Six thematic chapters range over subjects like The Outdoors, Capturing The Moment, Representing Things as They Are, Finding New Subjects, Looking Beyond Nature, to conclude with a chapter on the...
Even before the advent of haute couture, Paris was a great centre of fashion. During the second half of the nineteenth century, when the capital was transformed by an ambitious...
One of the most influential filmmakers of the late 20th century, Derek Jarman directed cult feature films such as Jubilee (1977) and Caravaggio (1986), as well as music videos for...
Examining 122 objects and artworks in detail—including a 17th-century silk velvet carpet, Mughal-era miniature paintings, superb glazed ceramic ware, carved architectural details, and examples of the calligrapher's art that have...
The relationship between art and national identity is a recurring theme in modern history. Is it possible to define a national" school of art? How far does culture inspire or...
This breathtaking presentation of historic and contemporary Islamic art offers a lively comparison between past and present. A century ago, the exhibition Masterpieces of Muhammadan Art at the Haus der...
This is a lavish collection of religious art, spanning thousands of years and covering all of the world's major religious traditions - from disciplines such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and...
Graffiti has evolved into a rich and democratic form of visual expression that is now most often labelled 'street art'. Although the work is frequently location-specific, the genre has become...
Horace Walpole's little gothic castle of Strawberry Hill at Twickenham is a jewel in the suburbs of west London. It was the passion of Walpole, collector, author, dilettante and the...
For Sabine Dehnel, who was born in Germany in 1971 and studied in Los Angeles, there is no competition between painting and photography, just a mutual admiration society. Her work,...
This book brings an engaging cast of Regency characters vividly to life through a vigorous combination of words and pictures. Biographical sketches accompany portraits from the collections of the National...
Andy Warhol (1928 - 87) was a phenomenon. He remains a phenomenon to this day, not only through his own work but also through that of the many admirers and...
Twenty-seven leading Arab and international writers and thinkers reflect on and celebrate the riches of Islamic art in a visually stylish volume produced with the Museum of Islamic Art in...
Rapture surveys the collision of two glamorous and fascinating worlds: art and fashion. Whether covering an art installation in a SoHo boutique, Cindy Sherman's complicity with the tools of mass...
Gas stations, landscapes, and airports are favorite motifs for photographer and Conceptual artist Ralf Peters, 1960 in Luneburg. At first glance, his images appear to be familiar, but then disturbing...
Lively, informative and entertaining, this is an account of one of the twentieth century's most flamboyant and influential art movements. Included in this group portrait are the famous: roy Lichtenstein...
Pop Art is the most important 20th-century art movement. It brought Modernism to the masses, making art sexy and fun with coke cans and comics. Today, in our age of...
Never before have so many stunning new talents from the East had such impact and influence on world design as in the past decade. With examples by artists from a...
While many of their contemporaries seem to be working in the post studio vein with collaborators producing their work, the Latin American contemporary artists in Poetics of the Handmade explore...
Picasso and Modern British Art is the first book to explore an overlooked yet important aspect of Pablo Picasso's life and work: his lifelong connection with the United Kingdom. Tracing...
