From earliest days, artists have sought to record the beauty, form, movement, and infinite variety of the human body. Among the most successful were the great masters of the various European traditions and schools of art. The extraordinary skill, inspiration, and technique they brought to figure drawing resulted in many masterpieces....

Over 1,000 illustrations, meticulously reproduced from rare issues of renowned fashion magazine, present a striking array of women\'s fashions from 1860 to 1914: elegant evening and dinner gowns, stylish daywear, wedding ensembles, bathing costumes, mourning clothes, cycling outfits and much more; plus detailed renderings of shoes, hats, parasols, ...

Superb reproductions of 44 of Holbein\'s finest portrait drawings: Sir Thomas More, Jane Seymour, the Prince of Wales, Anne Boleyn, dozens more personalities from the court of Henry VIII. 44 black-and-white illustrations. Publisher\'s Note. Captions....

A generous selection of Rubens\' best drawings, chiefly portraits and religious and mythical scenes, that fully reveal his supreme artistic gifts. Publisher\'s note....

This choice selection of beautifully reproduced drawings spans the full length of van Gogh\'s brief but prolific career. The works range from his early impressions of peasant life to drawings that served as studies for the great canvases he painted at the close of his life, including \"Landscape with Cypresses\" and \"Starry Night....

Reprint of fascinating 1912 publication features all the winning entries from a major nationwide competition for bungalow designs—from a tile-roofed hacienda to an elaborate thatch-roofed English cottage. 100 superbly rendered plates show houses in perspective...

Forty-four plates, reproduced directly from originals in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, reveal Hopper\'s superb draftsmanship, evocative power. Realistic depictions of everyday urban scenes and stark landscapes - done......