"The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by 'the disenchantment of the world'". Max Weber's statement remains a dominant interpretation of the modern condition: the increasing capabilities of...

In 2008, the Berlin Antikensammlung initiated a project with the J. Paul Getty Museum to conserve a group of ancient funerary vases from southern Italy. Monumental in scale and richly decorated, these magnificent vessels were discovered in hundreds o...

Not for sale in selected countries! An essential guide demonstrating the universal oil painting techniques that allow artists to expand their horizons, break out of ruts, and master a variety of subjects, including figures, portraits, still life, l...

In the early 1950s, Willem de Kooning's "Woman I" and subsequent paintings established him as a leading member of the abstract expressionist movement. His wildly impacted brushstrokes and heavily encrusted surfaces baffled most critics, who saw de Ko...

This volume, which accompanies an exhibition at the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College, offers the first comprehensive look at the Irish dimension of the international Arts and Crafts movement. The exhibition celebrates the centenary of one of...

Not for sale in selected countries! With this latest book in the SCAD Creative Essentials series from the esteemed Savannah College of Art and Design, comics writer and instructor Mark Kneece gives aspiring comic book writers the essential tools th...

The interactive book object "Poemotion 2" is a color sequel to Takahiro Kurashima's popular title "Poemotion" from Lars Mu?ller Publishers. The abstract graphic patterns in this slim volume start to move as soon as the reader overlays them with the s...

Press photography is not just a career – it's a way of life – and photojournalists have a ringside seat on contemporary history. This book explains how to capitalise on that ringside seat. Written by an expert in the field, "Practical Photojournalism...

This beautiful book presents a meditative, arresting, and dazzling collection of 250 black-and-white images of Japan, made over almost 30 years by the internationally renowned photographer Michael Kenna. A rocky coast along the sea of Japan; an imme...

Not for sale in Estonia! On May 17, 1957, through the generosity of Bayard Rustin, Lee Friedlander was given full access to photograph the participants of the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington, D.C. This extraordinary event, organized by...