Art Forms

William Bouguereau, the most popular artist in nineteenth-century France, is rapidly becoming one of the most popular realist artists of all time. ...

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is the most important painter of sketches in the history of European art. His Italian and Flemish predecessors had fo...

Pollock''s Modernism provides a new interpretation of the art of Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), one that is based on a phenomenological investigation...

The work of this important sculptor, spokesperson, and teacher is seen from a variety of cultural perspectives in this book, which draws upon the a...

Cedric Morris (1889-1982) and Arthur Lett-Haines (known as Lett) (1894-1978) were an extraordinary couple who were at the centre of the Modern Brit...

Now available in a new format, this opulent book presents Vasily Kandinsky s major paintings from all phases of his artistic career and celebrates ...

Paul Nash (1889-1946) created an individual pathway through English art in the first half of the 20th century, shaping a body of work that recognis...

In this remarkable book, a record of a decade of private conversations with art critic Martin Gayford, David Hockney reveals via reflection, anecdo...

In the 1880s, Suzanne Valadon was considered the Impressionists' most beautiful model. But behind her captivating façade lay a closely-guarded secr...

Jose Clemente Orozco's 1930 mural, Prometheus, created for the Pomona College campus, is a dramatic and gripping examination of heroism. This thou...

A gorgeous new edition with the cover printed on silver. Vincent van Gogh is considered one of the world''s greatest painters, his work having had ...

In 1926 22 year - old Dutchman Willem de Kooning (1904 1997) travelled to the USA on a British freighter without papers and hidden in the mac...

This beautifully illustrated book documents the life and work of David Milne (1882-1953), one of Canada's greatest modern painters whose vast body ...

With more than 300,000 copies sold worldwide in 15 languages, this newly revised and updated edition of 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die ...

Sam Herman (1936-2020) stands at the very centre of the development of the international Studio Glass Movement. He was not only present for the bir...

This collection of maps explores the unique personalities of 28 cities around the world, shedding light on the strange and marvelous ways in which ...

This is poetry about the everyday happenings in life - observations on everything from estate agents to pelican crossings, with some nonsense rhyme...