Books published by Crescent Moon Publishing

RECOLLECTIONS OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI By T. Hall Caine A study of the celebrated Pre-Raphaelite artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti by the people who knew him. This book considers Rossetti and his circle, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, including Morris, Hunt, Ford, Burne-Jones, and Millais. Caine also explores Rossetti's poetry and his relationship with British poets. Fully illustrated, with works from Dante Gabriel Rossetti and all of the Pre-Raphaelite artists. With a full colour cover. Painters Series. Bibliography and notes. www.crmoon.com

REMBRANDT By Estelle M. Hurll An introduction to the great Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn, known for his portraits, self-portraits, historical subjects, and scenes of everyday life in Amsterdam. Fully illustrated in a brand new format, including images from every stage in Rembrandt's career, and a selection of his famous etchings. Painters Series. In paperback with a full colour cover. www.crmoon.com

VAN EYCK By James Cyril M. Weale A fully illustrated introduction to one of the masters of Early Netherlandish painting, Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441), commonly described as the founder of modern oil painting. Includes a study of Van Eyck's brother, Hubert. Early Netherlandish painting, also known as Flemish painting, is characterized by figurative realism, its incredible sense of domestic interiors and details, luminous light, its 'realist' faces, and its fusions of a micro- and macro- cosmic vision. All Early Netherlandish paintings were made on wood panels, and painted from light to dark in thin glazes. It is partly this subtle glazing which gives Early Netherlandish painting its glorious luminescence. The Early Netherlandish artists exploited the effects of different hues and thicknesses of glazes of oil paint, controlling how the glazes reflected light. Fully illustrated in a brand new format, including contemporaries of Van Eyck. Bibliography and notes. Painters Series. 100 pages. www.crmoon.com

THE ART OF AUBREY BEARDSLEY Introduced by Arthur Symons Aubrey Beardsley (1872-96) was one of the great British artists of the late 19th century, best-known for his unique graphic style. This short introduction to the art and life of Beardsley, first published in 1918, includes illustrations of work, plus that of his contemporaries. Fully illustrated in a brand new format, including images from every stage in Aubrey Beardsley's career. Painters Series. In paperback with a full colour cover. www.crmoon.com

AUBREY BEARDSLEY By Robert Ross Aubrey Beardsley (1872-96) was one of the great British artists of the late 19th century, best-known for his unique graphic style. This short introduction to the art and life of Beardsley includes illustrations of work, plus that of his contemporaries. Fully illustrated in a brand new format, including images from every stage in Aubrey Beardsley's career. Aymer Vallance provides a list of all of Beardsley's drawings. Painters Series. In paperback with a full colour cover. www.crmoon.com

WHISTLER By T. Martin Wood A study of the American artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), first published in 1908. T. Martin Wood considers Whistler's life and artistic career, and discusses his major works. Fully illustrated in a brand new format, from each stage in James Whistler's career, plus illustrations of some of Whistler's contemporary artists. Painters Series. 220 pages. www.crmoon.com

THE MADONNA IN ART By Estelle M. Hurll A book about representations of the Virgin Mary in art. The book (first published in 1898) is illustrated by works of the many incarnations of the Madonna in art history, including mother and child, the pastoral Madonna, the Madonna in adoration, and the Madonna enthroned. As Hurll explains, the book ' is a study of Madonna art as a revelation of motherhood'. Paperback edition, with a full colour cover. Fully illustrated in a brand new format. Includes bibliography. 192 pages. www.crmoon.com

URSULA LE GUIN - WALKING IN CORNWALL This is a new edition of a poetry book by the American author Ursula Le Guin published in the mid-1970s, Walking In Cornwall. The poems are about a visit to Cornwall in the West of England that Le Guin made with her family. Walking In Cornwall is illustrated in full colour with paintings by contemporary Cornish artists Paul Lewin and Paul Evans, and includes images of some of the places described in Ursula Le Guin's poems. Born in 1929 in Berkeley, California, Ursula Le Guin is the daughter of the writer Theodora Kroeber and anthropologist Alfred Kroeber. She studied at Radcliffe College and Columbia University. Since 1958, Le Guin has lived in Portland, Oregon, with her husband Charles Le Guin, whom she married in Paris in 1953. She has three children, and three grandchildren. Ursula Le Guin has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays and translations. Le Guin's most well-known works are her Earthsea fantasies, and her science fiction novels, such as The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed and Always Coming Home. She also has eleven collections of short stories, six poetry books, and eleven books for children (including the Catwings books). Le Guin's books have received the National Book Award, five Hugo Awards, five Nebula Awards and the Kafka Award, among many others, and have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award. Illustrations and bibliography. This edition includes additional paintings. Also available in hardback and in a colour edition. ISBN 9781861717610. www.crmoon.com

RAPHAEL By Paul G. Konody An introduction to the art of the Renaissance master artist Raphael Sanzio. Includes a biography of Raphael. It is fully illustrated with works by Raphael, from each stage in his career, plus a section of illustrations by his contemporaries. Fully illustrated in a brand new format. With a full colour case laminate cover.112 pages. www.crmoon.com

BEAUTIES, BEASTS AND ENCHANTMENT CLASSIC FRENCH FAIRY TALES Edited and translated by Jack Zipes A wonderful new collection of 36 French fairy tales translated into English by renowned writer and authority on fairy tales, Jack Zipes. Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Sleepy Beauty, Puss In Boots, Bluebeard, and Little Red Riding Hood are some of the classic fairy tales in this amazing book. There are many stories here by Charles Perrault, the most famous author of French conte de fées. Features a new introduction by editor Jack Zipes. Includes a generous number of exquisite illustrations from fairy tale collections. This is a clothbound edition, with gold letters embossed on a blue cloth cover, and a colour flyleaf. 'Terrific... a succulent array of 17th and 18th century 'salon' fairy tales' - The New York Times Book Review 'These tales are adventurous, thrilling in a way fairy tales are meant to be... The translation from the French is modern, happily free of archaic and hyperbolic language... a fine and sophisticated collection' - New York Tribune 'Enjoyable to read... a unique collection of French regional folklore' - Library Journal 'Charming stories accompanied by attractive pen-and-ink drawings' - Chattanooga Times 'An excellent collection' - Booklist. JACK ZIPES is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. In addition to his scholarly work, he is an active storyteller in public schools and has worked with children's theaters in Europe and the United States. Some of Jack Zipes' major publications include Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales (1979), Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion (1983, rev. ed. 2006), Don't Bet On the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England (1986), The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World (1988), Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter (2000), Speaking Out: Storytelling and Creative Drama For Children (2004), Hans Christian Andersen: The Misunderstood Storyteller (2005), and Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre (2006). Jack Zipes has also translated The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1987) and edited The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales (2000), and The Great Fairy Tale Tradition (2001). Most recently he has translated and edited The Folk and Fairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitre (2008) and Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales (2008) by Kurt Schwitters. Includes illustrations and a new introduction. ISBN 9781861717474. 612 pages. www.crmoon.com

LEONARDO DA VINCI By James Pearson Leonardo da Vinci's art is the apotheosis of Renaissance - and Western - art. He depicted angels, Madonnas and saints in ever-mysterious images. His sfumato paintings remain some of the most hypnotic in all of art. The sheer intensity of Leonardo's curiosity and his spectacular inventiveness in the fields of science, botany, geology, anatomy, medicine and warfare make him more than worthy of the name 'universal genius'. The most erotic artist of the Renaissance, the one who created the darkest and the strangest images, who created the most hypnotic smiles in art, who took Western painting to the highest point it has reached, was not Michelangelo Buonarroti, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Angelico, Sandro Botticelli, Piero della Francesca, Andrea Mantegna, Raphael, Titian or Masaccio, but Leonardo da Vinci. He is the creator of the Mona Lisa, and '[t]he Mona Lisa is without doubt the most famous work in the entire forty-thousand year history of the visual arts', writes Roy McMullen. Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most celebrated of artists. He is the artist-as-hero, the artist-as-genius - undisputed genius (like Shakespeare or Sophocles). Leonardo is exalted for his amazing mind, his scientific curiosity, his ideas on botany, anatomy, architecture, weaponry, engineering, etc. He wrote copiously, on art and painting, and philosophy; subjects studied in his notebooks include geology, optics, acoustics, music, mathematics, anatomy, hydraulics, ballistics, weight, movement, naval armaments, flight and so on. He 'invented', or rediscovered, the bicycle, an early form of military tank, the helicopter; he understood the principle of gravity before Newton, and explained why stars twinkled before Kepler; he prefigured Bacon, Galileo, Huygens, Cuvier and Halley, among others. Nothing is neglected in Leonardo's 'scientific' curiosity about the world. Artists have long studied all manner of things, despising the relatively recent notion of 'specialization'. The text has been revised for this edition. With a full colour cover. Illustrated, including new illustrations. Painters Series. Bibliography and notes. www.crmoon.com

THE TROUBADOURS BY H.J. CHAYTOR An introduction to the world of the courtly love poets, troubadours and trouvères of the Middle Ages. Chapters include the theory and techniques of the troubadours, the historical context of the troubadours, the Crusades, and the influence of the courtly love poetry tradition in countries such as Spain, Italy, England and Germany. There are studies of (and quotations from) many of the famous troubadours, including: Bertran d Born, Arnaut Daniel, Giraut de Bornhel, Bernard de Ventadour, Raimbaut d'Aurenga, and Peire d'Auvergne. Includes illustrations and bibliography. with a full colour cover. 148 pages. www.crmoon.com

CORREGGIO By Estelle M. Hurll A study of the Renaissance painter, first published in 1901. Over-shadowed by some of the other Italian Renaissance masters, Correggio is a highly accomplished artist, and the author of many classic paintings of the Renaissance. Fully illustrated in a brand new format, from each stage in Correggio's career. Painters Series. 152 pages. www.crmoon.com

FREDERIC LORD LEIGHTON AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF HIS LIFE AND WORK By Ernest Rhys A study of the 19th century British artist Lord Leighton, known for his historical paintings, murals, sculptures, and landscapes. First published in 1900. Includes chapters on Leighton's contemporaries, his sculpture, his techniques, his artistic concepts, and his famous house in West London. Fully illustrated, with works from Leighton and many of his contemporary artists. With a full colour cover. Painters Series. Bibliography and notes. www.crmoon.com

A study of the American artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), first published in 1910. Sadakichi Hartmann considers Whistler's life and artistic career, and discusses his major works. Fully illustrated in a brand new format, from each stage in Whistler's career, plus illustrations of some of Whistler's contemporary artists. Painters Series. 220 pages. www.crmoon.com

THE EARLIER AND LATER WORK OF TITIAN By Claude Phillips This is a fully illustrated reprint of two classic books by Claude Phillips, former Keeper of the Wallace Collection in London, on the art and long life of one of the greatest artists in history, Titian Vecelli. This book combines Phillips' two volumes on Titian, the earlier work and the later work. The art of Titian spans the whole of the Italian Renaissance, moving through many visual styles, ending up with a striking use of broken colour that looks forward to Impressionism. Titian created the full range of Renaissance artforms, including portraits, self-portraits, mythological and historical subjects, religious pictures, altarpieces, and many important commissions. The book (first published in 1898) is illustrated by works from the later career of Titian's lengthy and remarkable life. There is also a section on Titian's contemporaries. With a full colour cover. Also in hardcover. Fully illustrated in a brand new format. Includes footnotes. 264 pages. www.crmoon.com

GREAT ARTISTSRAPHAEL • RUBENS • MURILLO • DÜRER By Jennie Ellis Keysor Four of the celebrated masters of the history of art are explored in this book: Raphael Sanzio, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Peter Paul Rubens and Albrecht Dürer. Each chapter on the artists is accompanied by illustrations. The book is a general introduction to art and artists. With a full colour cover. Also in hardcover. Fully illustrated in a brand new format. Bibliography and notes. Painters Series. 152 pages. www.crmoon.com

GREAT PICTURES AS SEEN AND DESCRIBED BY GREAT WRITERS Edited by Esther Singleton This book is a compendium of writings on art and artists by many famous writers and critics, including Pater, Ruskin, Gauthier, Dumas, Swinburne, Symonds, Constable, Shelley, Fromentin and Goethe. Among the artists explored in this book are Raphael, Tintoretto, Gainsborough, Turner, Van Dyck, Reynolds, Botticelli, Correggio, Michelangelo, Titian, Watteau, Rubens, del Sarto, Angelico, Hobbema, Holbein, Leonardo, de la Tour, Van Eyck, Rossetti, Murillo, Velasquez, Reni, Hogarth, Fragonard, Rembrandt and Dürer. Each entry on the artists and artworks is accompanied by illustrations. The book is an entertaining celebration and critical appraisal of art and artists. Fully illustrated in a brand new format. Painters Series. 352 pages. www.crmoon.com

PERUGINO By George Williamson An introduction to the art of the Renaissance master artist Perugino (Pietro di Cristofano Vannucci, called 'il Perugino' - 'the Perugian' - by his contemporaries). Includes a detailed biography of Perugino. It is fully illustrated with works by Perugino, from each stage in his career, plus a section on his contemporary artists. Features a full catalogue of Perugino's works. Fully illustrated in a brand new format. 180 pages. www.crmoon.com