在他一生中，约翰内斯·维米尔（Johannes Vermeer）（1632~1675年）的名声微乎其微。在他去世后，他的名字很大程度上被遗忘了，作品甚至在荷兰以外的地方被张冠李戴到其他作者上，直到19世纪中叶，维米尔才引起了艺术界的注意。他们注意到了他的叙事细节、细致的纹理和对光的运用，发现了这个被遗忘的大师。

如今，维米尔的作品已经成为纽约时报炙手可热的书，其中还有一部被改编成由斯嘉丽·约翰森和科林·费尔斯主演的电影，更别提从阿姆斯特丹到华盛顿的艺术机构的访客人数。在海牙莫瑞泰斯皇家美术馆还采取了特别的人群控制措施，数以千计的人蜂拥而至，只为求一睹《戴珍珠耳环的少女》的风采。这名画也被称为“荷兰的蒙娜丽莎”。

该XXL版将维米尔（Vermeer）的作品的完整目录汇总在一起，将呈现在欧美美术馆中，如此平静而引人入胜的场景，使其成为一部具有卓著复制品质的专著。还有许多的新照片，展现了维米尔拘谨但富有感染力的家庭活动，从写作到音乐制作再到在厨房烹调，都是以多种形式表达出来。许多细节都强调了这位艺术家的杰出能力，他的作品不仅能够见证荷兰黄金时代的趋势和改变，还可以用一个瞬间的姿态、表情或外观来展现一个完整的故事。              

His works have prompted a New York Times bestseller; a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth; record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington, DC; and special crowd-control measures at the Mauritshuis, The Hague, where thousands flock to catch a glimpse of the enigmatic and enchanting Girl with a Pearl Earring, also known as the “Dutch Mona Lisa”.

In his lifetime, however, the fame of Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) barely extended beyond his native Delft and a small circle of patrons. After his death, his name was largely forgotten, except by a few Dutch art collectors and dealers. Outside of Holland, his works were even misattributed to other artists. It was not until the mid-19th century that Vermeer came to the attention of the international art world, which suddenly looked upon his narrative minutiae, meticulous textural detail, and majestic planes of light, spotted a genius, and never looked back.

This XXL edition brings together the complete catalog of Vermeer’s work, presenting the calm yet compelling scenes so treasured in galleries across Europe and the United States into one monograph of utmost reproduction quality. With brand new photography of many works, Vermeer’s restrained but richly evocative repertoire of domestic actions – ranging from letter writing to music making to preparations in the kitchen – unfolds in a generous format, including three fold-out spreads. Numerous details emphasize the artist’s remarkable ability not only to bear witness to the trends and trimmings of the Dutch Golden Age but also to encapsulate an entire story in just one transient gesture, expression, or look.

一部令人惊叹的弗洛伊德视觉传记，通过他自己的话、未公开的私人照片和肖像画讲述他的一生。

这本书前所未有地探讨了卢西安•弗洛伊德的私人生活，以他童年的快照为开端，结尾是他生命最后几周在他工作室拍摄的罕见照片。在这两个时间段的中间，通过家庭照片、这位画家在自己的工作室和他的几位最著名的画像模特在一起的影像，以及他的同辈人（其中第一位就是弗朗西斯•培根）创作的肖像，生动地记录了20世纪和21世纪最重要的一位艺术家的生平。

A breathtaking visual biography of Freud, told through his own words, unpublished private photographs, and painted portraits

This unprecedented look at the private life of Lucian Freud begins with childhood snapshots and ends with rarely seen photographs made in his studio in the last weeks of his life. In between, the life of one of the most important artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is vividly documented – through family photos, in images of the painter in his studio with some of his most celebrated sitters, and in portraits by his peers, first among them Francis Bacon.

这本专著证明了Bruegel作为一名画家的智慧，因为他勇敢地面对他所生活的时代存在的问题，同时一直在提出新的发明和解决方案。他没有理想化现实，而是去处理宗教战争的恐怖，并对天主教采取了批判的立场。

这本超大尺寸的作品集汇集了39幅油画、65幅素描和89幅刻版画，每一件作品都是对Bruegel所处时代的宗教习俗和关系紧密的民间文化的独特见证。我们发现，尽管他早逝，但Bruegel的作品揭示了对抗意大利文艺复兴潮流的趋势。幸存的讽刺诗和批判主题说明了他与他亲罗马的艺术家朋友、米开朗基罗和拉斐尔的崇拜者之间的鸿沟。

The life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/30-1569) were marked by stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wars, the Duke of Alba's brutal rule as governor of the Netherlands, and the palpable effects of the Inquisition. 

To this day, the Flemish artist remains shrouded in mystery. We know neither where nor exactly when he was born. But while early scholarship emphasized the vernacular character of his painting and graphic work, modern research has attached greater importance to its humanistic content.Starting out as a print designer for publisher Hieronymus Cock, Bruegel produced numerous print series that were distributed throughout Europe. These depicted vices and virtues alongside jolly peasant festivals and sweeping landscape panoramas. He would eventually increasingly turn to painting, working for the cultural elite of Antwerp and Brussels.This monograph is a testament to Bruegel's evolution as an artist, one who bravely confronted the issues of his day all the while proposing new inventions and solutions. Rather than idealizing reality, he addressed the horrors of religious warfare and took a critical stand against the institution of the Church. 

这本书是对意大利艺术家拉斐尔最好的介绍，吸引新一代书籍收藏家和艺术爱好者的青睐。拉斐尔，原名拉法埃洛·圣乔奥，意大利著名画家，也是“文艺复兴三杰”中最年轻的一位，代表了文艺复兴时期艺术家从事理想美的事业所能达到的巅峰。他的性情平和、文雅，创作了大量的圣母像，他的作品充分体现了安宁、协调、和谐、对称以及完美和恬静的秩序。

拉斐尔的艺术风格为秀美、典雅、和谐、明朗，美术史上尊称他为“画圣”。他既没有达·芬奇那样的丰富博学也没有米开朗琪罗那样的雄强伟健，虽只活了37岁，却成为文艺复兴盛期最红的画家之一。

Phaidon's classic illustrated monograph on Raphael, updated with an elegantly crafted design for today's burgeoning art aficionados.

Reviving a much beloved group of artist monographs from the Phaidon archive, the new Phaidon Classics bring to life the fine craftsmanship and design of Phaidon books of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Updated with a contemporary "classic" design, full color images and new introductions by leading specialists on the work of each artist, these elegantly crafted volumes revive the fine bookmaking of the first half of the twentieth century, making Phaidon Classics instant collectors' items.

A magnificent study of Raphael (1438-1520), one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance, whose brief career produced such masterpieces as The School of Athens and The Three Graces. The large-format images bring to life Raphael's radiant colors and brushwork in the religious paintings of the Madonna and saints, mythological paintings, and portraits ranging from Pope Julius II toBaldassare Castiglione.

歌川广重被认为是传统上最具诗意的艺术家，他的作品在19世纪末对西方绘画产生了明显的影响。梵高、莫奈、保罗•塞、詹姆斯•惠斯勒都受到了他对自然世界平静描绘的启发。

这本书按时间顺序排列，通过文本和华丽的复印件来展示歌川广重年轻时期和早期职业生涯，她的艺术发展体现在——风景类型; 对江户和各省的描述;花鸟的构图：还有他的许多受欢迎的书籍和绘画。

书中讨论了歌川广重繁荣的历史和文化环境，以及他的艺术继续受到尊敬和模仿的许多原因。书中有300种颜色的复印品，并有一个蛤壳和日式的装订，这一卷注定成为对歌川广重作品的最终检验。

Presented in a style as stunning as the prints it celebrates, this survey of Hiroshige tells the fascinating story of the last great practitioner of ukiyo-e, or "pictures of the floating world." Hiroshige is considered to be the tradition's most poetic artist and his work had a marked influence on Western painting towards the end of the 19th century. Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Paul Ce zanne, and James Whistler were inspired by Hiroshige's serene depictions of the natural world. Arranged chronologically, this book illustrates through text and magnificent reproductions Hiroshige's youth and early career; his artistic development in the genre of landscape prints; his depictions of Edo and the provinces; the flower and bird prints; and his many popular books and paintings. It discusses the historic and cultural environment in which Hiroshige flourished and the many reasons his art continues to be revered and imitated. Filled with 300 color reproductions, and featuring a clamshell box and Japanese-style binding, this volume is destined to become the definitive examination of Hiroshige's oeuvre.