Art Forms

This richly illustrated book explores the huge creative endeavour behind Tolkien's enduring popularity.

If art is about communicating and sharing emotions in the world we all live in, then Elizabeth has faithfully and generously poured out her energy in that true spirit of giving that drives all artists. 1.1kg

The world of Orla Kiely is one where pattern reigns. Immediately recognisable, her unique design language and sure sense of graphic control has seen her label become a hugely successful global brand.

Textile artworks

Though ferociously private, Lucian Freud spoke every week for decades to his close confidante and collaborator William Feaver - about painting and the art world, but also about his life and loves.

History of art / art & design styles, Painting & paintings, Oils, Art techniques & principles

Twisted mind: The graphic pattern genius of M. C. Escher From impossible staircases to tesselated birds, Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898–1972) crafted a unique graphic language of patterns, puzzles, and mathematics.

2016 1st Edition Hardback

From the smallest arteries in the human heart to the far-flung constellations of the universe, Leonardo saw nature and science as being unequivocally connected. His points of inquiry and invention spanned philosophy, anatomy, geology, and mathematics, from the laws of optics, gravitation, heat, and light to the building of a flying machine.

Today, the works of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) are among the most well known and celebrated in the world. In Sunflowers, The Starry Night, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, and many paintings and drawings beyond, we recognize an artist uniquely dexterous in the portrayal of mood and place through paint, pencil, charcoal, or chalk.