This handsome catalogue presents the Dutch artist Theo Van Doesburg (1883-1931) as a nomadic propagandist on a quest for a new aesthetic that, in conjunction with contemporary science and technology, sought to reform the world. Van Doesburg was a cen...

The celebrated French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) created works that epitomize the theatricality, elegance, and decadence of late-19th-century Paris. This beautifully illustrated book features a selection of Toulouse-Lautrec's drawin...

First published to accompany Piano Nobile's exhibiton at Piano Nobile Kings Place, "Thomas Newbolt: Drama Paintings – A Modern Baroque", this fully colour illustrated book presents a substantial publication on contemporary artist Thomas Newbolt. Newb...

Not for sale in Estonia! In the 19th century, European and North American travelers illustrated narratives of their explorations in the New World that were published in Europe. Europeans imagined the tropics as a site for cultural imperialism and f...

Not for sale in Estonia! The extraordinary collection of Venetian drawings in the national Gallery of Art of Washington is presented for the first time in this book: a hundred and forty-four works by the greatest Venetian masters (from Mantegna to...

Famous for their Darjeeling tea, the tea gardens of Bengal were the birthplace of a worker's union movement in the 1930s, while India was under British colonial rule. Protesting oppression by owners and managers, the workers formed unions, organized...

India's rich tradition of jewelled arts has produced extravagant and opulent creations that range from ornaments for every part of the body to ceremonial court objects such as boxes, daggers and thrones. Starting with the Mughal rulers of India (1526...

Not for sale in Estonia! In this volume, curators, theorists, artists and writers argue for methods of map-making that go beyond geographic representation. The artist emerges as a new cartographer, who intervenes in existing maps to reveal the know...

On July 18, 1863, six months after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, one of the first American units composed of African Americans stormed Fort Wagner in South Carolina, led by Colonel Robert Shaw Gould. Although the regiment su...

Thomas Sully (1783-1872) painted some of the most dynamic personalities of the 19th century, including Queen Victoria, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Although he created more than two thousand portraits and subject paintings, his ful...