Art, Photography & Fashion

Figure Drawing is a step-by-step guide for beginners, aimed at artists who are keen to learn how to create figure drawings in a vast variety of styles.It is a guide to the entire process, including getting to grips with the anatomy of the human body, learning about the materials and concepts such as ...

The post-1989 period has seen artists in Central and Eastern Europe embrace socially engaged practices.

Ellen Emmet Rand (1875-1941) was one of the most important and prolific portraitists in the United States in the first decades of the twentieth century. She negotiated her career, reputation, family, and finances in modern and commercially savvy ways-revealing the complex negotiations needed to balance ...

How postwar abstract modernist paintings came to be seen as metaphorical embodiments of masculine selfhood; an examination of the critical discourse surrounding the work of Matisse, de Kooning, Pollock, and the post-painterly Abstractionists. In the era of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit--when social ...

How to take great photography on the day, which will preserve the best moments for ever Includes concise step-by-step instructions for digital-image manipulation Subjects range from choosing equipment, to the techniques needed to capture the key moments of the day, to perfecting your shots later in the ...

Cartoonist and national treasure Ralph Steadman's unique take on a variety of extinct birds ...

The Boids are back in town ...

The follow-up to the award-winning EXTINCT BOIDS, this book features more of the incredible art of cartoonist Ralph Steadman. This time the focus is not on the birds that are gone, but the ones that there's still time to save. These are the 192 Critically Endangered birds ...

The Roaring Twenties was a time of emancipation for women and clothing fashions developed with women's changing roles in society. 1920s Style documents this amazing turning point in fashion with historical information on the designers and developments that shaped the decade's design style.

Since Ursula Andress's white-bikini debut in Dr No, 'Bond Girls' have been simultaneously celebrated as fashion icons and dismissed as 'eye-candy'. But the visual glamour of the women of James Bond reveals more than the sexual objectification of female beauty. Through the original joint perspectives ...

Contains more than 150 artworks that make up 100 puzzles and quizzes. It also includes information about many of the paintings and artists featured.

The onset of war in 1914 changed British society. As men left to fight in Europe, over a million women went to work for the first time. New responsibility gave women new freedom and led to new ways of dressing, as silhouettes and social codes changed. 'Fashion & Freedom' presents original designs by ...

In this guide, US-based travel photographer Christian Heeb presents a selection of travel images taken during his extensive journeys around the world. An informative text accompanies the images, explaining the inspiration, approach and technique behind each one.

Photojournalist Christopher turns his camera on his twin brother Nick, confronting their differences. Nick has cerebral palsy.

Photographers Sjoerd Spendel & Lennart de Jong from Holland started the '365-Days' project on Tumblr. 'One photograph a day, for 365 days. The only rule: every picture must be in black & white.' Their aim was to improve their photography and capture the zeitgeist of their year. Three years on, their blog has attracted over 300,000 followers.

Keith Tyson (b 1969, England) has an interest in the way the world works, our place in it as individual human beings and the interconnectedness of every aspect of the universe. He works in almost all mediums, and his artworks have taken the form of performance pieces to multifaceted sculptural installations. ...

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum houses an extraordinary collection of 'prisoners' objects' made by prison inmates and presented to the ICRC delegates who visited them. Each bears the imprint of a personal story loaded with emotion, inviting the reader on a journey through time and collective history.

This book, views the rainforest through the eyes of both the scientist and the artist, who shows us the color, the light, the diversity of the greens and blues of the vegetation, and, above all, the spirit and very essence of the rainforest.

Why shop endlessly for the perfect scarf when you can create one that is perfectly you? In Creative Scarves you'll find 24 fashionably fun and incredibly easy design ideas to help you make (or make-over) your own gorgeous scarves for every outfit, occasion and season. Add your own personal touch as you sew your way to a complete scarf collection.

This is the first ever retrospective of David Eustace, one of the world's leading photographers. This eclectic mix of portraiture, landscape, and social observation has been hotly anticipated by the media and public for years. The title of this book is the first line of the agency's letter to David ...

With more than 100 photographs of pigs playing, relaxing and socialising, this title lets you get to know these loveable animals as they really are, from their snuffly snout to their curly tail. It also lets you interpret piggy behaviour and their habits with the help of brief captions and quotations.