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You've seen their work-but have you seen them? From advertising to architecture, cartooning to fashion design, Black designers have been working in...

The first-ever walking tour guide of New York City's stunning contemporary architecture showcases the most intriguing new buildings in the city. It...

Between 1919 and 1933 the Bauhaus thrived as a school of ideas that encouraged students to experiment with material, color, and drawing techniques ...

In this fabulous book, readers will be immersed in the designs that made Oscar de la Renta one of fashion's most influential designers, who dressed...

Britta Teckentrup delighted children around the world when she introduced them to Oskar, the charming raven who loves the ocean, snow, books, the s...

Oskar, a charming raven, loves trees, red cherries, and the smell of spring. He also loves rain, snow, clouds, books, and the moon. With this books...

More than a truly brilliant graphic designer, Otl Aicher was a transformative thinker, photographer, typographer, ecologist, philosopher, co-founde...

Although it flourished for only fifteen years, the Bauhaus school remains one of the most influential art and design movements of the 20th century....

What did Spain look like when Picasso was born? What kind of community did he grow up in? What was his studio like? Who were the people who had the...

In a survey that begins in the mid-twentieth century, long before the birth of the Internet, this book traces painting's capacity to digest and tra...

Offering a fresh look at one of the major artists of the 20th century, this book illustrates how Paul Klee s critical and ironic take on life was e...

This beautiful and affordable volume offers high-quality reproductions and the latest biographical information on Paul Klee, who helped pave the wa...

A talented violinist as well as a painter, Klee drew much of the inspiration for his abstract art from musical rhythms and structures. Like a compo...

A prolific social critic, Paul McCarthy is best known for his work in performance, installation, film, and sculpture. His works reference American ...

From Gandhi to Rosa Parks, the Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter, this introduction to the power of protests covers nearly every continent to show ...

In his previous well-received volumes of photographs, Hugo offers unflinching yet striking portraits of humans, animals, societies, and landscapes ...

Peter Lindbergh, one of the world's foremost fashion photographers, celebrates the female form in this classic book.Peter Lindbergh's Images of Wom...

Now available in an updated and revised edition, 'Photos that Changed the World' gathers together images of pivotal moments in world history in one...

Examining the artistic development of Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera, two towering figures in the world of modern art, this generously illustrated ...

Featuring rarely and never-before-seen works from the collection of Picasso's wife and muse, Jacqueline, this book celebrates the sheer force of Pi...

One of the few under-examined aspects of Picasso's life and work was his love of animals. The son of a pigeon breeder and an aficionado of bullfigh...

In this wholly original coloring book, childrens artwork can be turned into entertaining videos to play on a tablet or smartphone. Each page of thi...

Picasso was arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century. Over the course of a career that spanned seven decadesand included thousands ...

Pieter Hugo''s images are unflinching and unforgettable. Beginning with Looking Aside, his series of portraits of marginalized people, Hugo has s...

This history of adidas, one of the world's most innovative global companies, looks beyond the trademark three stripes to show how the company grew ...

When it emerged in the 1950s, the Pop Art movement presented a challenge to fine art with its incorporation of images from television, newspapers, ...

From legendary visual artists Yoko Ono and Tracey Emin, to groundbreaking musicians like Annie Lennox and Debbie Harry, to fashion giants such as M...

This landmark volume offers a major re-assessment of the art that emerged in Britain in the twenty years following the end of the Second World War:...

Containing a stunning array of romantic paintings, this book brings together two important aspects of Victorian culture--the Pre-Raphaelite movemen...

Accompanying the international triennial Prospect New Orleans, this book features work by 73 artists and arts collectives illustrating transcultura...

Rafael Lozano-Hemmers installations engage the audience in unique and seductive waysmeasuring their heart rate, surveilling their faces, even circu...

Historically, women architects were disappointingly absent in the news and at awards ceremonies, but now they are spearheading some of the most exc...

Reflecting on a range of themes, from extractive industries to the politics of care, this timely exhibition catalog looks at environmental and gend...

Celebrated for his penetrating portraits, richly detailed landscapes and evocative narrative paintings, the seventeenth century artist Rembrandt is...

On the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther s 95 Theses, this opulent book presents a colorful introduction to Renaissance art and history. aturing m...

Before photography became the primary medium for marketing fashion, there was René Gruau with his pens, brushes, watercolours, and inks. Beginning ...

The Land Art Generator Initiative is one of the worlds most exciting design competitions and for its 2019 challenge, entrants from around the world...

As he traversed the worlds of abstract expressionism and figurative painting, Diebenkorn became one of America's most beloved post-war artists. The...

Photographers played an important role in the documentation of apartheid as they stepped in to capture how the system penetrated even the most mund...

Over the course of a storied career, Robert Irwin has come to regard art as site determined, or something that works in and responds to its surroun...