An argument for the centrality of the visual culture of waste--as seen in works by international contemporary artists--t......more
1000-pieces. Shrink-wrapped, sturdy box (size 10 x 10 x 2 ins). High quality jigsaw puzzle. Finished Jigsaw size 29 x 20......more
Christian Schad created what were probably the world s first artistic photograms and abstract photographs. The third vol......more
With modern art s proclivity for self-expression, originality, and the abstract, great works can often seem indecipherab......more
An in-depth exploration into the immense popularity of William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s work in America throughout the late ......more
A comprehensive study of Dada’s images of the body in various media and geographical centres. Mask or machine-part, grot......more
This visually stunning volume offers perceptive examinations of several renowned German and Austrian Expressionist artis......more
The Short Story of Modern Art explains the how, why and when of modern art - who introduced certain things, what they we......more
This study of modern Japan engages the fields of art history, literature, and cultural studies, seeking to understand ho......more
Where do we begin to talk about abstract art? This question depends on one s worldview. From the point of view of the co......more
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the legendary Bateau-Lavoir--located on Place mile-Goudeau, near the present-......more
The Van Gogh Activity Book is an entertaining and accessible introduction to one of the most famous artists in history. ......more
Published to accompany the first major Patrick Heron retrospective in two decades, this book will feature the best of He......more
This original volume juxtaposes the work of two artists: the South African-born, Netherlands-based painter Marlene Dumas......more
In Surrealism at Play Susan Laxton writes a new history of surrealism in which she traces the centrality of play to the ......more
This book offers a general historical overview of the Dada movement and presents the individual destinies of some of its......more
A recovery project drawing on unpublished letters and diaries, this is the first biography of Victorian Britain s famo......more
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This generously illustrated book examines the relationship between 19th-century Impressionism and industry in Europe. Th......more
In Surrealism at Play Susan Laxton writes a new history of surrealism in which she traces the centrality of play to the ......more
This fascinating, interdisciplinary, and generously illustrated book presents creative pairings that defy the idea of th......more
Containing a stunning array of romantic paintings, this book brings together two important aspects of Victorian culture-......more
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Celebrating Marcel Duchamp s revolutionary contributions to modern art, this innovative exploration of the Stuttgart Duc......more
Picasso began to spend his summer holidays in Antibes Juan-les-Pins in 1920, returning most summers to the Côte d’Azur u......more
Djuna Barnes once said that "there is always more surface to a shattered object than a whole object," and the statement ......more
Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Sketch Books Combining high-quality production with magnificent fi......more
The Courtauld Collection: A Vision for Impressionism accompanies a landmark exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in......more
Water lilies, ponds, a Japanese footbridge, and blankets of glorious flowers: nothing evokes Claude Monet s Impressionis......more
A century after the Bauhaus s founding in 1919, this book reassesses it as more than a highly influential art, architect......more
A century after the Bauhaus’s founding in 1919, this book reassesses it as more than a highly influential art, architect......more
Art and Science in Word and Image investigates the theme of ’riddles of form’, exploring how discovery and innovation ha......more
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) showed remarkable promise as a young art student. His lifelong interest in Native Americ......more
Surveying the Avant-Garde examines the art and literature of the Americas in the early twentieth century through the len......more
"No matter how different the level of realization of their work--Brancusi’s so refined and elegantly crafted, Duchamp’s ......more
"This volume is one in a series based on the HallMark Photographic Collection at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art"--Colop......more
Reflecting the latest scholarship on German expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, this book focuses on the role of the im......more
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An engaging and accessible introduction to one of the 20th century’s greatest and most enigmatic artists This richly ill......more
On the centennial of the founding of the November Group, this book presents the latest scholarly research on an idealist......more
Andrey Shabanov s seminal reinterpretation of the Peredvizhniki is a comprehensive study that examines in-depth for the ......more
This beautifully illustrated book examines the artistic career of the French painter and draftsman Henri-Edmond Cross wh......more
In a fleeting 14-year period between two world wars, Germany’s Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of mode......more
In The Icon and the Square, Maria Taroutina examines how the traditional interests of institutions such as the crown, th......more
Art, History, and Postwar Fiction explores the ways in which novelists responded to the visual arts from the aftermath o......more
This study of modern Japan engages the fields of art history, literature, and cultural studies, seeking to understand ho......more
In a fleeting 14-year period between two world wars, Germany’s Bauhaus School of Art and Design changed the face of mode......more
In an increasingly polarized world, with shifting and extreme politics, Social Forms illustrates artists at the forefron......more
A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfec......more
This new resource assembles 129 Black artists and their magnificent works, highlighting their important contributions to......more
This dazzling book showcases dozens of Paul Gauguin s most celebrated works and presents a new consideration of the arti......more
A fascinating survey of the varied career of an inventive and influential 19th-century photographer, from allegorical mo......more
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces from the Courtauld Gallery are brought together at the National Galler......more
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William Morris and his Palace of Art is a comprehensive new study of Red House, Bexleyheath; the only house commissioned......more
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was an English surrealist artist and writer who emigrated to Mexico after the Second Worl......more
A gorgeous new edition with the cover printed on silver. Vincent van Gogh is considered one of the world s greatest pain......more
A gorgeous new edition with the cover printed on silver. Towards the end of his life and much inspired by Japanese water......more
A gorgeous new edition with the cover printed on silver. Tiffany was highly skilled in jewellery design, ceramics, ename......more
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The Greek island sequence montaged by László Moholy-Nagy into his legendary documentary Architects’ Congress can be inte......more
With work by Klimt, Schiele and others, Ver Sacrum set the standard for magazine design This book gathers the covers of ......more
Developed during the mid-19th century in China, the bapo (or "eight brokens") painting genre combines ingeniously realis......more
A brand new look at the extremely beautiful, if underappreciated, later works of one of the most inventive artists of th......more
This book examines the sub-genre of prehistoric-themed paintings and how it captured the imagination of French academic ......more
Susanne Fournaise Grube, has been painting marine scenes for over thirty years, during which time, she has produced a la......more
This is Eric Bottomley s second art book, in which he has varied both his transport themes and the mediums in which he w......more
Why has jewellery and body adornment often been marginalized in studies of modernist art and design? This study explores......more
In August 1939, curators at the Louvre nestled the world s most famous painting into a special red velvet-lined case and......more
A bold new view of sentimental art s significance in American visual culture from the eighteenth to the twentieth centur......more
The first art book to explore Rossetti’s art and poetry together, including her own artworks, illustrations to her writi......more
A transformative study, freeing the artist from outdated art historical narratives and revealing his work as newly stran......more
The name of Pont-Aven, a Breton village in France, is synonymous with a major school of painting in modern art and autom......more
A lively introduction to the seminal art and design movement that changed the way we see, think and live. Now 100 years ......more
Rhetorics of choice have dominated the biosocial discourses surrounding BRCA risk for decades, telling women at genetic ......more
Many of the most celebrated African American artists have created works that visually manifest Christian motifs and them......more
Chicago New Media, 1973-1992 chronicles the unrecognized story of Chicago s contributions to new media art by artists at......more
In Soviet Salvage, Catherine Walworth explores how artists on the margins of the Constructivist movement of the 1920s re......more
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Futurism was Russia’s first avant-garde movement. Gatecrashing the Russian public sphere in the early twentieth century,......more
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At the turn of the 20th century, Vienna became an epicenter for new thought, increasingly running counter to the prevale......more
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A fascinating life of Sergei Shchukin, the great collector who changed the face of Russia s art world Sergei Shchukin wa......more
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To the interested observer the collected volumes of artist-designer Eric Ravilious’s preparatory works and materials pro......more