In an engaging personal narrative interwoven with historical research, Martin Kemp discusses a life spent immersed in the world of Leonardo, and his encounters with great and lesser academics, collectors and curators, devious dealers ... Zobraziť viac
Thames and Hudson: At first glance, all you can see on the page are simple outlines of body parts or seemingly abstract... Zobraziť viac
Published to accompany the first major exhibition in Paris of works from The Museum of Modern Art, Being Modern: MoMA in... Zobraziť viac
Maps can transport us, they are filled with wonder, the possibility of real adventure and travels of the mind. This is an atlas of the journeys that writers make, encompassing not only the maps that actually appear in their books, but also the many ... Zobraziť viac
How did the brains of our hominin ancestors first become human minds? When did our capacity for language and art, music and... Zobraziť viac
From the restorative retreat of a palm-lined beach to the brisk breeze of Bridlington, holidaying by the sea is hard to... Zobraziť viac
Is Capitalism Working? is a highly relevant question today - not least to a generation coming of age in a world still experiencing aftershocks from the near-meltdown of the world economy in 2008. Economic theory can be complex, ... Zobraziť viac
If the edge of the observable Universe is not the edge of everything, where does it end? If we were to stand on the edge of our observable Universe, would we see another stretching before us? If the Universe is infinite, what kind ... Zobraziť viac
Painting is a continually expanding and evolving form of creative expression. The radical changes in the medium that took place in the 1960s and 70s - the period that saw the shift from a modernist to a postmodernist visual language - have led to painting Zobraziť viac
An insider's guide: Become a Knight. Wield a sword. Join a crusade. Make your fortune. The knight is the supreme warrior of the Middle Ages. Fully armored and mounted on a magnificent charger, he seems invincible... Zobraziť viac
An accessible and attractive beginner’s guide to getting the most out of looking at pictures. Beautifully illustrated with... Zobraziť viac
A refreshingly original history of the lost countries of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, examined and illustrated... Zobraziť viac