The High Line, New York City’s famed elevated rail line-turned-greenway, hosts millions of visitors annually, providing a unique space for encountering art and performance. Elevated surveys the rich, multifaceted offerings of its public art progra...
Painting buildings is about more than faithfully describing the architecture – successful watercolour paintings must also contain character, ambience and a sense of place. In this clearly explained and highly visual guide, master artist Nicholas P...
The ultimate no-nonsense guide to painting realistic, captivating water, from still lakes and crashing waves to water droplets. Whether calm and reflective or sparkling with light and movement, water can bring atmosphere, drama and life to your wa...
From creative juxtaposition to innovative techniques, this book is a wellspring of inspiration for artists, art enthusiasts, and anyone seeking to understand the dynamic nature of collage as a form of creative expression. Collage is an art form th...
The Wildlife Photography Workshop is a practical course written by two leading photographers who share their expert guidance and technical knowledge for photographing birds, mammals, plant life and close-up subjects such as insects. Photographic w...
Serial Drawing offers a timely and rigorous exploration of a relatively little-researched art form. Serial drawings – artworks that are presented as singular works but are made up of distributed parts – are studied in fresh, contemporary terms wit...
Comprehensive, practical and easy to follow – the ideal introduction to the art of drawing for students, amateurs and beginners of all kinds. A comprehensive practice-based guide to the art of drawing, this book provides a chapter-by-chapter overv...
This exploration of the exceptional Buddhist stupa (reliquary mound) at Amaravati, one of ancient India's most extraordinary monuments, presents a fresh perspective on the rich visual culture of ancient South Asia viewed through the lens of art hi...
Open the door to the dreamlike world of surrealism! In this magical book, pop-up engineer Gérard Lo Monaco brings to life eight works of art by leading surrealists: Salvador Dalí, Victor Brauner, Jean Arp, Man Ray, Joseph Cornell, Dora Maar, René ...
A creative guide to a unique and beautiful form of Korean art, steeped in ancient tradition. Bojagi are textiles that wrap, cover, carry, or store objects. Some are made from whole pieces of fabric and some are patched together from small scraps o...
Explore how icons and pictograms, born out of a necessity for efficient communication, have become indispensable tools shaping the evolution of visual communication. Icons and pictograms, born out of a necessity for efficient communication, have b...
Journalist, writer, interviewer and memoirist Lynn Barber claims no skill in art herself but loves hanging out with artists - and has devoted much of her career to interviewing them. Beautifully illustrated and fizzing with stories from her forays...
A collection of remarkable stories from the founders of charity Ocean Culture Life. Explore Earth’s most remote open oceans with telling insights from the extraordinary heroes making new discoveries every day. The Ocean Speaks brings together more...
The Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award is one of Britain’s most prestigious art prizes, and is the leading showcase for artists throughout the world specialising in portraiture. Barbara Walker, Tom Shakespeare and Russell Tovey are among this ...
Art & Fear is about the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. Drawing on the authors' own experiences as two working artists, the book delv...
Whether a beginner or more experienced artist you'll be amazed at how quickly you will acquire the skills needed to produce beautiful paintings. Written by professional artist Charles Evans, this guide begins with a short yet indispensable 'what y...
A beautiful in-depth, practical guide to the exquisite textile art of renowned embroiderer, Chloe Giordano, now expanded with fresh insights and three inspiring new artworks. Take a walk through the stunning stitched world of renowned embroiderer ...
Henry Spencer Moore (1898–1986) was one of the most influential British artists of the twentieth century. This catalogue considers Moore’s celebrated Shelter drawings as the point of departure for a new reading of the artist’s fascination with ima...
From the series that brought you Mythographic Color and Discover: Wild Winter comes the dazzling, sun-kissed adventure of Mythographic Color and Discover: Wild Summer. This gorgeous collection of highly detailed, captivating illustrations opens th...
Be inspired by watercolour master David Bellamy and learn how to paint glorious landscapes, capturing the natural countryside in all its moods. Renowned watercolourist David Bellamy brings you a collection of his finest watercolour landscape paint...
Spanning the history of photography from the 1840s to the present day, this beautifully illustrated book showcases 100 photographs chosen from the many thousands held in collections at National Trust properties across England, Wales and Northern I...
At the intersection of art, architecture and design, environments create and transform space into an immersive experience, inviting the audience to engage and interact. So far, art history has been focused on the works of male artists mostly from ...
Simon Phipps surveys the scale, ambition and diversity of post-war building in Wales. From the new town of Cwmbran, the immense Trostre Steelworks, the iconic George Street Bridge of Newport to smaller municipal projects such as Theatr Ardudwy ...
Tate Britain is the home of British art from 1500 to the present day. This beautiful guide to the highlights of the collection provides an essential introduction to the extraordinary development of British art over the centuries, telling the story...
