The Arts

Filled with stunning 18th- and 19th-century illustrations of plants and other living creatures, this book...

An in-depth monograph devoted to one of the leading United States architects on the contemporary...

Tamara and Jasyn are in love. Jasyn lives with Aunty and his brother Dane is...

Ever since the English aristocracy embarked on a Grand Tour in the seventeenth century, the...

Celebrated in his own time as well as the present, Rembrandt's works have remarkable staying...

An introduction to the concepts relating to art history and theory. It traverses the various...

A celebration of mid-century modern interiors, architecture, and design.

Modest Musorgsky was one of the towering figures of nineteenth-century Russian music. Now, in this...

This extraordinary and beautifully written book tells a vivid and compelling new story of art...

This first anthology of modernist art, design and architecture in Australia reveals the raw nerves...

Art historical theory is a forum of intense, often passionate debate. This book provides a...

This work celebrates the skill and vision of the world's most successful designers. The book...

The first book about one of the last-and greatest-achievements of the legendary painter and his...

This engaging and sumptuously illustrated book celebrates the Landmark Trust's achievement in the protection of...

This important new edition of one of Shakespeare's more neglected plays offers a wide-ranging critical...

Following the success of the previous volumes in this extraordinary Series (The Early Renaissance and...

The second volume in the only comprehensive modern survey of the surviving frescoes created during...

A comprehensive survey of the surviving Italian frescoes from the end of the Middle Ages...

A masterly overview of a rich and varied ancient art, illustrated in vibrant colour. Mosaic...

An exceptional memoir by the world-famous, pioneering filmmaker who directed the multi-award-winning Grizzly Man Werner...

This lavishly illustrated book is an authoritative and perceptive study of Dutch painting from the...

Throughout history artists, writers and musicians - 'creative' people - have tried to outdo God...

A wickedly funny look at opera today--the feuds and deals, maestros and managers, divine voices...

Great works of art cannot be fully understood in a single encounter: to revisit and...

Buddhism was born in India during the 6th century BC. Today, thousands of years later,...

The French Republic-with its rallying cry for liberty, equality, and fraternity-emerged in 1870, and by...

An exclusive sneak peek inside the creative minds of more than 50 New Yorker cartoonists,...

This vibrantly illustrated text offers detailed historical and cultural insight into the art and architecture...