This thought-provoking book re-evaluates the work of one of the best-known and most visually artists of the twentieth century. Robert Radford traces Dali\'s career from the crucial early years in Spain, to membership...
The lure of the classic car is undeniable, and one of the quintessential features of any classic car is the dashboard. In gleaming metal, polished wood or padded leather, the dashboard has always conveyed much of a...
A participant in and chronicler of the French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David also witnessed the rise of Napoleon, painting a series of works to glorify his reign. Simon Lee’s book is the ?rst to deal with all...
Sir Denys Lasdun (b. 1914) is one of Britain’s most eminent living architects, whose career spans the entire period of Modernism in British architecture. His notable buildings include the Royal College of Physicians...
Different is about identity. It is a story, told in pictures and words, of contemporary Black and Asian artists exploring questions of their own identities in photography. A historical introduction examines the way...
Dominique Perrault, born in 1953, is one of the leading figures of contemporary architecture. In addition to the French National Library, one of the most important buildings realized in Paris in the 1990s, Perrault`s...
American video and installation artist Doug Aitken exploded on the international art scene with his multi-screen work electric earth, which captivated audiences at the Venice and Whitney Biennales. This work focused...
The series has always been highly regarded for its insight and authority, providing an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each volume contains an introductory essay, forty-eight...
The Netherlands has produced some of this century’s most influential graphic design. The country has nurtured outstanding individual talents, including Theo van Doesburg, Piet Zwart, Jan van Toorn and Gert Dumbar, and...
From the geometrical precision of the pyramids to the golden treasures found in Tutankhamun’s tomb, the art of ancient Egypt has an enduring capacity to attract and intrigue. These remarkable works of art are the...
Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt, claims that he did not consciously set out to photograph dogs. According to him, it just happened that way: one day, when he was looking through his boxes of photographs, he...
The practice of Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners has come to international prominence and renown, having built upon its reputation for structural, industrial and technical experimentation and finesse in the 1980s and...
This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or...
Francis Bacon (1909–92) speaks openly to his close friend Michel Archimbaud, whose searching questions shed a new light on Bacon’s work. The discussion is wide-ranging, touching on painting, literature and music, with...
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, Barnsdall House and Johnson Wax Administration Building and Research Tower are flagship designs in American architectural history. These three buildings provide an insight into the...
Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the great masters in the history of modern architecture. His career spanned over sixty years, and his unique stylistic invention kept ahead of any passing fashion. This definitive...
Future Systems, led by Jan Kaplicky and Amanda Levete, is one of the UK’s most innovative and influential architectural practices: known internationally, their name is synonymous with pioneering and technologically...
Giambologna. The complete sculpture
Giambologna (1529–1608) was the greatest sculptor of the age of Mannerism, imposing his seductive and distinctive style on the half-century following the death of Michelangelo in 1564. Charles Avery’s major critical...
This book traces the story of the Gothic Revival from its beginnings in the ‘Gothick’ experiments of the eighteenth century to its ultimate embodiment in the Houses of Parliament. The book primarily concentrates on...
Francisco Goya (1746–1828) has been called the last of the Old Masters and the first of the Moderns. For most of his career he was court painter to the Spanish kings, yet he also produced some of the most compelling...
Graphic art is a powerful weapon of protest and propaganda, shock and subversion. From the revolutionary Sixties to the present, Graphic Agitation explores the many ways in which graphic art and design have addressed...
Nigel Spivey sets the formation of the classical style in its proper historical context. He considers how Greek art was inextricably bound up with the social, religious, philosophical and political factors of the...
