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A personal view of Francis Bacon by his Boswell, Michael Peppiatt
The art historian’s new book is properly pessimistic
A fluent analysis by David Anfam of Pollock’s Mural
The extraordinary dolls’ town made by a Thuringian duchess
A study of its strategies and limitations
A new book offers a scholarly account of the Cobbe family's collection
Honoring a scholar of 17th-century Italian sculpture
In a new book, the artist's project is seen from many angles
Draughtsmanship was one of the artist's finest skills
What happens to the civilised when civilisation breaks down?
On the 75th anniversary of the German writer’s death, we delve into his archive and discover his love for travelling—and writing home about it
Six books reveal the multifaceted output of the elder and younger Cranach in Thuringia
Elaborate, luxurious and costly styles, such as those worn by Marie-Antoinette, helped to alienate the court from the people
In an excerpt from his new book, the art historian discusses the return of performance and process in contemporary art
A survey of objects acquired between birth and death in early modern Europe that accompanies a Fitzwilliam exhibition
The 19th-century revision of received perceptions of French Rococo art
The French architect is the subject of two excellent new books
The monograph shows that Gentileschi was well regarded in her time
Magnus Resch conducted ten-year study
Joshua Decter’s book of essays raises questions it refuses to answer
Diane Arbus and her brother, the poet Howard Nemerov, are the subject of a new memoir-cum-history
Morland was an exceptional landscape painter and a great observer of social mores
Florence’s early Renaissance showpiece revolutionised painting—but how was it seen, and used, at the time?
The artist’s conventional beginnings belie his artistic proclivity for mockery. By Alexander Adams
