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Hilma af Klint: The art of seeing the invisible

Scholars from diverse disciplines tackle the many questions posed by the work and life of abstraction pioneer Hilma af Klint

The History of Colour - A Universe of Chromatic Phenomena

This comprehensive, beautiful book delves deep into the complex but fascinating story of our relationship with colour throughout human hi...

Tales of the City - Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Bruegel

An innovative examination of sixteenth-century Netherlandish drawing against the backdrop of the urban economic boom, the Protestant Refo...

Little Street - The Neighborhood in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art and Culture

An interdisciplinary study of the central role that the neighborhood played in seventeenth-century Dutch painting, including works by Joh...

Donald Judd: Artworks 1970-1994

A sweeping selection of Donald Judd's iconic and ambitious works alongside a diverse collection of newly commissioned writings. "One of t...

Hieronymus Bosch, Painter and Draughtsman - Catalogue Raisonne

Compiled by members of the Bosch Research and Conservation Project and published on the 500th anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch's death, th...

Art Textile Kunst

Mit diesem Buch erscheint die erste Publikation, die sich dem Textilen und seiner unterschiedlichsten Formen in der Kunst annimmt. Warum ...

Sieh dir die Menschen an! - Das neusachliche Typenporträt in der Weimarer Zeit

Ob in bildender Kunst, Literatur, Kino, Wissenschaft oder Mode - in den Krisen nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg beruhte die Faszination für Type...

Museum of Islamic Art: The Collection

The first comprehensive reference publication on the world-class collection at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, featuring exampl...

Remedios Varo - Science Fictions

An exploration of the captivating work and mystical outlook of the modern artist Remedios Varo, focusing on her years in Mexico City

Leonardo Pop-Ups

Six pop-ups of Da Vinci's greatest work along with a brief biography. Watson McCarthy's paper-engineering is on impressive and intricate ...

Helgonskåp - Medieval tabernacle shrines in Sweden and Europe

Tabernacle shrines - enclosures containing a single saint's effigy equipped with two, four or more wings - are a neglected form of mediev...

Hilma af Klint Catalogue Raisonné volume II: Paintings for the Temple - Catalogue Raisonné volume II

The second instalment in an epic and authoritative seven-volume Hilma af Klint catalogue raisonné: the pioneering abstractionist's belove...

Skin in the Game - Conversations on Risk and Contention

Skin in the Game follows on from the acclaimed fieldwork diary, The Metabolic Museum. In this new book, Clémentine Deliss expands on how ...

Grenze/Granica - Art on the German-Polish Border after 1990

This book sets out to analyse for the very first time a selection of works by international contemporary artists that reference the Germa...

Jeff Koons: Now - Now

This fully illustrated catalogue is published on the occasion of Now, a solo show of work by Jeff Koons (born 1955) presented at Damien H...

Can Art History be Made Global? - Meditations from the Periphery

The book responds to the challenge of the global turn in the humanities from the perspective of art history. A global art history, it arg...

In the Eye of the Storm - Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s

A major study of Ukrainian art from 1900 to the mid-1930s - with loans from major museums in Ukraine, elsewhere in Europe, the United Sta...

Dürer's Lost Masterpiece - Art and Society at the Dawn of a Global World

Dürer's Lost Masterpiece tracks the history of a turning point in the career of the celebrated German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), ...

Hilma af Klint - A Biography

"A highly anticipated biography of the enigmatic and popular Swedish painter. The Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) was 44 years...

A concise history of Hungary

Afrotopia

A vibrant meditation and poetic call for an African utopian philosophy of self-reinvention for the twenty-first century In the recent aft...

History of Modern Design - Second Edition

Diese überarbeitete und erweiterte zweite Ausgabe der History of Modern Design ist eine umfassende, interdisziplinäre Einführung in die G...

Anthony Caro

A comprehensive monograph on the pioneering artist Anthony Caro. Anthony Caro played a pivotal role in the development of twentieth centu...

Hugh Hayden - American Vernacular

The first-ever monograph on American artist Hugh Hayden, whose sculptures are known for their engagement with notions of class, race, and...

John Craxton - A Life of Gifts

Uplifting and engaging, this story recounts the life and career of a rebellious 20th-century British artist

Women Dressing Women - A Lineage of Female Fashion Design

This survey of women-led fashion design centered around the twentieth and twenty-first centuries emphasizes the creative agency and artis...

For What It's Worth - Value Systems in Art since 1960

Grounded in the global, conceptual art tendencies that began in the 1960s, For What It's Worth looks at artists who generate, question, a...

Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces of Art

Prior to the invention of the printing press, all books had to be written by hand. Illuminated manuscripts are the beautiful manifestatio...

The Snake and the Lightning - Aby Warburg's American Journey

When Aby Warburg left for the United States in September 1895, it was not foreseeable that his search for the symbolic foundations of art...

The history of hungarian art in the twentieth century

Artist's Journey - The travels that inspired the artistic greats

In the Artist's Journey, follow in the footsteps of some of the world’s most famous painters, and the journeys which inspired some of the...

The Amorous Heart - An Unconventional History of Love

The symmetrical, scalloped, exuberant heart is everywhere: it gives shape to candy and candy boxes, cookies and cakes, earrings and penda...

The Story of Contemporary Art

A lively introduction to and history of international contemporary art from 1960 to the present. What does it mean? Is it really art? Why...

Family Portraits - Children in Impressionist Art

The impressionist artists accorded great importance to family life; this book celebrates their portrayals of their mothers, wives, and ch...

Watteau - kolonial - Herrschaft, Handel und Galanterie im Frankreich des Régence

Wie sahen die frühen imperialen Visionen im Frankreich der Régence aus? Das Buch bietet eine neue und auch provokative Deutung von Jean-A...

The Madman's Gallery - The Strangest Paintings, Sculptures and Other Curiosities From the History of Art

The stories behind some of the most unusual and remarkable artworks from around the world, beautifully illustrated throughout

Medieval Art

This refreshing new look at Medieval art conveys a very real sense of the impact of art on everyday life in Europe from 1000 to 1500. It ...

Open Questions - Thirty Years of Writing about Art

An illustrated reader featuring a collection of essays from trailblazing curator and writer Helen Molesworth - the first book of her coll...

The Art of Activism and the Activism of Art

"Since the global financial crash of 2008, artists have become increasingly engaged in a wide range of cultural activism targeted against...

Das Grüne Florilegium - The Green Florilegium (dt./engl.)

Flowerpower aus dem 17. Jahrhundert Das Grüne Florilegium ist ein herausragendes Werk der Blumen- und Pflanzenmalerei. Dieser hinreißende...

Fringe, Frog and Tassel - The Art of the Trimmings-Maker in Interior Decoration

Lavishly illustrated with new photography, Fringe, Frog and Tassel is the first survey of the history, design and use of trimmings in the...

The Book of Bibles. 40th Ed.

Im Mittelalter entstanden im Auftrag von wohlhabenden und einflussreichen Herrschern sowie hochstehenden Mitgliedern der Kirche illustrie...

The Lives of Lucian Freud: YOUTH 1922 - 1968 - YOUTH 1922 - 1968

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 SELECTED AS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAP...

The Impressionists at First Hand

An updated edition of this classic collection of letters, critical reviews, and reminiscences by impressionist artists and their contempo...

Modern Painting - A Concise History

This new concise history of modern painting offers an indispensable reference to the complexities and characteristics of this medium, whi...

Hirst-isms

"A revealing collection of quotations from world-renowned artist Damien Hirst. Hirst-isms is a collection of quotations-bold, surprising,...

William Blake (World of Art)

An updated edition of a classic volume and thorough overview of William Blake's life and work.

Scottish Art

The most thorough and accessible short introduction to Scottish art available.

The Lives of Lucian Freud: FAME 1968 - 2011 - FAME 1968 - 2011

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELE...

The 12-Hour Art Expert - Everything You Need to Know about Art in a Dozen Masterpieces

Interested in art but feel under-informed? Curious but afraid you might not "get? it? Already a fan and wishing to immerse yourself in a ...

A Little History of Art

A thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the origins of mark making to art's pivotal role in culture today

Georgia O'Keeffe

A revised edition of this classic survey that presents a thorough overview of Georgia O'Keeffe's life and work. Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-19...

Bauhaus Goes West - Modern Art and Design in Britain and America

Tells the fascinating story of the journey taken by the Bauhaus - both the concept behind the school and some of the individuals who repr...

The Power of Art - A World History in Fifteen Cities

To read most histories of art, you might be forgiven for supposing that great artists are superhuman, and the knowledge of different move...

Alice Neel - People Come First

Positioning Alice Neel as a champion of civil rights, this book explores how her paintings convey her humanist politics and capture the h...

Mary Cassatt - Painter of Modern Women

The definitive introduction to the artist Mary Cassatt, placing her work in the wider context of 19th-century feminism and art theory. A ...

Miró

A new edition of this classic survey on the life and work of Spanish surrealist, Joan Miró, by his close friend, historian and fellow art...

Germaine Richier

A major reassessment of Germaine Richier's work and impact on 20th-century sculpture. Germaine Richier (1902-59) occupies a central posit...

The Short Story of Modern Art - A Pocket Guide to Key Movements, Works, Themes and Techniques

Dieser konzentrierte Überblick erkundet anhand von 50 Schlüsselwerken die wesentlichen Künstler, Kunstströmungen und Techniken der vergan...