Thames & Hudson
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Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures & Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs
$29.95 Add to cartDeath has never looked so beautiful. The fully articulated skeleton of a female saint, dressed in an intricate costume of silk brocade and gold lace, withered fingers glittering with colorful rubies, … [more below]
- Author: Koudounaris, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0500251959
- Language: English
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Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?: 50th Anniversary Edition
$14.95 Add to cartMany scholars have called Linda Nochlin’s seminal essay on women artists the first real attempt at a feminist history of art. In her revolutionary essay, Nochlin refused to answer the question of why
- Author: Nochlin, Linda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0500023840
- Language: English
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Cats Galore: A Compendium of Cultured Cats
$24.95 Add to cartWhat happens when a cat becomes the subject of da Vinci’s Mona Lisa or takes the starring role in Hamlet or Lawrence of Arabia?
Susan Herbert’s feline interpretations of famous images from Western cul… [more below]
- Author: Herbert, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 08 2015
- ISBN10: 0500239363
- Language: English
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The Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think
$34.95 Add to cartHow do ancient Greek myths find themselves retold and reinterpreted in cultures across the world, several millennia later? In this volume, bestselling author Richard Buxton explores the power that eig
- Series: Myths That Shape the Way We Think #1
- Author: Buxton, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0500518807
- Language: English
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Islamic Architecture: A World History
$75.00 Read moreIslamic architecture is a broad topic, covering some 1,400 years up to the present day. The richness of building types, regional styles, and architectural details is reflected here, with a striking ba
- Author: Broug, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0500343780
- Language: English
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Liam Wong: After Dark
$50.00 Add to cartNo matter how different or far apart, cities at night share particular features: neon lights and lonely figures, quiet train stations and taxi drivers, empty buildings and streets. In After Dark, Liam
- Author: Wong, Liam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 050002555X
- Language: English
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The Portrait Photographer’s Manual
$24.95 Read moreThrough simple projects on subjects such as “Making Self-Portraits” and “Capturing Personal Moments” as well as captivating profiles of twenty internationally acclaimed photographers from Gordon Parks
- Author: Oba-Smith, Cian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0500297134
- Language: English
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Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
$26.95 Add to cartWorshipped for over three-fifths of recorded history, Egypt’s gods and goddesses are among the most fascinating of human civilization. The lives of pharaohs and commoners alike were dominated by the n
- Author: Wilkinson, Richard H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 31 2017
- ISBN10: 0500284245
- Language: English
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The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec
$26.95 Add to cartExpanded and revised in its sixth edition, The Art of Mesoamerica surveys the artistic achievements of the high pre-Hispanic civilizations of Central America–Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Azt
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Miller, Mary Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: June 11 2019
- ISBN10: 0500204500
- Language: English
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African Art
$29.95 Add to cartThe art of the Fang, the BaTeke, the BaKota, and other African peoples is extraordinarily vigorous and shows a brilliant sense of form. The substantial aesthetic impact that their works have had on th… [more below]
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Willett, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: February 17 2003
- ISBN10: 0500203644
- Language: English
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Chanel High Jewelry
$200.00 Read more“I used my penchant for all that shines to try and reconcile elegance and fashion in a set of jewelry” Gabrielle Chanel
From Gabrielle Chanel’s 1932 collection to the newest interpretations of her si
- Author: Levoyer, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0500025231
- Language: English
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Quiet Spaces
$65.00 Add to cartThe interiors in Quiet Spaces were made for private contemplation: calm places in which to read a book, listen to music, or have dinner with friends. Showcasing the possibilities of sophisticated, low
- Author: Smalley, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0500343691
- Language: English
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Letters from M/M (Paris)
$75.00 Read moreLetters from M/M (Paris) is a comprehensive study of the typefaces produced by Micha? Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak since they founded their influential art and design practice, M/M (Paris).
For the
- Author: McNeil, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0500025274
- Language: English
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New Media in Art
$29.95 Add to cartFollowing innovative ideas about representation and the free use of materials in cubism, futurism, and surrealism–particularly in the work of Duchamp–artists abandoned strict adherence to traditiona… [more below]
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Rush, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: June 17 2005
- ISBN10: 0500203784
- Language: English
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Cabinets of Curiosities
$35.00 Read moreUnicorns’ horns, mermaids’ skeletons, stuffed and preserved animals and plants, precious metals, clocks, scientific instruments, celestial globes–all knowledge, the whole cosmos, arranged on shelves
- Author: Mauriès, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 0500022887
- Language: English
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Homo Sapiens Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution Rewriting Our Origins
$34.95 Add to cartWho are we? How do scientists define Homo sapiens, and how does our species differ from the extinct hominins that came before us? In this accessible, lushly illustrated account palaeoarchaeologist Pau
- Series: Rediscovered
- Author: Pettitt, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0500252637
- Language: English
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Magic of MC Escher
$34.95 Add to cartM.C. Escher (1898-1972) is renowned for his ability to render the visions of his mind’s eye. The visions themselves were remarkable: for Escher, the skin of the visible world was nothing more than a p… [more below]
- Author: Locher, J. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: June 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0500290733
- Language: English
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Collaboration: A Potential History of Photography
$85.00 Add to cartCollaboration is a groundbreaking publication, by five great thinkers and practitioners in photography, in collaboration with hundreds of photographers, writers, critics, artists, and academics. This
- Author: Azoulay, Ariella Aïsha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0500545332
- Language: English
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Looking at Picasso
$60.00 Add to cartAs one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, Pablo Picasso’s (1881-1973) artistic achievements are unparalleled. This important new introductory monograph, released to coincide with the fi
- Author: Karmel, Pepe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0500026041
- Language: English
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Fashion Since 1900
$22.95 Add to cartFrom the turn-of-the-century S-bend silhouette to the “green fashion” and celebrity couture of the new millennium, this comprehensive survey explores all the significant developments in fashion in a p… [more below]
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: de la Haye, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: March 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0500204020
- Language: English
