‘A celebration of art-making.’ – Wall Street Journal An accessible, comprehensive celebration of the vast range of human artistry from 28,000 BC to today, now...
Written by an international team of artists, art historians and curators, this absorbing and beautiful book gives readers unparalleled insights into the world's most iconic...
Kickstart your creativity and create a masterpiece with step-by-step workshops and advice from professional artists. Whether you want to try your hand at painting for...
This visual celebration of the world's most celebrated thinkers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and pioneering ideas. Artists Who Changed History places well-known...
A collection of essays that opens up new connections between Francis Bacon’s art and the ideas of key thinkers.Francis Bacon is undoubtedly one of the...
A visual compendium of botanical sketches, many specially photographed, providing a revealing insight into the immediate responses of artists encountering the glories of the plant...
'A marvellous book' Ali SmithShaped by the cycle of the natural world, a fresh look at the life and work of John Constable...
Published in its entirety, Frida Kahlo's amazing illustrated journal documents the last ten years of her turbulent life....
Think you know Ancient Egypt? Think again. Like a piece of published excavation, this fresh volume explores the many layers of this mythologized...
Leading art critic and writer Richard Cork tells the stories of his personal encounters with some of the world's most influential modern and contemporary artists....
Long before the first computer-generated 3-D images, M.C. Escher was a master of the third dimension. His impossible geometry and illusions, bordering between the scientific...
This first full biography confirms Florine Stettheimer as one of the 20th century's most significant, progressive artists whose work remains highly relevant today. Stettheimer was...
Beautifully produced monograph of the contemporary Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota, whose immersive thread-based installations have drawn crowds across the globe. This beautifully produced...
'One of the best books ever written by one painter about another' John Russell, The New York TimesLucian Freud (1922-2011) was exceptional among...
An accessible introduction to the life and work of this trailblazing pioneer of early modernism, published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Royal...
'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and...
In recent decades, archaeologists in South Africa have discovered some of the world's oldest artworks - extraordinary examples of humankind's first artistic endeavours. Today, South...
Star Wars Art: Concept, the fourth book in the George Lucas-curated Star Wars Art series, focuses on preproduction and concept art produced for Star Wars...
Imagine you've made it. You and your friends have hit the big time in music and you're going to be a star. But then, quite...
'Anyone looking for the most readable survey of the history of art from the [sic] cave paintings to the 20th century should buy the new,...