"100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design" takes a fresh look at Swiss typography and photo-graphics, posters, corporate image design, book design, journalism and typefaces over the past hundred years. With illuminating essays by prominent experts in the fi...

This captivating book examines two modernist painters – Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis – whose important contributions to Abstract Expressionism have long been underappreciated. To this day, Krasner and Lewis have received little acknowledgment as majo...

This wide-ranging collection of 50 iconic portraits includes works by many of the world's most renowned artists, each with their own style, technique, and story to tell. Throughout the history of art, most of the world's greatest artists have produc...

This book is the perfect fashion accessory – a sumptuous, exquisitely designed exploration of the most influential fashion icons, ideas, designers, pieces, and trends from throughout history. What did Vogue's first cover look like? When did film sta...

In this richly illustrated book Michael Fried – one of the most esteemed and influential art critics and art historians working today – has gathered eight major essays written between 1993 and 2013, on topics ranging from Jacques-Louis David, Theodor...

"Sculpture Victorious "highlights the diversity, originality and ubiquity of sculptural production during the reign of Queen Victoria. This lavishly illustrated book examines how colourful marbles, bronzes, finely wrought silver, and exquisitely deta...

In a lively re-examination of the British collectors who bankrupted themselves to possess antique marble statues, "Owning the Past" chronicles a story of pride, rivalry, snobbery, and myopic obsession with posterity and possession. Analyzing the moti...

The international touring exhibition "Die gute Form" was conceived by Max Bill on behalf of the Swiss Werkbund and was shown for the first time in 1949 at the Basel Mustermesse trade fair. The exhibition consisted of 80 display panels, designed by Bi...

The Bodleian Library has among its collections some very fine examples of illuminated letters in Western manuscripts and fine art books. These twenty-six detachable postcards feature historiated initials decorated with gold leaf from medieval and ren...

The ancient Celtic world evokes debate, discussion, romanticism and mythicism. On the one hand it represents a specialist area of archaeological interest, on the other, it has a wide general appeal. The Celtic world is accessible through archaeology,...