Art

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) can hardly be classified as a painter. His work is characterized by the great styles of the 19th century. T...

About the Author Art historian Ruth Dangelmaier has worked for many years as a freelance writer and editor. She lives with her family in Cologne. ...

Portugal has developed a special cultural landscape due to its location between the Atlantic Ocean and neighboring Spain. North African, Moorish in...

The thread is an interesting thing. Formally, it can be described by a beginning and an end, and a certain stability, flexibility, and mobility. A ...

Product Description This book is the legacy of Emil Ruder, one of the originator of Swiss Style, famous throughout the world for the use of asymme...

The trend towards the Tiny House – and also the Micro Flat – is more than just a short-term hype. It is an attitude towards life, a contemplation o...

Since 1955, the annual World Press Photo Contest has set the standard in visual journalism. The 2023 Yearbook showcases the most striking press pho...

Includes an insightful essay written by scholar and expert, Dr Riichi Miyake Features a wide-ranging selection of projects spanning across three de...

Product Description Cassiano dal Pozzo, (1588-1657) now celebrated as one of the most important art patrons in Italy of the seventeenth century, c...

Buildings designated brutalist in style were largely built in the 1960s and 1970s, exuding an aura of daring, uncom promising design today. It is t...

About the Author Anni Albers (1899–1994) was a textile artist, designer, printmaker and educator known for her pioneering graphic wall hangings, w...

Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture offers the first comprehensive overview of works created by one of the leading photographers of our time. More ...

Edvard Munch is the most important Scandinavian artist and a pioneer of Expressionism. With him, the existential fear, the loneliness of man, and t...

Product Description This book is a rich overview of Antanas Sutkus’ photos of the people of his native Lithuania during its occupation by the Sovi...

Product Description Jerry Berndt documented the period between 1968 and 1980 in America like no other photographer. Personally involved in the ant...

The name Oskar Schlemmer (1888-1943) is closely connected with the State Bauhaus, which was founded in 1919. As a painter, sculptor, draftsman and ...

A discovery: Polish Symbolism between decadence and a new beginning The turn of the century was a golden age for Polish art. The publication shows ...

Otherworldly Portraits in an Age of Rising Sea Levels SINK / RISE is the third chapter of The Day May Break, Nick Brandt’s ongoing global series p...

Please Please Return Polaroid is Miles Aldridge’s ongoing love letter to Polaroid, a process once integral to the craft of many photographers but n...

About the Author Dorlis Blume is a curator at the Deutsches Historisches Museum.Christiana Brennecke is a public relations associate at the Ba...

TEXTURES synthesises research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the “hair story” of peoples of African descent. A fraught to...

Brazil unites some of the most creative manifestations of popular art in the world. By presenting works by the legendary Mestre Vitalino and other ...

Product Description With their overwhelming wealth of forms, prints of designs of historic ornaments are a source of boundless inspiration for gra...

A place for representation, self-presentation and communication, resistance and protest – this lavishly illustrated volume investigates the multi-l...

The Infrastructure of Power Mixing seemingly deadpan architectural portraiture with poetically frozen moments of daily life, photographer Kris Gra...

This publication accompanies the exhibition "Transform! Design and the Future of Energy" at the Vitra Design Museum. Energy is the central driving...

From Switzerland is a collection of work from some of the most talented agencies in Switzerland, such as Raffinerie, Supero, Offshore Studio, Bades...

The grande dame of Norwegian Painting – teacher of Nikolai Astrup and Harald Sohlberg. Harriet Backer (1845–1932) was one of Norway’s most promine...

“Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it.” Sir Henry Royce's ph...

The art of collecting and accumulating kindred objects―from artist’s palettes still freckled with oil paint, to hand carved picture frames, to a me...

More than 240 photographs of Buddhist culture across Asia A book of travel photography and a visual introduction to the life of the historical Budd...

Through breathtaking black-and-white images, Baheux captures the world's most beautiful icy landscapes and the fascinating animals that inhabit the...

The power of mode and the role of fashion from the 18th century to the present.Power is part identity, part behavior, and part physicality. The way...

I took [Watson] into this woman’s office and there was the American flag, and I stood her up with her mop hanging down, with the American flag hang...

The 25th-anniversary edition of the "Bible of the Interior Design World" (Times of London) ― a must-have coffee table book and ideal gift for desig...

FontanaArte. House of Glass is a book that critically examines the legendary Milanese manufacturer of glass furnishings through the production peri...

Hornby Island is a northern Gulf Island, which sits within an archipelago, near Vancouver Island on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Les...

Stunning photo portraits and landscapes capture Africa's ethnic and cultural diversity Expressive photo art: over 220 color and black-and-white pic...

Stunning portraits of children from all over the world The latest series of portraits by Mario Marino, an independent, award-winning portrait photo...