Art

Art Reference, Theory & Criticism


From such fundamental works of art scholarship as Art Since 1900 to Herbert Read's classic primer, A Concise History of Modern Painting, our books are a mainstay of all students' and professionals' libraries.

In Search of a Masterpiece

In Search of a Masterpiece

An Art Lover's Guide to Great Britain and Ireland

  1. Christopher Lloyd
  • ISBN 9780500238844
  • 24.60 x 18.60 cm
  • Hardback
  • 496pp
  • 273 Illustrations, 273 in colour
  • First published 2011
Enthusiasm, charm, wit, elegant style and an unerring eye … 'In Search of a Masterpiece' is, itself, a very quiet, very British masterpiece.  – Judith Flanders, The Telegraph

Allegory and the Migration of Symbols

Allegory and the Migration of Symbols

The Collected Essays of Rudolf Wittkower

  • Paperback
… these essays remain fundamental for their insight – Apollo

Art and Artifact

Art and Artifact

The Museum as Medium

  • Paperback with flaps
… a rare experience. It is a book concerned with complex issues that expresses them in a simple, engaging way and refrains from retreating into jargon … a rewarding exercise in the visual. – The Art Book

The Art Guide London

The Art Guide: London

  • Flexibound PLC with flaps (no jacket)
A treasure, and by far the broadest popular account of London’s art offerings we’ve seen. It’s one guide book you’ll want to read cover to cover, as did we … An absolute essential purchase’ – The Londonist

The Art Guide New York

The Art Guide: New York

  • Flexibound PLC with flaps (no jacket)
… communicates and celebrates that mysterious, indefinable experience that is great art … written in an informative, chatty style – RA Magazine

Art - The Whole Story

Art: The Whole Story

  • Flexibound PLC (with jacket)
… perfectly designed as a one-stop reference guide: one to dip in and out of, rather than read from cover to cover … indispensable – Artists & Illustrators

The Artists' Yearbook 2010/11

The Artists' Yearbook 2010/11

  • Paperback
Required reading for every aspiring artist or student – RA Magazine

The Body in Pieces

The Body in Pieces

The Fragment as a Metaphor of Modernity

  • Paperback
Nochlin is way ahead of the competition … beautifully written – The Guardian

Colour in Art

Colour in Art

  • Paperback
A  brilliant account of its subject. The text is staggeringly erudite but accessible, and the illustrations are as varied as they are informative. Yet it costs just £9.95 – The Sunday Times

Colour

Colour

Making and Using Dyes and Pigments

  • Paperback
This book surveys the history of dyes and pigments, the invention of new colours and the industries that were fuelled by them.

Colour and Culture

Colour and Culture

Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction

  • Paperback with flaps
In its wonderfully lucid command of detail, as well as in many other ways, this book is exemplary. – Richard Wollheim in The Times Literary Supplement

Colour and Meaning

Colour and Meaning

Art, Science and Symbolism

  • Paperback
Continues his brilliant exploration of art, paint, the spectrum and vision – Marina Warner, The Independent on Sunday

The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists

The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists

  • Paperback
Excellent value … a useful pocket-book for instant reference – Art Line

The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms

The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms

  • Paperback
A richly illustrated paperback that provides useful information on a wide range of art and design history, theory and practice … Scholarly yet accessible, and should prove invaluable to teachers and students alike – The Times Educational Supplement

The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of British Art

The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of British Art

  • Paperback
The entries are models of concision and have been compiled by an impressive list of scholars – The Times Literary Supplement