Frank Carlson Library

Selling Andrew Jackson is the first book-length study of the American portrait painter Ralph E. W. Earl, who worked as Andrew Jackson's personal artist from 1817 until Earl's death in 1838. During this period Jackson held Earl in close council, even providing him residence at the Hermitage, Jackson's home in Tennessee, and at the White House during his presidency. In this well-researched and comprehensive volume, Rachel Stephens examines Earl's role...

Painter Mark Beard is a master of fiction. Working in the 1920s style of his imaginary gay great-uncle Bruce Sargeant, Beard creates images of athletes in various stages of dress and undress. This archly homoerotic, exquisitely rendered body of work is rounded out with paintings by Bruce's circle of friends and associates: his Classicist teacher, Modernist lesbian best friend, and Abstract Expressionist art-school rival. Critical essays, remembrances...

Un volumen colectivo que profundiza en la figura de Ocaña, uno de los artistas más admirados, libres y transgresores de los años de la Transición. ¿Qué tiene la figura de José Pérez Ocaña que, cuarenta años después de su muerte, sigue despertando admiración? Ocaña. El eterno brillo del Sol de Cantillana es un volumen colectivo coordinado por Carlos Barea que trata de responder a esta pregunta a través de una mirada multidisciplinar a...

À travers ses peintures élégantes et ses estampes sur bois sublimes, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) est devenu l'un des artistes japonais les plus reconnu au monde. D'un style simple, mettant en scène des courtisanes et des acteurs célèbres, Hokusai a transformé l'art ukiyo-e en un style élaboré dépeignant la beauté de la nature au travers des représentations de paysage et de faune. Son style et ses sujets ont évolué aussi souvent que...

Hieronymus Bosch (S'Hertogenbosch, 1450 – 1516). Né au milieu du XVe siècle, Jérôme Bosch fait l'expérience d'un monde pris dans les luttes religieuses, où les valeurs médiévales traditionnelles commencent à s'effondrer. Les travaux du peintre sont autant de visions de cette décrépitude morale de l'homme qui se détourne des enseignements du Christ. Autour de ces thèmes, Bosch compose des scènes d'où surgissent de nombreuses figures...

El artista Carlos Correa ha pasado relativamente inadvertido para la investigación académica y para la historia del arte en nuestro país. Si bien en los años cuarenta del siglo xx era una figura destacada en el panorama nacional, desde la consolidación del arte de vanguardia en la década del sesenta quedó prácticamente en el olvido. Se ha avanzado mucho en el estudio, la comprensión y la valoración de la vida y la obra de artistas como Débora...

This new collection of vintage-with-a-twist work by Anne Taintor offers up a fresh serving of Anne's signature hilarious commentary on the joys, challenges, and cocktail hours of motherhood. From the fundamentals (WOW! I get to give birth AND change diapers!) to putting food on the table (you see them as pies . . . I see them as cries for help) to dealing with childhood questions (because I'm the mother . . . that's why) and strategies for taking...

Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) is, known first-and-foremost, as a painter. His paintings, of which there are thousands around the world, explore the mythic origins, the natural beauty, and the spiritual strivings of humanity and of the world. But, Nicholas Roerich was as prolific a writer as he was a painter. He wrote books, poetry, and almost-daily essays on life and events (called Diary Leaves). Many of these writings have been unavailable for decades....

With its fanlike evergreen fronds, soft trunk, and strong root system, the palmetto is a wind-adapted palm that can bend with strong sea breezes without breaking or being uprooted. Emblematic of survival against opposition, the palmetto tree has captured the imaginations of South Carolinians for generations, appearing on the state seal since the American Revolution and on the state flag since 1861. The palmetto was named South Carolina's official...

Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) is, known first-and-foremost as a painter. His paintings, of which there are thousands around the world, explore the mythic origins, the natural beauty, and the spiritual strivings of humanity and of the world. But, Nicholas Roerich was as prolific a writer as he was a painter. He wrote books, poetry, and almost-daily essays on life and events (called Diary Leaves). Many of these writings have been unavailable for decades....