Art Forms books

Co-written with the architect Ogden Codman Jr., Edith Wharton’s The Decoration of Houses (1897) brought transatlantic...  Read More >>

***Now with a new afterword by MARGO JEFFERSON*** In Tisa Bryant's Unexplained Presence, readers are spectators...  Read More >>

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First comprehensive monograph on Berlin-based Swiss artist Dunja Herzog. Accompanies an exhibition Dunja Herzog...  Read More >>

Leading specialist on Van Gogh Martin Bailey explains how and why Van Gogh created the iconic Sunflowers paintings....  Read More >>

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This book provides a Renaissance art historian’s view of how the picturesque aesthetic developed from roots in the...  Read More >>

Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, from 9 November, 2024 to 16 February, 2025....  Read More >>

Honoring Tapta's innovations with tactile sculpture through the eyes of three contemporary artists inspired by her...  Read More >>

Plants and animals roam alongside human silhouettes in Simeti's intricate large-scale collages Renowned for his...  Read More >>

Facsimile reprint of 1976 fully illustrated catalogue of Pharanoic Egyptian sculpture, from the humblest to the...  Read More >>

Artistic approaches based on collective care, whether traditional or institutional In the eponymous group exhibition...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Chinese embroidery, including its history, styles in different...  Read More >>

This volume brings together for the first time two lesser-known aspects of Gerard Manley Hopkins's creative drive:...  Read More >>

A cleverly designed book about Katsushika Hokusai's The Sazaido of Gohyakurakanji and James McNeill Whistler's Variations...  Read More >>

The first biography of the Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine, celebrated in mid-twentieth-century Paris, her life...  Read More >>

London-based jewelry designer Solange Azagury-Partridge s work has transformed the jewelry industry over the past...  Read More >>

The history of our planet through the eyes of an ancient shark Inspired by history and mythmaking, Marie Kølbæk...  Read More >>

Duben's manifold mixed-media explorations of women's embodiment reflect her experiences with both Eastern and Western...  Read More >>

First Published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Looking beyond the purely decorative interpretations of the past, this volume closely examines the art of Maria...  Read More >>

Firmly grounded in archival research, Sculpture Collections in Early Modern Spain transforms our knowledge regarding...  Read More >>

William Reid Dick (1878-1961) was one of a generation of British sculptors air-brushed out of art history by the...  Read More >>

American adaptations of Aristophanes’ enduring comedy Lysistrata have used laughter to critique sex, war, and feminism...  Read More >>

This absorbing monograph is the first to detail the captivating life and oeuvre of the Dutch artist Gesina ter Borch....  Read More >>