Prestel

Born in middle-class Philadelphia in the 1940s, Howardena Pindell came of age during the Civil Rights movement. As an African-American woman artist...

'Painting is to dream', said Hundertwasser. 'When the dream is over, I don't remember anything I dreamed about. The painting, however, remains. It ...

It is the summer of 1939 in Warsaw, Poland and Michal is an eight-year-old boy just finishing his school year. In order to improve his handwriting,...

The iF product design award was introduced in 1954 and is annually conferred by iF Industrie Forum Design of Hanover, Germany. Each year the iF awa...

The first publication of the celebrated photographer, model, illustrator, and designer Ana KraA , this highly anticipated volume features her signa...

Photography has both manipulated and bolstered our appreciation of modern architecture. With beautiful photographs of private and public buildings ...

This beautiful volume offers a comprehensive overview of Impressionist landscape painting from an incomparable collection. During the 1860s, Claude...

In the late 19th century, numerous Russian artists found inspiration in the style of French Impressionist painters. Often, a journey to Paris acted...

Historic India, which now encompasses the modern nations of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, is celebrated for the richness of its architectural and...

James Tissot is best known for his paintings of fashionable women and society life in the late 19th century. Born in Nantes, France, he trained at ...

This book presents amazing quality French Impressionist art held in Japanese collections and includes some of the major works of the Impressionist ...

In 1940s occupied Paris, Jean Dubuffet began to champion a progressive vision for art; one that rejected classical notions of beauty in favour of a...

With a reputation built over 25 years, Joanna Wood is recognized as one of Britain's leading figures in interior design. Her practice, Joanna Tradi...

This book tells the story of the postman Zephyr, who lives in a little blue village in the mountains where nothing ever changes. A dreamer hoping f...

Michael Kenna is regarded as one of the most accomplished photographers working today. This book charts Kenna's work in the field of architectural ...

Review ...With only 18 reliable attributed extant paintings, how are we still talking about the painter today? Complete Paintings presents an in-d...

Featuring new and iconic images, this follow-up to Prestel's highly successful A Year in Photography: Magnum Archive includes some of the most stri...

In this modern-day story about grief and family connections, a young girl discovers that healing can be a creative process. Winner of the Bookstaga...

Many of the paintings by Max Beckmann show the world of the theater, the circus, and vaudeville. He assumed the position of the spectator and his p...

Every home cook faces the same conundrum what should I make today? Find a delicious answer to that question every day of the year with Meike Peters...

Christmas is the time of year when people reach for their aprons and measuring spoons to transform butter, sugar, and flour into delectable treats....

Product Description Hailed as 'British dance's true iconoclast', Michael Clark is a defining cultural figure in the contemporary dance world. Sinc...

From her early rarely seen Riot Grrrl-influenced fanzines and performances to a career that has produced seminal films, fiction, sculptures, public...

In 2006, architectural designer and curator Adam Stech embarked on a photographic project to document the best Modernist architecture around the gl...