Art History

With all the wit, knowledge and wisdom of one of the UK''s foremost cultural commentators, Stephen Bayley takes the reader on a satirical roller-co...

Over the past three years, the world has witnessed the huge social and media discussions of what figures from the past one should, or should not ce...

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...