Art History

Published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum in 2012 with a preface from Neil MacGregor, this remarkable book explores Picasso's mos...

Gothic effigy brings together for the first time the multifarious visual motifs and media associated with Gothic, many of which have never received...

In endless odes to the female form, Amedeo Modigliani (18841920) traced elongated bodies, almond eyes, and his own name into art history. His langu...

Relegated to the Crypt of the Capitol building for 76 years, the Portrait Monument has stood in the Rotunda since 1997. Often referred to as the Su...

Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) is one of the leading figures of modern art. His unparalleled cut-outs are among the most significant of any artist''''...

In interpreting its own age art often turns to the past. At the beginning of the twentieth century one of these encounters between present and p...

This book is dedicated to the great Georgian modern artist David Kakabadze (1889-1952). This book compares the importance of David Kakabadze''''s c...

Paul Klee's angels are as precious artworks as gentle companions - here almost 50 images of his angels are gathered in a wonderful gift book.Paul K...

Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesth...

The first comprehensive study of Picasso''s mastery of line drawing and its centrality to his artistic process This beautiful new study provides an...

Practically every major artistic figure of the mid-twentieth century spent some time at Black Mountain College: Harry Callahan, Merce Cunningham, W...

Considered to be the founder of video art, Nam June Paik (1932- 2006) was a visionary artist who foresaw the importance of mass media and new techn...

With some 280 colour illustrations, Introduction to Modern Design takes us on a visual survey of design from the Industrial Revolution of the eight...

Born in British Guiana in 1936, Frank Bowling arrived in Britain in his late teens, going on to study paiting at the the Royal College of Art in th...

The Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte redefined the way we think about art. Famous for his men in bowler hats, Magrittes witty and provocativ...

Michel Buffet is known as a pioneer in the mid-century industrial design movement in France. His work embodies the aesthetics of the ''Thirty Glori...

A focused investigation of Whistlers watercolors that introduces readers to a rarely seen aspect of the artists creative output In the 1880s, James...