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Gathered over the course of four decades, the Thomas Murray collection of Indonesian textiles is one of the most important in the world. The object...

From rugged Japanese firemen''s ceremonial robes and austere rural work-wear to colorful, delicately-patterned cotton kimonos, this lavishly illust...

A boy is sitting on a rock in the jungle when a tiger approaches him. Run! says the tiger, or I will eat you! But the boy is too tired to run a...

As downhill skiing became popular in 20th-century Europe, resorts in the Austrian, German, French, and Swiss Alps commissioned paintings of their s...

Come on a journey through the world of art! From Cave paintings to modern art children will get to know fantastic paintings and visit the world's ...

This spellbinding look at the history and development of illusionistic art reveals wide-ranging techniques that have piqued the publics fascination...

Young children love a good game of I Spy with My Little Eye. In this beautifully designed book they are playfully challenged to find details hidden...

This brilliant book on mazes and labyrinths in history and the modern world encourages young readers to really think about why these puzzles are so...

In this thought provoking book, curious readers will discover all kinds of fascinating information about how and why we think about time. Chapters ...

This comprehensive and captivating book follows the evolution of Milan's Ricordi archive, from its founding in 1808 by publisher Giovanni Ricordi t...

Chiaroscuro woodcuts are among the most immediately appealing of all historic prints, displaying exquisite invention, refined draftsmanship, techni...

One afternoon in Italy, a little girl is about to take a bite of her delicious popsicle when time . . . stops. At that very moment, across the plan...

Looking for something new to try in the kitchen? How about a delicious dinner in which each course - from appetizer to dessert - is the same colour...

This book investigates important and illuminating aspects of Al Taylors drawings, which numbered over five thousand at the time of his death. It in...

The drummer is usually the least well-known member of any band. Yet behind every frontman is the person keeping the beat, and often acting as the m...

Now reissued in an attractively priced, compact edition, this classic and authoritative survey is the first detailed account of a seminal era in ph...

Is there anything as simple as an egg? Is there anything as complex? In this gorgeous picture book, Britta Teckentrup portrays eggs through the eye...

This vibrant book tells the history of the Modernist design movement and how it completely revolutionized graphic design. Graphic Design as an arti...

This photographic tour of every one of the buildings designed solely by Louis Kahn represents the architect''s greatest accomplishments.This book f...

If you were a consumer of literature in the nineteenth century, chances are the volumes in your library featured the illustrations of Gustave Doré....

This endlessly informative and inspiring guide to interior design shows how sensory perception is the key to creating a happy place inside your own...

Since its founding in 1881, H. Schmincke & Co has been a premier producer of artists paints. Artists such as Otto Dix, Emil Nolde and Oskar Kok...

The Golden Age in Holland and Flanders roughly spanned the 17th century and was a period of enormous advances in the fields of commerce, scienceand...

Filled with imaginative drawings and sketches to color in and paint, this book features all twelve large plates and many more individual scenes fro...

On a stormy winter's day, a baby boy, Naoki, is swept into a fisherman's boat by a great wave. Years pass, but still Naoki does not grow. Must he r...

Very little is known about The Green Florilegium. Neither signed nor dated, it is generally attributed to the German painter Hans Simon Holtzbecker...

Sparse landscapes of Lake Superior's northern shores, bold visions of the Rocky Mountains and haunting landscapes from the Eastern Arctic are hallm...

Traditionally used in Aboriginal funeral ceremonies, memorial poles have been transformed into compelling contemporary artworks. The memorial pole ...

Akila Berjaoui's incredibly sensual photographs often feature sand, sun, water-or a combination of all three. In her first book, this highly sought...

Degass ballerina paintings are well known and admired and his sculptural work Little Dancer Aged Fourteenthe only sculpture he exhibited in his lif...