Greil Marcus Late in 1976 a record called "Anarchy in the UK" was issued in London, and this event launched a transformation of pop music all over the world. The song distilled... | Vladimir Arkhipov; Damon Murray;... |
| Brian Dillon The "ruins" of the modern era are the landmarks of recent art's turn toward site and situation, history and memory. The abiding interest of artists in ruination and decay has... |
John James Audubon A complete edition of John James Audubon's world famous The Birds of America, bound in linen and beautifully presented in a special slipcase. To create this edition of Audubon's masterpiece... | Susie Hodge Gives you an understanding of the ways in which modern art differs from realistic works of earlier centuries. This book examines 100 works of modern art that have attracted critical... |
Vanessa Friedman; Alessandra Arezzi... Emilio Pucci (1914-1992) had an amazing passion for women, a visionary sense of style, and an aesthete's eye for color and design. These talents led him to create a fashion... | Philip Jodidio Since 2000, the Serpentine Gallery in London's Kensington Gardens has called on some of the world's top architects to design summer pavilions - temporary structures that are erected next to... |
Sophie Howarth; Stephen McLaren Presents 46 contemporary image-makers noted for their candid depictions of everyday life. This title includes essays and a global conversation between some of the leading street photographers that explore the... | Guillaume Picon; Francis Hammond;... From dusk on a summer's evening to the veil of mist on a winter's morning, these photographs reveal the many facets of Versailles and offer readers unprecedented access to... |
Sheila Hale The first biography since 1877 of Venice's greatest artist - a towering work which captures the genius of Titian, beautifully illustrated throughout with full colour plates. | Jay McCauley Bowstead This guide is aimed at all designers and artists already working in the visual arts field, as well as those just starting out or in art education who need to... |
Sarah Hermanson Meister; Glenn D. Lowry Offers an examination of Bill Brandt's oeuvre that attempts to trace a coherent trajectory across the photographers multifaceted career. With 162 rich duotone reproductions made from the finest of the... | Time Out Guides Ltd Offers a collection of intriguing and amusing photos of London from the birth of photography onwards. |
Mark Antliff; Vivien Greene Vorticism was a brief-lived but explosive art movement that emerged in London on the eve of the First World War. Its adherents were determined to break decisively with the art... | Jens Hoffmann Charts the historical and theoretical evolution of the contemporary studio from a site for fabrication to a situation for thought and diverse forms of creativity. |