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At the heart of this book are twenty-eight real-life animals and the myths and literature, paintings, drawings, textiles and ceramics they have inspired some of the most celebrated Japanese artists...

This beautifully illustrated new volume on the Surrealist movement uncovers the influence magic, myth and the occult had on its development. Like no other 20th-century movement, Surrealism was keenly inspired...

Now available in paperback, this beautifully illustrated biography is the perfect introduction to Monet's artistic achievements. How did Monet's childhood at the seaside influence his art? Why was he so...

Every August, tens of thousands of participants gather to celebrate artistic expression in Nevada's barren Black Rock Desert. This vastly inhospitable location, called the playa, is the site of Burning...

The painstakingly crafted world that J.R.R. Tolkien created for The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion is so vivid that its easy to briefly imagine Middle-earth as...

Since its first publication this book has been hailed as the most comprehensive history of art ever published in a single volume. Presenting art history as an essential part of...

Major new catalogue dedicated to Eric Fischl, one of the leading figurative painters working in the USA today. Contemporary artist Eric Fischl has been unwavering in his commitment to painting...

Prior to the invention of the printing press, all books had to be written by hand. Manuscripts are the beautiful manifestation of this craft, and the most precious and expensive...

Louis Comfort Tiffany was highly skilled in jewellery design, ceramics, enamels, and metalwork but he is best known for his beautiful stained-glass designs. Using opalescent glass in a variety of...

A major monograph of the American realist artist, descendant of one of America's most revered artistic families, and painter of dark and uneasy subjects. This book traces a persistent vein...

Known for installations exploring science, natural phenomena, and contemporary mythologies, French artist Laurent Grasso presents a visual journey of his avant-garde, conceptual work. Drawing on the visual possibilities of electromagnetic...

Kerry James Marshall is a monumental monograph covering the entire career of painter Kerry James Marshall, focusing on the last 35 years of work. Definitive monograph on contemporary African-American painter...

A raw collection of photos and stories spotlighting the artistic process and dangerous adventures of a Chicago graffiti artist as he creates unsponsored works of art around the world. More...

This book is the definitive overview of the richest, most controversial and perhaps most thoroughly confusing epoch in the whole history of the visual arts: the period from 1960 to...

Acclaimed for her beauty as well as her compassion and generosity, Princess Diana was also the ultimate royal fashion icon. This stunning paper doll collection features a gorgeous gallery of...

Ten years after its 1901 founding, the Society of Illustrators resolved to publish an annual compilation of the year's best illustrations by the institution's members - a tradition that endures...

A penetrating inquiry into the motives, moral dilemmas, and compromises of Walter Gropius, Emil Nolde, and other celebrated artists who chose to remain in Nazi Germany "What are we to...

Step into the studios of art's most iconic names An art gallery in book form, this fascinating volume showcases the works and lives of the greatest painters and sculptors the...

Thirty-five contemporary artists create their own version of Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe . Edouard Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe (1863) is generally cited as the first modern painting. The entry...

The first book, accompanying a traveling exhibition, dedicated to Cuban mid-century design anchored by an under-acknowledged collection of graphic design, prototypes, and furniture, much of which has never been exhibited...

This radical new examination of one of the most important Flemish Masters presents Bouts as a maker of images-and considers his oeuvre alongside the work of current-day filmmakers, game creators,...

Henry Moore is often lauded as one of the most pre-eminent artists of the twentieth century who raised the status of British sculpture internationally. This book centres some of his...

The painter and printmaker Emma Stibbon is fascinated by environments in flux. Her work often explores the impact of natural forces: the shifting tectonic plates, volcanic activity and powerful glaciers...

During his reign, King Charles I (1600-1649) assembled one of Europe's most extraordinary art collections. Indeed, by the time of his death, it contained some 2,000 paintings and sculptures. Charles...

"The Multitude Diaries" presents 238 of Orr's drawings from the last twenty years. Best known as a printmaker, Chris Orr RA is also a prodigious draughtsman. His drawings introduce a...

A unique approach to the subject, bringing together recognised experts, museum curators and specialist authors from across the world, for the first time High quality new photograph and archival material...

Big Biba was the final flowering of the near-mythical Biba retail brand. A shop like no other, all seven storeys stocked own-brand products packaged in the distinctive Biba style. Customers...

'The lives of the characters get entangled in this powerful read' WOMAN'S OWN 'A pacy, gripping tale of secrets, love and betrayal in 1950s Catalonia, written with skill and colour....

It was in large part the lure of riches, such as spices and gold, and the promise of fertile land which tempted the British and other Europeans to venture out...

The anthology was originally published by Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, Bompiani, Sonzogno, Etas in Milan to accompany an exhibition of Celtic art and civilization at Palazzo Grassi in Venice in 1991,...

"This is a gorgeous book, ideal for any lover of Art Nouveau." -bookaddiction Dover's extensive library of Art Nouveau graphic art and typography serves as the source for this comprehensive...

Egypt, Babylon, Greece up through 19th-century Europe; based on surviving pieces, art work, much more. Includes many clear, measured patterns for reproducing historic costumes. Egypt, Babylon, Greece up through 19th-century...

In this entertaining account of the origins and early history of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Christopher Frayling shows how the Museum's first director attempted to define the principles of...

Every conceivable expression of this epoch, from Roman baroque to Dutch painting and naturally the unfolding splendour of Louis XIV is gathered in this volume. This work includes: chronological depiction...

Holland in the 17th century presented artists with the most man-made landscape in Europe, and one which still exerts a fascination on our imaginations today. The human narrative within the...

This catalogue brings together some 1570 paintings from the Fitzwilliam Museum, the art museum of the University of Cambridge. This collection, one of the finest in Britain, brings together a...

This is the story of one of the world' s most iconic images. Martin Bailey explains why Van Gogh painted a series of sunflower still lifes in Provence. He then...

Matisse or Kahlo - Hirst or Emin - whose artworks have been the most influential? The most shocking? The most expensive? These cards allow art lovers of all ages to...

Children of Marx and Coca-Cola affords a deep study of Chinese avant-garde art and independent cinema from the mid-1990s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Informed by the author's...

The heroic, #1 New York Times bestselling tale of the men who saved the world's greatest art from the Nazis, and the basis for the acclaimed motion picture starring George...

The Short Story of Contemporary Art is a must-read introduction to this exciting and important period, from bestselling author and art historian Susie Hodge. This fascinating pocket guide explains the...

John Russell's memoir of London goes back to before the great fire of 1666, when the modern city was formed. It looks inside St. Paul's Cathedral, under Wren's great dome,...

Greek sculpture is full of breathing vitality and yet, at the same time, it reaches beyond mere imitation of nature to give form to thought in works of timeless beauty....

Women - as warriors, workers, mothers, sensual women,even absent women - haunt 19th- and 20th-century Western painting: their representation is one of its most common subjects. Representing Women brings together...

Taking their name from the downtown street in Montreal where members shared a studio in the early 1920s, The Beaver Hall Group were early adopters of new modernistic approaches to...

There are few things a bibliophile loves more than an epigraph. Those intriguing quotations, sayings, snippets of songs and poems that appear just before Chapter One do more than just...

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art stares into the dark heart of Australia's brutal colonial history and offers new insights into the first art of this country. Long...