A Closer Look at Art | Mythological Painting
Learn more about key concepts in Western European art history and gain further insight into the paintings and…
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Nazi Germany and Modernist art
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How to Design Beautiful Books – Alex Kirby on Book Design
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Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
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The Royal Academy of Arts: History and Collections – by Robin Simon
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Lee Lozano: Not Working – an interview with Jo Applin
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International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
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Bookshop of the Month – Janette Ray, York
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Small Churches by Big Names – Alan Brooks explores Oxfordshire in a new Pevsner Guide
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Gardens of Court and Country – Celebrating Hampton Court Flower Show
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Enlightened Princesses: How they Shaped the Modern World
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How to Decorate an 18th-century Pocket
To celebrate the paperback release of The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Lives, 1660–1900, we’re delighted…
“The Pocket” Design Competition | Decorate Your Own 18th-century Pocket
The Pocket Design Competition 2020 Unlike the pockets found on women’s clothing today, pockets in the 18th-century…
A Closer Look At Art | Portraiture
Learn more about key concepts in Western European art history and gain further insight into the paintings and…
Conversations: To Describe a Life by Darby English
A quotation from the French philosopher and political activist Simone Weil is the first thing the reader encounters…
Architecture of the Islamic West: Innovative, Impressive and … Overlooked?
Some of the most outstanding examples of world architecture, such as the Mosque of Córdoba, the ceiling of…
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: Leonardo da Vinci
As an aid to students, teachers and parents dealing with the challenges of home learning, we have constructed…
The Making of Modern Art – An Introduction
How do you pack an illustrious writing career of over half a century into a single book? With…
An Artistic Pottery – An Extract from Bernard Leach: Life and Work
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The Making of Modern Art – A Q&A with Michael Peppiatt
Chaotic, inventive, transgressive: Modernism is one of the most challenging yet exciting artistic movements in the history of…
Back in Fashion: Globalisation, Luxury & Fast Fashion
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
Art Can Help: Spreading Hope in an Imperfect World
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
An Introduction to Art
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
A Pevsner for Cork
The latest volume in the acclaimed Pevsner Architectural Guides series is devoted to Cork, Ireland’s largest and most…
The Age of Undress: Neoclassicism, Fashion & “Living Statues”
In this blog, art historian Amelia Rauser places women at the centre of the traditionally “stoic” and “masculine”…