Part of a series which introduces key artists and movements in art history, this book deals with Fra Angelico. Each title in the series contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative black and white illustrations.

Part of a series which introduces key artists and movements in art history, this book deals with Pieter Bruegel. Each title in the series contains 48-full page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative black and white illustrations.

Suggesting where to stay, eat, and drink, and what the tourist passionate about design might want to see, whether he/she has a week or 24 hours in the city, this title presents travelers with a fast-track ticket to the chosen location.

Presents discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. This book enables you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city's landscape and the satisfaction you've seen all that you should. It acts as a passport to the best the world has to offer.

Features works of art from various periods and regions in the world.

The Italian Renaissance was an unparalleled era of creativity, particularly in the field of painting. It witnessed the rediscovery of naturalistic techniques and new interest in portraiture and landscape. This book reproduces many paintings by artists such as Raphael and Titian.

A comprehensive overview of contemporary world architecture. It presents 100 of the world's most exceptional architects, selected by 10 internationally prominent critics, architects, and curators. It features more than 1500 illustrations of approximately 350 buildings and projects, including built work as well as competition entries.

Presents discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. This book enables you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city's landscape and the satisfaction you've seen all that you should. It acts as a passport to the best the world has to offer.

Covering the international nature of the modern art scene, this title encompasses established, iconic works of art and the classics of the future. It presents 500 artists in an alphabetical order, each represented by a full-page colour plate of a definitive work and an incisive text which sheds light on both image and creator.

This comprehensive monograph documents the work of Maurizio Cattelan, the best-known Italian artist to have emerged internationally in the 1990s. He creates sculptures that mock the art system and even the artist himself.

Examining the black and white animated films of William Kentridge, this volume surveys Kentridge's work within a broad historical and geographic context of politicised art practices while analyzing the formal innovations of his animation techniques.

Like its successfu1 predecessor '10x10' (published in 2000), '10x10_2 'is a comprehensive overview of new architecture today. This generously illustrated volume presents 100 of the world's most exceptional emerging architects, selected by ten internationally prominent critics, architects, and curators.

A sequel to Cream , this book presents new work by 100 new artists, selected by ten curators, providing a global overview of the contemporary art world. The cultural context in which the artists work - from philosophy, to fiction or theory - is presented by 10 contemporary writers.

This volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Josef Sudek - comprises a 4000-word essay by an expert in the field, 55 photographs presented chronologically, each with a commentary, and a biography of the featured photographer.

Jenny Holzer is an artist who works with new media, in locations ranging from baseball stadiums to public transportation systems. This book surveys all her installations, including her celebrated marble benches and electronic boards at the DIA Foundation, New York.

In a survey of Californian-based artist Mike Kelly, the author of this volume discusses with the artist his various aesthetic and symbolic strategies in both the American and In European contexts.

This is a monograph on the legendary American artist Gordon Matta-Clark, considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century, and most famous for his building-cuts that translate in the cutting-up of facades, walls and floors of derelict buildings.

Part of a series which introduces key artists and movements in art history, this book deals with Degas. Each title in the series contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative black and white illustrations.

This text gives an overview of the most influential American artists and their works. Covering three centuries, it sets out to encourage readers to contemplate the connections between art, American history, and popular culture. Each artist is represented by a colour plate of a significant work.

Takes a look at the fashion world and the people who created it. This work covers the industry from designers to photographers and the people they photographed. Filled with images, it is an A-Z guide to 500 key individuals' clothes and to accessory designers, photographers, models and iconic celebrities.