The Blake Book(1st Edition) (Tate Essential Artists Series) by MartinMyrone Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2008 by Tate Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-85437-727-2, ISBN: 1-85437-727-2
"In a career that ranged over a turbulent era in European history, William Blake (1757-1827) produced one of the most singular and intense body of works in the history of art. Neglected and misunderstood in his lifetime, his extraordinary paintings, poetry and prints now enjoy an international reputation. Technically innovative, strikingly original, and highly personal in their symbolism, his images are both powerfully immediate in their ..."
"An authoritative look at William Blake's life and enduring relevance as a prophetic artist, poet, and printmakerWilliam Blake (1757–1827) created some of the most iconic images in the history of art. He was a countercultural prophet whose personal struggles, technical innovations, and revelatory vision have inspired generations of artists. This marvelously illustrated book explores the biographical, artistic, and political contexts that ..."
"The late 17th and early 18th centuries saw profound changes in Britain and in its visual arts. This volume provides fresh perspectives on the art of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods, focusing on the concepts, spaces, and audiences of court, country, and city as reflected in an array of objects, materials, and places. The essays discuss the revolutionary political and economic circumstances of the period, which not only forged ..."
"Comic Art - art that gains its effect through visual humour, caricature, exaggeration and slapstick, whether in print, reproduction or through the moving image - has long helped shape and inform British culture. This entertaining and irreverent history aims to present a wide-screen vision of comic art, from Hogarth to Spitting Image, from Michelangelo to The Mighty Boosh. Tackling the big themes of morality, politics, the bawdy and the ..."
"How William Hogarth and artists across Europe captured the new modernity of the 18th century, revealing themes still strikingly relevant today Illustrating the full range of Hogarth's most important paintings and prints, this book shows ..."
Bodybuilding(1st Edition) Reforming Masculinities in British Art 1750-1810 (Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British) by MartinMyrone Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2006 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-11005-0, ISBN: 0-300-11005-7
"This ambitious and original book explores the radical transformation of the heroic male body in late eighteenth-century British art. It ranges across a period in which a modern art world was established, taking into account the lives and careers of a succession of major figures - from Benjamin West and Gavin Hamilton, to Henry Fuseli, John Flaxman and William Blake - and influential institutions, from the Royal Academy through to the co ..."
Producing the Past(1st Edition) Aspects of Antiquarian Culture and Practice 17001850 (Routledge Revivals) by Lucy Peltz, MartinMyrone Hardcover, 214 Pages, Published 2019 by Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-138-36324-3, ISBN: 1-138-36324-3
"These essays evaluate the cultural and poltical implications of antiquarianism in the period 1700-1850. The volume also considers how the antiquarians laid the foundations of later museum culture and the discipline of history."
Watercolour in Britain by MartinMyrone Paperback, 60 Pages, Published 2010 by Tate Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-85437-887-3, ISBN: 1-85437-887-2
"Accompanying a major exhibition that will tour Britain in 2010, this thought-provoking yet accessible survey of the art of watercolour in Britain will provide a visual feast. From the glories of Britain's 'golden age of watercolour' in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to the latest contemporary practice, the book will include works by artists as various as JMW Turner, William Blake, the Pre-Raphaelites, John Piper and ..."
"Written for the experienced Java developer or manager, Professional EJB provides a truly in-depth guide to using Enterprise JavaBeans, including versions 1.0 and 2.0. Filled with practical advice for good design and performance and plenty of useful sample code, this title is one of the best available guides to working with this powerful component standard.While some titles on EJB are long on theory and short on the nuts and bolts of act ..."
"Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was one of the masters of eighteenth-century art. This book, published to accompany a major international exhibition covering the artist's entire career, reveals the sheer range, quality, and originality of Gainsborough's work from his engagingly naturalistic landscapes and touching images of children to his sophisticated and glamorous society portraits.In their essay, Michael Rosenthal and Martin Myrone ..."
George Stubbs(1st Edition) by MartinMyrone, George Stubbs Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2003 by Tate Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-85437-433-2, ISBN: 1-85437-433-8
"George-Stubbs (1724-1806) is one of Britain's best-loved painters. His pictures of famous racehorses and their riders and the more dramatic works showing horses and lions in combat are among the most familiar images in British art, prized for their subtlety, naturalism and piercing observation. Once marginalised as merely a humble sporting artist, Stubbs is now recognised as a key figure in British cultural tradition.In this study, Mart ..."
"The five hundred years of British art represented in the Tate's collection includes some of the most moving, memorable, and inspiring images produced in the Western tradition. One hundred of these images have been selected for this publication, and seen together they demonstrate the vitality and sheer quality of British art across the centuries. Works by the most famous artists are included, from Hilliard and Van Dyck to Hogarth, Consta ..."
"This book is an accessible and richly illustrated look at a growing influence on popular culture which accompanies the major exhibition British Folk Art at Tate Britain.Folk art is an established subject in many countries; however, in Britain the genre remains elusive, and this publication will accompany the first major survey of the subject. Rarely considered in the context of art history, Â'folk artÂ' has been viewed as part of social ..."
Tate Britain(1st Edition) The Guide by MartinMyrone Hardcover, 16 Pages, Published 2001 by Tate Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-85437-370-0, ISBN: 1-85437-370-6
"Illustrating works by famous British artists, this book introduces the gallery and offers an accessible overview of five centuries of British art."
" The Gothic Reader brings together texts and images from the origins of Gothic art and writing up to the 20th century. It is the first publication to present the Gothic through both the visual arts and literature, helping to establish a new framework for its analysis and appreciation. Writers represented include Ann Radcliffe, Mary Shelley, and Horace Walpole; artists include William Blake, Henry Fuseli, and J.M.W. Turner. The anthology ..."
"Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was one of the masters of 18th-century art. This stunning book, published to accompany a major international exhibition."
Henry Fuseli(1st Edition) (British Artists) by MyroneMartin Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2001 by Gardners Books Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-85437-357-1, ISBN: 1-85437-357-9
"John Martin (1789-1854) is one of the most extraordinary figures in British art. His large-scale, dramatic paintings, encompassing catastrophe, war, apocalypse and nature on an epic scale, were the disaster movies of their day, connecting with a wider and more diverse audience than had ever previously been engaged by fine art. His influence has extended to Hollywood film directors and science-fiction authors and still reverberates among ..."
"The 100 artworks illustrated in this guide cover 500 turbulent years of British history, during which the peoples of the British Isles joined together in an uneasy union, created the largest Empire ever known and emerged as the first great capitalist economy on earth. From Hogarth to Turner, from Stanley Spencer to Bridget Riley and Lucien Freud, the vitality and quality of British art across the centuries shines out from the works of t ..."