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Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron : Portraits to Dream InAuthor: NAPublisher: National Portrait GalleryPublication Date: May 14, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

The first volume in over 20 years dedicated to Bacon's unconventional, psychologically trenchant portraitsFeaturing works from the 1950s onward, this book explores the genre-defying portraiture of...

I do not despair of having my picture in the Exhibition at last - all white & red, with my Head on one Side. Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, in a letter of 1813.Author: Josephine RossPublisher:...

Samuel Pepys's Diary stands with Shakespeare and the King James Bible as an indisputable treasure of English literature. As a picture of England, and especially of London, in the age of King Charles...

Overlooked stories of the female painters and subjects of Pre-Raphaelite artWhen the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood exhibited their first works in 1849, it heralded a revolution in British art. Think of...

'What happens when Black artists depict Black figures? What art does this produce, and what worlds of possibility does this reveal?' - Ekow Eshun Reframing the Black Figure showcases more than 20 of...

Shakespeare and his Contemporaries by Charles Nicholl William Shakespeare and his contemporaries helped create not only a new kind of theatre but also a new form of language. In an age of religious...

From Holbein's portraits to Broadway musical costumes: an iconographic look at the legacy of six remarkable queensThe queen consorts of Henry VIII have come to be encapsulated in a succinct six-word...

A luxurious visual guide to the past 500 years of the British monarchyPublic image has been a concern of every monarch since the dawn of visual culture, and depictions of rulers have consistently...

The Time is Always Now : Artists Reframe the Black FigureAuthor: Ekow Eshun, Bernardine EvaristoPublisher: National Portrait GalleryPublication Date: Mar 19, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...