History of Art & Design Styles: from c 1900

Vincent van Goghs story is one of the most tragic in art history. Today, he is celebrated the world over as one of the most important painters of a...

Pioneered by Picasso and Braque, Cubism has been described as the first avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. With inspiration from African...

Magic Realms celebrates the incredible art of the brilliant and highly respected fantasy and science fiction artists who, over the years, worked wi...

By retracing Frank Lloyd Wright's footsteps on journeys he made beyond his homeland of the USA, this book explores his global ambitions and his las...

Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) is widely regarded as the outstanding English landscape painter of the 20th century. Immediately recognisable by its dari...

Carol Rama is one of the most exciting artistic rediscoveries of the 20th century. Her creative period spanned more than 70 years tirelessly testi...

In this ground-breaking exploration, Gill Perry looks at the vital role that islands play in contemporary visual arts. Responding to urgent issues ...

Based on extensive archival research, this open access book provides a fresh perspective on the early history of Isotype and pictographic communica...

'He makes us see a subject we thought we knew so well from a completely different angle; in writing that is deeply researched, but inviting, warm, ...

Poets and intellectuals brushed shoulders in bustling coffeehouses, young avant-gardists heralded a new era in social and sexual liberalism, waltze...

Resisting interpretation or classification, Mark Rothko (19031970) was a prominent advocate for the artists consummate freedom of expression. Altho...

This is the definitive study of US artist Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012), positioning her as one of the most fascinating and significant creative for...

Discover Joan Mitchells powerful and dynamic workspotlighted in this book as never beforeAn entry for one of the best shows of 2022. . . . Mitchell...

The newest book from the widely revered Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama features her latest monumental and vibrant work and is the first to explore th...

This book provides the first comprehensive history of window display as a practice and profession in Britain during the dynamic period of 1919 to 1...

In American Fashion is the first scholarly analysis of the Fashion Calendar, the unique scheduling service and trade publication for the American f...

Acclaimed as the father of skyscrapers, the quintessentially American icon Frank Lloyd Wright (18671959) was an architect of aspiration. He believe...

Stunning translations of images from the internet and the artists iPhone to canvas, Luc Tuymanss quiet paintings belie an underlying moral complexi...

This catalogue was published on the occasion of Varda Caivano's exhibition The Density of the Actions, February 22April 19, 2015 at the Renaissance...

Wie konnte man 1945 einfach wieder anfangen? Diese Frage stellt sich ganz besonders für die deutschen Museen und ihren Umgang mit der Kunst der Mod...

Briefe gehörten für Warburg zu den wichtigsten Formen des gedanklichen Austausches. In der Korrespondenz mit Familie, Freunden und Kollegen äußerte...

This innovative, interdisciplinary and international collection of essays offers fresh perspectives on the history of global diplomacy. Experts in ...

A spellbinding portrait of the Hampstead Modernists, threading together the lives, loves, rivalries and ambitions of a group of artists at the hear...

One of the most innovative and influential artists of the early twentieth century, the master of color, subjective realism, and emotional depth is ...

One of the most influential artists and thinkers of his time comes to life in this stunning graphic biography inspired by Morris' designs and fille...

Inspired by timeless poems from around the world, Hassan Massoudy's calligraphy takes us on a visual journey through love in its many forms. Throug...

Marshall McLuhan (19111980) is best known as a media theoristmany consider him the founder of media studiesbut he was also an important theorist of...

A fascinating history of Irishmen, woven through the clothes they wear. Taking the clothes they wore as a starting point, Paul Galvin skilfully we...

Eight artists in 2008 created a variety of twelve public art projects for the extended River Walk's first section, newly opened as the Urban Segmen...

In Artist, Audience, Accomplice, Sydney Stutterheim introduces a new figure into the history of performance art and related practices of the 1970s ...

In Artist, Audience, Accomplice, Sydney Stutterheim introduces a new figure into the history of performance art and related practices of the 1970s ...

This book follows the cyclical development of 3D media from the 1830s to the present, tracing an alternate history of modernism in which virtual de...

'Geeks triumph over the forces of darkness: nothing could have given me greater pleasure. Combining an exciting story with scrupulous research, Ca...