History of Art & Design Styles: c 1800 to c 1900

Is there such a thing as “Impressionist sculpture”? Since 1881 when Edgar Degas presented Little Dancer Aged Fourteen at the Sixth Impressionist Ex...

"A painting must stand as a painting, made by human hand," wrote Caspar David Friedrich, "not seek to disguise itself as Nature." One of his genera...

Each year between 1819 and 1825, John Constable (1776-1837) submitted a monumental canvas to the Royal Academy of Arts in London for display in the...

(Re)discover Art Nouveau at the heart of Brussels. At the end of the 19th century, the anti-academic movement pushed Brussels' architects towards A...

Van Gogh’s A Wheatfield, with Cypresses and Georges Seurat’s Bathers at Asnières are two of the most famous and popular paintings in London’s Natio...

The story of how a group of precocious young artists shook up the British art establishment, told through their works, letters and diaries.  An ill...

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872-1945) was an accomplished painter, illustrator and designer whose artistic life bridged the Victorian and modern ...

Situated at around 3,300 ft above sea level in the mountains of the Swiss Jura region, the town of La Chaux-de-Fonds experienced significant econom...

Evelyn Waugh's first book: a portrait of one of the greatest artists of the nienteenth century, from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth'B...

A captivating and highly illustrated introduction to Vincent Van Gogh, told through 50 major works. This new book...

To give political legitimacy to his Empire, in just fifteen years Emperor Napoléon I created an enduring image of Napoléonic France as the contempo...

The perfect gift for fans of classic novels, crafting and puns. ‘There is no gate, no lock, no bolt ...