Art

Modern & Contemporary Art

Man with a Blue Scarf

Man with a Blue Scarf

On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud

  1. Martin Gayford
  • ISBN 9780500238752
  • 22.90 x 15.20 cm
  • Hardback
  • 248pp
  • 64 Illustrations, 58 in colour
  • First published 2010
One of the best and most continually fascinating books about painting in recent memory  – Another Magazine

Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism

  • Paperback
A wealth of well-chosen illustrations … an informative account of the work of Pollock, de Kooning and Rothko, amongst many others – The Sunday Times

Abstract Art

Abstract Art

  • Paperback
Packed with information and insight – Art Monthly

American Art and Architecture

American Art and Architecture

  • Paperback
All the major American artists and works are included; dozens of building types are illustrated and discussed – from the earliest colonial houses and churches to the most spectacular modernist and postmodernist stores, museums, stations, and iconic skyscrapers.

American Art Since 1945

American Art Since 1945

  • Paperback
An excellent introduction to the social and political complexities surrounding the creation of ‘art history’ … a valuable addition to any library or reading list – The Lecturer

Art of the Digital Age

Art of the Digital Age

  • Paperback with flaps
A highly attractive, accessible and beguiling introduction … highly recommended – The Art Book

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The Art of Collaboration: The Big Americans

  • Paperback with flaps
  • Distributed on behalf of The National Gallery of Australia

Art of Modern India

Art of Modern India

  • Paperback with flaps
Shows every aspect of the Indian art scene and clearly places Indian art in its cultural, social, political and ideological context.

Art Since 1960

Art Since 1960

  • Paperback
Reveals and makes coherent sense of the often bewildering diversity of styles, forms, media, techniques and agendas that proliferate in contemporary art

Art since 1900

Art Since 1900

Modernism · Antimodernism · Postmodernism

  • Hardback
The book is important, not because it gives neat answers but because it raises questions – Sir Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate

The Art of Participation

The Art of Participation

1950 to Now

  • PLC (no jacket)
As the hallmarks of the internet mindset — browsing, sharing, collecting, producing — increasingly permeate every aspect of society, this timely project reveals the ways in which artists and viewers have approached the creation of open works of art.

The Art of Not Making

The Art of Not Making

The New Artist / Artisan Relationship

  • Paperback with flaps
Glorious  – Harper’s Bazaar

Art + Science Now

Art + Science Now

How scientific research and technological innovation are becoming key to 21st-century aesthetics

  • Hardback
Fascinating … the artists/scientists in this book show that good art and good science are not so very different, and that when they find their niche, their joining can make something powerful, interesting and beautiful – The Art Book

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Art in the Twenty-First Century 5

  • Hardback
  • Distributed on behalf of Art 21

At the Edge of Art

At the Edge of Art

  • PLC (no jacket)
An impressive survey of digital and internet art … offers a way to grasp this elusive and fluid art form … an indispensable guide to digital art in the last decade, coming from a new, different perspective compared to previous titles on digital art – State of Art