criticism

A guide to understanding Salvador Dal?, examining the truths and myths about his life, explaining the Surrealist movement with which his work is associated, and discussing his unique style of painting. Includes over sixty illustrations.

Presents photographs from the garden of impressionist artist Paul Cezanne, noting the comparisons between his paintings and those images; and discusses the life and work of Cezanne, focusing on how he was inspired by nature.

Presents a look into the life and works of seventeenth-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, and describes his testimony of faith over adversity.

Presents a thematic and chronological study of the work produced by twentieth-century American artist Cy Twombly over the course of his career, from the 1950s into the twenty-first century, and includes reproductions of his paintings, drawings, sculptures, and collages.

The author presents a comprehensive examination of the works of sculptor Michelangelo, and explores the depiction of the human body in his statues, paintings, and drawings.

Describes nineteen types of literary criticism, and discusses the benefits of each approach to the study of the writings of Nobel Prize-winning American author William Faulkner.

Offers a brief introduction to the life and work of Sylvia Plath.

Tells the story of the creation of architect Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, a private home commissioned by Pittsburgh department store mogul Edgar J. Kaufmann in the 1930s, and provides insights into the personalities of the people who built, occupied, and visited the famous house.

Text and more than two hundred illustrations offer a comprehensive account of Henri Matisse's activity as a painter of portraits and self-portraits.