History of Art & Design Styles: from c 1900

Bridget Riley has made screenprints throughout her career, extending the principles of her paintings into a new, reproducible medium. Bringing toge...

New scholarship on a little-known decorative commission undertaken by Pablo Picasso offers insight into the artists painting process and the evolut...

* A Times and New Statesman Book of the Year ** BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week ** Illustrated with over 130 colour photographs and drawings *'A maste...

Explores and theorises the modern and contemporary art of Iran from the mid-twentieth century to the present Critically rereads the concepts of mo...

Christine Rebet is fascinated by sleight of hand and optical illusions, the principal forms of entertainment before the invention of motion picture...

Perhaps no individual is more associated with the 20th century art deco revival than Russian-born French artist and designer, Erté. Although his ta...

This book examines the involvement of African American artists in the New Deal art programs of the 1930s. Emphasizing broader issues informed by th...

Bauhaus artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis The work of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (18981944) occupies a key position in the broader history of the Austrian...

An American Art Colony demonstrates the social dimension of American art in the 20th century, paying special attention to the role of fellow artist...