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Traces man's gradual realisation of the potential of plants for medicinal, nutritional, flavouring and decorative purposes from the ancient and classical worlds, through to the Renaissance and the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This work is illustrated with engraved, lithographed and hand-coloured botanical illustrations.

In Ruskin's Venice: The Stones Revisited, photographer Sarah Quill has selected passages from Ruskin's The Stones of Venice and has linked them to her own photographs of Venetian architecture, so creating a fascinating guide that fuses Ruskin's vision of the city with images of the present day. Covering a wide range of subjects from palaces, churches and town houses, to bridges, courtyards and capitals Quill's glorious photographs illuminate Ruskin's words and record with skill and precision the fine architectural details described by him. This edition of Sarah Quill's bestselling book incorporates up-to-date views of buildings which have been cleaned since originally photographed. Several of Ruskin's watercolours are included, with extracts and reproductions from his Venetian notebooks, now publicly available, and some of his original daguerreotype photographs of Venice. Sarah Quill's expert editorial annotations and commentary, incorporating extracts from Ruskin's letters from Venice, enhance our understanding of Ruskin's text and provide an essential linking thread throughout. The book has been completely re-designed to be even more user-friendly as both a reference book and a guide for travellers to Venice. The result is a beautifully illustrated book that successfully communicates Ruskin's passion for Venice and concern for the city's architectural heritage. Uniting the historical with the present day, Ruskin's Venice: The Stones Revisited is a unique companion guide for both seasoned and first-time travellers to Venice, and will leave the reader determined to retrace Ruskin's footsteps time and time again.

This beautiful new book, compiled by the artist's daughter andgrandson, reveals Mary Newcomb as an acute observer of her surroundings,reproducing her copious sketches alongside more finished paintings and shortdiary extracts to draw out the many themes which preoccupied her throughout hercareer as an artist.

This indispensable handbook, co-published with the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR), covers all major aspects of provenance research and guides the reader through the theoretical and practical complexities of this challenging subject.

This is the first book to present a full account of Adnan's fascinating life and work. Tackling the complexities of her subject with skill and insight, Kaelen Wilson-Goldie unpacks Adnan's multi-layered career to capture the full scope of her artistic endeavours and impressive achievements.

The first illustrated monograph to survey the work to date of major American painter Philip Taaffe (b.1955), whose work has expanded the parameters of painting through a fascinating layering of different techniques and imagery, including marbling, silkscreen, collage and linocut.

Bringingtogether over 170 images taken from the artist's 5 scrapbooks, accompanied byinstructive commentary by the authors, this new book provides a fascinatingrecord of the febrile imagination of one of Britain's best-loved artists.

Williams achieved both success and remarkable popular appeal. Featuring some of the finest examples of an impressive oeuvre, this book - scholarly robust and visually enticing - is essential reading for all those who appreciate the importance of this gifted British painter.

As graffiti and street art enter their sixth decade, this ground-breaking book presents a new interpretation of where these alternative artforms are situated today. Introducing the concept of 'Intermural Art' - art in-between the walls - Rafael Schacter presents a genre at a key moment of transition.

There has been a renaissance in the design of stadia, which are often the most expensive and monumental of projects and have become icons of identity and defining presences in the built landscape. This book examines a range of exemplary stadia, including examples from Lina Bo Bardi, Frei Otto, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Herzog and de Meuron, Foster +

Arthur Tompkins presents examples of art crimes from wars through history, including the Fourth Crusade, the Napoleonic era, the Second World War and modern-day conflicts in Yugoslavia and Iraq.

Paul Feiler was inspired by the English landscape, particularlythe cliffs and inlets of the coast of south-west Cornwall. Based on full accessto the artist's archive of letters, catalogues and photographs, Michael Raeburndescribes how Feiler overcame many painful early experiences to achieve themeditative serenity of his deeply spiritual w

As an architect, Thomas Hardy is known only for his red-brick suburban villa, Max Gate. This book takes a wider view, arguing that architects do not just make buildings, but use other forms to change how we see and use the world. Illustrated with a wealth of his little-known drawings, it shows how Hardy developed Wessex, just as an architect would.

Beginning in the 1950s, Lois Dodd has steadfastly pursued her observational painting, remaining aloof from passing trends. Through extensive studio visits and interviews, Faye Hirsch considers the processes, places and impulses behind Dodd's paintings.

The first fully-illustrated account of the life and work of Christopher Wood. The text describes the trajectory of Wood's reputation as an artist during his short lifetime and after his death, when the originality of his output was recognized by key figures in British art history and a posthumous exhibition of his works proved phenomenally popular.

This book reveals the wonderful world of painter and illustrator Edward Bawden. Some pages are beautiful, some instructive and some baffling, but together they give us an insight into the mind of one of the 20th century's most reclusive and English of artists.

Provides the account of the life and work of Winifred Knights (1899-1947), the first woman to win the Prix de Rome (1920) and one of the outstanding, but until recently neglected, British women painters of the first half of the 20th century.

By retracing Frank Lloyd Wright's footsteps on six of his journeys, the author explores the architect's global ambitions and lasting legacy, offering an original and contemporary view of Wright and his architecture. He reflects on Frank Lloyd Wright as an early promoter of globalisation - the first international architect.

This book examines the history of Vienna's architectural culture, cultural politics, counter cultural rebellions and economic policies from the beginning of the C20th to the present day for the reasons it is one of the most livable architectural and urban environments in the world.

This book is the first in over century to examine the important work of Frederick Walker and his circle. Their common aim was to respond sensitively to nature and depict the place of man within it. This book provides both the perfect introduction to the Victorian art world and a fresh perspective on Walker and his associates.

Focussing on 1930-60, this publicationconsiders Pasmore's transition from figurative painter to abstract artist. Reproducing works from both public and private collections, this publicationwill stoke interest in an important period in British art history and shed newlight on a crucial stage in Pasmore's career.

The work of Edward Ardizzone, probably the best-known British illustrator of his generation, is prolific and instantly recognisable. This book provides the first full overview of Ardizzone's work since the artist's death, analysing in turn his activity as an artist, writer and teacher, as well as incorporating fascinating biographical detail.

Irish-born designer Eileen Gray is widely known today as a pioneer of both Art Deco and Modernism. In a career spanning nearly 80 years she produced innovative designs for furniture, lighting, carpets, interiors and architecture. This book deals with his life and work.

Natural history and art have been life-long preoccupations of the leading British painter Kurt Jackson (b.1961). For this book, Jackson has returned to zoology, the subject he studied at university, to create a beautiful bestiary: a body of work about fauna. Bestiaries date back to medieval times when religious instruction promoted the study and interpretation of animal life, often with the aid of elaborate illustrations. Later, the religious framework fell away, as artists and authors including Picasso, Toulouse Lautrec, Guillaume Apollinaire and Jorge Luis Borges used the form as a means of exploring nature, humanity and the relationship between the two. Jackson's contemporary bestiary extends this tradition, looking closely at both everyday and lesser-known species of birds, insects, mammals and fish in order to stimulate readers' connections with and appreciation of the world around them. Combining stunning imagery with commentaries and poems written by the artist, the book gives fascinating insights into the working life of one of the most popular and original artists working in Britain today, and makes a perfect companion to both Kurt Jackson (2012) and Kurt Jackson Sketchbooks (2012/2014).

This book takes the reader through the history, theory and design of prefabricated and modular housing, leading up to a discussion of contemporary problems and opportunities. It includes a broad international focus with case studies of leading designers and companies, and cutting-edge research.

In the 1960s and 1970s, a team of leading architects established a new type of collective housing in the London Borough of Camden. In place of tower blocks, they created a high-density, low-rise urbanism, based on a return to streets with front doors. This book examinesthis programme and shows how it offers important lessons and insights for the

What does it mean to make art in Africa? In Making Art in Africa, 60 of the continent's leading artists give very different answers to this question through a series of extraordinary first-hand commentaries relating to specific works.

Published to coincide with his 2016 centenary, this book is the first illustrated monograph on Kenneth Armitage to include a complete inventory of all his known sculptures.

This is a complete, illustrated catalogue of the paintings and sculptures of Pop Art pioneer Gerald Laing (1936-2011), who shot to fame in the 1960s with his large-scale, iconic paintings of film-stars such as Brigitte Bardot and Anna Karina, conveyed in styles and colours that aped the crude but powerful printing processes of mass advertising.