Art History

Iconography, the study of symbols be they animals, artefacts, plants, shapes or gestures is an essential element of art history. This guide unr...

The Art Museum offers the museum experience without the boundaries of space and time. The unique structure of the book has been created by speciali...

Visit the world's most comprehensive and compelling museum in a book from pre-historic times to the present, over 1,600 artworks created with the...

There are over 1,000 catalogued works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (15771640), the 16th-century flag bearer for Baroque drama, movement, and sensuality...

Though numbering just 35 known works, the uvre of Johannes Vermeer (16321675) is hailed as one of the most important and inspiring portfolios in ar...

An accessible, comprehensive, freshly-updated celebration of the vast range of human artistry from 28,000 BC to today Brought completely up to date...

Film is made of moments. In its earliest form, the cinema was a moment: mere seconds recorded and projected into the darkness. Even as film has dev...

'What makes some pictures a masterpiece? Who better to explain than our greatest living artist, as he teams up with art critic Martin Gayford to op...

Think Like an Artist by BBC Arts editor Will Gompertz - wisdom and smart thinking from Da Vinci to Ai WeiweiWhy do some people seem to find it easy...

An up-to-date and comprehensive guide to 150 of the most significant styles and movements that have shaped art history through time. All art is of ...

Although fewer than eighty of Caravaggio's painted works exist, they represent a critical moment in the development of European painting as the Ren...