A humorous book that poses and answers twenty questions about our feline friends and what makes them so unique
A remarkable debut that tells the story of two sisters with very different personalities who set out to find a star in a forest.
An international survey exploring the many ways in which painting is re-approached, re-imagined and challenged by today's artists.
Traces the life of the nineteenth century French artist, looks at his most important paintings, drawings, and sculpture, and discusses influences on his work.
What makes Scottish art Scottish? What are the threads that bind it into a single tradition? This book examines the factors and the individual men and women that have shaped the nature and identity of Scottish art.
An anthology of compelling essays by Marina Warner, one of our pre-eminent writers and critics. Art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues Marina Warner. In this new anthology of some of her most compelling work, she captures the visual experience of the work of several artists - with a notable focus on the inner lives of women - through an exploration of the range of stories and symbols to which they allude. Metamorphosis features vividly in the imagery, stories and media of the art that Warner has chosen to write about: in connection with animals in the work of Louise Bourgeois, for instance; with the Catholicism of Damien Hirst; and with performance as a medium of memory and resistance in the installations of Joan Jonas. Rather than drawing on connoisseurship, the author's approach grows principally out of anthropology and mythology. She argues that art and aesthetics increasingly fulfil a magical social function - a principle that runs through these writings to give the collection a quality that is polemical as well as coherent. With an introductory essay and illustrations throughout, Marina Warner investigates how artists noted for their treatment of disturbing, uncanny material have reached beyond the visible, to express interior states. Truly inspiring, her writing unites the imagination of artist, writer and reader, creating a reading experience parallel to the intrinsic pleasure of looking at art.
The ultimate aerial tour of creative drone photography, brimming with remarkable images from around the globe and selected from the world's leading drone photography website.
The Classic-period kings ruled over the Khmer empire from AD 802 for more than five centuries, and this book, newly available in paperback, examines the massive architectural achievements of this period, including the huge capital city of Angkor, with the awe- inspiring Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious structure.
A global, up-to-the-minute guide to navigating the fast-changing world of skincare, written by an expert at the heart of the business.
An anthology of travellers' accounts of thirty-eight of the world's most fascinating cities, from ancient times to the present
An enchanting children's picture book with an educational and environmental heart for readers aged 5 to 7.
World renowned architect Kengo Kuma gives a personal tour of Tokyo's key buildings.
A fun, well-structured collection of facts and trivia about the climate.
An overview of the top 100 leading young designers working across Asia, selected by the cofounders of one of Asia's foremost interior-design magazines.
In this follow-up to the bestselling Histories of Nations, leading historians from around the globe revisit the great revolutions of modern history and explore their meaning today.
A major overview of the most innovative, ambitious and beautiful houses on the Indian subcontinent.
A guide to who's who in the world of fashion design. Fully illustrated, it presents 125 of the key design practitioners from the beginning of the 20th century onwards, the people and companies who have shaped the world of fashion and those who define the modern perception of style.
A journey to fifteen of the harshest environments on Earth, where only the toughest creatures survive.
Brings together the early works of Sir David Adjaye, one of the most important architects at work in the world today.
An authoritative new publication that revisits Munch¿s work in its entirety. Edvard Munch occupies a pivotal place in artistic modernity. His work is permeated by a singular vision of the world, with a powerful symbolist dimension that goes beyond the masterpieces he created in the 1890s, and which gives his art a great coherence. For Munch, humanity and nature were united in the cycle of life, death and rebirth, which is reflected in the unending recurrence of certain motifs and colour combinations in his work. He wrote: `These paintings, which are, admittedly, relatively difficult to understand, will be [¿] easier to grasp if they are integrated into a whole.¿ Published to accompany the major exhibition at the Musée d¿Orsay, Edvard Munch: A Poem of Life, Love and Death presents about a hundred works ¿ paintings, drawings, prints and engraved blocks ¿ reflecting the diversity of Munch¿s practice. Seven essays explore the artist in his philosophical and scientific milieu and the places that shaped the man and his art, as well as offering a rare glimpse of Munch¿s attempts at creative writing. They also examine the historical evolution of his monumental Frieze of Life series and the world-famous Scream. This publication invites readers to revisit the painter¿s work in its entirety by following the thread of an ever-inventive pictorial thinking: a vision that is both fundamentally coherent, even obsessive, and at the same time constantly renewed.
A photographic voyage to the remote studios of Japan's most fascinating and ingenious contemporary craftspeople.
An introductory guide to the art of ancient Greece and Rome, capturing the passion and inspiration that fired the artists of these civilizations
An essential guide to the multifarious and increasingly connected world of global art from 1900 to today.
The most comprehensive showcase ever published of Azuma Makoto's astonishing flower art and botanical sculpture.
A fascinating introduction to the art and techniques of the illustrator who, in Miffy, 'created one of the most recognizable characters in the world' (The New York Times).
Popular design duo Russell and Jordan (AKA 2LG Studio), present their interiors bible of tips and techniques for restoring design confidence to the Instagram-overwhelmed and Pinterest-saturated.
The first survey of the work of Luke Hughes & Company, which has been described as embodying 'a craft-led renaissance in British manufacturing.'
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