A new volume in the acclaimed World of Art series: featuring work across a range of media that represents the human body. This international survey presents art made over the last two decades in which the human form is central. From painting and sculpture to installation, video art, and performance, it examines the roles played by the body in art, from being the subject of portraiture to becoming an active presence in participatory events. Organized thematically, the book focuses on subjects such as nature and technology, the grotesque, identity politics, and the place of the individual in society. Featuring work by artists such as Matthew Barney, Marlene Dumas, Olafur Eliasson, Oleg Kulik, and Ernesto Neto, it shows how the body continues to be pivotal to the understanding and expression of our place in the universe. 251 illustrations, 202 in colour

The Body in Contemporary Art (World of Art)

Arts & Photography

O'Reilly, Sally

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

The Body in Contemporary Art presents a global survey of art made since 2000 that takes the body as its focus. Examining such areas as nature and technology, identity politics, and the grotesque, writer and critic Sally O'Reilly traces the body's movement from a subject to a live medium of art, and highlights how sociopolitical and cultural developments, from contemporary scientific breakthroughs to the Russian-­Ukrainian war, have all had a profound influence on representations of the human form. From painting and sculpture to installation, video art, and performance, O'Reilly reveals the myriad ways in which the body has inspired a generation of artists. Featuring the work of both renowned and up-­and-coming figures, including Marina Abramovic, Hew Locke, Jenkin van Zyl, Shirin Neshat, Sarah Lucas, and Shawanda Corbett, The Body in Contemporary Art shows how the human form continues to be pivotal to our understanding and expression of our place in the universe. International in scope with color illustrations throughout, this edition has been comprehensively revised, with an updated selection of artists and five new chapters covering topics such as clothing, work and economics, the nude, and illness.

Henry Moore (Artists in Their Time)

Examines the life and work of the English sculptor, describing and giving examples of his art.

Children's Books

Biographies

Franklin Watts

A comprehensive guide to writing as a career by the author of the acclaimed Dark Aemilia, and with an introduction by Fay Weldon
Everything that a writer needs to know about running their own career is covered in this essential book, from choosing an agent to café scribbling, and from filing a tax return to flirting with the literati. It covers such questions such as If you want to be a writer, should you invest in a creative writing course? If so, which one? Are writing groups a good thing? What grants, awards and prizes are available to the aspiring writer? How should you plan your career in the long term? It also features an introduction from Fay Weldon—"Why I wish I'd read this book when I was 25," plus comments and case studies from other established authors, agents, and industry experts.

How To Be A Writer: The definitive guide to getting published and making a living from writing

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

Piatkus

How To Be a Writer is a comprehensive guide to the career of writing from experienced writer and creative writing tutor Sally O'Reilly.The book will cover questions such as: If you want to be a writer, should you invest in a creative writing course? If so, which one? Are writing groups a good thing? What grants, awards and prizes are available to the aspiring writer? How should you plan your career in the long term?It will also feature an introduction from Fay Weldon - 'Why I wish I'd read this book when I was 25' - and will include comments and case studies from other established authors, agents and industry experts.How To Be a Writer will include everything that a writer needs to know about running their own career, from choosing an agent to cafÃ© scribbling, and from filing a tax return to flirting with the literati and it will be an essential reference book for any author who takes their work seriously.

How to Be a Writer: The Definitive Guide to Getting Published and Making a Living from Writing

Piatkus Books

David Austen

Gallery

Crude

Eros Press

A TALE OF SORCERY AND PASSION IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY LONDON―WHERE WITCHES HAUNT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND HIS DARK LADY, THE PLAYWRIGHT'S MUSE AND ONE TRUE LOVE
The daughter of a Venetian musician, Aemilia Bassano came of age in Queen Elizabeth's royal court. The Queen's favorite, she develops a love of poetry and learning, maturing into a young woman known not only for her beauty but also her sharp mind and quick tongue. Aemilia becomes the mistress of Lord Hunsdon, but her position is precarious. Then she crosses paths with an impetuous playwright named William Shakespeare and begins an impassioned but ill-fated affair.
A decade later, the Queen is dead, and Aemilia Bassano is now Aemilia Lanyer, fallen from favor and married to a fool. Like the rest of London, she fears the plague. And when her young son Henry takes ill, Aemilia resolves to do anything to save him, even if it means seeking help from her estranged lover, Will―or worse, making a pact with the Devil himself.
In rich, vivid detail, Sally O'Reilly breathes life into England's first female poet, a mysterious woman nearly forgotten by history. Full of passion and devilish schemes, Dark Aemilia is a tale worthy of the Bard.

Dark Aemilia: A Novel of Shakespeare's Dark Lady

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Picador

New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceThe daughter of a Venetian musician, Aemilia Bassano came of age in Queen Elizabeth's royal court. The Queen's favorite, she developed a love of poetry and learning, maturing into a young woman known not only for her beauty but also her sharp mind and quick tongue. When Aemilia becomes the mistress of Lord Hunsdon, she fears her mind will languish―until she crosses paths with an impetuous playwright named William Shakespeare and begins an impassioned but ill-fated affair. As Sally O'Reilly charts the course of Aemilia and Will's tempestuous relationship, she paints a vivid and richly imagined portrait of Elizabethan London―haunted by plague and steeped in magic―and breathes life into England's first female poet, a mysterious woman nearly forgotten by history. Full of passion and devilish schemes, Dark Aemilia is a tale worthy of the Bard.

Dark Aemilia: A Novel

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The Body in Contemporary Art (World of Art)

The Body in Contemporary Art (World of Art)

Henry Moore (Artists in Their Time)

Henry Moore (Artists in Their Time)

How To Be A Writer: The definitive guide to getting published and making a living from writing

How to Be a Writer: The Definitive Guide to Getting Published and Making a Living from Writing

David Austen

Crude

Dark Aemilia: A Novel of Shakespeare's Dark Lady

Dark Aemilia: A Novel