Charting world events that have shaped and defined modern Britain through a series breath-taking photographs, this publication documents the changing seasons of 1950s post-war austerity, 1960s prosperity and expansion, and the social, economic and political chaos of the 1970s.

With their delightful colors, incredible natural beauty, and fascinating "otherness," it is no surprise that flowers and plants have long captivated artists. They have come to symbolize a gamut of complex human emotions, including hope, delight, love, compassion, gratitude, grief, and loss. The fragility of flowers is a poignant reminder of the fleeting nature of life. Their sensory appeal - to our sight, smell, touch and even, sometimes, taste - brings us into the present moment, and they ca...

*Charming illustrations full of character and life *Humorous story*Encourages a fun and imaginative approach to drawingDrawing a chicken is easy . isn't it? Follow Jean-Vincent's attempts to draw a chicken as he has to contend with runaway beaks, sleeping eggs and peckish chickens.The entertaining characters and witty text in this book will charm readers of all ages and will encourage children to draw with humour and imagination.Illustrated throughout in Jean-Vincent's unique style this book ...

Peter Fraser has been at the forefront of contemporary photography since the early 1980s. Much of his work involves an almost obsessive focus on the stuff of the world, the matter and materials that he finds in the everyday. The objects and situations Fraser chooses to photograph could be read as portals onto another world, openings onto stories and histories, even other civilizations, which he presents as 'found' still lives - humble subjects, which, through his camera lens reveal something ...

A full career retrospective of one of the greatest and most popular living artists, lavishly illustrated with works from across the artist's six-decade career David Hockney has been delighting and challenging audiences for almost sixty years. Working in an extraordinarily wide range of media with equal measures of wit and intelligence, his art has examined, probed and questioned how the perceived world of movement, space and time can be captured in two dimensions. This lavishly illustrated pu...

The hustle and bustle of London, its changing landscape and infinite sights have provided a rich subject for the many artists who have visited and inhabited the city. From the earliest known paintings, artists have sought to encapsulate their impressions of this lively metropolis.

This book proposes an unforgettable journey with magnificent illustrations, fun text and engaging animals to be discovered in stunning scenery. Plunge into the colourful sea and join the jellyfish, be in the company of the dizzy hummingbird amongst the beautiful flowers and delve into the woods with the prickly hedgehog. At the beginning of each spread, a pair of mysterious eyes, asks the question, 'Whose eyes are these?' The reader must then guess, which animal it is. After a fun and humorou...

The EY Exhibition: Impressionists in London: French Artists in Exile charts the story of the French artists who took refuge in London during and after the devastating Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune. Following these traumatic events there was a creative flourishing in London as the exiles responded to British culture and social life - regattas, processions, parks, and of course the Thames. Many artists returned to France after the Entente Cordiale in 1904, which in the case of the i...