Art History

A new, compact edition of David Hockney and Martin Gayford's brilliantly original book, with a revised final chapter and three entirely new Hockney artworks

Almost a quarter of a century after the end of National Socialism in Germany, Otl Aicher was commissioned to design the "cheerful" Olympic Games in Munich 1972.

Writings by the conceptual artist Michael Asher--including notes, proposals, exhibition statements, and letters to curators and critics--most published here for the first time.

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.

Landscape has become an important theme for David Hockney, especially since he returned to his homeland, the Yorkshire Wolds, in the 1990s.

History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Individual artists, art monographs, Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes, etc)

Vincent van Gogh explores the life and work of the troubled artistic genius, brought close to the brink of madness, who left one of the most startling artistic legacies of the late nineteenth century when, in 1890, he took his own life.

Now with an expanded full-colour plate section: 16 beautiful pages of full folios and details from the Book of Kells. French language edition

Modern Art takes the reader through individual movements from Impressionism to Conceptual Art, situating these within five broader chronological themes.

A comprehensive and authoritative publication on one of the most popular periods of international design, including architecture, furniture, ceramics, applied arts, graphics, and textiles

'An absorbing book, beautifully told and with the writer fully in command of a huge body of research' Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday There was an epic sweep to Michelangelo's life.