Art History

Phenomenal Difference grants new attention to contemporary black British art, exploring its critical and social significance through attention to e...

'Rich and funny' Julian Barnes, Guardian 'Poirier's hugely enjoyable, quick-witted and richly anecdotal book is magnifique' The Times A captivati...

The Books That Shaped Art History provides an invaluable roadmap of the field by reassessing the impact of the most important texts of art history ...

Georgia O''Keeffe is one of the most significant and intriguing artists of the twentieth century, known internationally for her boldly innovative a...

The book Art Forms in Nature is a collection of prints, made by the scientist Ernst Haeckel, of an enormous variety of flora and fauna from the sea...

The brilliant mid-century modern artist, Harry Bertoia (19151978), left a rich legacy of art and design, each with an intriguing history. And yet, ...

At a critical time in Canada's history, the Group of Seven revolutionized the country's appreciation of itself by celebrating Canada as a wild and ...

Over a period of some twenty years, Mexican-born artisan Dionicio Rodríguez created imaginative sculptures of reinforced concrete that imitated the...

Elisabeth Lebon has compiled the ultimate reference book for serious collectors of bronze sculpture and professionals working in the field. Her Dic...

Engagingly written and colorfully illustrated, The Experience of Modern Sculpture leads us to understand, and take pleasure in, the sculpture of th...

Subtle and wide-ranging in its account, this study explores the impact of Australian art in Britain in the two decades following the end of World W...

In this groundbreaking book David Roberts sets out to demonstrate the centrality of the total work of art to European modernism since the French Re...

Flowers by Rosie Sanders is a large-format book that showcases over 80 of her finest flower paintings in exquisite detail. Often compared to the ar...

Go behind-the-scenes of the art world as you tour the homes and studios of 86 international artists. Some studios are large, with lovely high ceili...

This collection of 240 photographs depicts 224 of the twentieth centurys top studio craft artists and designers working in fiber, clay, glass, meta...