This fascinating book charts the many ways artists have represented the passionate bonds that shape human life—from sacred devotion to erotic desire.Transporting readers...
Portraying people is undoubtedly one of the most difficult aspects of drawing. Expressions, movements, emotions and gazes add a series of challenges not present in...
The world’s greatest museum takes readers inside its unparalleled art collection to understand the keys to history of art.The Louvre’s art collection is...
THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT CAME TO ME. NO MATTER HOW THEY GOT HERE, THEY DID THE F***ING JOB. Iggy Pop hasn't left a mark...
In the age of ",fake news", and ",alternative facts,", artists take on truth and fiction ",Fake news", and ",alternative facts", have recently...
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Master watercolour techniques with this indispensable artist's manual. Whether you are just starting with watercolour painting or you’re looking to push yourself and try new...
Some 500 years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created work of unearthly beauty. An intimate associate of Florence's unofficial rulers, the Medici,...
Following key terms from A–Z, these books illuminate little-known aspects and shed new light on familiar motifs and themes. This time about the artist Edvard...
What began as a spontaneous enthusiasm for a photo turned out to be a long-lasting fascination with one of the world's best-selling products: the Monobloc,...
Mutya Buena was only thirteen when she became one third of the original line up of the iconic girlband, Sugababes. Launching into fame, her life...
The Art of Darkness is a visually rich sourcebook featuring eclectic artworks that&,nbsp,have been inspired and informed by the morbid, melancholic and macabre.Throughout history, artists...
This beautiful, fully illustrated book presents a compendium of artworks throughout history which have been inspired by myth, fantasy and the unreal.Artists have explored imaginary...
Discover how artists across the centuries have explored the unexplainable, documented the impossible and illuminated the dark unknown.&,nbsp,&,nbsp,What lurks at the edges of human perception?...
A dazzlingly original reassessment of the power and plurality of women's singing voices by the critically acclaimed author of Art Monsters and Scaffolding'It took me...
Unlock your inner artist and learn how to draw the human body in this beautifully illustrated art book by celebrated artist and teacher Sarah Simblet....
'Fascinating...I'll never look at a rose in quite the same way again.' Adrian TinniswoodThe rose is bursting with meaning. Over the centuries it has come...
Společným jmenovatelem působivých artefaktů shromážděných v této publikaci je jejich africký původ. O umělcích, kteří je vytvořili, však nevíme takřka nic. Na cestě prostorem a...
Vědkyně, umělkyně a objevitelka: obrazy květin, motýlů a nejrůznějších druhů hmyzu, působivě barevné a plné propracovaných detailů, jež po sobě zanechala Marie Sibylla Merianová (1647-1717),...
Museo del Prado vlastní nejrozsáhlejší kolekci španělského malířství období od 15. do 19. století i široký výběr klasického západoevropského umění. Poklady královských sbírek zahrnují díla...