Explore the dynamic world of 1960s Pop Art through Lucy Lippard's insightful analysis in this new addition to the Pocket Perspectives series. Pop Art epitomized...
This book is an accessible introduction to the critical theories used in analysing art. It covers a broad range of approaches, presenting individual arguments, controversies...
David Toop's extraordinary work of sonic history travels from the rainforests of Amazonas to the megalopolis of Tokyo via the work of artists as diverse...
Virgina Woolf's collection of writings on visual arts offer a whole new perspective on the revolutionary author. Despite wide interest in Woolf's writings, her circle,...
Peel the sticker, place the sticker, and watch your painting come to life. Degas, Van Gogh, Renoir, and . .&,nbsp,. you! Sit down to paint...
In Permanent Red, John Berger argues that the contemporary artist should strive for a realism that aims for hope, to transform the world. Surveying the...
An ",impassioned tribute", (Publishers Weekly, starred review) to the most influential music culture today, Atlanta rap-a masterful, street-level story of art, money, race, class, and...
*Includes an exclusive new chapter*'Excellent' Guardian'Hugely enjoyable' Irish Times'Dazzling' LRB 'Fascinating' New Statesman 'An absolute must-read' GQAn NME and BBC Culture Book of the Year...
Iconography, the study of symbols - be they animals, artefacts, plants, shapes or gestures - is an essential element of art history. This guide unravels...
A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian online'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential read' All About History'Extraordinary range ... All...
WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A long overdue, revisionist history of art by the brilliant Katy Hessel...
A&,nbsp,Sunday Times&,nbsp,Art Book of the YearA visual journey through five centuries of the city known for centuries as 'La Serenissima' – a unique and compelling...
An illustrated selection of Van Gogh's letters, forming an extraordinary window into the life and creative thinking of one of the world's most iconic artists....
In this one-of-a-kind volume, indispensable for students of art, architecture and film,Alex Danchev presents 100 Artists' Manifestos, each reproduced with an introduction on the author...
It was the decade of Coco Chanel, Joséphine Baker, Art Deco, Surrealism, café culture and cabarets. American luminaries mingled with European artists like Dalí and...
'Exhilarating' - Sunday Times'Funny and moving' - Jarvis CockerMusic critic and writer Paul Morley weaves together memoir and history in a spiralling tale that establishes...
Discover the gentler face of modernism in this introduction to Alvar Aalto, the Finnish architect who defied the slick geometries set by the International Style...
Let's get abstract Making sense of revolutionary new forms Abstraction shook Western art to its core. In the early part of the 20th century, it...
From vast, splattered canvases to quiet pools of color, enter the world of Abstract Expressionism, the movement which put feelings into paint and turned New...
",Beautiful to behold and to read", - THE SUNDAY TIMES",An arboreal odyssey", - NATURE",One of the most quietly beautiful books of the year", - DAILY...
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