History of Art & Design Styles: from c 1900

David Wright was one of the leading pin-up artists of the 20th Century. Unlike his American contemporaries Alberto Vargas and Gil Elvgren, the Brit...

From its inception in the 1960s to its present form, contemporary Mexican American or Chicano art has developed as an art of identity, asserting th...

Conceived and articulated as a site-specific opera, River of Fundament takes its inspiration from Norman Mailer's novel Ancient Evenings, which chr...

Artist Philip Reeves (b.1931, Cheltenham) has lived and worked in Glasgow since the mid-1950s. Landscape and cityscape underpin his artistic vision...

Brandlife examines immersive brand experience across a variety of consumer or service related businesses in the fields of hospitality, retail and d...

A highly acclaimed and extremely prolific artist, Bruce Nauman (b. 1941) has been active since the early 1970s. Working in mediums such as sculptur...

World-renowned visionary artist John Harris'' unique concept paintings capture the Universe on a massive scale, from epic landscapes and towering c...

Urban media art is one of the most significant trends currently unfolding in contemporary art. It enables artists to develop new participative and ...

Gerhard Richter (born 1932) is predominantly known for his paintings and drawings, which strike a playful balance between photo-realism and abstrac...

How xerography became a creative medium and political tool, arming artists and activists on the margins with an accessible means of making their me...

The classic Breath of Fire series stands out as Capcom's most acclaimed foray into the fantasy RPG genre. Now, gamers can revisit the many worlds a...

Darksiders: Genesis is an action/adventure game that tears its way through hordes of demons, angels, and everything in-between on its way to Hell a...

Beyond the Happening uncovers the heterogeneous, uniquely interdisciplinary performance-based works that emerged in the aftermath of the early Happ...

How do you find the most promising emerging artists at work in a rapidly transforming medium? Bypassing traditional art world channels, 100 Sculpto...

Arnaldo Coen (1940) is one of the most prominent Mexican artists. As a result of his restless, transgressive and irreverent creativity, his work ...

Liam Gillick (*1964, Aylesbury, United Kingdom) is one of the most prominent representatives of new developments in contemporary art. The title of ...

This vibrant book explores extraordinary artist Keith Haring''s work in the context of key issues of his lifetime-the AIDS crisis, the Cold War, ra...

In this collection of works by more than 25 contemporary ice artists, discover a fascinating art medium defined by its ephemeral nature. Merging cr...

Printmakers today are sustained both by their traditions and by their willingness to embrace new technologies, new mediums, and innovative processe...

The second book in this two-volume survey, readers are invited to reexamine the history of the West and its art through a multifaceted modern lens....

This one-of-a-kind compendium features a selection of women artists and architects who have made groundbreaking contributions to contemporary art. ...

This book is premised on the view that the idea of the avant garde has an increased importance in these times of global political crisis. Much cult...

Glorious catastrophe presents a detailed critical analysis of the work of Jack Smith from the early 1960s until his AIDS-related death in 1989. Dom...

Over the course of five decades, California-based painter Max Cole (born 1937) has refined her visual language into a series of vertical and horizo...

The Stampographer traverses the fantastic, anarchic imagination of Parisian artist Vincent Sardon (born 1970), whose dark, combative sense of humor...

Throughout the 1960s and 70s, London-based Big O Posters helped define the new and democratic art medium of the psychedelic poster, a vehicle for r...

This new title celebrates 50 years of the creative force of nature that is the artistic partnership of Gilbert & George. Published in cooperati...

In this first survey of his career, youll find beloved, neo-psychedelic artist Oliver Hibert blending in as living art among examples of his fine a...

Part performance art and part engineering, sand sculpture has become amazingly sophisticated as artists explore the boundaries of their skill with ...

The interplay of the local and the global in contemporary Thai art, as artists strive for international recognition and a new meaning of the nation...

Over 360 spectacular art pieces are accompanied by personal statements from 74 artists in this curated selection of contemporary works. The artists...

Initially, they were the waste product of wooden bowls turned in an ancient technique by Robin Wood of the United Kingdom, an expert pole-lathe tur...

Richly comprehensive, this book gives us a one-of-a-kind look at all aspects of the work of internationally-renowned contemporary textile artist Ge...

This book features 45 Cape Cod artists working in abstraction, displaying more than 400 images of their work. Based on her interviews with the arti...

Six case studies, conducted in New York City, Trenton, and Jersey City, explore how graffiti murals are created and what role they play in cities w...

The works of 106 contemporary artists provide a fresh look at the artistic vibrancy of the Rocky Mountain West region of the United States. More th...

Inspired by James McNeill Whistler's famous Peacock Room, contemporary painter Darren Waterston creates his own decadent interpretation in a major ...