Art & Photography Books

Book Synopsis Artists & Illustrators magazine's Book of the Month Taking inspiration from iconic paintings in the Tate collection, discover the techniques of the masters and improve your own painting skills with 30 guided projects. As you work through the exercises, you'll learn how to work 'wet into wet' with Maggi Hambling, master colour temperature with John Singer Sargent and create rhythm and unity in your paintings with John Nash.Whether you are looking to reinvigorate your watercolour practice with new techniques, try your hand at a wide variety of painting styles, or discover a new, inspiring master of the art, this book offers something new for every watercolourist.

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Book SynopsisExplore and expand your creative skill set with The Central Saint Martins Guide to Art & Design, fully updated in 2023 in line with the current course, with a new afterword by Rathna Ramanathan, Head of Central Saint Martins.Guided by key lessons from college tutors, you'll learn to expand your creative abilities and develop your own visual language. Exclusive projects from the world-class Central Saint Martins Foundation Diploma in Art and Design will inspire your experiments and unlock your potential across four key areas: communication design, fashion and textiles, fine art and three-dimensional design. No matter which discipline you choose to pursue, this book will help you discover who you want to be and set you on the path to achieving it.'Do you care about heartbreaking beauty, fresh new ideas, astounding craftsmanship, ingenious solutions, the tingle of a shocking image? Would you make art even if it wasn't your job? Then this is the book for you' - Grayson Perry

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Book SynopsisStylish, accessible and aspirational. Learn the traditional craft of leatherworking through 20 contemporary projects, from stylish accessories to essential homewares. Destined to be a classic, this modern introduction offers a contemporary twist on the age-old craft of leatherworking. Welcome to Candice Lau's award-winning workshop, where she walks you through all the fundamental skills, techniques and tools needed to make beautiful and durable pieces. Try your hand at 20 step-by-step projects, complete with scaleable templates, from keyrings and clutch bags to travel cases and knapsacks. Each piece focuses on a different technique and is accompanied by guidance on how to make the design your own. Arm yourself with everything you need to know to design and create unique leather pieces from scratch with The Leathercraft Handbook.

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Book SynopsisThis is a hands-on guide to learning to draw in perspective. It is partly about learning to draw a set of straight lines that meet at a point. And it’s partly about learning to look at what is around you, and spot where those invisible straight lines might be located. It’s a book for anyone who wants to draw or paint—in any genre and in any medium. And it’s not weighed down with theory – although everything you will need to know is explained. Most of all, it gives you exercises to play with. You can put your observational skills to the test with the “image quiz” features—where you take a pen and draw in all the vanishing points onto the book itself. Or use the special “perspective chambers” to draw objects onto an existing scene, keeping it all in the right perspective: think of it as a kind of 3D doodling. By the time you get to the end of the book, you will understand how perspective works and be able to apply it intuitively without a ruler or drafting table. The whole concept will feel like a sixth sense. And you can get on with being creative. There is also a 30-page workbook to put your skills to the test!Trade ReviewAs a college lecturer I would say this is for the higher level or degree level students. It is thorough and covers perspective well in both text and visual representation. It's not for a quick look though and a certain amount of time needs to be given to truly use the book but it's worth it. The workbook is an especially nice section. * Marian Carr *One of the most important things to master when you are learning how to draw is perspective; it is also one of the most difficult. In this primer the author and various other artists show how to get the better of it and thus improve your skills. This is not the sort of book to breeze through in a short time; to get the best out of it you will need to read it through more than once. There are practical exercises to try out, lots of diagrams and descriptions of what is going on to work through. Some mathematical skills are a great help. After a brief history of perspective use in art, the author explains the different types and then dedicates a chapter to each of them. One, two and three-point perspective, multi and curvilinear are all explored, and finally there is a workbook to try it all out. Each chapter is divided into four sections with a page of explanations at the front to show how to use it. Seeing it, understanding it, applying it and how-to sequence are the section headings. There is plenty to look at and plenty to read. A slightly thicker and larger font would have been easier on the eye here as the print is small and thin, but there is a lot to get in with these complex topics. Several pages of diagrams, grids, drawings and photos with captions show how it all works, and turning to the back, there are blank grids with links for downloading so you can have a go. I found this to be the best part, as all that wee print and involved drawing was useful, but I personally got more out of it all after I had had a go myself. This is not surprising, perhaps, as art is a practical subject, and if you are looking for an exhaustive guide to perspective this is a good choice. * Myshelf.com *July 2016 There have been many books on perspective down the years, all trying in their own wat to simplify what is a complex subject. In some cases, that can be overdone, leading to no explaination at all. Matthew Brehm confronts the problems head on and avoids as many of the intrusive red llines leading to vanishing points as possible. Five perspective types - 1 point, 2 point, 3 point, multi-point and curvilinear are each broken down into seeing, understanding, applying and a how-to-sequence. Thos consistent approach makes the book easy to follow and gives you the confidence to tackle the workbook section, whcih is definitely quite technical. This is one of the best books on the subject I've seen. * The Artist *This book covers in depth the science of perspective. It is written by an Associate Professor of Architecture in a clear and concise manner. The chapters progress from explaining Basic perspective through to curvilinear perspective (I've never heard of this before!) Each chapter is subdivided into : seeing it, understanding it, applying it and 'how to' sequence. It is generously illustrated and even includes a work book complete with grids that can be photocopied to help with your project! Thoroughly recommended to buy and keep as reference for that ambitious project. * Dianne Ryan *It's often the subtle things which are difficult to explain and more so make them understood by others, Perspectives being one of them. However, Matthew Brehm through this Work book on Perspective , has well balanced the theory and through examples, takes us gradually from the simple one point perspective to more higher levels of perspectives (Curvilinear). This Work book takes a four pronged structured mode of learning for each of the perspective under study. Step one being "Seeing It" - creates the awareness and focuses on building the observational skills, followed by "Understanding it" - which covers the technical concepts involved , step 3 -"Applying it" - appreciation of the application of the concepts through well selected drawings and finally a "how to" - Step wise execution of a drawing as a case study. The book also comes with a 32 page worksheets to prompt readers to put theory into practice while reading the book itself. Would recommend this book for the all those who are keen to understand and explore Perspectives- to add more life to their creations. I have enjoyed reading this book, my thanks to Matthew Brehm and the publishing team for bringing out a book which is true to its title * Thiagarajan PK *This book arrived at a good time for me, as I am in the early stages of a street scene showing Guildford High Street, which has converging rows of buildings on a downward-sloping road. First impressions are good, with the book printed on high quality paper. The text and images are clear and beautifully printed. It’s a book you’ll want to handle. The book consists of 144 pages in a near-square format and is divided into three major sections; history, examples and a workbook section. I’ll deal with each section in turn. 1 - History The author, Matthew Brehm, goes to some lengths to explain the history of perspective in art, which actually makes for an interesting read on its own, discussing the various approaches together with illustrations to support the text. 2 - Examples This is the main part of the book and covers the different types of perspective that we may encounter when producing our art: 1-point, 2-point, 3-point and, interestingly, curvilinear perspective. Each type of perspective is handled using the method of ‘seeing it’, ‘understanding it’, and ‘applying it’. The ‘seeing it’ sections give illustrated examples of how we can identify the perspective type being discussed, using photographs, shapes and models. The author is careful to highlight pitfalls for the unwary, such as getting the horizon line wrong. ‘Understanding it’ goes into why we need to apply the particular type of perspective and ways to apply the methods. For instance, the subject may include irregular or complex shapes which need to be analysed by the artist as part of the application process. ‘The final stage is ‘applying it’, when the author gives examples of artworks using the perspective type being discussed. Following the examples is a sub-section giving a ‘how-to sequence’, where the reader is taken through an example artwork using the perspective type under discussion in a number of easy to follow steps, resulting in a finished work. 3 - Workbook Using pre-drawn grids, this 32 page section takes the reader through each perspective type, with the opportunity to use the ideas presented in the earlier chapters. Some pages fold out to give you bigger perspectives and grids, enabling the reader to plot really wide scenes. Conclusion This book is really easy to get into, providing clear and understandable directions for finding and applying the different types of perspective. I found the book engrossing to read and have already learnt how to identify and apply the correct perspective for my current painting. I shall certainly be referring to this useful book over the coming weeks and months and can recommend it to anyone with an interest in the subject. * David Raison *I have known students who really struggle to understand perspective. This book should help anyone develop their understanding of perspective and use their knowledge to improve their drawing skills. Each type of perspective has its own chapter, from one-point to curvilinear. Workbook exercises give you the chance to practice. Use the grids to guide you. There are practical techniques, explanations and plenty of examples to ensure that you understand the theory. You’ll find work in pencil and in colour. You’ll find the basics to the most complex types all included and explained. Build your confidence and skills by following the progressive chapters. This is one of the most thorough and easy-to-use books I have found on the subject. The cover has a quality feel. * Karen Platt- yarnsandfabrics.co.uk *April 2016 If you are looking to improve your drawing and painting, this new book by Matthew Brehm - How to see it, How to Draw it- will set you on the right tracks. Perspective is a subject that many beginners prefer to gloss over, but it's importance in creating convincing work is paramount. This hands on guide promises not to weigh us down with theory. Instead it offers exercises to play with, including drawing vanishing points in the book itself. " Think of it as 3D doodling", says the author. By the end of the book, you should be able to understand perspective intuitively, enabling you to draw convincing objects without use of a ruler. * The Leisure Painter *If ever a book died on its feet without its subtitle, this is the one! As a guide to perspective for the artist, rather than the technical illustrator, it’s pretty much pitch perfect. Any book which tells you that it’ll take away the mystique of the subject is lying, because it’s a technical one and you can’t avoid an explanation of vanishing points or the lines that lead to them. Matthew Brehm does, however, minimise a lot of the complexity, and the bulk of the illustrations are attractive drawings and paintings, mostly of buildings, that show the results in practice. Where theory is necessary, it’s mainly confined to block diagrams which, while not pretty, do make the matter easier to understand. The book is also extremely well structured, starting with one-point perspective and progressing to two and three point before going on to multi-point and curvilinear. Each section works in the same way: seeing it, understanding it, applying it and how to sequence. Keeping the approach constant means that, once you’ve got the hang of one topic, you’ve got the hang of them all. There’s also an excellent introduction to the basics: visual depth clues, lines of convergence, the horizon line and so on. If you’ve ever struggled to get to grips with perspective, and any book is going to open your eyes, this is the one to do it. I won’t say I couldn’t put it down, but I do keep picking it up. * Artbookreview.net *

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Book SynopsisChristian Dior's era-defining designs and enduring legacy are captured here in more than 50 of the fashion house's most iconic pieces.  Dior redefined what fashion looked like in the post-war age and demanded glamour, femininity and excess to be the order of the day. His vision for seriously structured corsets tapering to dramatically full skirts with pleats for days earned the title 'The New Look', and it really was. His garments spoke of hope and beauty and were crafted with the utmost attention to detail. This beautifully illustrated book charts not only the work of the great man himself, but also those who stood at the helm after him, including the inimitable Yves Saint Laurent and John Galliano. The House of Dior has dressed everyone from Old Hollywood icons like Grace Kelly and Marlene Dietrich through to fictional fashion icon Carrie Bradshaw and music royalty Rihanna. Style Icon: Dior is a wonderful tribute to the roman

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Book SynopsisEtching can seem mysterious and inaccessible, but this practical book guides you through the process to reveal the potential of this distinctive means of creating artists' prints. With clear instructions and visual guides, it explains the many ways that marks are first made on a metal plate before ink is applied and the image transferred onto a sheet of paper. The book goes on to introduce a broad menu of techniques, allowing the visual artist to develop a uniquely personal approach. Topics include the materials and equipment needed to get started, from the simple etching needle and scraper-burnisher to the etching press. Explanations are given for photo-etching, aquatint, as well as related intaglio processes such as drypoint and photopolymer. This new book encourages artists to experiment and try combining techniques to explore their potential, and includes interviews with leading artists explaining their approaches.Trade ReviewThis book is a great guide for anyone who is new to the wonders of intaglio printmaking. The attraction to this book is the clear language that is used with excellent photographs to help explain each process. A must-have book for every print studio! * Printmaking Today *" While comprehensive and authoritative, this is a welcoming introduction to the equipment and working methods of etching. " * The Artist *

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Book SynopsisScreenprinting is essentially a stencil method of printing, but is has vast potential. This beautiful book explains the techniques behind the art and introduces ideas to explore its exciting and versatile qualities. Packed with step-by-step sequences and practical advice, it not only explains the process but inspires designers and makers to experiment with the creative potential of this striking art form. It introduces the basic technical aspects of printing on fabric, as well as the equipment and materials. Ideas for designing and developing different types of motifs, images, patterns and repeats are given and how to combine the different elements together. It covers effective low-tech methods that exploit physical skills and simple tools, as well as contemporary printed textile practice with digital input and sophisticated technologies. Advice on the use of colour is given as well as dye recipes and the instructions for their use on fabric. Methods are included such as cross dyeing, crimping and mark making on fabric, which can be used in conjunction with screenprinting. Drawing on the author's over forty years of experience, it shares her practical tips and ideas for both the traditional processes of screenprinting and the latest techniques that embrace contemporary practice ready for a new textile audience.

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Book SynopsisThe Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust cares for five venues in Brighton and Hove, including the spectacular Royal Pavilion, a royal palace created by George IV as his summer retreat, designed in its final form by John Nash in a Moghul Indian style and set in landscaped picturesque gardens. The Trust’s other venues are Brighton Museum and Art Gallery that holds important local history and archaeology, world art, and decorative art collections; Preston Manor a large house preserved in the Edwardian style with a beautiful walled garden; The Booth Museum of natural history; and Hove Museum and Art Gallery. The Trust cares for around one million objects, many of international importance and covering a wide range of subjects and types. In this enjoyable and richly illustrated guide, Hedley Swain, the Trust’s CEO, shares highlights from The Trust’s vast collections.

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Book SynopsisThe Colour of Time spans more than a hundred years of world history from the reign of Queen Victoria and the US Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and beginning of the Space Age. It charts the rise and fall of empires, the achievements of science, industry and the arts, the tragedies of war and the politics of peace, and the lives of men and women who made history. The book is a collaboration between a gifted Brazilian artist and a leading British historian. Marina Amaral has created 200 stunning images, using contemporary photographs as the basis for her full-colour digital renditions. Dan Jones has written a narrative that anchors each image in its context, and weaves them into a vivid account of the world that we live in today. A fusion of amazing pictures and well-chosen words, The Colour of Time offers a unique – and often beautiful – perspective on the past. This compact edition of The Colour of Time makes the perfect gift for anyone (and not just anyone interested in history).Trade ReviewA clever, deftly executed book... Marina Amaral has chosen 200 black-and-white photographs, taken between 1850 and 1960, and skilfully colourised them, which gives them new life, new relevance and new power... Dan Jones gives a nicely thoughtful commentary to it all' * Daily Mail, Coffee Table Books of the Year *Purists argue that colourising black and white photographs is sacrilege, but the world has always been in colour... Truth be told, monochrome is a contrivance. Human experience is always colourful' * The Times, Books of the Year *[The Colour of Time] does something simple yet extraordinary. It takes black-and-white photos of historic events and colours them in. The effect is transformative * Daily Telegraph *There is something of The Wizard of Oz about Marina Amaral's photographs. She whisks us from black-and-white Kansas to shimmering Technicolor Oz... When you see Amaral's coloured portraits, you think: phwoar!... She changes the way we see a period or a person' * Spectator *The effect of colour is far more transformative than you might imagine... [Amaral's] touched-up photographs look even more realistic, and closer to life, than a photograph taken yesterday... Extraordinary' * Mail on Sunday *What also elevates The Colour of Time above regular coffee table fare is the startling vivacity and impact of the photographs chosen, and the concise but focused and gripping texts by Jones, making the book a worthwhile cover-to-cover read as much as it serves as a showcase book to dip into at will * All About History *Spanning more than 100 years of world history, from Queen Victoria to the Cuban missile crisis, this book offers a fresh perspective on the past by transforming the black and white photographs that defined global events into full colour * BBC History *Illustrator Marina Amaral has digitally colourised 200 historic black-and-white photographs, making them look as though they were taken yesterday. Dan Jones explains the historical context of each startling image * Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year *I have long considered colourisation sacrilege... after reading this book, I've changed my mind' * The Times. *The most breathtakingly colourised black-and-white pictures ever * Daily Mail. *Both revelatory and familiar. Amaral's skills bring 19th- and early 20th-century photographic images to wholly unexpected and vivid life... Jones offers perceptive commentary, contextualising the events and people depicted with concise skill, meaning that this fine book is hugely readable' * Observer *Jones sketches the historical context with wry economy. Even familiar images take on a new dimension in colour * Daily Mirror *Stunning photos. The perfect gift for any historian * Bristol Life *

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Book SynopsisA highly-illustrated, pocket-sized guide to understanding the forces that have shaped the world’s cities from the dawn of civilisation to the present day. The fortunes of towns and cities rise and fall along with the fate of the civilisations to which they belong. Some are lost entirely, now no more than ruins; others have thrived as urban centres for millennia; and all contain vital clues embedded in their streets and skylines which reveal why their inhabitants grouped together, and tell of their unique social, political and cultural histories. Packed with plans, maps, and drawings, this book takes you on an international journey of discovery to explore the history of cities from our earliest urban origins to the contemporary world city – from Babylon to Beijing, London to Paris, and from the skyscrapers of New York to the streets of their own home town. A must-read for anyone interested in history, cities, and travel, this fascinating book turns you into an urban detective to see how our towns and cities grew the way they are.Table of ContentsPart One: The Grammar of Urban Architecture Elements of the City Part Two: City Types & Styles First Cities Classical Cities China & the Far East The Americas Muslim Era Cities Medieval Towns The Baroque City Italian Hill Towns Cities of God Tidal Cities Hanseatic Towns Industrial Towns Politics & Power Ideal Towns Ideal Cities Organic Growth Shanty Towns Garrison Towns Island Towns & Cities Cities of Towers Underground Cities Megalopolis New Towns Green Towns Abandoned Cities Future Cities Glossary Resources Index

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Book SynopsisAn inspiring and intimate look at the work of a generation of British artists across all disciplines. The Artist in Time brings together twenty creatives from across the UK, with photographs and interviews that disclose their daily working habits and motivations. All born before 1950, this is a collective portrait of a generation who have shaped our artistic landscape. They provide a range of different answers to the question ‘what makes an artist?’, and a set of insights into what makes up a creative life. Giving you access to the studio and working spaces of a diverse group of painters, poets, choreographers, filmmakers, illustrators, musicians, photographers, sculptors, writers and creators, The Artist in Time is a handbook for creativity and inspiration, made up of artists from all backgrounds who have all in their own way shaped, and continue to shape, the creative landscape of the United Kingdom.Trade ReviewSensitively edited, Chris Fite-Wassilak's interviews have been formed into standalone monologues that, together with Ollie Harrop's intimate photographs, feel direct and personal, as though we are visiting these artists in their homes or studios. * Times Literary Supplement *... the glossy, magazine-like publication gives a platform to older painters, poets, illustrators ... there are nuggets of wisdom scattered throughout ... One of the book’s great strengths is Harrop’s sensitive and insightful photographs * Studio International *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Rhythms of Working Maggie Nicols Anne Tallentire Bob Fulcher David Hurn Wendy Cope 2. Grow Into Your Vision Frank Bowling Shirley Collins Jane May Ken Loach Roma Tomelty Margaret Busby 3. Formative Moments Michael Foreman Bud Edmonson John Fox and Sue Gill Elly Taylor Rasheed Araeen 4. Forget Style Ralph Steadman Bisakha Sarkar Marian Sandham Alastair Maclennan Afterword The Baring Foundation

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Book SynopsisLearn to capture the abstract beauty of the natural world in paint and mixed media with this inspiring book.

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Book SynopsisLearn to draw expressive, characterful manga faces using this simple step-by-step book. Manga artist Yishan Li teaches you to transform simple shapes into eyes, mouths, hairstyles and fully formed manga faces. There are 38 exercises to choose from including 18 complete manga faces, or you can use the facial features as building blocks to create your own unique characters. Each project starts with a few basic outlines and progresses into a finished drawing in eight easy steps; a final coloured version shows you how to develop your artwork even further. Perfect for beginners, as well as budding manga artists, you’ll be amazed how easily you too can create your own manga faces using this simple book.Table of ContentsEyes 5 Mouths 8 Faces 11 Hair 19 Heads 23

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Book SynopsisThis abridged, mini edition of Marvel Museum tells the complete story of Marvel Comics alongside stunning artwork from the official Marvel archives.Marvel Museum (Mini Edition) gives readers the experience of a fascinating exhibition from the pages of a beautiful book. This stunningly curated collection includes rarely-seen artwork from the Marvel archives, and includes the Avengers, Black Panther, Black Widow, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man, X-Men and more!Chronicling the history of the legendary Marvel Comics, this book is a must-have addition to any collector's shelf.© 2025 MARVEL

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Book SynopsisTaking as its starting point the first-ever retrospective exhibition (2021) of performance art icon Jess Dobkin, the book reflects on the internationally acclaimed artist's playful and provocative practice as performer, activist, curator, and community leader. At the same time, it grapples with a question that is vital for art and performance studies: How do archives perform?More than a discrete showing of a single artist's work, the exhibition, including its new staging in book form, is a large-scale research experiment in performance curation, investigating what it might mean for art institutions to take seriously the embodied and communal nature of performance art in their practices of archiving and museological display. In Jess Dobkin's Wetrospective, a cast of renowned international performance theorists and artists dive into this exploration alongside Dobkin, curator Emelie Chhangur, and performance theorist and dramaturg Laura Levin. These contributions appear alongside a riot

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Book SynopsisMaggie Davis remains largely an undiscovered, neglected artist. This art selection opens an exciting window onto her considerable originality and achievements.

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Book SynopsisAn unforgettable journey through Seoul's World Jewellery Museum's 20th-anniversary collection, where founder Lee Kangwon's poetic vision unveils the beauty of global treasures through untold stories.

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Book SynopsisEverything a complete beginner needs to know to get started in watercolour, from bestselling author and artist Harriet de Winton.

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Book SynopsisBungalow Bliss, first published in 1971, was a book of house designs that buyers could use to build a home for themselves affordably. It first appeared two years before Ireland was to join the EEC as a self-published catalogue by Jack Fitzsimons from his Kells Art Studios in County Meath. He and his wife designed and collated it and printed it locally. Fitzsimons sold these books out of his car to newsagents, petrol garages and bookshops. Over the course of thirty years, Fitzsimons sold over a quarter of a million copies of his catalogue. The first edition contained twenty designs – the final edition contained two hundred and sixty. This guidebook of how to build your own home radically transformed housing in Ireland. Now, for the first time, author and structural engineer Adrian Duncan looks at the cultural impact that Bungalow Bliss and the accessible bungalow design had on the housing market, the Irish landscape, and on the individual families who made these bungalows their homes.Trade Review‘Provides gentle questions about major unexplored assumptions about modern Irish society … evoke[s] the spare storytelling of the late John McGahern … builds a layered story that provides the backdrop to so much that became magical moments in modern Irish literature and drama … important, thoughtful and insightful.’ – Conor Skehan, Sunday Independent‘terrific … Duncan brings a poet-engineer’s eye to the houses and fleshes out the fascinating socio-economic background, the circumstances which gave rise to the bungalow boom.’ – Michael Moynihan, Irish Examiner‘A beautiful book … to read something so hopeful about housing was a real joy’ – Donal Fallon and Gavan Reilly on Newstalk‘He is equally sensitive to the psychical as to the physical properties of space … Little Republics shows the Irish people's expressed desire to choose the form and manner of their own habitation, a fact too often ignored in the current discourse around housing’ – Diarmuid McGreal, Totally DublinExberliner Berlin Author of the Year 2022‘Duncan includes enough practical detail here to satisfy the technically enquiring reader, but this is also a memoir of Duncan's childhood (his father was an engineer) and a look at Ireland hauling itself into the 20th century, even if only in its final couple of decades. The writing is, of course, a thing of beauty as Duncan's writing persistently is. This book will undoubtedly find its place in our important history annals to come.’ – Anne Cunningham, Meath Chronicle

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Book SynopsisKinship is a unique undertaking in the artistic career of one ofIreland's leading artists. This book, and the artistic project it is part of,charts the act of returning a mummified body of a man to Egypt. This book,produced in conjunction with Dorothy Cross's newest artistic project, chartsthis unique journey, drawing in new writings from some of the bestcontemporary writers from around the world, who write on and around the themesof the Kinship project - migration, home, refuge, crisis and the process ofreturn.In2019 Dorothy Cross recalled a story of an Egyptian mummy that had been hiddenaway in the archives of the anatomy department at University College Cork fordecades. For Cross, the next step she needed to take seemed as natural to heras any of her work - the mummy and sarcophagus must be returned to itshomeland. In beginning this act, and this journey, Cross set out to create anevent across place and time, with music, literature and celebration - an actof kinship.Asthe body returns to its home across the Mediterranean, the Kinship projectwould again draw attention to the present-day plight of thousands of migrantswho, fleeing their countries, attempt to cross those same waters.Featuringwriting by: Max Porter, Sonali Deraniyagala, Edmund de Waal, John Fitzgeraldwith Nadra Mabrouk, President Michael D. Higgins, Rosemary Mahoney, HishamMatar, Philippe Sands, Ahdaf Soueif and Dorothy Cross.

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Book SynopsisA most striking, design-led reference book, A to Z Great Modern Artists features artist and graphic designer Andy Tuohy's portraits of 52 key modern artists, rendered in each artist's own characteristic style - including Aleksandr Rodchenko in his constructivist poster style, Andy Warhol as a classic repeat print, and Barbara Hepworth illustrated to resemble one of her distinctive bronze and rod sculptures. With expert text by art historian Christopher Masters, each artist's entry includes a summary of the essential things you need to know about the artist; their biographical details, why they're so significant, where you can find their works today, and a surprising fact about them plus reproductions of key works.Whether you're already an art expert, or looking for a helpful cheat to navigating around a gallery, you'll love this stunning and intelligent guide to global artists of the modern age.

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Book SynopsisDavid Gentleman has lived in London for almost seventy years, most of it on the same street. This book is a record of a lifetime spent observing, drawing and getting to know the city, bringing together work from across his whole career, from his earliest sketches to watercolours painted just a few months ago.Here is London as it was, and as it is today: the Thames, Hampstead Heath; the streets, canals, markets and people of his home of Camden Town; and at the heart of it all, his studio and the tools of his work. Accompanied by reflections on the process of drawing and personal thoughts on the ever-changing city, this is a celebration of London, and the joy of noticing, looking and capturing the world.'David has spent a lifetime depicting with wit and affection a London he has made his own' Alan Bennett 'He delivers a poetry of exultant concentration ... The surface fusion of the sensuous and the sharply modern is echoed by Gentleman's imagery' Guardian 'The artist and illustrator has been responsible for some of the most-seen public artworks in this country' The Times 'Perhaps the last of the great polymath designer-painters' Camden New Journal

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Book SynopsisDiscover the work of Aubrey Beardsley, a complex and intriguing artist who shocked and delighted late-Victorian London Aubrey Beardsley (1872&;1898) is best remembered for his powerful illustrations for Salome by Oscar Wilde. Spanning just seven years, his intense, prolific career as a draftsman and illustrator was cut short when he died at the age of 25. His subversive black-and-white drawings and his complex persona became synonymous with decadence: He alighted on the perverse and erotic aspects of life and legend, shocking audiences with his bizarre sense of humor and fascination with the grotesque. His keen observation of his contemporaries makes him of his time, but his distinct style has resonated with subsequent generations. A major influence on the development of Art Nouveau, and on psychedelic pop culture and design in the late 1960s, Beardsley&;s drawings remain a key reference for many artists today. Here, short essays on aspects of Beardsley&;s remarkable career complement reproductions of his fascinating work.

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Book SynopsisTate Britain: Look Again: the National Collection of British Art reimagined for today. Empire is a vital exploration of how Britain’s colonial legacy has shaped its art, by one of the UK’s most influential voices on the subject. In twenty-first century Britain, ‘empire’ is a word we cannot ignore. Our history of war, conquest and slavery continues to shape our present, and future. In Empire, award-winning author and broadcaster Afua Hirsch explores the ways in which Britain’s imperial history and its national collection of art interact, and how artists from Britain and around the world have responded to the dramas, tragedies and everyday experiences of the Empire. Featuring an array of historic and contemporary works, Empire challenges the story of art we have been led to believe. It explores how the value and meanings of some of the most recognisable and best-loved artworks have changed throughout history, and about what they still mean to us today.

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Book SynopsisA stunning facsimile of the 1932 edition of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night illustrated by Eric Ravilious.

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Book SynopsisThere has never been a display like it. This is the catalogue to an ambitious exhibition at the Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, which will comprise 250 gold and silver objects and sets of objects spanning the history of the Church from the earliest possible times to the present day. A foreword by the Rt Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and twelve essays by distinguished authorities will illustrate aspects of evolving liturgy and Church history such as the medieval Mass, Church patronage in the Middle Ages, and the English Reformation. Historical themes from post-Reformation centuries will include Catholic recusancy, the 17th- and 18th-century altar service and the medieval revivals that mirrored the Victorian Tractarian movement. Important commissions from the 1980s and 1990s for Lichfield Cathedral and York Minster will also be discussed. Essays will be accompanied by new photography of key objects, many of them the‘secret’ treasure of individual parish churches. The guiding principle of the exhibition is that all loans be in the possession of the Church or other religious foundations. Objects have been selected from cathedrals, Oxford colleges and‘royal peculiars’ such as St George’s Chapel at Windsor. The majority are from parish churches great and small up and down the country.

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Book SynopsisColossus is the definitive showcase of epic European street art. From Berlin to Barcelona, Budapest to Lisbon it''s a visual guide to both the astonishing and the epic. From figurative to abstract, geometric to photo-realistic, all of the major creative executions are covered in the expansive collection. This book is the culmination of years of obsessively keeping up with the explosion of the art form. Featuring QR codes for many of the major European cities, you too will be able to visit the artwork in person.

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Book SynopsisA history of Reading's iconic gaol: architectural landmark, cultural emblem and symbol for a community determined to cherish the town's heritage. Layers of history and art are carefully peeled back as Peter Stoneley reveals its past as architectural showcase for Sir George Gilbert Scott's decorative (and expensive!) style, location for experiments in prison reform, training ground for the leaders of the Irish Independence movement and, of course, the inspiration for Oscar Wilde's famous Ballad of Reading Gaol. Bringing the narrative right up to the present day with the discussions over its future use, the impact of the ArtAngel exhibition and Banksy's graffiti, this book is a timely platform for the building to tell us its story.

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