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The Explorer’s Reward: A New Pevsner Guide to Central Leinster

The fifth publication in the Buildings of Ireland series, Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly explores a broad…

In November 1558, Elizabeth I ascended the throne and was confronted with a politically, socially, and culturally fractured…

Yale’s quest to update and expand Nikolaus Pevsner’s iconic guides continues with the new edition of Sussex: West. …

Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. During the war, the arts were closely…

All Blogs, Fashion, Featured Post, The Art Blog May 21, 2019

Pencils, a sketchbook, cake, thimbles, keys, money, snuff – women and girls carried a startling array of things…

Don’t judge a book by its cover—or should you? Which books do you navigate towards when entering a…

How did Jan Tschichold help to form the New Typography in the early twentieth century? Why were he…

This year the Association for Art History’s Annual Conference takes place in Brighton from the 4–6 of April….

Architecture, Pevsner, Recent Posts, The Art Blog March 15, 2019

The new Pevsner Architectural Guide to Hertfordshire is an indispensable and eye-opening introduction to the wealth of fine buildings that…

February’s Bookshop of the Month takes us to the banks of the River Thames and into one of…

Art History, The Art Blog January 30, 2019

Nicholas Hilliard (b. c.1547) – portrait painter to Elizabeth I, James I, and their courts – was buried…

‘Tis the season to be cosy! Winter has arrived and what could be better than curling up with…

Art History, Renaissance, The Art Blog November 10, 2018

Veiled Presence: Body and Drapery from Giotto to Titian elucidates the symbolism of veils and highlights the power of…

Bookshop of the Month, Interviews, Sculpture, Yorkshire November 1, 2018

For our penultimate 2018 Bookshop of the Month, we travelled up to Wakefield to visit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park…

Decorative Art, Featured Post, The Art Blog October 15, 2018

Matisse and Decoration is a new book by John Klein, an internationally acclaimed specialist in the art of…