The ultimate garden book – both a collection of gardens from around the world and a resource for those seeking inspiration on garden design and planting. Featuring over 250 permanent gardens by leadin
Bruce Nauman: The True Artist by Peter Plagens is the first authorized monograph of the world–famous sculptor, photographer, and video artist. Plagens, a renowned writer, critic, and author who has kn
Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York in the years immediately following the Second World War and quickly became one of the most powerful and influential movements in the history of modern art.
This slim introduction to the career of renowned comic actor/director, Woody Allen proceeds chronologically from discussion of his childhood and early films such as Bananas and Annie Hall to his later
Established as a star by Fistful of Dollars in 1964, Clint Eastwood has enjoyed a long and illustrious career as both an actor and director. Benoliel, director of cultural initiatives at Cineematheque
ohn Pawson is an architect and designer whose exceptional work combines an essential simplicity with a keen attention to the details of everyday life and human experience. His pared-down yet luxurious
Roger Ballen's photographs are like images from a waking dream: compelling and thought-provoking, with layers of rich details, flashes of dark humor, and an altered sense of place. Blurring the bounda
Lewis Carroll is best known as the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, books which have delighted children and adults from their publication in the mid-nineteenth
No one knows more about terrines than French chef and restaurateur Stephane Reynaud, author of Pork & Sons. In this sequel, he brings together his passion for regional French cooking and his enthusias
Anri Sala's work is often about obscurity - obscurity of images but also of language and experience - which can render it both vexingly subtle and uncomfortably immediate. Working in a range of media
At the height of his fame, Caspar David Friedrich's spooky, dreamy work was bought by the Prussian royal family and the Russian tsar. But his radical political sympathies affected his reputation, and
The Fat Baby is a collection of stories photographed and written by social documentary photographer Eugene Richards. The culmination of a dozen years of reporting, both on and off assignment, these st
Synagogues, their history and decoration, represent an illuminating record of the cultural and artistic history of the Jewish people. As a focal point for community life as well as a spiritual centre,
Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, born in 1907, is one of the architectural masters of the twentieth century and a pioneer of modernism. Known primarily for his collaboration with Le Corbusier and h
Armed with a rare combination of talents, and a clear understanding of retail, Jon Jerde has established himself not only as a hugely successful shopping and entertainment-centre architect but also as
Tadao Ando (b.1941) is Japan's leading architect and a designer, with a dazzling international reputation. This complete catalogue of Ando's work examines in close detail more than 100 buildings and p
This illustrated monograph throws new light on the meaning and imagery of Seurat's paintings. The usual account of Seurat lays most stress on technical and formal aspects of his work. While accepting
A revised and expanded edition of one the most popular titles in the Contemporary Artists SeriesBorn in Lebanon, Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum was exiled to London, where she has lived and worked sin
A comprehensive study of one of the most versatile artists and acute observers of our time, who fuses art and fashionAmerican artist Sterling Ruby works in a large variety of media, including sculptur
In March of 1964 director Richard Lester began shooting A Hard Day's Night, a black-and-white feature film starring the Beatles. With slapstick humor and a fantastic soundtrack, the movie imagines the
75 fail-proof recipes for delicious ice-cream and gelati from the world's most trusted and bestselling Italian cookbook series. Italian Cooking School: Ice Cream is the latest addition to this fail-pr
The Aesthetic Movement swept through England in the latter part of the nineteenth century, touching every sphere of the fine and decorative arts and bringing a new freedom to all aspects of design.In
Noted American film director, Stanley Kubrick's career is profiled in this slim volume teeming with film stills and set shots. Krohn, a cinema critic and the author of Hitchcock at Work (2000) briefly
Paula Rego: Behind the Scenes provides the only comprehensive review of Paula Rego's recent work and offers an exclusive tour of her artistic methods, from her earliest ideas and sketches of regular s
Albert Watson is one of the world's most successful and sought-after fashion and commercial photographers. Over the past thirty-five years his portraits have appeared on more than 250 covers of Vogue
This critical survey of Homer's life and work features all of his major paintings, along with a selection of his lesser-known etchings and woodcuts. Asserting that Homer's works have helped shape Amer
This collection of one hundred quirky and original postcards, inspired by the award-winning The Art of Looking Sideways, has been created and chosen by Alan Fletcher, one of the world's leading design
Graphic designers and those interested in the graphic arts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries will welcome the facsimile reprinting of this handsome volume (first published in 1971) on the hist
In Boring Postcards Magnum photographer and postcard enthusiast Martin Parr brought together 160 of the dullest postcards of 1950s, 60s and 70s Britain to make a book that was, contrary to the conceit
A primer in visual intelligence and an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imagination is comprised of an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, trivia, o
Odile Decq (b.1950) and Benoît Cornette (b.1953) first rose to international prominence with their administrative and social building for the Banque Populaire de l'Ouest in Rennes in 1990, which won n
Mona Hatoum creates events, videos, sculptures and installations that relate to the body, to language and to the condition of exile. Her most famous work Corps Etranger, first shown at the Tate Galler
A radical re-evaluation of American modernism The importance of American artists in the history of modern art is well-known and well-documented, from Jackson Pollock to Mark Rothko and Andy Warhol. Ho
Tomi Ungerer's classic tale about a bat who learns to embrace his differences through friendship. Like all bats, Rufus sees life in black and white, until he chances upon an outdoor movie theatre and
Tomi Ungerer’s classic tale about a bat who learns to embrace his differences through friendship.Like all bats, Rufus sees life in black and white, until he chances upon an outdoor movie theatre and i
A quintessential baking cookbook – with 500 step‐by‐step photographs – for both beginners and seasoned bakers, by Jane Hornby, author of the popular What to Cook and How to Cook
The award–winning food photographer and founder of the cult favorite Fool magazine invites you to pull up a chair and join the intimate family meals at some of the world’s finest restaurants, includin
A fun and lively game for young children, introducing them to the vivid imaginary world at their fingertipsTrapeze artists, clowns and lion tamers will come to life in front of the child’s amazed eyes
From eclairs to souffles and macaroons to madeleines, when it comes to desserts, no one does it better than the French. Beautiful, elegant and delicious, French desserts are easy to create at home as
An easily accessible A-Z guide to the world of Japanese anime and manga, Manga Impact details everything from world-famous movies to the very latest cutting-edge projects by emerging directors and an
