As cryptic as they are compelling, the masterpieces of Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450 1516) remain some of the most enduring enigmas of the art world. Their intricate, allegorical, and often startling content has captivated not only art historians, but also fashion designers, rock stars, writers, and punk rockers, as well as countless modern and contemporary artist successors. Although rooted in the Old Netherlandish tradition, Bosch developed a highly subjective, richly suggestive style to render both the celestial bliss of heaven and the grotesque tortures of hell, most famously and meticulously excecuted in The Garden of Earthly Delights. Here, as in his other known works, his artistic language combined religious humility with a razor-sharp wit, often playing off pictorial versions of contemporary proverbs or figures of speech. This book ties together the elusive threads of Bosch s oeuvre to provide a concise introduction to an at once haunting and enthralling pictorial world. More details

Illustrator and cartoonist W. Heath Robinson is renowned for his ingenious and haphazard contraptions. His witty drawings of complicated machines, are ironically designed to simplify everyday life, but always manage to make everything appear more complicated! His work is steeped in the humour of calamity and his name soon became synonymous for absurd and makeshift devices. This delightful new book is packed with his madcap designs and the delicate watercolour illustrations which continue to delight us all today.

A huge gathering of the finest American and British song lyricsfrom 1910 to 1975. Robert Kimball, editor of the complete lyrics ofCole Porter, Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart and next year's IrvingBerlin, and Robert Gottlieb, editor of the recent Reading Jazz,have collaborated to choose the 800 or more most distinguishedlyrics of the century, from early P.G. Wodehouse and the IrvingBerlin of Alexander's Ragtime Band through the greats of Broadwayand Hollywood -- Gershwin, Hart, Porter, Berlin, Oscar Hammerstein,Yip Harbourg, Dorothy Fields, Frank Loesser, Noel Coward -- to theearly triumphs of Stephen Sondheim. Plus many writers who arebarely remembered today -- Don Raye ("Mr. Five by Five", "I'llRemember April"), Bobby Troup ("Route 66", "Daddy") -- withsurprises like Ogden Nash, Maxwell Anderson, Dorothy Parker, andTruman Capote. Over 100 lyricists in all, each one introduced witha brief biography and commentary, and presented chronologically, sothat this big volume not only presents the core of an entireliterat

诺曼 罗克韦尔（Norman Rockwell，1894-1978）是一位非常多产的艺术家，一生中创作了约4000幅画，其中还不包括大量的委托编辑，商业和广告作品。1978年，他的离世被认为是失去了一个国家性的标志，再没有一个艺术家，像他一样怀揣着美国梦。罗克韦尔创作了健康的，家常的绘画，十分具有亲和力。他的主题包括教室、舞会现场和感恩节盛宴，整洁、古雅、典型的欢乐，而他的长期项目是《周六晚报》杂志的封面，以及有关美国童子军的《男孩生活》杂志的封面。他的作品充满了乐观主义和爱国主义，这项工作跟医生、教师等传统职业一样，也像对待军事、家庭和信仰一样，需要一颗坚定不移的心。罗克韦尔的作品被杰拉尔德 福特总统誉为 美国传统中受人爱戴的一部分 ，罗克韦尔的作品揭示了他的才华，让他成为了20世纪美国的传奇人物。这个来自TASCHEN的新版汇