The third title in the innovative This Book Thinks You're aEseries is ideal for budding artists who enjoy hands-on learning. Features activities and includes a kit to build a viewfinder and make a mini-manifesto book. Full color. Consumable.able.
Renowned for his surreal fashion photography, Tim Walker's new book challenges convention to explore the very concept of photographic imagination.
Offers historical and religious insights into the period of authorship, from Babylon to Bar Kokhba, and expert interpretation of the manuscripts using... Læs mere
The 100 biographies included here give voice not only to ancient Egypts rulers but also to the people who built the great monuments, staffed government offices, farmed, served in the temples, and fought to defend the countrys borders. Illustrated.
An accessible introduction to pre-modern Islam, showcasing the individuals – caliphs, law-makers, theologians, poets, mystics and scholars – who shaped the course of early Islamic history.
A uniquely intimate look at the life and work of one of Europe’s leading painters by an expert on contemporary art who has also sat for him for nearly forty years.
This remarkable exploration of drawing as a medium in resurgence unites a global range of contemporary artists.
A quirky gift book for cat-loving art buffs and cultured cat-lovers everywhere.
Artistic traditions of indigenous North America are explored in a study that draws on the testimonies of oral tradition, Native American history, and North American archaeology, focusing on the artists themselves and their cultural identities. Original.
The years since 1989 have seen a complete untethering of what art can be, who makes it and where it can be found, which has been matched by a reassessment of art's appropriate place in... Læs mere
The first ever comprehensive, transnational survey of the major movements and practitioners of recent art from central and eastern Europe.
Who are the Europeans? Where did they come from? This book brings together the evidence and combines it with archaeology and linguistics to produce a new history of Europe.