The definitive guide to contemporary and historical graphic design for designers and creatives. Designer, writer and lecturer Theo Inglis takes readers through the story, theory, and practice of graphic design, from its historical origins up to the present. Chapters on typography and mediums provide an extensive exploration of how each has been utilized and revolutionized through the years.

Extensively illustrated with both historical and contemporary examples, each topic is divided into conc...

People collect to connect with the past, personal and historic, to exercise some small and perfect degree of control over a carefully chosen portion of the world. The Grain of the Clay is Allen S. Weiss's engaging exploration of the meaning and practice of collecting through his relationship with Japanese ceramics.

Featured in Christie’s list of ‘What to read in 2022: the best new art books to look out for'.

Discover the remarkable NASA spacecraft that have captured our imaginations for decades.

An entertaining and gorgeously illustrated homage to Nino Cerruti (1930-2022), the great Italian fashion designer whose deconstructed jackets and supple fabrics revolutionised menswear in the 1960s.

Discover the scenes of daily life and delicate dabs of color that transformed the history of art. This overview of Impressionism explores the artists, subjects, and techniques that first brought the easel out of the studio and shifted artistic attention from history, religion, or portraiture to the evanescent ebb and flow of modernity.

Der Katalog Monuments and Myths thematisiert erstmals die Überschneidungen zwischen den Laufbahnen der beiden führenden Bildhauer des US-amerikanischen Gilded Age: Augustus Saint-Gaudens und Daniel Chester French. Mit einer Fülle neuer Überlegungen und beeindruckenden Fotografien untersucht der Band die Rolle der bekanntesten und prägendsten öffentlichen Skulpturen der USA im Licht des komplexen Diskurses über nationale Identität.

Erwin Osen hat als charismatischer Künstlerfreund Egon Schieles die Schlüsseljahre des Wiener Frühexpressionismus mitgeprägt. Seine facettenreiche Beziehung zu Schiele erreichte eine Intensität, die das radikale Schaffen Egon Schieles beflügelt hat. Hauptwerke der österreichischen Kunst waren die Folge. Erwin Osen geriet in Vergessenheit und kann heute neu entdeckt werden.Der Impulsgeber und Begleiter Egon Schieles wird als charismatischer Universalkünstler greifbar. Erwin Osen (1891-...

This magnificent boxed-set featuresstunning, accordion-fold, color reproductionsof Van Gogh's essential works, accompaniedby a separate booklet with background anddescriptions of each painting.