This is a pocket-sized A-Z guide to 500 great painters and sculptors from medieval to modern times. Each artist is represented by a full-page colour plate of typical work, accompanied by information on each image and its creator. Artists, styles and subject matter are cross referenced.

Includes 500 great works of art from different periods and regions in the world. This book reveals the diversity of man's artistic achievements through time and around the globe. It includes both fine and decorative arts - most commonly painting and sculpture, but also textiles, masks, ceramics and jewellery.

Explores the unexpected perceptual consequences of architecture.

A visual guide to enjoying and appreciating art. It helps readers discover how masterpieces were created and where they can be viewed. It is suitable as a museum and gallery companion.

The Sale of the Century.

The 16th revised and updated edition of this introduction to art, from the earliest cave paintings to experimental art. New artists have been incorporated such as Corot, Kollwitz and Nolde, and six fold-outs present large-scale works such as Van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece.

Examines the major debates and issues using a range of examples. This book discusses the challenge of using verbal and written language to analyse a visual form. It explains how the traditional emphasis on periods and styles originates in western art production and can obscure other approaches, as well as art from non-western cultures.

A publication, richly illustrated in colour, of an important and hitherto virtually unknown collection of engraved gems and their mounts, from ancient Greek and Roman, through Renaissance, to neo-classical in style and date, with studies of their subjects and collecting.

A visual guide to the mathematics of music.

Captures the artistic legacy of Paris, the famous French capital.

This best-selling dictionary contains over 2,500 succinct entries covering Western art from the ancient Greeks to the present day. It includes biographical entries, styles and movements, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries. Engaging, informative, and up-to-date, it is an invaluable guide to art in the Western world.

Presents various developments in archeology and art historical research. This book offers a fresh perspective on various developments shaping our cultural history.

This is a quick, handy reference guide to art from prehistoric times up to the present. The book is arranged in chronological order, covering all the main time periods, movements and well-known artists. There are time lines for each section as well as brief introductions to what was happening politically and socially at the time.