Thames & Hudson
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Flora Photographica: The Flower in Contemporary Photography
$65.00 Read moreFlowers have been a source of inspiration for photographers since the medium’s inception; immortalized by luminaries such as Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, and Julia Margaret Cameron. Toda
- Author: Ewing, William A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 30, 2022
- ISBN10: 0500024588
- Language: English
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Dreaming the Land: Aboriginal Art from Remote Australia
$70.00 Read moreThe artworks of Aboriginal Australian peoples are a profoundly important repository of knowledge and reflect a deep connection to Country. This visually rich survey explores the evolution of the conte
- Author: Geissler, Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 364
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1760762962
- Language: English
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Eric Ravilious: Landscapes & Nature
$19.95 Read moreEric Ravilious was a designer, painter, printmaker, and illustrator best known for his war work and depictions of the English landscape, particularly the South Downs in Sussex. Often described as a pa
- Series: V&a Artists in Focus
- Author: Ravilious, Ella
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0500480788
- Language: English
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Romanticism and Art (Revised)
$28.95 Add to cartIn the age of revolutions, at the end of the eighteenth century, the mental and spiritual life of North America and Europe began to undergo a historic and irreversible change. The ideas of spontaneity
- Series: World of Art
- Author: Vaughan, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0500202753
- Language: English
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The Great Cities in History
$18.95 Read moreToday, the majority of people in the world live in cities. The implications and challenges associated with this fact are enormous. But how did we get here?
From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotam
- Author: Norwich, John Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0500292515
- Language: English
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Art and Architecture in Mexico
$26.95 Add to cartThis new interpretive history of Mexican art from the Spanish Conquest to the early decades of the twenty-first century is the most comprehensive introduction to the subject in fifty years. James Oles… [more below]
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Oles, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 09 2013
- ISBN10: 0500204063
- Language: English
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Picasso: The Self-Portraits
$45.00 Read morePablo Picasso’s life and art has been depicted in monographs, biographies, and movies, but until now his self-portraits as a body of work have not received the focus they deserve. Picasso represented
- Author: Bonafoux, Pascal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0500025835
- Language: English
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Polaroid: The Complete Guide to Experimental Instant Photography
$24.95 Add to cartPolaroid: The Complete Guide to Experimental Instant Photography is the go-to resource for all lovers of instant photography. Divided into two main parts, “Camera and Film Format Guide” and “Creative
- Author: Adam, Rhiannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0500296529
- Language: English
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Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity
$70.00 Add to cartLouis Cartier (1875-1942), the grandson of Cartier founder Louis-Fran?is, was an impassioned collector and patron of the arts. He was particularly entranced by Islamic arts, especially Persian book ar
- Author: Ecker, Heather
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0500024790
- Language: English
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Ceramics: An Atlas of Forms
$65.00 Add to cartWhat can we learn about the Roman Empire from an amphora made in 200 BCE? How can a simple, unadorned cup made in 1945 tell us so much about history? And what will an artwork comprising a vast collect
- Author: Barkley, Glenn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1760763934
- Language: English
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In Search of the Indo-Europeans
$34.95 Add to cartAn archaeological and linguistic monograph on the origins and expansion of the Indo-European
- Author: Mallory, J. P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: September 16 2011
- ISBN10: 0500276161
- Language: English
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History of Film
$25.95 Add to cartIn this lively and up-to-date analysis, David Parkinson traces the evolution of the moving image from the earliest shadow shows to the digital filmmaking of the twenty-first century. Covering the key … [more below]
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Parkinson, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: October 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0500204101
- Language: English
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The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars
$50.00 Add to cartThe twenty-first century has seen a surge of interest in English art of the interwar years. High-profile exhibitions have attracted record-breaking visitor numbers and challenged received opinion. In
- Author: Spalding, Frances
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0500518645
- Language: English
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Art and Climate Change
$24.95 Read moreArt and Climate Change collects a wide range of artistic responses to our current ecological emergency. When the future of life on Earth is threatened, creative production for its own sake is not eno
- Series: World of Art
- Author: Fowkes, Maja
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: June 07, 2022
- ISBN10: 0500204756
- Language: English
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Hokusai Manga
$34.95 Read moreIn 1814, the great Japanese artist and printmaker Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) published the first volume of his sketches: Hokusai Manga. Originally designed as a reference for his students to emula
- Author: Hokusai, Katsushika
- Binding: Boxed Set
- Page Count: 1040
- Publish Date: October 27 2020
- ISBN10: 0500294615
- Language: English
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Wedgwood: Craft & Design
$19.95 Read moreLooking back at key moments in Wedgwood’s design history, this book celebrates the manufacturer’s visual power and great design from its founding in 1759 to the present day.
The name Wedgwood has come
- Series: V&a Artists in Focus
- Author: Jones, Catrin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0500480753
- Language: English
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Etruscan Art
$24.95 Add to cartThe Etruscans were the most powerful force in central Italy until Roman unification of the peninsula. Vestiges of their art, architecture, and unique language have long intrigued scholars, and the sea… [more below]
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Spivey, Nigel Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: November 17 1997
- ISBN10: 0500203040
- Language: English
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Magnum
$175.00 Read moreSince its founding in 1947 by Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, and David “Chim” Seymour, the legendary cooperative Magnum Photos has powerfully chronicled the people, cultures, event
- Author: Lardinois, Brigitte
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 728
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0500545626
- Language: English
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Jewelry: From Antiquity to the Present
$28.95 Add to cartFrom the simple shell beads worn by Palaeolithic hunters to the splendor of Renaissance gold work and the sumptuousness of Art Nouveau enamels, here is a fascinating and informative guide to the devel… [more below]
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Phillips, Clare
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: May 17 1996
- ISBN10: 0500202877
- Language: English
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Imagining England’s Past: Inspiration, Enchantment, Obsession
$34.95 Add to cartEngland has long built its sense of self on its past. What does it mean for Geoffrey of Monmouth to call forth King Arthur from the post-Roman fog, for William Morris to resurrect the skills of the me
- Author: Owens, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0500024332
- Language: English
