Fine Arts

Author: Kathryn B. Hiesinger Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The Philadelphia Museum of Art was founded in 1876, after its home city hosted the Centennial, with the primary goal...

Author: Bernard Blistene Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 188 Cesar (1921-1998) came to prominence in the 1960s as part of the Nouveaux Realistes group, with Arman, Klein, Raysse, Tinguely and...

Author: Roberto Calasso Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 New to Penguin Modern Classics- a captivating exploration of the work of one of Italy's most influential - and...

Author: Susan Sontag Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form....

Author: Cliff Kuang Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 A fascinating look at the secrets of user experience and how brilliant design changes everything, by Robert Fabricant, one...

Author: Hans Holbein Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 This edition of The Dance of Death reproduces a complete set from the British Museum, with many details highlighted...

Author: Roland Barthes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 An inquiry into a very modern art form - photography. Barthes personal investigation into the meaning of photographs is...

Author: Soetsu Yanagi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 The Japanese philosopher and aesthete's definitive, hugely influential exposition of his philosophy of folkcrafts, setting out the hallmarks of...

Author: Giorgio Vasari Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 Penguin Classics relaunch Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art...

Author: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Part manifesto, part artistic joke, Fillippo Marinetti's Futurist Cookbook is a provocative work about art disguised as an...

Author: Adolf Loos Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Revolutionary essays on design, aesthetics and materialism - from one of the great masters of modern architecture 'But art...

Author: Daab Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 180 Maintaining transparency while being able to medialise large areas in an economically viable way are parameters which guarantee the success of the...

Author: Dixie Dixon Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Only a few years ago, fashion photography used to be a stuffy world for a tiny elite. Now an...

Author: Bjorn Bartholdy Format: Mixed media product Number of Pages: 400

Author: Caroline Young Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Fully illustrated, it delves into the stories behind the styles, what sets each of them apart, and looks at the influence...

Author: Rosie Sanders Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Rosie Sanders, often described as the best painter of the world's most famous fruit, has devoted years to researching this book...

Author: Editors of Chartwell Books Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 For thousands of years, cities built by humans have reflected their beliefs, their power, their needs, and their desires....

Author: David Douglas Duncan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: The legendary photographs of David Douglas Duncan explore the broad range of human nature, from the most quiet notes of life...

Author: Brian Walker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 An exciting look at the artistic evolution of the iconic style of Doonesbury on the 40th anniversary of its publication. Best...

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Author: Peggy Blum Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Creating sustainable fashion has never been more important. Circular Fashion provides an accessible, practical, and holistic approach to this...

Author: Betty Edwards Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 From the author of the world's most popular drawing instruction manual Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, this new...

Author: Jun Kaneko Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 124 This is an in-depth overview of the creation and development of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute by artist and ceramicist Jun...

Author: Chronicle Books Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 108 This beautiful gift book features gorgeous patterns from top indie artists and designers, including Julia Rothman, Jill Bliss, Junzo Terada, Rifle...

Author: Olinka Vistica Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 What to do with the fragments of a love affair? A postcard from a childhood sweetheart. A wedding dress in a...

Author: Suzanne E. Shapiro Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 This lively, colourful, and wide-ranging exploration of the evolution of the painted nail places a fascinating aspect of...

Author: Nina Kozel Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 This latest volume in Prestel's Groundbreaking Moments series explores great ideas and turning points in the history of design....

Author: Jessica Morgan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 The World Goes Pop explores the contemporaneous engagements with a spirit of pop throughout the globe, concentrating not only...

Author: Jenny Hyatt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Explores the lure of the countryside: the wide open spaces and starry skies, the lack of neighbours, noise and pollution, the ability...

Author: Benita Eisler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 George Catlin has been called the "first artist of the West," as none before him lived among and painted the Native...

Author: JONES (INTNL) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Readers can enjoy the 52 consecutive, weekly covers from the comic book 52 in one volume. This collection comes complete with...

Author: Sonia Leong Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 Learn to draw your favorite manga and anime characters, and create your own, with Drawing Manga Heroines and Heroes...

Author: Megan Hess Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 From Ms Hepburn's elegant black shift to Lady Gaga's meat gown, The Dress relives the marvellous and unforgettable dresses of fashion:...

Author: Michael Carabetta Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 A gorgeous and informative photographic celebration of the full moon and its poetic names across cultures and seasons.

Author: Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Tony Harris & Tom Feister and Chris Sprouse & Karl Story Cover by Tony...

Author: Matthias Arnold Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 181 Claude Monet spent most of his life painting his own spontaneous impressions of nature and the world that was...

Author: Ben Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 million-and...

Author: Greg Bailey Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Alright Darling? is a visual celebration of the uninhibited, unapologetic and unafraid wonderland of contemporary drag. Showcasing the world's...

Author: Reader in Classical Art Michael Squire (King's College London UK) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 The classical human body is perhaps the single most important and...

Author: Onofrio Catacchio Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 112 New York, 1948: The art world is ablaze with the pioneering brilliance of Jackson Pollock's 'action painting'. Despite this seismic creative...

Author: Andy Warhol & Pat Hackett Format:Paperback Number of Pages: A cultural storm swept through the 1960s - Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies - and at its centre...

Author: Lewis Blackwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 216 20th Century Type and Beyond provides a decade-by-decade analysis of the issues that have shaped the history of typographic...

Author: Charlie English Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'A riveting tale, brilliantly told' Philippe Sands The little-known story of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally...

Author: Tony Seddon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Every creative brief requires its own unique typographic solution to achieve both individuality and visual harmony. This is why the question...

Author: H-57 Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 In today's jet-fueled, caffeine-charged, celebrity-a-minute world, who actually has the time to watch a film from start to finish? Let's...

Author: National Geographic Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 National Geographic, the world s top media brand on Instagram, reveals the iconic account s favorite (most comments and likes) landscape,...

Author: Katie McCabe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 264 How many times have you seen a woman artist solely referred to as the wife, girlfriend, or worse, 'mistress' of a...

Author: Wendy Wick Reaves Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 Ballyhoo! looks at the poster as a form of popular portraiture. These celebrity likenesses are dramatic--and often enormous--but...