Art History

An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicamentsIn this wide-ranging and authoritative book, the first ...

‘Real changes are upon us, and today one can reel off the names of a number of first-rate women artists. Nevertheless, women are just getting start...

An original and breathtakingly beautiful perspective on how art developed through the ages, this book reveals how new materials and techniques insp...

A lavishly illustrated guide to the history of design, this book showcases more than 100 of the most groundbreaking and important design classics e...

New media in art history The history of art and new media are inextricably linked both historically and in the present day. This publication can ...

The grande dame of Norwegian Painting teacher of Nikolai Astrup and Harald Sohlberg. Harriet Backer (18451932) was one of Norways most prominent ...

Tracing the evolution of the Italian avant-gardes pioneering experiments with art and technology and their subversion of freedom and control In pos...

Munchs pictorial worlds the initial impetus for modernism Edvard Munchs radical modernity in painting was a challenge for his contemporaries. Thi...

Die Tschechoslowakei bildete sich 1918 als ein neuer demokratischer Staat in Europa. Künstlerinnen und Künstler nahezu aller Bereiche entwickelten ...

Aby Warburg in America: An Album When Aby Warburg left for the United States in September 1895, it was not foreseeable that his search for the sym...

This rich study takes Insular art on its own terms, revealing a distinctive and unorthodox theology that will inevitably change how scholars view t...

The story of Klimt's astonishing artistic career is told in this beautifully produced collection of reproductions, photographs and drawings with an...

The grande dame of Norwegian Painting teacher of Nikolai Astrup and Harald Sohlberg. Harriet Backer (18451932) was one of Norways most prominent ...

Pierrot, a theatrical stock character known by his distinctive costume of loose white tunic and trousers, is a ubiquitous figure in French art and ...

Swiss artist Barbara Davi, born 1971, primarily works with the medias of installation and photo-collage. Following her artistic education at Zurich...

Jean Fautrier (1989-1964) was a major 20th century artist. Trained at the Royal Academy of Arts and influenced by J.M.W. Turner, he was quickly not...

A contemplative exploration of the work of Yun Hyong-keun, a renowned Korean abstract painter, during a transformative period in the early 1980s. ...

Monet, van Gogh and Cezanne feature in a pleasurable Royal Academy show that demonstrates why the Impressionists remain the world's favourite set o...

This volume offers the first critical account of how European imports of East Asian textiles, porcelain, and lacquers, along with newly published d...

Elizabeth Siddal is remembered as a Pre-Raphaelite supermodel and the muse and wife of Gabriel Rossetti. She is cast as a tragic heroine much like ...