Work, theory, reception.

Wassily Kandinsky was undoubtedly one of the most exciting artists of the twentieth century. He brought an equal passion and commitment to his work as a painter, a theoretician and a teacher of art. After conventional beginnings in Munich, he devoted his intellectual and artistic energies to pioneering new dimensions of expression in art.

Count Basie, Tchaikovsky, Aretha Franklin, Lou Reed, Diana Ross, John Lennon and the Rolling Stones had their music promoted by Andy Warhol's record covers. This work features fifty covers, front and back, designed over four decades. It includes illustrations, featuring works by Warhol, photographs of performances as well as documentary images.

Siting Robert Smithson and His Contemporaries.

Examines the impact of international modernism on British art and the emergence of distinctly British counter-movements. This volume includes maps, chronologies, bibliographies, an index and finding aids. It is suitable for the study of British Art from secondary school to PhD level.

To the bureaucrat, archives contain little more than garbage, paperwork no longer needed; to the historian, on the other hand, the archive's content stands as a quasi-objective correlative of the 'living' past. This work looks at the archive as a crucible of twentieth-century modernism and key for understanding contemporary art.

Focusses on modern and contemporary art. This guides follow a consistent formula - each opens with an essay on the contemporary art scene by a local art expert in that city, followed by an introduction which presents the art in the context of the city's history and geography to give the reader a feel for the places they might like to visit.

Includes a FREE DVD.

Essays that trace the critical issues surrounding abstract painting's contribution to modern art.

Situates the image of the Brillo[registered] box at the intersection of design, aesthetics, and art history, tracking the familiar household item from the kitchen, to the art world, and into a critical and theoretical discourse.

Offers an exploration of the power and the point of art. This book also explores the dynamic personalities of the artists and the spirit of the times they lived through, capturing the theatre of bourgeois life in Amsterdam, the passion and paranoia of Revolutionary Paris, and the carnage and pathos of civil-war Spain.

Though very much an individual and spiritual artist, Alfonse Mucha was a defining figure of the Art Nouveau era and is loved for his distinctive lush style and images of beautiful women in arabesque poses among the plethora of paintings, posters, advertisements and designs he produced. This title presents a range of his work.

Explores the ecstatic and the threatening aspects of contemporary visual experience. Here, a selection of important works in a variety of media expresses both the ecstatic and the threatening aspects of vision and reveals visual experience as a source of both pleasure and fear.

British artist, Lucian Freud is considered an important figurative painter. This title provides a chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist. It features approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions; and, a concise biography.

Peter Blake is a key figure in the history of British Pop Art. A prolific artist, he has utilised a variety of media including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture and print-making. This study focuses principally on his two dimensional works, providing a survey of his paintings since the 1950s.

Combines science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce.

Danish artist Olafur Eliasson has built an international reputation based on the installations and sculptural works he creates that alternatively engage, amaze and disorientate the viewer. This catalogue accompanies a touring exhibition. It includes over 200 colour reproductions that offer a visual survey of Eliasson's most significant works.