History of art

Toolkit for Modern Life, A: 30 Ways to Look After Your Mind [9781529410228]

Most of us are just trying to keep it together, most of the time ... In a world where 'busyness' is the norm, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and stres…

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Art [9780241257104]

Discover the history of art movements from classical Greek art to the Italian Renaissance, the Pre-Raphaelites, and the masters of Impressionism with …

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The Story of Art [9780714832470]

The Story of Art, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over four decades. Attracted by the s…

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The Story of Painting: How art was made [9780241335185]

A fascinating new history of art, this gloriously illustrated book reveals how materials, techniques, and ideas have evolved over the centuries, inspi…

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Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith: As seen on TV [9781781259993]

Companion to the major new BBC documentary series CIVILISATIONS, presented by Mary Beard, David Olusoga and Simon Schama The idea of 'civilisation' ha…

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What Artists Wear [9780141991252]

Most of us live our lives in our clothes without realising their power. But in the hands of artists, garments reveal themselves. They are pure tools o…

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The World According to Colour: A Cultural History [9781846148248]

The subject of this book is mankind's extraordinary relationship with colour. It is composed of a series of voyages, ranging across the world and thr…

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Medieval Graffiti: The Lost Voices of England's Churches [9780091960414]

For centuries carved writings and artworks in churches lay largely unnoticed. So archaeologist Matthew Champion started a nationwide survey to gather …

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Printed in North Korea: The Art of Everyday Life in the DPRK [9780714879239]

This incredible collection of prints dating from the 1950s to the twenty-first century is the only one of its kind in or outside North Korea.   …

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The Illustrated Story of Art [9781409316084]

Great art movements and the paintings that inspired them. The Illustrated Story of Art is an innovative approach to understanding the history of art, …

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Textures from Nature in Textile Art: Natural inspiration for mixed-media and textile artists [9781849946704]

Harness the beauty of the natural world to create unique textile art pieces. For textile artists and embroiderers, nature is a perennially favourite …

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The Art Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained [9780241239018]

Embark on a tour of the world's greatest artistic movements and works, from prehistoric cave paintings to performance art with The Art Book, the lates…

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England on Fire: A Visual Journey through Albion's Psychic Landscape [9781786784285]

Stephen Ellcock consistently blows my mind - Kara Walker This is a ground-breaking exploration through images of England's psychic landscapes: of the …

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Great Paintings [9780241332818]

From works by Botticelli and Raphael to Salvador Dali and Frida Kahlo, discover the paintings that have shaken the art world through the centuries and…

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Fully Coherent Plan [9781786893840]

CLOSE YOUR EYES I invite you to imagine a plan for a new and better society where everything is very coherent and makes a lot of sense and nothing is…

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New Way of Seeing, A: The History of Art in 57 Works [9780500239636]

From a carved mammoth tusk (c. 40,000 bce) to Duchamp's Fountain (1917), and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights (1505-10) to Louise Bourgeois's Maman …

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Art, Passion & Power: The Story of the Royal Collection [9781785942617]

A sumptuous Christmas gift for art lovers everywhere The Royal Collection is the last great collection formed by the European monarchies to have survi…

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Bright Stars: Great Artists Who Died Too Young [9780711251731]

Some of the world's greatest and most-loved artists died under the age of forty. But how did they turn relatively short careers into such long legacie…

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Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden [9780711239319]

The newly revised and updated Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden is the definitive publication on the Bloomsbury Group's rural outpost in the hea…

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Sybil & Cyril: Cutting through Time [9780571354153]

In 1922, Cyril Power, a fifty-year old architect, left his family to work with the twenty-four year old Sybil Andrews. They would be together for twen…

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