Art Forms

The spiritually inspired pictures of Agnes Pelton (18811961) have their roots in the desert of California, a place where the artist settled in 1932...

Learn to draw a variety of subjects in graphite pencil from basic shapes. In Drawing: How to Draw 1which also features contributions by acclaimed a...

A visual history of tea towel design, from the 1950s to today. Both practical and beautiful, the tea towel has over the last century established it...

How to Rule at Drawing features 50 bite-size tips and tricks to help you improve your art skills. This easy-to-follow, irresistibly illustrated boo...

Heres another book about Frida Kahlo, and this one doesnt feature even a single original painting. What it does contain are encounters with her cur...

This book is under the impression that the general cultivation of practical taste, and an acquaintance with the principles of the Fine Arts, are no...

Whitework embroidery traditionally features beautifully intricate designs using white thread on white background fabric, examples of which can be f...

Crewelwork embroidery traditionally features bold striking designs, rich vivid colours and thick textured woollen thread, and these designs are cer...

An 'atypical' Flemish primitive unravelled: Hugo van der Goes In this fascinating introduction to the work and life of Flemish Primitive Hugo van d...

Georg Baselitz enters a dialogue with the Old Masters - invited by Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, the acclaimed German painter and sculptor engag...

Ithell Colquhoun (19061988) was a force of nature; a prolific artist, essayist, novelist, and poet whose overriding concerns were with spiritual tr...

A wonderfully creative and original approach to Japanese floral design Japanese floral designs often outshine other floral arrangements in perfecti...

The disturbing, exciting, and defiantly avant-garde films of Jesus Jess Franco, director of such films as Vampyros Lesbos and Lilian the Perverte...