Completed circa 1474, Sébastien Mamerot’s lavishly illustrated manuscript is the only contemporary document to describe several centuries of French crusades, when successive kings tried to seize the Holy Land. Jean Colombe, the medieval illuminator bes Zobraziť viac
This invaluable guide enables students to get the most from their art history course. Written in an accessible style, the book introduces two basic art historical methods - formal analysis and contextual analysis... Zobraziť viac
In Shoji and Kumiko Design Book 2 Beyond the Basics, Des King continues on from where he finished with Book 1 The Basics, and takes instruction in shoji patterns and kumiko art to the next level. Book 2 explores much ... Zobraziť viac
Is there a bigger challenge for a de-signer than the creation of an identity for the Olympic Games? Each venue has developed its own unique image, merging national spirit and international trends with the Olympic spirit of friendship, ... Zobraziť viac
Bridget Riley has made screenprints throughout her career, extending the principles of her paintings into a new, reproducible medium. Bringing together the complete, updated inventory of this substantial body of work, this volume explores... Zobraziť viac
Brazil is experiencing an exciting blossoming of culture across many areas. Contemporary Art Brazil focuses on 110 of the country's most important practitioners in the realm of the fine arts, including artists, gallerists... Zobraziť viac
Vincent van Gogh used art to express his intensely emotional response to the world around him. Enraptured by the beauty of nature and tormented by the sorrows of human existence, he produced in his tragically short life some of the ... Zobraziť viac
This is an essential volume for anyone wanting to learn more about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their ethos, and... Zobraziť viac
This beautiful art book for children charts the evolution of the greatest cultural achievements in painting, sculpture and... Zobraziť viac
Over the last century, many artists have made works that challenge dominant models of gender and sexuality. The results can... Zobraziť viac
Offers an informative and in-depth look at the great themes, techniques, movements and artists from ancient and medieval art up to the present day. It features full-colour photographs, illustrations and clear, concise text... Zobraziť viac
The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. Two-thirds of it is irrevocably lost, since the earliest images known to us are from about 40,000 years ago. But what a 40,000 years, ... Zobraziť viac
Marks of Excellence (first published in 1997) offers a rigorous exploration of the trademark: its history, development, style, classification and relevance in today's world. The book includes extensive discussion of its origins in heraldry, monograms, ... Zobraziť viac
The British Museum has one of the finest collection of antiquities from ancient Greece and Rome outside of those countries. This beautiful book investigates 180 of the most important works, including the most famous... Zobraziť viac
Andy Warhol’s oeuvre during the first decade of his career, before he became the godfather of pop, proved to be enormously influential on his life’s work, yet remains little known. Drag & Draw highlights two series of drawings from this decade, ... Zobraziť viac
A new monograph on the life and work of an outstanding abstract expressionist painter, now emerging as one of the most important women artists of the 20th century... Zobraziť viac
Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. A timely and engaging set of writings for those wanting to critically reflect and build upon the relationships between science fiction ... Zobraziť viac
Throughout its long history in Western art, canvas has played an influential role in the creative process. From the Renaissance development of oil painting on canvas to the present day-through Impressionism... Zobraziť viac
The Venetian-born artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) is best known for his dramatic prints of the architecture and antiquities of his adopted city of Rome, and for the extraordinary flights of spatial fancy in his series Le Carceri (Prisons)... Zobraziť viac
In the wake of Bonaparte's Egyptian Campaign, artists of the nineteenth century became fascinated... Zobraziť viac
