Charts the progression of Western architecture over the last millennium, from the Romanesque to the latest modern trends.

The profusely illustrated book charts the development of ceramics in the modern age, from Art Nouveau, Art Deco, the Bauhaus and Futurism, through Abstract Expressionism, Pop and Performance, to Land Art and Installation Art.

This concise, highly illustrated and comprehensive survey explores all the significant developments in fashion across the 20th century.

Artists, photographers, architects, fashion designers, product designers, street artists, graphic designers: all are helping to redefine our aesthetics, values and ideas about the future.

A survey of all aspects of design that establishes the 1970s as a vitally important period in the creative arts.

`I devoured this from cover to cover and can highly recommend it, because much like Gayford's other recent book on Lucian Freud (Man with a Blue Scarf) the conversational flow leads the reader to many other ideas around and beyond its subject'.

Anna Moszynska shows here how abstract art originated and evolved, placing it in its broad historical and cultural context.

Twenty years ago an advertiser could reach eighty percent of the American population with just three television commercials. Today it takes 150.

Twenty years ago an advertiser could reach eighty percent of the American population with just three television commercials. Today it takes 150.

Advertisers are engaged in a constant search for new ways to grab the interest and appetites of consumers. Often they use words, but just as frequently they use eye-fooling, mind-bending images.

Advertisers are engaged in a constant search for new ways to grab the interest and appetites of consumers. Often they use words, but just as frequently they use eye-fooling, mind-bending images.

This incomparable Who’s Who in the world of graphic design will be an essential addition to all designers’ libraries.

Gathering some of Alex Webbs most iconic images, many of which were taken in the far corners of the earth, The Suffering of Light brings a fresh perspective to his extensive catalogue.

This is a lucid and lively account of American architecture since the settlement of the New World in the 17th century

No other introductory book presents the diversity and complexity of postwar American art from Abstract Expressionism to the present as clearly and succinctly as this groundbreaking survey.

A reference for collectors, dealers and all those interested in ceramics, embracing the vast range of ceramic types and terminology, from antiquity to the present day.

From the ‘AA Pendant’ (a jewel in the Green Vault at Dresden) to ‘Zuni jewelry’ (from New Mexico), this popular reference work provides collectors, students and dealers in jewelry with an authoritative fully-illustrated guide to the subject.

Henri Cartier-Bresson photographed some of the icons of the 20th century, those few people among millions whose images will pass into history. Henri Cartier-Bresson: Portraits is a dazzling selection of Cartier-Bressonâs most memorable portraits.