Art

This is a quick, handy reference guide to art from prehistoric times up to the present. The book is arranged in chronological order, covering all the main time periods, movements...

The artist's book as activist tactic: a toolkitFreedom of the Presses is at once a textbook and a toolbox for using artists' books and creative publications to further community engagement...

Recreate the magical atmosphere of Wes Anderson's best-loved movies with stylish interiors in your own home.Each chapter in this unique interiors book partners a best-loved Wes Anderson movie with a...

A comprehensive pictorial introduction to Rodin's powerful and well-loved sculptures.

Francis Bacon's powerful and disturbing images of the human figure have had a profound impact on the art of the 20th century. A lifelong student of colour, form and brushwork,...

The Chester Beatty Library contains some of the finest treasures of the World's great cultures and religions. This beautifully illustrated and elegantly designed guide is the first to offer an...

The first time she made a pizza from scratch, art historian Nancy Heller made the observation that led her to write this entertaining guide to contemporary art. Comparing modern art...

Featured in Dezeen's Top 10 Architecture and Design books of 2024Master the design ideas that shape the world we live in today.In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Jervis...

Exploring the garden season by season, this practical book sets out to highlight how the watercolourist can make the best use of the available resources to find inspiration, not just...

'Where and how Dada began is almost as difficult to determine as Homer's birthplace', writes Hans Richter, the artist and film-maker closely associated with this radical and transforming movement from...

The book that Janet Maslin of The New York Times has called 'indispensable' and 'a transfixing study of American mores and manners that happens to incorporate boundless laughs, too' is...

The 35 paintings that have come down to us from the hand of Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) place him beside Rembrandt and Frans Hals as one of the great masters of...

Emerging from the unlikely background of the Scottish coalfields, unknown and untutored, Jack Vettriano has become Scotland's most successful and controversial contemporary artist. Appearing on posters and cards, mugs and...