An accessible and attractive beginner's guide to getting the most out of looking at pictures
An impeccably researched and inspiring insight into the evolution of jewellery through the ages, explored through sumptuous photography of pieces drawn from the V&A’s outstanding collection.
Now in paperback, the definitive visual history of Motown, the Detroit-based record company that became a music powerhouse.
An exploration of the life and work of Walter Crane, the pioneering British socialist artist who transformed the illustration of children's books.
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was, with Calder, Noguchi and David Smith, one of the great American sculptors of the 20th century. She created extraordinary work, from room-size installations composed of boxes to gnarled and majestic steel structures. This book tells her life story.
Explores the meaning of mental illness through the successive incarnations of the institution that defined it: the madhouse, designed to segregate its inmates... Læs mere
Building upon his much-praised BBC Radio 4 series ‘21st Century Mythologies’, Peter Conrad examines the enduring place of myth in contemporary culture and society.
Versailles as you’ve never seen it… A lavish, large-format journey through the Palace’s breathtaking rooms and grounds by its official photographers.
Discusses the mythological properties assigned to geometric forms, and covers the Golden Section, gnomonic spirals, music, and the squaring of the circle.
Richard Wagner is one of the influential and also the polarizing composers in the history of music. Over the course of his long career, he produced a stream of... Læs mere
The Dr. Seuss of photography, Jan von Holleben, shows children how to bend reality with no more than a smartphone and a playful outlook.