Art

The Haggadot commissioned by wealthy patrons in the Middle Ages are among the most beautifully decorated Hebrew manuscripts, and The `Brother’ Hagg...

Gustav Mahler was born on 7 July 1860 in an insignificant outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He grew to become one of the greatest conductors ...

There has been much scaremongering about the ‘death of the book’, and how, as words find new ways and means of transmission, young people might gra...

Picasso's name has become synonymous with creative genius, but who was he - a public figure who lived his life in the headlines, or a private perso...

Even now, the great cathedrals of the Middle Ages overwhelm us by their imagination, technical daring and sheer scale. How could such structures be...

Product Description This celebration of 20 of China’s latest generation features detailed profiles of each architect, exploring their routes to su...

Everyone wants to find their own place in the world. But where is it and what is it? How do we recognize place as being significant and not just me...

About the Author Peter Bogdanovich's feature films as director include Targets, The Last Picture Show, What's Up Doc?, Paper Moon, Daisy Miller, S...

Ian Bostridge is one of the outstanding singers of our time. Yet his early career was that of a professional historian, and A Singer's Notebook tak...

Based on his critically-acclaimed BBC Radio 3 programme The Listening Service, in which Tom Service takes an idea on an ear-opening and mind-expand...

'A joy to read.' Sunday Times 'Outstanding.' Daily Telegraph 'Excellent.' The Spectator 'Superb.' Literary Review 'Scintillating . . . A grippi...

WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD 2022 FOR NON-FICTION WINNER OF THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY STORYTELLING AWARD 2021 ‘Riveting, taking in prejudice...

A charming, chunky book filled with more than 150 works we love from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The book is divided into different themes for ...

Equal parts design inspiration and travelogue, this book highlights the rapidly growing adaptive reuse movement � From the author and photographe...

The best-selling Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones presents a radical new story of British art. "Sensations is a riveting story of art and scienc...

Product Description Rick Joy’s reputation as one of the country’s most gifted designers, whose mining of materials and site create transcendent, e...

Product Description Projects and Their Consequences presents fifteen key projects from leading architectural thinkers Reiser + Umemoto. Projects a...

Who doesn’t love Santa Claus? From award-winning photographer Ron Cooper comes a beautifully curated collection of fifty professional Santas from a...

In little more than a century of cinema - Birth of a Nation was one hundred years old in 2015 - our sense of what a film director is, or should be,...

A Times Book of the Year 'Most underrated group? World of Twist.' - LIAM GALLAGHER 'They're a top band. No one could do what World of Twist do, ex...

Review Fluent and readable... [Levitin] rightly insists that we are all better equipped to perform and appreciate music than we think... We are, h...

Nineteenth Century British Painting provides a succinct and informative chronological survey of a century of British painting which produced a grea...

Product Description This is the first ever retrospective of David Eustace, one of the world's leading photographers. This eclectic mix of portrait...

More than just a colouring book, Immortal Ink is a celebration of tattoo art and features a collection of art in different styles. Featuring 45 in...

Marina Abramovic has truly pioneered performance as a visual art form. Her work - notorious for its feats of endurance, pain and intense physical e...

Review Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, the text is impressively informed and informative, the photography inherently interest...

Product Description Can one visualize peace? Are there signs, symbols, and images that present a positive image of peace as opposed to receiving t...

The works of Sou Fujimoto resist any form of conventional categorization. This young Japanese architect stands for unconventional buildings that ca...

A monograph of forty complex structures by the Princeton University professor and structural engineer Guy Nordenson. This publication reveals Norde...

Dafi Kuhne is a Swiss designer who works with analog and digital ways to produce fresh and unique letterpress-printed posters. Using very different...

The beauty of Korean architecture in photographs. Photographer H�l�ne Binet works with world-famous architects such as Daniel Libeskind, John Hejdu...

Drawing on draftsmanship, painting, literature, and installations, Michael Tedja's oeuvre erupts into a flamboyant and visually playful whole. His ...

Discover the vibrant world of Henri Matisse through this captivating flexi edition that delves into one of his most significant artistic periods. W...

This book traces Schiele's development as a portraitist through four principal chronological phases, from 1906 to 1918. Starting with the artist's ...

Providing a rare glimpse into one of the finest private art collections in the world, this book presents the extraordinary collection of the Neue G...

Product Description Encompassing nearly 300 works, the Anthony Petullo Collection is one of the most impressive compilations of outsider art i...

An intimate art form, drawing offers a direct connection to one's imagination; a means of exercising the eye, brain, and the hand; and a way to spa...

During a time of development and change that has the potential to transform the unique character of London's Soho, this book delves into the area's...

In the 19th century, numerous photographers chose the same motifs as Impressionist painters: the forest of Fontainebleau, the cliffs of �tretat or ...

Review "I highly recommend Michael Findlay's new book, Seeing Slowly: Looking at Modern Art, published in September by Prestel. A longtime directo...

Product Description Although her reputation exploded in 2016 with her iconic portrait of Solange Knowles for the artist's album A Seat at the Tabl...

Graphic design software is constantly evolving, allowing designers to meet specific printing specifications. Great Impressions is a reference book ...

Drawing is a universal language, but not everybody feels capable of not even give it a go. This is a useful and entertaining book about the pleasur...

The images bear witness to the sublime beauty, complexity and fragility of life in the oceans. They are also a starting point for raising public aw...

A truly colorful history of the finest manufacturer of artists' paint: H. Schmincke & Co. Since its founding in 1881, H. Schmincke & Co ha...

Product Description One of Germany's leading architectural firms, schneider+schumacher has created an impressive portfolio of buildings, as c...

Paris is the city of light, the city of love, and the city of more art than you could possibly explore in a lifetime-and not just in museums. Tucke...

Bestselling author of Modernists & Mavericks Martin Gayford recounts some of the extraordinary journeys he has made in the name of art. In the...