(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Tells the story of two families, the Gherardini and the Del Giocondo, and the world's most famous painting - Mona Lisa, set against the backdrop of Renaissance Florence. This book looks beyond the myth enshrouding one of the absolute masterpieces of Leonardo's genius, and gives us "Mona Lisa" as a woman with an authentic and living face.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Claude Monet transformed light and colour into art. This book traces his career from his "Impression, Sunrise" of 1874, which caused uproar among the critics, to his last near-abstract paintings of water and reflection which he painted when he was almost blind.

(Hardback)

Born in 1924 in the ancient Persian city of Qazvin in a grand old house replete with carpets, stained glass, nightingales, and gardens, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian audaciously left occupied Iran during World War II for New York. This is a monograph on the eminence grise of Middle-Eastern art - Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian.

(Paperback)

Monoprinting is a printmaking process in which a drawing or painting, executed on a flat, unworked printing plate or other surface, is transferred through pressure, to a sheet of paper. This handbook shows how to push the boundaries of monoprinting with various techniques, showing the unique possibilities and showcasing work from around the world.

(Hardback)

(Hardback, Limited Collector's Edition)

(Paperback)

Taking you to the best local restaurants across America, this title showcases the different personalities, the various stories, and the good food provided by these American treasures. It includes delicious recipes, photos, and memorabilia. It is suitable for the lovers of the American food scene.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

"A powerful visual culture study about the fraught and intertwined relationship between global antiblackness and the history of documentary photography"--

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

From 11 July to 13 September 2009 the Grimaldi Forum in Montecarlo presents an exhibition focused on Mother Russia during the Romanov era. The Romanov dynasty reigned over Russia for three hundred years. Every sovereign was without exception crowned in the cathedral of the Dormition within the Kremlin.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

(Paperback, Main)

A selection of sixty-six lyrics, presented with commentary and an introduction by the man himself.

(Hardback)

The first large format, lavishly illustrated book to be dedicated to these animals, hidden during daylight hours but brought to light here through detailed photographs.

(Paperback)

Nearly all glass makers (unless they are blowing glass) need moulds which can go in the kiln, as part of the process of creating their work. This book will introduce all the mould-making techniques for casting glass, with detailed information on materials, recipes for mould mixes, methods and applications.

(Hardback)

Mounir Fatmi

(Hardback)

This book is also a work of nonfiction about all the important aspects of the mountains - their genesis by volcanic activity and the collisions of continental tectonic plates; their role in the emergence of ecological diversity; their function for the weather and climate, their susceptibility to natural catastrophes, their.

(Paperback)

How visual art has been enriched by dance, and dance has been shaped by art, in unprecedented and exciting ways for the past fifty years.

(Paperback)

Questions how cinema is ranked and, in doing so, uncovers a history of critical conflict, with different aesthetic positions battling for dominance. This book contains chapters which provide a summary of the film's plot and discuss the historical context, the individuals who made the film, and initial and subsequent popular and critical responses.