Lose yourself in the exciting world and stunning work of renowned French visual artist Loc Zimmermann.

(Paperback)

Down and dirty a complete step-by-step guide to making, installing, and living with beautiful, all-natural earthen floors

(Paperback)

Multicultural, adjacent to London's wealthy financial district, home to artists and designers of all stripes, the East End is alive with creative possibility, and its inhabitants are stylishly individual and self-fashioned to the extreme. This book deals with the colourful characters and personalities from the East End.

An art school as image factory: young photographers from ECAL in Switzerland

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Describes the author's attempt to make a film about how the outer Isles of Scotland were being de-populated. The book reveals that the islanders plight was mirrored in the obstacles the film crew themselves had to overcome.

(Hardback)

Created by writer and artist Edmund de Waal, library of exile addresses questions of how ideas are communicated through translation and the written word and how they are handed down through history.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Originally reproduced in only 175 precious sets and limited to Britain's highest elite, this stunning masterpiece of scientific illustration history is now available to all. Drawing from live parrots, Edward Lear (1812-1888) created lifelike illustrations so dazzling they earned him the honor of teaching his craft to Queen Victoria. This...

(Paperback, Multilingual edition)

Edward Weston's classic images are among the best-known examples of midcentury American photography. This monograph brings together some of Weston's finest works to present his artistic evolution, from painterly observations to what became his signature "Straight Photography" style, which explored the intricacies of natural forms in a myriad of...

(Hardback)

(, Main - Faber Greatest Hits)

A new edition as part of the Faber Social Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century.

(Paperback)

An essential appraisal of Ellen Gallagher, one of the most important American artists working today.

(Hardback)

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. [Groucho Marx]

(Hardback)

The romantic is the unreasonable optimist in the face of overwhelming odds.

(Hardback)

Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) rose to national and international fame as a model, performer, trendsetter and interpreter of neoclassical fashion. Accompanying a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, from November 2016 to April 2017, this book provides an evaluation of Emma Hamilton's artistic undertakings, cultural achievements and legacy.

(Paperback)

Learn the core concepts of painting on location - the definitive resource for experiencing the peace and rewards of painting in the open air.

(Hardback)

'Craft' is no longer a trend; it is now an enshrined aspect of modern life. This book showcases 60 makers whose creations can inspire and delight you.

(, Main)

Fully revised and updated, Jon Savage's award-winning England's Dreaming is the ultimate book on punk, its progenitors, the Sex Pistols, and their time: the late 1970s

(Hardback)

A book, that intends to trace the rise and fall of horror cinema from its beginnings in the 1890s right through to the end of the 20th century, encompassing the lost films of the silent era, the Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi chillers of the 1930s, the lurid classics from Hammer's house of horror and the explicit shockers of the 1970s.

(Hardback, Main)

An engrossing and frank coming-of-age memoir fromone of the world's leading pianists.

The Danish architectural office Entasis stands for a practice that focuses on people and dispenses with sensationalism. The award-winning structures designed by the small team of architects, which range from the entrance to a zoo to residential care centers, are marked by their high quality and pronounced materiality.

When architecture and landscape melt together: the new photo book by the Israeli photographer. The photographic journey is accompanied by textual contributions from different fields: archaeology, architecture, and history of art, speaking to the idea of a geographical periphery.

An album of vintage erotica features reproductions of postcards from 1902 to 1937 that pay homage to the great classic fantasies. It includes four racy tales.

(Paperback)

Presents a selection of Escher's art and shares his comments on his work, symmetry, infinity, and paradox.