Art

The C�te d'Azur has always captured the imagination of artists. Many of them arrived on the sun-drenched coast in the early 20th century, having le...

In The Photographer's Vision, international bestseller Michael Freeman examines the work of photography's greats, explaining how to view a photo an...

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

The Godfather of Punk and frontman for The Stooges offers insight into his creative world with this collection of lyrics brought to life by full-co...

Learn how to paint in the fantastic medium of oil. Taking inspiration from iconic paintings in the Tate Collection, discover the techniques of the ...

Vermeer’s Girl with the Pearl Earring is almost as famous as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. And yet the life and work of the painter remains as eni...

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec recorded unforgettable images of belle-�poque Paris in his paintings, lithographs, and posters. The posters created by th...

With Art Nouveau there developed a new, international style under various names in the architecture and handicrafts from the 1880s onwards that sou...

Ten of the world s foremost photographers present the very best of nature photography. The master photographers are Hannu Hautala (Finland), Klaus ...

Pit your wits against some of the brightest minds in Britain by taking up the challenge of this ultimate quiz of 2000 questions from the Brain of B...

Rodin, famous for The Thinker and The Kiss, drew energy and inspiration from the art of Classical antiquity, and he absorbed and assimilated the mo...

Featuring major works from Caravaggio and his circle and the Italian Baroque period, this lavishly illustrated book looks at Rome as the center of ...

Jenny Uglow narrates the story of Walter Crane, an intriguing and most prolific figure not only in illustration, but in political culture more broa...

"Pop music's a simple pleasure. Is it catchy? Can you dance to it? Do you fancy the singer? But what's fascinating about pop is our relationship w...

In 1955, Henri Cartier-Bresson published The Europeans, a collection of photographs taken over a period of five years. His portrait of the continen...

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...

As our climate, ecological and social crises converge, urgent action is needed to maximize our chances of survival. A new commercial approach is po...

Review "This is a book that makes possibilities clear." - FRAMES "How I Make Photographs, by the famed conservationist and photographer David Yar...

Review Offers thought-provoking comparison with the works of his students and an overview of how the work is changing the face of modern art a...

Every script, every episode of the innovative, hilarious, and absurd "Monty Python's Flying Circus," one of the most influential television series ...

Every fashion collection begins with research. But how do you start? How much should you do? How do you use that research? Fashion Design Research ...

`This book will delight both New Order-ites and general rock readers' MojoA ROLLICKING, NO-HOLDS-BARRED ACCOUNT OF NEW ORDER'S ENTIRE HISTORY. Two ...

`This book will delight both New Order-ites and general rock readers' MojoA ROLLICKING, NO-HOLDS-BARRED ACCOUNT OF NEW ORDER'S ENTIRE HISTORY. Two ...

Book Description Following the success of The Empire of Death, which has attracted a global cult following, Heavenly Bodies brings the 'catacomb s...

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a painter, architect, inventor and student of all things scientific. His natural genius crossed so many disciplin...

A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, ea...

*** Take your urban sketching skills to the next level with watercolour. Bestselling author and artist Phil Dean (@shoreditchsketcher) provides a ...

William Turner was a shy loner and a bit of an eccentric, but also an extremely productive artist who quickly became one of the most successful pai...

Celebrating 25 years of Green Day, from renowned photographer Bob Gruen It's been 25 years since the breakthrough album Dookie put punk rock p...

The all new, must-read memoir by legendary Kinks guitarist Dave Davies 'BOOK OF THE DAY' - Guardian 'This powerful tell-all from the Kinks guitar...

Consider for a moment the history of modern art in Britain; you may struggle to land on a narrative that features very many women. On this journey ...

The first book from Darcey Bussell in over six years, retired darling of the British Ballet and beloved judge of Strictly Come Dancing, this publis...

As a painter, designer, sculptor, and also a collector of art, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was the leader of the Pont-Aven school and one of the most ...

The definition of a supergraphic has changed over the last twenty years. Once, only a large decorative design on a wall or building was a supergrap...

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

Steven Heller, the world's foremost graphic-design commentator, and Lita Talarico, design educator, open up designers' personal sketchbooks to pro...

Fashion Figure Templates - Volume 1 (Design & Illustrate) contains 64 sheets with templates (`croquis') of female fashion figures, printed in g...

For many of us, our sofa is our favourite piece of furniture. But nowadays, with living space increasingly limited, our sofa often plays more than ...

Part of a series that aims to place buildings within their historical context, this text considers Gropius' Dessau Bauhaus, Le Coubusier's Unite de...

“A fascinating peek behind the making of a megahit, and a delightful bit of nostalgia for those of us who remember life before streaming TV.” —Town...

This stunning book is the first compendium of art made with ballpoint pens. It features 30 artists from around the world who are currently making m...

In 1957, New York photojournalist Jerry Dantzic spent time with the iconic singer Billie Holiday during a two-week run of performances at the Newa...

In the 1860s, a style of painting emerged in Paris which fundamentally called into question the artistic concepts that had been prevalent in academ...