. Text in Russian and English. Slipcased.
Dutch Portraits from the Seventeenth Century = Nederlandse Portretten
Uit De 17E Eeuw by R. E. O. Ekkart – Paperback (January 1996) Boymans Van
Beuningen Museum
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  Dog
Painting 1840 - 1940 by William Secord Hardcover: 368 pages Antique Collectors
Club Dist A/C (January 25, 2007)
This hugely successful book traces the development of pure-bred
dogs and examines why they have become so popular. It is full
of charming anecdotes about dog lovers such as Queen Victoria
and the great American collector Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge.
 
Dog
Painting: The European Breeds by William Secord Hardcover:
398 pages Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C (January
25, 2007)
The founder of the Dog Museum in St. Louis and author of Dog
Painting: 1840-1940, A Social History of the Dog in Art,
Secord here returns with a sort of catalogue raisonn? eight
years in the makingAand worth the wait. Focusing on the 19th
century, Secord first delves into the "dog world"
of the different European countriesAhounds on the hunt in France
were more likely to be in front of a cart in BelgiumAshowing
how their milieus affected the paintings that resulted. Next,
he turns to the paintings themselves, and lingers. Many of the
580 illustrations are published here for the first time, with
Secord's lively commentary and captions identifying artist,
title and provenance of each painting. An appendix of biographies
of dog artists will help hardcore buffs keep track, while The
Dog Address Book, also available from ACC, lifts many of the
best illustrations. This coffee-table book is produced with
the kind of care that makes much of the dog-centered stuff out
there look crass. Secord's passion for his subject translates
readily, even for those not willing to follow him into dog-painting
minutiae; anyone with an interest in realist painting will like
this book. (Oct.) —Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information,
Inc.
  Best
in Show: The Dog in Art from the Renaissance to Today by Peter Bowron, Carolyn
Rose Rebbert, Robert Rosenblum, William Secord Hardcover: 176 pages Yale University
Press (August 3, 2006)
Dogs have been featured in works of art in various ways—from
primary subjects to supporting characters to props. Best in
Show is the most up-to-date, comprehensive survey of the dog
as shown in painting, sculpture, works on paper, and photography
from the end of the sixteenth century to today.
This beautifully produced book features sixty works by such
illustrious artists as Francis Bacon, Gustave Courbet, Salvador
Dalí, Lucian Freud, Thomas Gainsborough, Edouard Manet,
Andy Warhol, William Wegman, Andrew Wyeth, and many more. Four
fascinating essays by distinguished scholars discuss the dog
in the context of the art of the 16th through the 21st centuries;
examine the purebred and how breeds have developed and changed
over the years; and outline the results of scientific inquiry
over the centuries regarding the nature of dogs.
Best in Show brilliantly illuminates the captivating
and intriguing history of the dog in art––offering
myriad interpretations and irrefutable reasons for celebrating
“the artist’s best friend.”
  The
Spanish Portrait: From El Greco To Picasso by Javier
Portus – Paperback: 398 pages Publisher: Scala Publishers (February
28, 2005)
  Papi
in Posa: 500 Years of Papal Portraiture by John Paul
II Cultural Center – Paperback: 222 pages Publisher: John
Paul II Cultural Center; Illustrate edition (March 28, 2006)
 Portraiture
(Oxford History of Art) by Shearer West – Paperback: 256
pages Publisher: Oxford University Press (April 1, 2004)
This fascinating new addition to the acclaimed Oxford History
of Art series explores the world of portraiture from a number
of vantage points, and asks key questions about its nature.
How has portraiture changed over the centuries? How have portraits
represented their subjects, and how have they been interpreted?
The book provides a clear, yet thorough overview of the history
of portraiture in terms of social, political, economic, and
psychological factors over a broad time span. Issues such as
identity, modernity, and gender are considered within their
cultural and historical contexts. Shearer West uncovers intriguing
aspects of portraiture-a genre that has often been seen as purely
representational, featuring examples from African tribes to
Renaissance princes, and from 'stars' such as David and Victoria
Beckham to everyday people. West examines the many meanings
and uses of portraits throughout the ages and includes a wide
range of artists from Botticelli to Picasso, and Hans Holbein
to Frida Kahlo. In the process, she reveals the faces of the
past in an exciting new way. Beautifully illustrated throughout,
this book is a unique and accessible introduction to the history
of portraiture.
 Worshiping
the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits by Jan
Stuart – Paperback, 216 pages (September 2001)
Despite their compelling presence and often exquisite quality,
Chinese ancestor portraits have never been studied as a genre.
This richly illustrated book is the first to explore in depth
the artistic, historical, and religious significance of these
remarkable paintings and to place them with other types of commemorative
portraiture.
 
Qajar Portraits: Figure Paintings from Nineteenth Century Persia (Azimuth
Editions in Association With Iran Heritage Foundation) by Julian Raby – Paperback:
104 pages I. B. Tauris (July 20, 2001)
Qajar Portraits is a beautifully-illustrated, comprehensive
overview of Qajar imperial portraiture. The items, which include
several of the most important works of early Qajar art, clearly
depict the political role of portraiture under the Qajars and
the influence of Napoleonic portraits on the development of
Persia’s early-20th century imperial iconography under
Fath ‘Ali Shah, and the use of portraiture in Qajar civil
and military Orders of Merit. No other Muslim dynasty, except
the Mughals, used portraiture as intensively to further dynastic
and political ends.
Portraiture: Facing the Subject (Critical Introductions
to Art), Hardcover
Portraiture: Facing the Subject (Critical Introductions
to Art), Paperback by Joanna Woodall (Editor), Manchester
Univ Press, 1997
Portraiture occupies a central position in the history of Western
art. It has been the most popular genre of painting and has
been crucial to the construction and articulation of individualism.
Despite this, its status within academic art theory is uncertain
and there is no adequate critical analysis of the subject available.
With an international team of specialists, including Patricia
Simmons, Ludmilla Jordanova, John Gage, Marcia Pointon and Ernst
Van Alphen, this volume provides a much-needed, comprehensive
and up-to-date introduction to the major issues in the history
of portraiture. The book's chapters are structured chronologically,
progressing from the Italian Renaissance to Dutch seventeenth-century
portraiture and on to Picasso, surrealism, Lucian Freud and
Cindy Sherman. Each chapter examines the key developments in
portraiture within each specific period, complete with analytical
subheadings, making this an ideal book for students.
Portrait of Dr. Gachet: The Story of a Van Gogh Masterpiece:
Modernism, Money, Politics, Collectors, Dealers, Taste, Greed,
and Loss by Cynthia Saltzman – Hardcover, 336 pages
(May 1998) Viking Press
Only a few weeks before his 1890 suicide, Vincent van Gogh painted
a portrait of Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, a local physician the painter
had been fruitlessly consulting about his depression. Upon his
death, the painting, like much of van Gogh's work, went to his
brother, Theo. A few years later, Theo's widow sold it for 300
francs (worth, then, $58). In 1990, a wealthy Japanese businessman
paid $82.5 million at a Christie's auction for it and promptly
hid it away in a Tokyo warehouse, where it presumably remains
to this day. Cynthia Saltzman traces the painting's provenance
through a century of art collecting and cultural politics. Along
the way, the portrait passes through—among others—the
hands of early modernist collectors, the Nazi regime (where
it was shown as part of an exhibit of "degenerate" art), and
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. In addition to a detailed
account of the circumstances of each change of possession (it
slipped out of the Nazis' hands, for example, when Herman Goerring
needed a quick transfusion of hard currency), Saltzman provides
a sensitive appraisal of the changing critical reputation of
van Gogh and of the fluctuating market for "masterpieces" on
canvas. Portrait of Dr. Gachet is an art history which never
loses sight of the fact that art history is always a subset
of a larger history.
Portraiture in Russia: XX Century
by Yevgenia Petrova (Editor) – Hardcover: 408 pages State Russian Museum (June 1, 2002)
 Portraits
of Livia: Imaging the Imperial Woman in Augustan Rome by Elizabeth Bartman – Hardcover (January 1999) Cambridge
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