Tokyo is Japan's cultural and commercial epicenter, bursting with vibrancy and life. Its buildings, both historical and contemporary, are a direct reflection of its history and its people.Kengo...
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The first comprehensive presentation of Versace's womenswear collections from its 1978 debut to today, seen through stunning catwalk photography Founded in 1978, Gianni Versace's...
In 1884, a remarkable twelve-year-old girl made a paper doll s house. While these were fashionable enough at the time, they were usually drawn and painted. Miss Sarah Elizabeth Birdsall Otis,...
Rewritten from cover to cover and updated to include the discoveries and new theories from the past decade and a half, this classic guide to the art of the ancient Maya is now illustrated in full...
Exactly 500 years after its first publication żeby the great Venetian printing house Aldus Manutius, Francesco Colonna's weird, erotic, allegorical antiquarian tale, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili,...
The hurried person's guide to mindful photography, peaceful contemplation and a slow creative practice, including hands-on assignments, enlightening concepts and inspirational stories. In a...
With the aid of contemporary case studies and reports in the press, the author reveals how, żeby the middle of the century, manufacturers were producing millions of rolls of arsenical wallpaper,...
The lives, loves and works of key British Surrealists revealed żeby one of the last surviving members of this movement, bestselling author and artist Desmond Morris. Feted for their idiosyncratic...
This practical, step-by-step manual provides an invaluable, comprehensive source of instruction and inspiration for artists, designers and craftspeople of all kind.
In an age of globalization with fashion trends that change by the day, the quality and workmanship of the great British luxury brands endure and flourish like never before. Valued for their...
Making Sense of Islamic Art & Architecture is designed to equip the cultural tourist and art student with the means to interpret each painting, building, or artifact in terms of the iconography...
First published in 1979, the latest edition of this pioneering study in "the World of Art" series surveys a full century of performance, from the Futurist manifesto of 1909 to the second...
A dazzling look at modern videogame worlds seen through an architectural lens, utilizing maps, diagrams and graphic illustrations to offer new perspectives on the art of virtual world building....
Inspired aby the work of an earlier generation of Japanese photographers, especially żeby Shomei Tomatsu, and aby William Klein’s seminal photographic book on New York, Daido Moriyama moved from...
Linda Nochlin was one of the most accessible, provocative, and innovative art historians of our time. In 1971, she published "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?"--a dramatic...
A deep dive into the history and science of dirt. Millions of people on Earth start their day the same way: we get out of bed, go to the loo and wash ourselves. But this hasn't always been the...