Art Styles Not Defined by Date

What makes Scottish art Scottish? In this now classic text, Murdo Macdonald explores the distinctive characteristics of Scottish art over the centu...

More than any other civilisation, China is renowned for its long tradition of ceramic production, from its terracotta and stoneware works in ancien...

The use of pictures to communicate a story has a long tradition in Japanese culture that dates back more than a thousand years. Such narrative illu...

A new, updated and expanded edition of this classic survey on the history of Caribbean art, featuring the work of over 100 artists from the period ...

Calligraphy has held an honored place in the spiritual traditions of Tibet. Monks dedicate their lives to mastering the many subtleties of the art,...

In the heady and hallucinogenic days of the 1960s and 70s, a diverse range of artists and creative individuals based in the American Westfrom the P...

In any decade the work of only a very few artists offers a template for understanding the culture and ideas of their time. Photographer Diane Arbus...

Discover the rarified Peranakan (native-born Chinese of Southeast Asia) aesthetics that are today highly sought-after for their beauty: distinctive...

Spanning seven centuries, this selection of fifty iconic paintings offers readers a crash course in art history while presenting gorgeous color rep...

The Van Gogh Museum invited the celebrated Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi to present recent work inspired by Vincent van Gogh. Although the two artists...

Part of a series of handy, luxurious Flame Tree Pocket Books. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed o...

The classic book on the art and history of weaving--now expanded and in full color Written by one of the twentieth century's leading textile artis...

From its birth in the 7th century through modern times, the Islamic religion has inspired glorious works of art. This stunning book includes more t...

Utagawa Hiroshige (17971858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning pictures of the floating world, ukiyo-e ...

For 250 years the State Hermitage has been one of Europe's most palatial museums. The Hermitage collections were developed beginning in 1764 by Cat...

A fully illustrated book that plays a key role in shaping our understanding of the work of Korean Contemporary Artists, and provides a gateway to t...

A stunning showcase of exceptional and rare works of Buddhist art, presented to the international community for the first time The practice of Budd...

This book commemorates the remarkable gift of over 400 works from the collection of Barbara and David Kipper to the Art Institute of Chicago. These...