The first biographies of Caravaggio: key documents of one of the greatest revolutions in the history of art. In the course of a short and violent life, Michelangelo Merisl da Caravaggio (1571-1610) revolutionized painting, producing a style of shockingly immediate realism that swept through Europe. For more options...

Outsider Art is work produced outside the mainstream of modern art by self-taught, untrained visionaries, spiritualists, eccentric recluses, folk artists, psychiatric patients, criminals, and others beyond the imposed margins of society and the art market. Coined by Roger Cardinal in 1972, the term in English derived from Jean Dubuffet's "art brut" -- literally "raw art", "uncooked" by culture, unaffected by fashion, unmoved by artistic standards. For more options...

Spanning the entirety of Hopper's career, but with particular emphasis on his heyday in the twenties, thirties, and forties, Edward Hopper highlights his greatest achievements while discussing such topics as his absorption of European influences, critical reactions to his work, the relation of realism to modernism, his fascination with architecture, his depiction of women, and the struggle in his last years to produce original works. Illustrated with more than 150 of his oils, watercolors, prints, and drawings, and including essays by several noted scholars in the field and an extensive chronology and bibliography, this is the most comprehensive volume on Hopper to be published in many years.. For more options...

Dare to bead shows you how to create stunning jewellery and other items from the vast range of beads available. The focus is on off-loom weaving – joining beads by means of various techniques and turning them into something beautiful: from tassel fob to table mat, from bracelet to bookmark. For more options...

"Front Cover: Great Book Jacket and Cover Design" is a comprehensive survey of the very best of cover and jacket design from the 20th century. The most important and innovative designs are explored, including the distinctive yellow dust-jackets of the Gollancz novels of the 1930s, the colour-coded series design of Penguin paperbacks in the 1960s and the award-winning paperback designs by Canongate in the 1990s. For more options...

The World's Greatest Art covers the entire range of painted art from the mid-1200s to the modern day, reaching through the cradle of European discovery and the dynamo of North American art to traditional forms in the Far and Middle East. This unique approach and the powerful, visual appeal of the wonderful paintings provides a breathtaking degree of richness and diversity, unmatched by any comparable title. For more options...

Whether you feel you have little talent and you doubt you could ever learn, or you enjoy drawing, but have not been able to get much beyond a childlike level, this book aims to give you the skill you have always wanted. If you are already drawing as a professional artist or artist-in-training, it aims to give you greater confidence in your ability and deepen your artistic perception. For more options...

The "Digital Photographer's handbook" is a comprehensive beginner's guide, assuming no prior knowledge. It brings together the best of classical photography techniques and the unrivalled potential of digital technology. For more options...

"For the last year I've been on the road with a solo performance. Every night another theater, another hotel room. For more options...

With photography by David Jones, this is a new and updated edition of the international bestseller. It looks at both the cameras, lenses and other hardware accessories, plus a series of themes such as landscapes, weddings and holidays. For more options...

This text is the 16th revised and updated edition of this introduction to art, from the earliest cave paintings to experimental art. Eight new artists from the modern period have been introduced. For more options...

The classic collection of award-winning "National Geographic" photographs that chronicles the Society's rise as a photographic powerhouse is now available in an affordably priced compact format. For more options...

Winner of the Illustrated Book of the Year award in 1994, The Art Book has been an outstanding success and has become a well-known landmark in the art book world. Now published in over twenty different languages and in a miniature edition, it has received rave reviews from numerous newspapers and magazines and has made many appearances on the bestseller lists. For more options...

"Eco Deco" blends the recycling ethic with a stylish perspective. An inspiring book, it will encourage you to take a stroll around life's back door and examine the everyday junk and waste that we trash, bury and burn every day. For more options...

Make any garden a beautiful place with minimum expense and maximum creativity! Creatively planted containers look good anywhere: on a doorstep, a windowsill, a roof terrace, or in a garden large or small. In "New Container Style", award-winning garden designer Adam Caplin introduces a fresh and imaginative twist to this type of gardening: wonderful plants matched with pots that can be found everywhere, from your own kitchen to a junk shop. For more options...

Britain is losing much of its art deco past, and the style still tends to be thought of as something mostly found abroad, in New York or Miami. This book shows where in London it still exists - places to be entertained in, to eat and drink in, to sleep and to shop in, and to be campaigned for. For more options...