Examines how certain artists, from Salvador Dali to Damien Hirst, have wholeheartedly embraced both the cult of celebrity and the commercial cut and thrust of the art market. This book examines those who have engaged directly with trading their own wares. It accompanies a major exhibition at Tate Modern.

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.

A work on the influential from the Realist to Art Nouveau art movements. It lets you trace the roots of modern art, beginning with Realist paintings such as Courbet's The Stonebreakers and Millet's The Gleaners - works that shocked mid - 19th-century Paris with their unblinking depiction of the lives of the poor.

J M W Turner is regarded as the greatest painter Britain has ever produced. This book explores the fascinating aspect of his career, revealing detail on the debts and rivalries that shaped his work in often unexpected ways. It accompanies a major touring exhibition that brings together works by Turner with masterpieces by Claude and Canaletto.

The word 'maharaja' - literally 'great king' - conjures up a vision of splendour and magnificence. This book examines the real and perceived worlds of the maharaja from the early eighteenth century to 1947, when the Indian Princes ceded their territories into the modern states of India and Pakistan.

In Medieval and Renaissance Europe, where life expectancy was under forty and the Church taught that, after dying, the soul faced a terrifying and uncertain onward journey, death in Medieval and Renaissance Europe was a major preoccupation. This book sets out the beliefs surrounding death and the afterlife in a mainly Catholic Europe.

Grayson Perry, famous for his ceramic vases decorated with shocking and unconventional imagery, is one of a generation of contemporary British artists to have emerged on the international stage. This monograph explores Perry's work through a discussion of his major themes and subjects, such as class or conflict.

A collection of the best of Gordon Burn's writing on art. Focusing on two principle generations - the Royal College pop art of Hockney and his contemporaries, and the YBA sensations of the 1990s, it explores how these artists rose to prominence with their friends and contemporaries, and what happened next.

A comprehensive compendium of contemporary art at the beginning of the 21st century.

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.

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

The pop artists of the 1960s had a profound effect on the cloth of art history and their influence can be clearly seen in art. This work explores the styles, themes, and sources of pop art around the world.

Pop artist Peter Blake has an eye for the quirky and the overlooked. As well as being known as a painter, Blake is renowned for his works on paper and as a leading exponent of collage. This work displays the strong graphic sensibility and the love of popular culture for which the artist has long been renowned.

A guide to a range of art 'isms', it covers the isms of the Renaissance to the isms of now. It gives a practical introduction to the significant isms that have shaped art history. For each ism, it contains a definition, an introduction to the topic, lists of key artists, key words, and key works.

The jewellery worn in medieval Europe was important as an indicator of the wearer's social status and wealth, faith and superstition, allegiances and literacy. This illustrated book looks at the jewels themselves and contemporary portraits and sculpture to place the jewellery in its cultural context.

Born in Bombay and based in London since the 1970s, Anish Kapoor (b 1954) has been a vital force in contemporary art. This monograph covers more than thirty years of work and includes hundreds of full-colour images, including sketches and technical diagrams from his most ambitious projects.

The pictures are preceded by an account of theartists life together with many photographs of theartist at work demonstrating and painting.This is atrue collectors publication, not only for the manythousands of followers of the artist but also for allwho appreciate the work of a true professional.

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.

From the earliest second-century B C E archaeological evidence to the nineteenth century, this book showcases the variety of Buddhist art through the ages, from every country and region where Buddhism has influenced the culture in a significant way, including India, Afghanistan, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan, Tibet, Sri Lanka, and Burma.

Leading international artists and art educators consider the challenges of art education in today's dramatically changed art world.