History of Art & Design Styles books

A thought-provoking exploration of Constable’s The Hay Wain and its social, political and artistic significance....  Read More >>

Experience the magic of the Harry Potter films, when you move the tabs, levers and wheels across the pages of this...  Read More >>

The first publication to examine the symbolic importance of ancient Egypt to Black artists and other cultural figures,...  Read More >>

An enthralling portrait of the Bloomsbury Group’s key figures told through a rich collection of intimate photographs...  Read More >>

This second deluxe edition collects TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman's comic book cover art for the various IDW Turtles...  Read More >>

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The first monograph on more than thirty years work by the Indian-born British artist Raqib Shaw, whose opulent,...  Read More >>

This book is a groundbreaking bottom-up history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, exploring both its triumphs and...  Read More >>

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

This is the largest ever illustrated survey of work by Vanessa Bell (1879-1961), one of the founding members of...  Read More >>

Together with his own artworks, contemporary artist Hew Locke uses the British Museum's collection as a springboard...  Read More >>

The richly illustrated volume explores the cultural heritage of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Benin, in the territory...  Read More >>

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

Van Gogh's Finale is a definitive account of the final days of the artist's life and the incredible story of what...  Read More >>

An interdisciplinary guide to the 20th-century Southern California–based artists who investigated phenomena from...  Read More >>

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

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Explore the vibrant history and profound cultural resonance of feminist art from Korea and the diaspora  Read More >>

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

Privileging culture and language over politics, this book offers an expanded understanding of what it means to study...  Read More >>

An easy and extensive introduction to art history that appeals to both younger and older readers. This book gives...  Read More >>

Testing the limits of seeing through historical depictions of images as truth Working at the intersection of art...  Read More >>

Schlingelhoff interrogates institutional histories through her site-specific, text based installations Through...  Read More >>

Detailed, illustrated, examination of the system of proportion used in Egyptian art, based on standardisation of...  Read More >>

Facsimile reissue of part III of complete catalogue of the inscribed stelae, reliefs and paintings in the Petrie...  Read More >>