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Beginning with Filoli, the century-old, forward-looking estate situated just south of San Francisco, and closing with The Park, the first public ga...

This dazzling book showcases the history of modern and contemporary art using one hundred of the most significant art works--one per year--of the p...

Buildings of every shape and size and from all corners of the world, populate this colourful and beautifully produced book that introduces children...

People of all ages are fascinated by Mona Lisa's beguiling smile, Van Gogh's hypnotic night sky, and Frida Kahlo's depiction of herself with a monk...

Product Description A winged, headless goddess from the third century; a gigantic tube of toothpaste; a tribal mask; a Buddha of solid gold - ...

This book teaches a young audience about the works and lives of thirteen women artists through informative texts, puzzles, coloring exercises, and ...

Product Description Now available in a new edition, this chronologically arranged volume covers a century and a half of masterpieces which beautif...

It’s difficult to grasp the enormous changes life on Earth has undergone since it first came into existence, but this marvelously illustrated book ...

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

Product Description Decades before he blew the lid off the high-stakes art world by shredding a work immediately following its purchase at an auct...

As functional as it is beautiful, this substantial book presents some of the world’s greatest art in an elegant package that will look good at home...

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

“Everything is art. Everything is politics,” says internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei. His statement informs this comprehensive book that fea...

Albrecht Durer's prints and drawings have inspired hundreds of artists, both during his life and after his death. Yet his talent as a painter and c...

For his largest solo museum exhibition, Alex Da Corte takes over all of MASS MoCA's second-floor galleries, presenting a selection of existing work...

Recording Alexander von Humboldt's historic expedition to the Americas and Cuba - hailed by many as the 'scientific discovery of America' - these i...

At the dawn of the 19th-century, the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt was granted permission to charter an expedition to Spain’s colonies i...

One of the most recognizable artists of his era, Amedeo Modigliani is also perhaps one of the least understood. In this thorough, yet refreshingly ...

Throughout his career, Andy Warhol easily crossed the boundaries between fine art and graphic design; in fact, he made no distinction between art a...

Sometimes it's easy to forget that humans are not the only inhabitants of Earth. This visually striking book reminds us that not only do we share a...

At a time when individual rights are being contested and when those on the fringes of society feel deeply threatened, this powerful photographic co...

Antarctica was only discovered 200 years ago and since its discovery, explorers, sailors, and scientists have been travelling to the world's only u...

Since its launch in 2014, the Kitchen Stories app has acquired a dedicated following among seasoned and beginner cooks alike. Now the best of their...

Product Description Contemporary sculptor Aron Demetz uses traditional techniques to create electrifying pieces in conversation with works of ...

Product Description This beautiful introduction to art and language features some of the world s most loved masterpieces as it entices children to...

The Art Nouveau movement became an international phenomenon at the beginning of the twentieth century that ushered in the era of modernity in almos...

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

Product Description Now available in an updated new edition, this book examines the tumultuous history of Bauhaus art and design..This lively ...

A young girl falls asleep and travels in her dreams through the sky, down to the ocean's depths, and into a jungle. She is accompanied by a lion fr...

Behind the Mask: Artists in the GDR focuses on the wide variety of artistic self-staging in the GDR, between public and private, prescribed collect...

Product Description This wonderfully insightful and brilliantly illustrated book on gardens and gardeners will provide hours of absorbing fun...

Bookstores are treasure troves of knowledge and ideas, invaluable for the imagination, and often reflect their owners’ personalities in ways intern...

Although Bosch’s known works amount to no more than two dozen paintings and a handful of drawings, the artist had an enormous impact on religious i...

Michael Kenna is celebrated for his mysterious and exquisite black and white natural and industrial landscapes. He is especially revered for his im...

The author, John Hill, is the founder of the hugely influential architecture blog A Daily Dose of Architecture, which recently shifted course to fo...

As one of the founding figures of Impressionism, Camille Pissarro exerted considerable influence over the movement’s other members, such as Paul Cé...

David Zinn's amazing street drawings are created using chalk, charcoal and found objects, and each extraordinary drawing is only ever temporary. Th...

Virtually no other musical discipline is as closely linked with the culture and essence of a country as the chanson with France. With roots in the ...

Product Description Christian Warlich was a world famous German tattooist and his flash book is one of the most coveted objects in the tattoo worl...

Although overshadowed by their male colleagues, many important women artists carved out successful careers in early 20th-century Vienna. They exhib...

Now available in a new expanded and updated edition, Cocktails of the Movies serves up the 72 greatest cocktails to have featured on film. Take a j...

Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world’s masterpieces on their own terms and with plent...

Product Description Explore the hyperlocal approach of acclaimed chef Norbert Niederkofler, from his home in South Tyrol in the Italian Alps to th...

In the final decades of the nineteenth century, the Glasgow Style introduced Art Nouveau in Britain and helped transform an industrial city into Sc...

New in paperback, this book presents Dieter Rams aesthetic philosophy through highlights from a forty-year career designing iconic consumer product...

Product Description Dressed to Swill contains sixty original cocktail recipes inspired by style icons from the 20th century to today, including fa...