History of Art & Design Styles books

This volume on Jannat in Islamic art presents images of Paradise from the Indian subcontinent spanning all forms of art, architecture, and design.

The hilariously offbeat and surprisingly moving new book from the author of the acclaimed No One Belongs Here More Than You

In Architecture in Translation, Esra Akcan offers a way to understand the global circulation of culture that extends the notion of translation beyond language to visual fields. She shows how members of the ruling Kemalist elite...

Vienna Actionism was the most extreme artistic project of the 1960s, mostly preceding and always surpassing the other performance art, body art and happenings in terms of sheer violent excess. This publication includes 1,400...

Images are more than just objects to be observed. In all periods they have had a direct influence on the way we perceive things and act, in particular in the course of ceremonies. In this volume, various archaeological disciplines...

Around 1880, a new decorative style developed in Europe that radically broke with prevailing artistic conventions: Art Nouveau, literally 'new art'. This style was typified by its organic forms, stylised floral compositions and...

A fresh contribution to the debate between Kunstwissenschaft (scientific study of art) and Kunstgeschichte (art history), this essay collection explores how German-speaking art historians of the late nineteenth and early twentieth...

Featuring stunning, never-before-published works, this is the most intimate book to date on the renowned Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang.

In the 1950s, Chauncey C. Nash started collecting Inuit carvings just as the art of printmaking was introduced in Kinngait (Cape Dorset). His collection of early Inuit sculpture and prints represents a vibrant period in...

Brion Gysin is a legend. As an artist, author, filmmaker, and long-term collaborator of William S Burroughs, Gysin helped to develop the so-called Beat aesthetic from the beginning. He is best known for his discovery of the cut-up...

A documentation of over 100 major architectural projects in the Middle East from 2000 through 2009 --

The first retrospective look at the irreverent and boisterous artwork of painter Erik Parker. With deep roots in alternative comics, illustration, and graffiti, internationally acclaimed artist Erik Parker's work bridges...

Features original comic stories, pin-up art and paintings, concept work, and artist interviews.

The first full study of the role of 'little magazines' and their contribution to the making of artistic modernism. A major scholarly achievement of immense value to teachers, researchers and students interested in the material...

This book is dedicated to the great Georgian modern artist David Kakabadze (1889-1952). This book compares the importance of David Kakabadze's creative work against the background of world avant-garde art of the beginning of the...

A general introduction to the Pre-Raphaelite movement, treating both literature and visual art.