The Arts books

Studies and perspectives on effective government-funded project governance Governance Frameworks for Major Public...  Read More >>

Transcendent and kaleidoscopic, these rare lithographs from colonial Calcutta helped forge the visual culture of...  Read More >>

When the New World was really new, Theodore de Bry drew inspiration from history's great explorers to record its...  Read More >>

Aubrey Malone's The Marilyn Diaries is a haunting, fictional diary of Marilyn Monroe, blending fact and invention...  Read More >>

With numerous full colour photos and illustrations, The Representative of Humanity offers a vivid introduction to...  Read More >>

The Revolutionary Nature of Art - from the groundbreaking author of Ways of Seeing  Read More >>

Two groundbreaking dramas on art, politics and liberation from the Booker Prize winning novelist and critic  Read More >>

A complete outdoor painting course in ink and watercolour! Leslie Stroz reveals a fascinating insight to the tools,...  Read More >>

This book shows how discarded fill offers opportunities to construct designed landscapes, with designers playing...  Read More >>

Hidden within this innovative coloring book are 40 stunning travel posters featuring iconic US National Parks. Simply...  Read More >>

Hidden within this innovative, mindful coloring book are 40 stunning floral designs, so lovely you'll want to pick...  Read More >>

Photography as witness and weapon amid civil war This groundbreaking ethnography explores how, in the context...  Read More >>

A collection of wide-ranging essays written throughout the 1990s, On the Body in General and the Figure in Particular...  Read More >>

One of the most authoritative and personal guides to the music of Dmitri Shostakovich. Written by world-renowned...  Read More >>

In the style of Sunday’s Kitchen, Margaret Preston’s cookbook will tell a story of art, food and social times of...  Read More >>

A captivating photographic biography that celebrates the extraordinary career of one of the most influential and...  Read More >>

What does art tell us about ourselves? John Berger on the politics and consolations of creativity.  Read More >>

For 65 years, DETAIL has stood for excellent architectural drawings, technical precision and creative depth. At...  Read More >>

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Longines – Watches That Made History is not merely a coffee table book; it is an emotional experience that will...  Read More >>

Melodrama as Provocateur showcases the final project of influential film scholar Linda Williams, along with responses...  Read More >>

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The unlikely story of how the American big band conductor raised morale and fought Nazis during World War II  Read More >>

A charting of the erotic sailor from British caricatures to Stonewall and beyond  Read More >>