Arts

Product Description An overview of the life and work of much-loved children’s illustrator and author Judith Kerr, creator of classics such as The ...

Polaroid founder Edwin Land regarded his invention as more than a technical accomplishment or a convenient medium for both professional photographe...

Product Description Following the bestselling Festival of Brexit and A Prat's Progress, star satirist Cold War Steve returns with a viral veng...

Street Art is a phenomenon and subcultural movement that reaches from the darkest urban backstreets to the most glamorous international art fairs. ...

So you've got an Instagram account, you're posting pictures, but your follower count has flatlined. Read This If You Want to Be Instagram Famous ho...

A fully illustrated, interactive tribute to the world's most famous and popular science fiction series: Star Trek. To boldly go where no one has go...

From the Pyramids of Giza to the Guggenheim, this lively guide explains the key concepts and inventions in architecture clearly and concisely. Expl...

The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to the world of vampire movies, from Nosferatu to A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. ...

With 233 (to be exact) hints, tips and pieces of advice, Now Try Something Weirder shows those in the creative industry how to have great ideas (ev...

“Black women’s heads of hair are galaxies unto themselves, solar systems, moonscapes, volcanic interiors.” —Elizabeth Alexander, from the Introduct...

Review `This little book reminds of the prodigious talent that produced many of the 20th century' -- The Independent Product Description Henri C...

Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) is one of the most important and controversial artists at work in the world today. Through such diverse mediums as painting...

About the Author Ewen Spencer graduated from the University of Brighton in1997 and began shooting for visually driven style magazines, such as Sle...

Product Description How has the seaside been photographed? From the roaring waves of the nineteenth century through the reportage of the 1960s and...

Product Description A two-volume boxset facsimile of the first printing of Complexity and Contradiction paired with a compendium of new scholarshi...

David Hockney is possibly the world's most popular living painter, but he is also something else: an incisive and original thinker on art. Here are...

An authoritative and comprehensive survey of the life and work of the visionary and influential painter Philip Guston. Driven and consumed by art,...

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

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

Have you ever wondered...* Why did listeners campaign to 'Free the Ambridge One'? * How many of the Horrobins have spent time at Her Majesty's plea...

Discover the transformative power of self-discovery and personal growth in this compelling book that invites you to embark on a journey towards you...

Product Description Knitting and crochet have long been considered forms of folk art, but in the 21st century, these time-honoured crafts are brea...

Review "To hear Maureen Footer tell it, Paris in the late 1940s mirrors America of late. "Society was polarized, people felt like they were losing...

Product Description America, as a place and an idea, has occupied Mitch Epstein’s art for the past fi ve decades. With the first photographs he ma...

Today's artists have an unprecedented level of choice with regard to materials and methods available to them, yet the processes involved in making ...

Product Description In 1967, The Museum of Modern Art presented New Documents, a landmark exhibition organized by John Szarkowski that brought tog...

Product Description Many of Magnum’s most renowned photographers – beginning with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson on assignment in the 1930s...

Product Description The Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, director and teacher has written a blunt, unsparingly honest guide to acting. In True a...

The coming of the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century witnessed unprecedented changes in society: rapid economic progress went hand-in-...

A Chronology of Architecture presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the compl...

Product Description An essential resource to using contemporary typefaces for effective communication Type is the handwriting of the 21st century...

Afrobeats is a fast-growing genre, one that has carved out a distinct and powerful Black identity rooted within the African continent. The first b...

Product Description Zaha Hadid (1950–2016) was one of the most innovative and celebrated architects of our time. Prepared in collaboration with th...