History of Art & Design Styles: from c 1900

During World War II, London was at its most perilous moment since the Great Fire of 1666. Districts were transformed at night by falling bombs, fir...

A philosophical consideration of Soviet Socialism that reveals the hidden desire for capitalism in contemporary anticapitalist discourse and theory...

Born in Berlin in 1931 to Jewish parents, the eight-year-old Auerbach was sent to England in 1939 to escape the Nazi regime. His parents stayed beh...

More than thirty years ago the Swiss-Argentine artist Vivian Suter (*1949) moved to the rain forest in Panajachel, Guatemala, to live on a former c...

This beautifully illustrated book documents the life and work of David Milne (1882-1953), one of Canada's greatest modern painters whose vast body ...

Discover some of the major 20th century artists in intimate settings. Paris Match magazine has followed, photographed and interviewed them exclusiv...

One of the key figures in the New York art world of the 1980s, Keith Haring (19581990) created a signature style that blended street art, graffiti,...

The sculptural journey of a 20th-century master whose career began in Venice in the mid-1930s. Emilio Vedovas artistic career began in Venice in th...

The recently deceased French-American sculptor Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was one of the most important artists of the last century. Her fleshy b...

A stunning volume celebrating the work of Agostino Bonalumi during the 1960s and 1970s and its connection with other artists of the Azimut group. A...

Beginning with responses to fascism in the 1930s and ending with protests against the Iraq wars, David McCarthy shows how American artists - includ...

The perfect introduction to the life and art of Georgia O'Keeffe.

Hi, Konnichiwa is a substantial, brilliant little book that brings together Kusama's vivid imagery throughout the various phases of her work during...

Jessica Lack introduces fifty pioneering modern and contemporary art movements born out of political engagement, decolonization, marginalization or...

In this classic survey, now updated and with full-colour images throughout, Edward Lucie-Smith introduces the art of Latin America from 1900 to the...

In this path-breaking new history, Maja and Reuben Fowkes introduce outstanding artworks and major figures from across central and eastern Europe t...

The livre dartiste, or artists book, is among the most prized in rare book collections. Henri Matisse (18691954) was one of the greatest artists to...

Cedric Morris (1889-1982) was an accomplished painter of flowers and landscapes, and a plantsman whose irises are an enduring legacy. This is a tim...

Celebrated the world over for its impressionist masterpieces, the Orsay museum keeps thousands of paintings, sculptures, and decorative art from th...

The first publication of the unknown poetry of a major twentieth-century sculptorIn 1955, long before he became famous for his abstract metal sculp...

Women's bodies and their portrayals in the media remain at the center of every debate on women's rights worldwide. This study examines the domai...

From Seattle's earliest days as a Gold Rush boomtown to its celebration of the future during the 1962 World's Fair, local artists have created p...

Kohei Sugiura explores the history of a variety of Japanese and Asian forms from cloth patterns to Buddhas hands, from paintings to kanji character...

A major new look at the work of one of Americas foremost self-taught artistsBill Traylor (ca. 18531949) came to art-making on his own and found his...

An updated edition of the pocket-sized guide to the 'isms' of modern art. This is a handy guide to the art 'isms' of the modern day. From Impressi...

Testament of War compares the English-language poetry and fiction of the First World War with that written in German, French, Italian and to a les...

The author, an advocate of all things local, takes this chance to disseminate for an environment more favorable to the development of local culture...

Inspired by nineteenth-century painters and photographers, Congress passed legislation preserving Americas spectacular natural resources for the en...

Guy LaBree's connection to the Seminole Tribe of Florida began when he was an elementary school student in the 1940s living near the Dania (now Hol...