Art History

The paintings of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood are widely known and loved, but this book newly available in paperback presents a comprehensive s...

An invaluable resource a delightful and compendious opus. - The Pre-Raphaelite Society Review The Death of Chatterton hangs from the wall of ...

Scholars and enthusiasts alike will revel in this ambitious two-volume catalogue raisonné of Thomas Gainsboroughs portraits and copies of Old Maste...

A wide-ranging collection of essays written for the William Morris Society exploring the various intersections between the life, work and achieveme...

In this new monograph, part of Phaidon's Art and Ideas series, Simon Lee, Senior Lecturer in the History of Art the University of Reading, examines...

The man behind the paintings: the extraordinary life of J. M. W Turner, one of Britain's most admired, misunderstood and celebrated artistsJ. M. W....

Hand Drawn Maps is a fun how to book about hand drawn cartography. It is introduced by a brief history of maps and map making, followed by five sec...

Surveying the Avant-Garde examines the art and literature of the Americas in the early twentieth century through the lens of the questionnaire, a g...

The Arts and Crafts Movement was a reaction to the brutality of working life and the sterility of industrial design in Victorian Britain. Although ...

The English Romantic artist Joseph Mallord William Turner (17751851) was hailed as the painter of light for his brilliantly colored landscapes and ...

Miss Kate Cranston opened four Glasgow Tea Rooms at the end of the 19th century/beginning of the 20th, including the famous Willow Tea Rooms. Ahead...

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti ...

The author's personal, beautiful, and discursive style will appeal to enthusiasts of art and English literature. Library Journal One of the grea...

This book, published to coincide with a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, explores and celebrates Turners lifelong fascination with...

In this concise and beautifully illustrated introduction book, expert Jason Rosenfeld walks us through the key moments and central artworks to the ...

A revealing new portrait of J.M.W. Turner and the man behind the art, uncovering fresh material and shedding new light on this complicated and secr...

The Decorative Design of C.F.A. Voysey is the first book to place Voysey in his times. His was a dynamic age; 'Our descendants will envy the dawn t...

Edward Schroder Prior designed the cathedral of the Arts and Crafts Movement (St Andrew's Church, Roker), perfected the popular butterfly plan in h...