Archive for the ‘Sterling’ Category

Modern and Contemporary Art by Michele Dantini

Modern and Contemporary Art by Michele Dantini, softback published by Sterling in the USA. Available in the UK, ISBN 9780104027-5921-5, price 8.99 from www.thegmcgroup.com
This book has a different cover to the one on the publisher’s website. This well-illustrated book takes a look at modern art and at its chief exponents since the early 1900’s. Most [...]

Vintage Furniture Painting by Karen Petrus Williams

Vintage Furniture Painting by Karen Petrus Williams, softback published by Sterling in the USA. Available in the UK, ISBN 978-1-4027-5276-6, price 8.99 from www.thegmcgroup.com
Give vintage furniture a touch of colour by painting old-world charm. Find out which products to use, learn the brush strokes, and follow Karen’s techniques on nineteen projects. Worksheets are provided so [...]

Romanesque and Gothic by Gloria Fossi

Romanesque and Gothic by Gloria Fossi, softback published by Sterling in the USA. Available in the UK, ISBN 978-1-4027-5924-6, price 8.99 from www.thegmcgroup.com
I love the cover of this book. Art historian, Gloria Fossi has researched beyond architecture, to paint a picture of the late Middle Ages in Europe, defined by these two styles. She has [...]

Gustav Klimt by Eva di Stefano

Gustav Klimt by Eva di Stefano, softback published by Sterling in the USA. Available in the UK, ISBN 978-1-4027-5920-8, price 12.99 from www.thegmcgroup.com
Lavish it has to be if you are to do justice to Klimt’s work, and given the very reasonable price, this book makes a good attempt at lavish. Subtitled ‘Art Nouveau Visionary’, this [...]

Art Quilts

Art Quilts, softback published by Lark/Sterling in the USA. Available in the UK< ISBN 978-1-60059-107-5, price 14.99 from www.thegmcgroup.com
This has to be one of my favourite books of the year. Part of the Masters Series, it is an incredible portrayal of artists’ quilts. Forty leading international quilt makers are brought together to showcase their work [...]