Art History & Techniques

Who are today's artists? Why do they do what they do? How do they describe their work? A companion volume to the fourth season of the Emmy-nominated "PBS" series, which introduces seventeen artists who draw on a variety of subjects, experiences and aesthetic influences to create their work, this volume addresses such questions.

Offers a critique of photography that asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. This book examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality and authority in our lives.

Selected cover illustrations from our Folk Tales series in full colour, plus a unique insight into their creation

Art history acquires a new rhythm in this unique anthology of artists' record covers from the 1950s to today. More than 450 covers trace the thrilling interaction between music and visual art and the ways in which modernism, Pop Art, and conceptual practice have all informed the way we see the sounds we hear. Featured covers include Salvador...

Discover an engaging new way of learning to draw in this superbly conceived guided sketchbook.

Pick up a pencil and discover the joy of drawing the people you love.

The Labyrinth is a unique vision of a dystopian future from one of the most sought-after visual storytellers in the world and internationally acclaimed author of The Electric State.

The extraordinary illustrated novel from the brilliant mind behind THE ELECTRIC STATE, soon to be a major television series from Amazon Studios.

Extracts from Van Gogh's letters are presented as `found poems', mainly in the form of sonnets. They record many of the pivotal moments in his life, and Van Gogh's frame of mind and his emotional state at these times are evident in the content and tone of the writing. Book also includes 87 colour plates

Now available in a paperback edition, this beautifully illustrated, delightfully informative collection of one hundred of the world's most significant paintings covers nearly every period, culture and style.

'Must surely be the definitive life of Francis Bacon ... A biography that no Bacon fan - or indeed foe - can afford to overlook ... Mesmerising' THE TIMES 'A magnificent triumph ... I was captivated by every line' OBSERVER