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At a time when figurative painting has long been out of fashion in British art schools and among the curators of the nation's galleries of modern art, Richard Harrison has been one of the very few younger contemporary artists to hold to this ancestral tradition. This title presents a record of Harrison's intellectual and aesthetic development.

The magnificent collection of some 200 European, mainly medieval, tapestries acquired by Glasgow shipping magnate Sir William Burrell (1861-1958) is one of the largest and most important tapestry collections in the world.

Tells the story of George Daniels, the master mechanic, who was born into poverty in London but raised himself to become the greatest watchmaker of the twentieth century. This revised edition also contains a section that illustrates and describes over thirty of the pocket and wrist-watches Daniels himself has made over the years.

One of George Daniels' central contributions to horology is his co-axial escapement. This book explains the action of the escapement in terms accessible to both expert and layman.

Vasily Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866 and, at the age of thirty, decided to study painting in Munich. He moved to Paris in 1934 and continued to draw and paint until his death in 1944. This volume catalogue raisonne of Kandinsky's drawings publishes many drawings and presents insights into the artist's creative process.

A comprehensive catalogue of the important collection of Indian art in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and a celebration of the diverse cultures that coexist in India. The art objects are presented in four sections: sculpture, painting, decorative arts and textiles.

Hugely popular in their own time, the 'Dutch Italianates' fell out of favour in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. However, for the founders of Dulwich Picture Gallery, they were names to mention in the same breath as Rembrandt and Ruisdael. This book celebrates Dutch Italianate vision, and also tells the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery.

A superb classical painter and draughtsman, Armstrong also undertook much work in film, theatre, and ballet, as well as being a successful designer of ceramics and murals. Armstrong was also a supporter of the Labour party, contributing designs to its election leaflets in 1945, and a political campaigner. This book offers a study of his work.

Showing the range of Carl Laubin's work, this book follows the development of the architectural capriccio from the earlier incorporation of whimsical ideas in Laubin's paintings to the more elaborate architectural compositions based on the buildings of Wren, Hawksmoor, Cockerell and Ledoux.

This new and extended version of the first edition retains the entries written by Anthony Radcliffe with a few additions or corrections, and an entry that he drafted on the miniature cannon signed by Orazio Antonio Alberghetti has also been incorporated.

This collection of images from the archives of Friedrich Krupp provides a unique view of the company before World War I, as well as emphasising the role of photography as a historical source.

Focuses on an overlooked strand in British painting of the 1930s. This title reveals a small group of figure painters, situated stylistically between the avant-garde abstractionists and the entrenched Edwardian traditions of belle peinture, who were looking for ways of being both modern and in touch with a wide public.

Explores the rich literary character and rhetorical strategies of Giorgio Vasari's 'Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects', which tells the story of Italian art as it unfolded from its beginnings in the fourteenth century to its pinnacle in Michelangelo and the art of the Academy in the mid-16th century.

An introduction to maritime prints, drawings and watercolours. The text includes a sweeping historical survey of marine artists and printmakers from earliest times to the present day.