Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) is recognised as one of the great masters of 20th-century art. This study of his life and work is reissued here in a shorter paperback format, without the supplementary illustrations, but otherwise retaining the substance and character of the original 1994 publication.

Laurie Anderson is regarded as one of the most innovative performance artists and musicians working today. Published to coincide with a major show at London's Barbican, this lavishly illustrated book explores every aspect of Anderson's work over three decades.

Demonstrates how Renaissance artists used mirrors and lenses to develop perspective and chiaroscuro challenging our view of how these two foundations of Western art were established.

The relationship between art and life has been of overriding importance in the work of David Hockney. This book traces these connections from the beginning of the artist's career in the early 1960s to more recent work. These include his photocollages, fax drawings and colour laser prints.