Offering coverage ranging from Impressionism to the Harlem Renaissance, from Cezanne to Post modernism, this book presents an introduction to modern art.

Explains who the designers were and shows over one thousand design icons, including furniture, glass, ceramics, metalware and textiles, with wonderful photography, hints and tips, and price ranges.

An introduction to Modern Art.

Following in the tradition of Phaidon's The Art Book , this is an illustrated dictionary which presents in alphabetical order the work of 500 great artists from the 20th century. Each artist is represented by a full-page colour plate of a key work and a short text about the work of the artist.

Over 100 reproductions of O'Keeffe's most important work are accompanied by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths' expert and insightful commentary on all aspects of the artist's life, influences and paintings.

A career-spanning monograph on mid-century illustrator John Rombola. It reveals his spirited, playful style to a fresh generation of art buffs, illustration mavens, and fans of good design.

This work offers comprehensive representation of the theories which underpinned developments in the visual arts during the 20th century. As well as writings by artists, the anthology includes texts by critics, philosophers, politicians and literary figures.

Presents an overview of Brandeis University's Rose Art Museum, which houses a collection of American and European works since the early twentieth century. This catalog of their holdings demonstrates the breadth of the collection, which has continued to grow since its inception in 1961.

And the Golden Age of Marine Painting. Charles Dixon is recognised as one of the world's most gifted maritime artists covering almost every conceivable type of maritime subject. His work is highly sought after today and can be found in many national museums, galleries, private and corporate collections in Australia, the UK and North America. Many of Dixon's paintings hang in offices in the City ..

Arshile Gorky (century 1904-1948) was one of the central figures in American art's shift toward abstraction during the first half of the 20th century. This book traces the evolution of Gorky's visual style. It presents nearly 200 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints from all phases of his career.

The long-awaited publication in English of the definitive book on Paris Dada.

A pictorial record of the sculptor Barbara Hepworth's life, work and writings over 40 years, from childhood to her marriages to the sculptor John Skeaping and to Ben Nicholson, and from figuration through geometric and organic abstraction to the grandeur of her large-scale, post-war work.

Features images from Russian children's books of the 1920's-early 1930's.

Jacob Lawrence was one of the best-known African American artists of the twentieth century. This book renders an assessment of Lawrence's long and productive career. It argues that his complex, cubist-based paintings developed out of a vital connection with a modern Harlem that was filled with artists, writers, musicians, and social activists.