Decorative arts Books
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc 30 Day Challenge Embroidery
Book Synopsis30-Day Challenge: Embroidery is an easy-to-follow program for beginning stitchers to learn embroidery basics, master new stitches, and create dozens of modern embroidery projects. Trade Review“The uncomplicated and cumulative designs are ideal for beginners, and tips on embroidering T-shirts and tote bags are a welcome bonus. The result is a fabulous primer on embroidery.” * Publishers Weekly *
£15.19
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Beautiful Botanicals Pressed Flower Crafts Kit
Book SynopsisBeautiful Botanicals Pressed Flower Crafts Kit contains everything needed to create pressed flower bookmarks, tags, and stickers for gifts.
£21.12
Hatje Cantz Evaporating Suns: Contemporary Myths from the
Book SynopsisEvaporating Suns explores myths from the Arabian Gulf through contemporary art. Based on the concept that the mythical and the factual are like two sides of the same coin, the catalogue accompanying the exhibition shows that myths do not simply convey fictions, but that they are instead capable of presenting truth much more vividly than statistics and facts ever could. The publication showcases the work of 13 contemporary artists from the Arabian peninsula, who explore the folklore and popular myths of their homelands, and use cynicism, satire and fiction to build their universes and rewrite the parallel history of their contemporary societies. Completed by essays by authors from the region, myths are being seen as an opportunity to offer a new approach to negotiate current issues such as the environment, gender, and social structures of power.
£38.40
Flame Tree Publishing William Kilburn Marble End Paper Foiled Quarto
Book SynopsisA new title in the Flame Tree Foiled Quarto Journal collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production: bleed-proof, acid-free FSC pages, a pocket, ribbon bookmarks and a magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift or for all notetakers, list-makers and journal users. A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the Foiled Quarto Journals combine high-quality production and FSC pages with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, list-makers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. A NEW SERIES. The Quarto format is named after the earliest form of European printed publication, dating back to the 1400s when Gutenberg invented the first moveable-type printing press, heralding a revolution in mass communication, spreading ideas of literature, science and philosophy of the Renaissance. We celebrate this w
£14.39
Flame Tree Publishing Sugar Skulls Wall Calendar 2025 Art Calendar
Book SynopsisSugar skulls are used as an offering to the deceased during the Mexican celebration Day of the Dead, which focuses on remembering loved ones, and celebrating the continuity of life. This calendar features traditional and artistic interpretations of sugar skulls, with a datepad that features previous and next month's views. Printed on FSC-certified paper, with plastic-free packaging.
£9.89
Flame Tree Publishing Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wall Calendar 2025 Art
Book SynopsisCharles Rennie Mackintosh was a major influence on the architecture and design of the twentieth century. A gifted artist, designer, craftsman and architect, he is one of the key figures of the Arts & Crafts Design Movement in Britain and the flourish of Art Nouveau in Scotland. As part of a group of artists known as The Four', he helped develop the Glasgow' style. Informative text accompanies each work and the datepad features previous and next month's views. Printed on FSC-certified paper, with plastic-free packaging.
£9.89
Amber Books Ltd Abandoned Train Stations
Book SynopsisMysterious ghost stations forgotten beneath the cities of Paris and London; desolate grand rail hubs in the Pyrenean mountains; metro stations in China that terminate in a wasteland; Abandoned Train Stations looks at some of the thousands of disused station buildings, platforms, lines, tunnels, and rail yards left behind by modernity. Organised by continent, this book takes the reader to every corner of the globe. Explore Canfranc International Railway Station, once a busy mountain hub of international travel between France and Spain; see the eerily empty platform at Kings Cross Thameslink, London, today a service tunnel following the station’s closure in the early 2000s; examine the grandiose Michigan Central Train Station in Detroit, an historic Amtrak rail depot, and once the tallest rail station in the world; marvel at the dusty, overgrown shell of Abkhazia’s once beautiful railway station in Psyrtskha, a physical legacy of the former Soviet era in the Caucasus; see the disused Tiwanaku train station, situated almost 4,000 metres above sea level in the Bolivian Andes; or learn about the fascinating Istvántelek Train Yard, in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, better known as the ‘Red Star train graveyard’ because of its many Soviet-era engine wrecks. Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, Abandoned Train Stations provides a fascinating pictorial journey through the little-known remnants of rail transport infrastructure from every part of the world.Table of ContentsContents include: Europe Clifton Rocks Railway, Bristol, England Swanbourne Station, Buckinghamshire, England Loudwater Station, near Wycombe, England Spencer Road Halt railway station, Surrey, England Folkestone Harbour Railway Station, England Healey Mills Marshalling Depot, Yorkshire, England, Thameslink Pentonville Road, London, England Coombe Road Railway Station, London Kingsway Tramway Subway at Southampton Row, Holborn, London Crouch End Station, London Down Street, London Eastern platform of Strand tube station, London Aldwych Tube Station, London Waiting room on the Dunfermline to Alloa Line, Scotland Corrour Station, Fort William, Scotland Parkmore narrow gauge station, N. Ireland Adare Railway Station, Ireland Valkyrie Plass T-Bane station, Oslo, Norway Ringstabekk, Oslo metro, Norway Aachen, Germany Anhalter Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany Bahnbetriebswerk Pankow-Heinersdorf in Berlin, Germany Natur-Park Südgelände, Berlin, Germany La Petite Ceinture, Paris, France C roix-Rouge, Paris, France Saint-Martin station, Paris, France Gare du Nord USFRT, Paris, France Brignoles, France Montzen station, Belgium Canfranc International Railway Station, Spain former railway station in Galacia, Spain Lagos Old Railway Station, Lagos, Portugal Monte Romano, Italy Bacoli, Italy Potamos, Evros, Thraki (Thrace), Greece Belgrade, Serbia Brcko, Bosnia Kácov Station, Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic Knizhovnik, Bulgaria Częstochowa train depot, Poland Istvántelek Train Yard, Budapest, Hungary Kiev subway, Ukraine Tunnel of Love, Klevan, Ukraine Yanov Train Station, near Chernobyl, Ukraine Kirovsk, Russia Hall Railway Station Psyrtskha, New Athos, Georgia Gudauta station, Abkhazia Psyrtskha Railway Station, Abkhazia The Americas Santa Fe Railroad, New Mexico, United States Redlands, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States Michigan Central Train Station, Detroit, Michigan, USA Keeler, California, United States 16th Street Station, Oakland, California, USA Union Station, Gary, Indiana, USA Thurmond, West Virginia, USA Station of Ronceverte, West Virginia Cincinnati Subway, Cincinnati, Ohio Gilroy, California, United States City Hall Subway Station, New York, USA Worth Street station, New York, USA New York Central Terminal railroad station, Buffalo, New York Rhyolite, near Death Valley, Nevada, United States Paris, Kentucky, USA Old Central Station, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA Trinidad, Cuba La Quemada, Jalisco, Mexico Colonia del Sacramento Railway Station, Uruguay Estacion Caipe, Argentina Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco), Bolivia Baquedano, Antofagasta, Chile Asia and the Pacific Takachiho Amaterasu Railway, Japan Jinhua, China Caojiawan metro station in Chongqing, China Fushouling Station, Beijing, China Guilin, Guangxi Province, China Jurong railway line, Singapore Tanjong Pagar station, Singapore Ulu Yam railway station, Selangor, Malaysia Mae klong Railway station, Samut Songkhram, Thailand Battambang, Cambodia Begunkodor Railway Station, Purulia District, India Danushkodi Railway Station, Tamil Nadu, India Lahore Railway Station, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Helensburgh Railway Station, New South Wales, Australia Jincumbilly Station, Bombala, New South Wales, Australia Loftus Tram Shed, Sydney, Australia Africa and the Middle East Tripoli Station, El-Mina, Tripoli, Lebanon Hejaz railway station, Mudawwara, Saudi Arabia Grasplatz, Luderitz, Namibia Abandoned station building, Sudan Bamako, Mali, West Africa Saint Louis, Senegal Wyke railway station, Western Cape Assuncao, Namibe province, Angola Disused Train Shed, East Africa Railway, Iganga, Eastern Uganda Ethio-djibouti railway station, Dire dawa, Ethiopia
£17.99
Laurence King Publishing Folding Techniques for Designers Second Edition
Book SynopsisMany designers, from jewellers to architects, use folding techniques to make three-dimensional forms from two-dimensional sheets of fabric, cardboard, plastic, metal and other materials.This unique handbook explains key folding techniques, such as pleated surfaces, curved folding and crumpling. It has been updated with a new chapter covering some lesser-known techniques, suggesting yet more creative possibilities. The techniques are accompanied by clear step-by-step drawings, specially commissioned photography and ten new instructional videos.
£21.25
ACC Art Books The Story of British Tea Chests and Caddies:
Book SynopsisTea was introduced to Britain in the 1650s. Its popularity burgeoned over the following two-and-a-half centuries, until it became a defining feature of British culture. Drawing inspiration from China, British craftsmen worked to display their skills on numerous tea-related objects, which ritualised the process of drinking tea and imbued it with luxury status. Calling on an array of different materials and techniques, they developed a huge variety of canisters and lockable containers for storing and preserving this precious commodity. Tea chests and caddies were not merely functional items that might lurk at the back of the kitchen – they were intended for display and were an essential accoutrement for fashionable women. As the habit of tea drinking filtered down the social scale, caddies were made in larger numbers and in more affordable forms. This book brings together a great range of decorative antique tea containers, presenting them alongside detailed historical research conducted into their making and their place in British society across the centuries. It also explores the materials and techniques employed. With historical art showing tea’s integration into British society, examples of old trade cards and original designs, and a wealth of illustrations of the objects themselves, this is a must-buy book for historians, collectors and those interested in the decorative arts.Table of ContentsPreface – Anne Stevens Acknowledgements PART I: Setting the Scene A short history of tea and tea drinking in Britain – Richard Rose and Richard Dey Overview of tea chests and caddies – Anne Stevens, Kate Richenburg and Gillian Walkling Making, Merchandising and Pricing – Clive Edwards Components of tea chests and caddies – Anne Stevens, Kate Richenburg and Gillian Walkling PART II: The Objects, Techniques and Materials Wood: plain or inlaid – Anne Stevens and Gillian Walkling Tunbridge ware – Brian Austen Mauchline ware – Anne Stevens and Kate Richenburg Japanned wood – Rufus Bird Penwork – Anne Stevens and Kate Richenburg Ivory – Gillian Walkling Tortoiseshell – Gillian Walkling Mother-of-pearl – Gillian Walkling Rolled paper – Anne Stevens and Kate Richenburg Straw work – Anne Stevens and Kate Richenburg Japanned metal – Anne Stevens and Kate Richenburg Papier mâché – Anne Stevens and Yvonne Jones Silver – Jeanne Sloane Pewter and other metals – Kate Richenburg Ceramics – Sally Kevill-Davies Glass – Charles Hadjamach Enamel – Julia Clarke Miscellaneous – Anne Stevens, Kate Richenburg and Gillian Walkling Teapoys and other large tea containers – Anne Stevens A case study – Anne Stevens and Kate Richenburg Appendix I: Comparable values of money in terms of purchasing power
£44.00
Metropolitan Museum of Art In America: A Lexicon of Fashion
Book SynopsisArticulating eight decades of American style through the emotive language of clothing—from celebrated designers that established the modern legacy of sportswear to emerging creatives shaping the future of fashion in the United States “The design of the exhibition and the catalog is straightforward and compartmentalized, allowing the clothes to speak for themselves and contain their own narratives.”—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue.com This new presentation of American fashion features a revised vocabulary that emphasizes its expressive qualities. Stunning new photography showcases over 100 garments from the 1940s to the present that offer a timely new perspective on the diverse and multifaceted nature of American fashion. The catalogue features works that display qualities such as belonging, comfort, desire, exuberance, fellowship, joy, nostalgia, optimism, reverence, spontaneity, strength, and sweetness by designers, from the pioneers who established the nation’s style to the up-and-coming creatives shaping its future. In America: A Lexicon of Fashion includes designs by Gilbert Adrian, Geoffrey Beene, Thom Browne, Bonnie Cashin, Willy Chavarria, Telfar Clemens, Dauphinette (Olivia Cheng), Oscar de la Renta (Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim), Denim Tears (Tremaine Emory), Perry Ellis, Tom Ford, Rudi Gernreich, Halston, Elizabeth Hawes, Carolina Herrera, Conner Ives, Charles James, Donna Karan, KidSuper (Colm Dillane), Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, LRS (Raul Solís), Vera Maxwell, Claire McCardell, Norman Norell, Heron Preston, Pyer Moss (Kerby Jean-Raymond), Christopher John Rogers, Collina Strada (Hillary Taymour), Diane von Furstenberg, Vera Wang, and many more. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (September 18, 2021–September 5, 2022)
£31.50
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art The Radical Vision of Edward Burne-Jones
Book SynopsisA bold reassessment of nineteenth-century British painter and decorative artist Edward Burne-Jones, elucidating his fundamentally radical defiance of the Victorian age Challenging the dominant characterization of Edward Burne-Jones as an escapist who withdrew from the modern world into imaginary realms of his own creation, this groundbreaking book argues that he was engaged in a fundamentally radical defiance of the age, protesting against imperial aggression, capitalist economic inequality, and environmental destruction in the wake of the industrial revolution. Harnessing the utopian power of embodied aesthetic encounters, Burne-Jones drew inspiration from the medieval concept of dreams as visionary states of transformation. Therefore, his art functioned not as a retreat, but as a vehicle for revolutionary awakening. Often characterized as a painter, this book re-centers Burne-Jones’s practice in the decorative arts, demonstrating that he consistently interrogated the boundaries of artistic media, in keeping with wider debates over the role of the arts in the nineteenth century. The first scholarly monograph solely devoted to Burne-Jones since 1973, The Radical Vision of Edward Burne-Jones offers a thorough re-examination of his work, illuminating his radical defiance of the artistic, social, and political hierarchies of nineteenth-century Britain.Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
£40.50
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Outsider Art Tarot
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£24.21
Yale University Press American Furniture 16501840
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£40.38
Taschen GmbH Gio Ponti
Book SynopsisAlso available as Art Edition (No. 1–1,000) including an exclusive, square format reproduction of the Arlecchino coffee table and a set of four numbered ocean liner interior prints. To study Gio Ponti’s prolific body of work is to appreciate the clear, unifying vision behind a complex creative universe. A synthesis of the arts, his creations expand intuitively with the Italian grandeur and studied lightness that defined his iconic style. Ponti’s rare capacity to move seamlessly between scales allowed him to approach the design of a teaspoon with the same conviction as he did an entire city. He was as much an architect and designer as he was a publisher, poet, and man. A treasure in its own regard, his contribution is also a distinctive landmark of Italy’s mid-century Renaissance and the modernist values it sought to realize. This is the most comprehensive account of Ponti’s work to date, unprecedented in scale and scope. It tracks the development of his oeuvre over 6 decades, with 136 projects indexed and reproduced in high resolution, each object framed by the context in which Ponti had created it. Like windows onto his elusive life, unpublished materials and candid imagery create new dialogues between his famous masterpieces and his lesser-known feats. A rich layer of texts, featuring an extensive biographical essay by Stefano Casciani, was produced in close collaboration with the Gio Ponti Archives offering an intimate insight on his life’s work. Materializing Ponti’s core philosophy of modernity, this book presents architecture as a performing object, a "self-illuminating" stage for his humanistic art de vivre and boundless creativity.Trade Review“TASCHEN comes through with Gio Ponti… Think of it not as a book but as a vehicle for an incredible journey.” * The Los Angeles Times *“…the iconic Italian architect and designer’s greatest works.” * eveningstandard.co.uk *“…a fascinating glimpse into the life and vast catalog of work of Italian architect Gio Ponti.” * fastcompany.com *“This prodigious volume features unpublished materials and candid imagery offering exciting new insight into both his well-known masterpieces and more obscure feats alike.” * surfacemag.com *“Gio Ponti offers a technicolor glimpse into the life and work of the godfather of Milanese design.” * interviewmagazine.com *“Gio Ponti aims to be the final say about the designer’s work and importance.” * architectmagazine.com *“…an absolute beauty about the refined Italian architect-designer who defined a vein of elegant, uncontroversial mid-century chic.” * The Financial Times *“…a tour de force investigation of the designer’s oeuvre.” * architecturaldigest.com *“There’s an irony here, that a prince of lightness such as Ponti should be remembered with something so massive, but it’s hard to do justice to his output in any other way… It successfully captures Ponti’s spirit.” * The Observer *“The book is full of revelations. But for those who know Ponti for his architecture and his furniture, the real surprise is the ways they came together in rooms that display his seemingly endless supply of creativity.” * 1stdibs.com *“The most resistant element is not wood, is not stone, is not steel, is not glass. The most resistant element in building is art. Let’s make something very beautiful.” * Gio Ponti *
£170.00
Penguin Books Ltd Ornament and Crime
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£9.49
Thames & Hudson Ltd Chess and other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented in-depth guide to one of the world's most spectacular collections of ancient chess and games piecesTrade Review'Stunning' - Arab Weekly'Glorious … a unique and authoritative record of chess and gaming pieces … The beauty of this book, and the gaming pieces that it records, will make you gasp at the sheer radiance of The Al-Sabah Collection. In summary, this book is truly magnificent' - Yorkshire Times'Fascinating' - Apollo
£25.46
Flame Tree Publishing Sugar Skulls Wall Calendar 2026 Art Calendar
Book SynopsisSugar skulls are used as offerings to the deceased on the Mexican celebration Day of the Dead, observed to remember loved ones and celebrate continuity of life. This calendar features artistic interpretations of sugar skulls, with a datepad that features previous and next month's views. Printed on FSC-certified paper, with plastic-free packaging.
£11.21
Search Press Ltd The Botanical Shoes
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£21.25
Flame Tree Publishing Royal Pavilion Brighton Wall Calendar 2026 Art
Book SynopsisThis calendar showcases The Royal Pavilion at Brighton's lavish interior design and decoration, from the opulent The Yellow Bow Rooms to the delightful wallpaper in Queen Victoria's Bedroom. Informative text accompanies each image and the datepad features previous and next month's views. Printed on FSC-certified paper, with plastic-free packaging.
£11.21
Yale University Press Majolica Mania
Book SynopsisTrade Review“More than 1,000 lustrous Victorian vessels appear in Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915 . . . Dozens of scholars contributed essays about ceramics makers, from central England’s venerable Wedgwood to Manhattan’s forgotten James Carr. The [majolica] designs were as majestic as fountains and fireplaces covered in dragons, and as endearingly frivolous as boots for holding toothpicks and jugs portraying baseball players.”—Eve Kahn, New York Times“Weber and her team have produced an exceptionally well-illustrated and comprehensive database from which many new projects can grow.”—Edward S. Cooke Jr, The Burlington Magazine
£202.50
Klutz Sew Your Own Donut Animals
Book SynopsisCan doughnuts get any cuter? You can sew your own adorable doughnut-shapedanimals in this fun kit!
£19.14
Quarto Publishing PLC Modern Dried Flowers
Book SynopsisTrade Review“For crafters looking to mix up their floral projects, this is a no-brainer.” * Publishers Weekly *"Beautifully and profusely illustrated throughout in full color, Modern Dried Flowers is an inspirational pleasure to simply browse through one page at a time." * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsCONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1 THE BASICS Chapter 2 THE PROJECTS SPRING/SUMMER Everlasting corsage Evergreen ceiling mobile Hand-picked bouquet Floral crown Seasonal hair comb Floral tapestry Cottage garden posy Summer swag Field notes AUTUMN/WINTER Autumnal boutonnière Harvest bouquet Flower cloud wreath Palm star wallpaper To Have and to hold bouquet Ode to autumn wreath Fireside arrangement Finders keepers mobile Midwinter forage Rustic garland Festive hoop Chapter 3 VISUAL GUIDE TO DRIED FLOWERS Resources About the author Index Acknowledgements
£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers A Loom of Ones Own Crafts for book lovers a
Book SynopsisThe perfect gift for fans of classic novels, crafting and puns.There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my glue gun.'This crafting celebration of literary classics will transport you and your scissors far from your kitchen table: allow your Mod Podge to smooth your way into the Gilded Age with The Decoupage of Innocence', or your craft knife to help you conceal an illicit eBook with Lady Chatterley's Kindle Cover'. Or simply create the perfect picnic accessory, to be enjoyed alongside some ginger beer with Five Go to Smuggler's Cake Topper'.From a shelf made of books to paper flowers, Christmas wreaths to table decorations,A Loom of One's Ownis a pun-filled celebration of crafting and writing that will appeal to book lovers or anyone who owns a glue gun.
£12.34
John Wiley & Sons Inc Audel Promoting and Marketing Your Crafts
Book SynopsisProvides the craftsperson with the guidance needed to promote, market and sell his or her arts and crafts. The book offers a wide range of techniques, starting with a business plan, and explains the processes of obtaining media exposure, locating promotional tools, and selecting outlets.
£12.34
OUP Oxford AfricanAmerican Art
Book SynopsisAfrican-American art has made an increasingly vital contribution to the art of the United States from the time of its origins in early-eighteenth-century slave communities. This major reassessment of the subject discusses folk and decorative arts such as ceramics, furniture, and quilts alongside fine art sculptures, paintings, and photography produced by African Americans, both enslaved and free, throughout the nineteenth century. It explores art and politics,the influence of galleries and museums, and examines the New Negro Movement of the 1920s, the Era of Civil Rights and Black Nationalism through the 1960s and 1970s, and the emergence of new black artists and theorists in the 1980s and 1990s. African-American Art shows that in its cultural diversityand synthesis of cultures it mirrors those in American society as a whole. `a much needed text. . . breaks down the barrier between folk and formal art, and articulates an interrelationship of both concepts to African-American people aTrade ReviewSharon Patton has written a much needed text which surveys the broad scope of the history of African-American art from slavery to the present. She has followed a different tack, tracing art themes and their development throughout the history, rather than the influences of specific artists or periods. Thus, she shows how ideas such as crafts, formal painting and sculpture, or architecture, co-existed with equal importance to the culture from the times of the Colonies. In so doing, she breaks down the barrier between folk and formal art, and articulates an interrelationship of both concepts to African-American people and their culture. Her book expands the framework for the visual arts in the United States in the last two centuries. * Professor Keith Morrison, Dean, College of Creative Arts, San Francisco State University *Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: COLONIAL AMERICA AND THE YOUNG REPUBLIC 1700-1820; CHAPTER 2: NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA, THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION; CHAPTER 3: TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA AND MODERN ART 1900-60; CHAPTER 4: TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA: THE EVOLUTION OF A BLACK AESTHETIC
£21.67
Oxford University Press Going Through the Storm
Book SynopsisUpon his arrival in the North, Frederick Douglass found, to his utter astonishment, persons who could speak of the singing among slaves as the evidence of their contentment and happiness. As late as 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois observed that African American spirituals had led naive whites to believe that life was joyous to the black slave, careless and happy. While these misconceptions have largely disappeared, the history of African American culture--and its importance to American history as a whole--is still a subject little understood by the majority of Americans. In Going Through the Storm, Sterling Stuckey offers a compelling look at one of the world''s richest cultural traditions. He traces the fertile legacy of African American art from its roots in tribal myth, through its blossoming in slave music and dance, to its fruition in the great gospel-singing movements of the 1960s. In the process he shows how this tradition, grounded as it was in adversity, represents one of the great triumTrade Review"Stuckey skillfully explores the lives and/or cultural theory of significant personalities...to reveal crucial African cultural connections in the New World that are vital to African survival and transcendence."--Journal of American Ethnic History "Plenty of history and culture of all Afro-American artistic endeavors is included in a study which will attract readers seeking to link Afro-American culture and history with artistic evolution."--Diane C. Donovan, The Midwest Book Review
£15.19
The University of Chicago Press Tekstura Russian Essays on Visual Culture
Book SynopsisAssembles 13 key essays in art history and cultural theory by Russian-language writers. The essays erase boundaries between high and low, official and dissident, avant-garde and socialist realism. Everything visual is deemed worthy of analysis, from painting to architecture.
£24.70
Indiana University Press Dressing with Purpose
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book deserves to become a central point of reference for anyone interested in traditional costume. -- Chloe Middleton-Metcalfe * Folklore *Table of ContentsDedicationAcknowledgementsMap of ScandinaviaA Note on Terms and Place NamesForeword, by Khristaan VillelaIntroduction: Can We Talk about Traditional Dress?, by Carrie HertzPart One: Folkdräkt in Sweden1. Swedish Folkdräkt, by Carrie Hertz2. They Are at Peace Here, Like Old Friends in Their Caskets: Traditional Dress Collections as Heritage-making, by Lizette GradénPart Two: Bunad in Norway1. Norwegian Bunad, by Carrie Hertz2. Headdress and Hijab: Bunad in Multicultural Norway, by Camilla Rossing3. The Transnational and Personalized Bunad of the Twenty-First Century, by Laurann GilbertsonPart Three: Gákti in Sápmi1. Sámi Gákti, by Carrie Hertz2. The Legacy of Ládjogahpir: Rematriating Sápmi with Foremother's Hat of Pride, by Eeva-Kristiina Harlin and Outi PieskiConclusion: The Future of Traditional Dress, by Carrie HertzBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex
£22.79
University of Wisconsin Press Striding Lines The Unique Story Quilts of Rumi
Book SynopsisThe gnarled branches of a beautiful old plum tree reach toward the sky. A mushroom hunter searches for morels among rolling hills. A small boat is tossed among the tumultuous waves of an angry sea. Striding Lines, an homage to Wisconsin artist and quilter Rumi O'Brien, presents these striking images of her work and many more.
£23.85
Yale University Press Upholstered Furniture in the Lady Lever Art
Book SynopsisExplores one aspect of the collection of furniture that Sir William Lever bequeathed to the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight: pieces designed for human support, primarily seat furniture, but also beds, footstools and a coach model. This book also reviews the use of decorative treatments, different textiles, and a range of protective covers.
£198.00
Yale University Press 40 Under 40 Craft Futures
Book SynopsisPublished in celebration of the Renwick Gallery's fortieth anniversary, this title highlights forty artists (all under the age of forty) actively engaged in creating objects that are transforming contemporary crafts. It also investigates evolving notions of craft within traditional media such as ceramics and metalwork.
£33.25
Yale University Press Paris 16501900 Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum
Book SynopsisFrom 1650 to 1900 Paris was the undisputed centre of fashion and taste in Europe. This book traces the story of Parisian decorative arts from the reign of Louis XIV to the triumph of art nouveau, through a selection of 150 masterpieces from the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.Trade Review“Published to coincide with the much acclaimed reopening of the Rijksmuseum, this opulent book of over 600 pages presents a fascinating selection of the museum’s collections of more than 250 years of French decorative arts . . . this remains a magnificent contribution to scholarship on the subject.”—Bertrand Rondot, Apollo Magazine -- Bertrand Rondot * Apollo Magazine *“Handsome and beautifully illustrated, this catalogue provides the first in-depth study of the Rijksmuseum’s holdings in French early modern decorative arts. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice * Choice *"This opulent book displays its most important pieces, focusing on the exquisite craftsmanship that defined Paris for more than two centuries – from Boulle marquetry to Lalique glassware. Fascinating on technique, as well as on the historical Dutch taste for French work."—Apollo Magazine * Apollo Magazine *‘Despite the ambitious scale of the project, Baarsen has succeeded in producing a ravishing, scholarly and eminently readable book that will be enjoyed by anyone interested in the decorative arts.’—Helen Jacobsen, Burlington Magazine -- Helen Jacobsen * Burlington Magazine *
£189.00
Yale University Press History of Design
Book SynopsisA survey of spectacular breadth, covering the history of decorative arts and design worldwide over the past six hundred yearsTrade Review"For those with deep pockets this season, the best titles are undoubtedly Susan Weber and Pat Kirkham’s History of Design, which is both a stunning visual survey of 600 years of making, and an in-depth look at the evolution of the very idea of design itself."—Michael Glover, The Independent"Masterminded by Susan Weber, founder of New York’s prestigious Bard Graduate Center for the study of decorative arts, the book is the culmination of a long-cherished aim to create an authoritative reference work treating the design and cultural context of useful and decorative artefacts with the same degree of intellectual rigour and enthusiasm that is generally accorded in scholarly circles only to painting and sculpture."—Stephen Calloway, House & Garden Magazine"This ambitious survey, which has been produced by the Bard Graduate Center in New York, grew out of the perceived lack of a satisfactory introduction to the applied arts that spanned historical and geographical borders. It looks set to fix that, gathering together 'adventurous scholars' and illustrating their incisive contributions with an excellent range of high-quality images."—Apollo Magazine"History of Design is a remarkable achievement and should play a central role for encouraging the ongoing studies of decorative arts and design among students, and, one hopes, a broader public."—Christopher Menz, Australian Book Review"This is an excellent resource not only for its breadth of content and its structure, but the opportunity it affords to approach and critically discuss the development of designed objects in relationship to their own cultures within a globalized world."—Carla Cesare, Journal of Design History
£49.50
Yale University Press Carrying Coca 1500 Years of Andean Chuspas Bard
Book SynopsisTextile production and consumption has played a central role in the economy of the Andes region of South America since the Inca Empire (AD 1400-1532). This book traces 1500 years of textile arts in the Andes, with a focus on chuspas, small bags originally designed to hold coca leaves.
£23.75
Yale University Press As Essential as Dreams SelfTaught Art from the
Book SynopsisThis stunning book examines the collection of works by self-taught artists assembled by Stephanie and John Smither over the last thirty-odd years. A team of prominent curators, writers, critics, and art historians focuses on key works by twelve artists, including the boisterous assemblages of Thornton Dial; brightly colored visual interpretations of the Bible by Sister Gertrude Morgan; Oscar Hadwigerâs detailed wood models of fantastical architecture; and Carlo Zinelliâs narrative tableaus of stylized figures and animals. Also featured are works by the ceramicist Georgia Blizzard; drawings by Hiroyuki Doi, Solange Knopf, MartÃn RamÃrez, and Dominico Zindato; paintings by Jon Serl and Johnnie Swearingen; and carved wood sculptures by Charlie Willeto. Distributed for The Menil CollectionExhibition Schedule:The Menil Collection (06/10/16 â10/16/16)
£28.50
Yale University Press The Rise of Everyday Design
Book SynopsisTrade Review“an invaluable catalog.”—Edward Rothstein, Wall Street Journal“[The book] serves as both an introductory text and, for those well-read on the movement, one offering new dimensions to this vast subject”— Roger Dunn, Art Newspaper“This book is the catalogue of an exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center, a great repository, likened to ‘an old attic filled with the most wondrous things’, at the University of Texas in Austin. It starts with the British origins of the Arts-and-Crafts movement, but the greater part describes its (to British readers) less familiar flourishing in the USA.”—CountryLife“It serves as both an introductory text and, for those well-read on the movement, one offering new dimensions to this vast subject”— Roger Dunn, The Art Newspaper“It is not a conventional catalogue, but the extended captions form a record of an exhibition and most of the contributions add usefully to discussion of how the Arts & Crafts Movement evolved in the 20th century” —Annette Carruthers, DAS
£42.75
Yale University Press Kensington Palace
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This beautiful, easy to read, volume of history is a book anyone would love to own” —Wendy Lipke, Queensland Reviewers Collective“Kensington Palace gathers a sumptuous array of photographs, sketches and oil paintings of the 300-year old stately building complex.” — Ian Thomson, Evening Standard“This compelling upstairs-downstairs history of the 'home for homeless royals' is lavishly illustrated with architectural drawings, state beds, artworks from the Royal Collection, and a near-psychedelic (for 1749) depiction of fireworks over the Thames at Whitehall.” — Apollo, Off the Shelf“Kensington Palace: Art, Architecture and Society is, as one would expect from a Yale University publication, an erudite account of the history and royal residents who have lived there” – Robert Golden, Majesty“Kensington Palace: Art, Architecture and Society, [. . .] is the first modern account of this remarkable, relatively little-known building. Generously produced, with chapters by Historic Royal Palaces curators, it is an intellectual counterpart to the opening up of the palace to its gardens in 2012” —Country Life“This handsome volume, written by curators (both past and present) of Historic Royal Palaces…helps to refurnish and repopulate the rooms while offering a comprehensive account of the palace and its residents.”—Jonny Yarker, The Burlington Magazine
£49.50
Yale University Press With Pleasure
Book SynopsisTrade Review“[O]utstanding, an indispensable contribution to our understanding of art and its possibilities.”—Carter Ratcliff, Hyperallergic
£49.50
Yale University Press Ernest Gimson
Book SynopsisTrade Review“. . . explores how [Gimson] adapted his observations of nature into buildings and objects. . . . The book is lavishly illustrated with photos of surviving works alongside Mr. Gimson’s sketches.”—Eve Kahn, New York Times“Excellent...Unearths work by Gimson that is not recorded even in the archives of the SPAB.”—Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph“[An] insightful survey of the life and work of Arts-and-Crafts designer Ernest Gimson”—Clive Aslet, Country Life“In their impeccably researched and engaging new biography, Annette Carruthers, Mary Greensted and Barley Roscoe explore in depth Gimson's place at the heart of the handcraft movement that emerged in Britain thanks to the impetus of William Morris and flourished until the First World War”—Roisin Inglesby, Apollo Magazine“Outstanding”—Ancient Monuments Society“Building on its predecessors, Ernest Gimson is now the standard account of his life and achievements, fully worthy of his 2019 centenary.”— Simon Swynfen Jervis, Furniture History Society Newsletter“The authors build on previous scholarship, draw together threads and expand context with admirable thoroughness, bringing it all beautifully into concert...There is scholarly coverage of every context for Gimson’s development, without losing sight of the man himself.”—Lindsey Shaw-Miller, Art History “This book really brings Gimson’s work to a whole new audience and gives him the accolade he deserves.”—Lynne Pardoe, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Magazine“The book is tightly organised and edited, extensively annotated and referenced, and wonderfully illustrated with high-quality colour and monochrome plates. It itself is both beautifully crafted and serviceable: a highly readable, scholarly account of its subject’s life and work.”—Nick Knight, Leicestershire Historian“This comprehensive study...is the product of three authors and it is greatly to their credit that you would not know it from their authoritative and seamless text... As a ‘life and work’ it will not be bettered.”—Julian Holder, Architectural History
£49.50
Yale University Press Fernand Khnopff
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£42.75
Yale University Press The Eternal Feast Banqueting in Chinese Art from
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£33.60
Yale University Press Radical
Book SynopsisTrade Review “An important record of a design movement that has much to offer us today”—Penny Sparke, World of Interiors“For anyone wanting to learn more about the subject, currently at the centre of a historical and critical revival…There are rare examples in this glossy volume, like a panel painted by Archizoom in 1969, also chosen as the cover; and real gems, like the Cielo, Mare, Terra buffet by Officina Undici.”—Ali Filippini, Abitare magazine
£33.75
Yale University Press Becoming America
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewChosen as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2020
£38.00
Yale University Press Hector Guimard
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£36.00
Yale University Press Eileen Gray Designer and Architect
Book SynopsisTrade Review“[This] book reveals Gray to be more than a privileged purveyor of rarefied homewares. She emerges as a creator of strange, haunting interiors, unrealised designs of housing for the homeless and the author of an animal-themed ballet.”—Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian G2 “This essay collection…explores the prolific career of a celebrated Irish modernist. Each facet of Gray's work is covered in depth, including her fascination with Japanese lacquerware and her experiments in weaving.”—Sophie Devlin, House & Garden “This is more than just a book, it is a catalogue, a collection of essays, a research document, an inventory of Eileen Gray’s works, a timeline in design and a visual feast and references for any designer.”—Chartered Society of Designers Newsletter, June 2020 “[A] kaleidoscopic perspective of Gray’s life and work. Details that are missing from Gray’s own archives are filled in by accounts in other archival material, and as such it forms a particularly rich account...This book is a welcome step towards evolving our understanding of her contributions to design and architecture.”—Johanna Agerman Ross, Journal of the Decorative Arts Society Newsletter “As well as essays from the Pompidou catalogue, which had previously only been available in French, the essays in this well illustrated volume consider Gray’s early life in Ireland, as well as examining her career as a designer of furniture, rugs and interiors.”—The William Shipley Group for RSA History Bulletin
£42.75
Yale University Press The Throne of the Great Mogul in Dresden
Book SynopsisA masterful deciphering of an extraordinary art object, illuminating some of the biggest questions of the eighteenth centuryTrade Review“This book is truly compelling. In its rethinking of a singular object, Wahrman manages to write a startlingly new history of court culture, consumption, representation, the material, the Baroque . . . and Dresden. I loved it.”—Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes “Wahrman takes us on brilliant and enthralling tour of late seventeenth-century European culture. This deftly crafted book takes the artisanal productions of that age as its best portraits, and always to the reader’s delight.”—Timothy Brook, author of Vermeer’s Hat “Wahrman deciphers a truly unique, incredibly puzzling work of art and uses it as a key to the universe of baroque culture. A masterpiece of refined scholarship, elegantly written, full of subtle interpretations and surprising insights.”—Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, rector of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin/Institute for Advanced Study “Departing from a painstaking and elegant study of a single Saxon masterpiece, Dror Wahrman’s book offers us a breakthrough model for writing the history of eighteenth-century material culture in a transnational perspective.”—Suzanne Marchand, author of Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe
£28.50
Yale University Press Art in the First Cities of Iran and Central Asia
Book SynopsisA beautifully illustrated book exploring the art of Iran and Central Asia from the 5th to the 2nd Millennium BC.Trade Review“Art in the First Cities of Iran & Central Asia combines the thoroughness of a scholarly study with a collection focused on the beauty of the objects...Enthusiasts for the arts of Iran will appreciate owning this beautiful book.”—David Chaffetz, Asian Review of Books
£31.50
Yale University Press English Furniture 1680 1760 English Needlework
Book SynopsisBrings together a superb collection of over 650 detailed examples English furniture and needlework from 1600 to 1760
£190.00
