Billy Showell is a well-respected botanical watercolour artist, and her exceptional eye for detail and ability to re-create the form, texture, colour and patterning of a wide range of plants have earned her a formidable... Zobraziť viac
This book celebrates the thriving world of Islamic arts and crafts, as well as presenting the rich cultural, philosophical and historical heritage that contemporary artists and craftspeople still draw on today. Based on... Zobraziť viac
The Warhol Inspirational Sketchbook is the perfect way to unleash your creativity and express yourself in style. The sketchbook features a stunning cover design of Warhol's Iconic ""Flowers"" artwork while it has 108 blank pages... Zobraziť viac
Drawing on decades of conversations with practising artists, Martin Gayford offers intimate insight into the practice, meaning and potential of painting. Painting is an almost inconceivably ancient activity that remains vigorously alive in... Zobraziť viac
Paul Gauguin is chiefly known as the giant of post-Impressionist painting whose bold colours and compositions rocked the Western art world. It is less well known that he was a stockbroker in Paris and that after the 1882 financial crash he struggled to... Zobraziť viac
Als der Künstler Henri Matisse eines Tages die Silhouette eines Vogels aus Papier ausschneidet, ist ihm noch nicht bewusst, dass sich seine Kunst damit in eine völlig neue Richtung entwickeln würde... Zobraziť viac
This generously illustrated volume is the first comprehensive publication devoted to the powerfully expressive work of David Park (1911-60). Best known as the founder of Bay Area Figurative art, Park moved from Boston to California at the age... Zobraziť viac
Laurie Anderson is one of the most revered artists working today, and she is as prolific as she is inventive. She is a musician, performance artist, composer, fiction writer, and filmmaker (her most recent foray, Heart of a Dog, was lauded as... Zobraziť viac
The earliest forms of human creativity – in carvings, markings, and cave paintings – bear witness to humanity’s engagement with color. Almost as old as these examples is the desire to assign structure, order, and meaning to this universal yet elusive... Zobraziť viac
The first in an exciting and inspirational new V&A sketchbook series that explores the sketching processes and techniques of artists from the 16th century to the present day. Artists have been using sketchbooks for many hundreds of years, particularly... Zobraziť viac
The first serious study on the paintings of the female icon and one of the most celebrated British artists, Tracey Emin... Zobraziť viac
The paint-loaded palettes of fifty world-renowned artists are displayed alongside the paintings the artists created using those hues, and the colours and brushstrokes employed are analysed to uncover surprising new stories... Zobraziť viac
A lavishly illustrated guide to the magnum opus of the great seventeenth-century anatomist, master embalmer, artist, and collector of specimens.Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731) was a celebrated Dutch anatomist, master embalmer, and museologist. He is best ... Zobraziť viac
This collection of woodblock prints celebrates the seasons and is designed as a Japanese-style accordion-fold book with open binding and slipcased with a booklet for the text. Embracing seasonal change is an important part of Japan’s native belief ... Zobraziť viac
With no formal training, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 1988) succeeded in developing a new and expressive style to become one of the most influential artists in the postmodern revival of figurative during the 1980s. In a series of notebooks from the early to Zobraziť viac
A wide-ranging monograph of over 100 prints by David Hockney. David Hockney (b. 1937) is renowned for his distinctive paintings, mostly portraiture and landscape, but also for his approach to works on paper and printmaking, mirroring the vibrancy and... Zobraziť viac
The most distinguished artist of Edo-period Japan, explored like never before... Zobraziť viac
The definitive publication on internationally acclaimed artist Shahzia Sikander, one of the most influential feminist artists working todayBorn in Pakistan and active in New York since the 1990s, Shahzia Sikander navigates the interplay of multiple... Zobraziť viac
What if the Marvel Universe was not as you know it? Infinite realities offer infinite possibilities for classic creators to unleash their wildest imaginations -- and ponder: What if Spider-Man joined the Fantastic Four? Or Captain America rescued Bucky... Zobraziť viac
“STUFF is a totally new genre of book, carving out a radically new mode of storytelling. The 448 page tome serves as both testament and beacon, a record of collaboratively- engineered creative intelligence that can guide whoever is looking to continue... Zobraziť viac
