A unique insight into high-end 20th-century fashion explored through sumptuous detail photography of some of the most luxurious garments in the V&A’s collections, alongside precise line drawings and an authoritative text.
The story of thirteen Empires, showing their key role in the foundation of today’s global civilization.
Go behind the façades and finishes to understand how fifty of the world’s most iconic and important buildings were constructed.
A unique combination of travel guide and popular history that takes the reader on a vivid journey to the Rome of the Caesars.
A revised and updated edition of this seminal title, surveying the diverse, ever-evolving field of contemporary African art from the 1950s to now.
The most comprehensive showcase ever published of Azuma Makoto’s astonishing flower art and botanical sculpture.
A new translation of Giorgio Vasari’s Life of Raphael, fully illustrated, and edited by leading scholars.
Handkerchief, pochette, fazelleto, panuelo, mouchoir de poche, tenugui, hankachi or hank. They all mean one thing. A small innocent square of fabric. Place one in a... Læs mere
One of two volumes in the new ‘Maker’s Guides’ series, which introduces handcraft traditions from around the globe through artefacts from the V&A’s world-class collections and step-by-step projects accessible to all.
A superbly written and tightly argued appraisal of the political and religious ramifications of one of the fundamental topics in the history of art – the artistic encounter with the transcendent.
A reduced edition of this cornucopia of Karl Lagerfeld’s legendary maxims.