This exhibition catalogue explores the deep and emotional associations with impermanence which run so deeply in Japanese culture through a range of stunning artworks.
The first biography of Giovanni Morelli, one of the founding fathers of modern art history and of connoisseurship.
An exploration of the architecture, sculpture, and painting was created to embellish the network of monastic sites affiliated with the Benedictine Cassinese Congregation of Italy. Text in English, Italian and German.
The guide supplies essential and up to date information based on the results of the most recent studies of and conservation on the works by Raphael on... Læs mere
Collection of 66 pieces of petrified wood, mainly from the Western United States, photographed to show the artistic beauty hidden in Nature's masterpieces.
The story of the magnificent bas relief commissioned to celebrate the marriage between the nephew of Pope Sixtus IV and the niece of King Ferdinand I of Naples.
The catalogue presents the recently rediscovered Christ Carrying the Cross by the mannerist artist Giorgio Vasari and painted in Rome in 1553 for Bindo Altoviti, banker and art collector. Text in English and Italian.
Cats in books, books on cats. Our feline friends' images from the Middle Ages to modern illustrations, ranging from Europe to Japan.
Frederic Zaavy's artistic career as a master French jeweller, who painted with precious stones and engineered remarkable settings to hold them almost invisibly. Text in English and Simplified Chinese.
This latest publication examines the life and work of artist Giovanni Battista Franco. Text in French.
The only photographic book on the largest wildlife area in Africa. Four years in the making, and including a great variety of wildlife, with brief but informative texts on the history of the Selous and the challenges it faces.
New discoveries on the patronage and art of several important chapels in Roman churches, exploring thie historical and artistic phenomenon through a number of examples.