Kunsthistorie / kunst- og designstiler

Born in London and raised in Nigeria, Shonibare employs a diverse range of media - from sculpture, painting and installation to photography and film - to probe matters of race, …

Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures …

Få kunstnere har oplevet samme bratte fald fra superstjerne til kunsthistorisk prygelknabe som Carl Bloch (1834-1890). Efter sin død blev han skrevet ud af kunsthistorien og hans …

Exploring the role the decorative arts played in the representation of Black people in European visual and material culture   This revelatory look at European decorative arts …

"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come….The …

An accessible introduction to the quintessential art form of the Islamic worldHow to Read Islamic Calligraphy explores the preeminence of the written word as a means of creative …

One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect companion to the Leonardo Graphic …

‘Told with exceptional scholarship, wit and humanity; the book itself is a ravishingly beautiful object’ - World of Interiors   ‘Geraghty excels in uncovering the allusions that …

*A Financial Times Book of the Year* 'The first time I opened What Artists Wear, I gasped with pleasure. Imagine it as a kind of punk cousin to John Berger's Ways of Seeing, …

Adriana Varejao s rich and diverse artistic oeuvre including her distinctive tile paintings, large-scale sculpture, photography and video installation embodies the mythic …