Art, Photography & Fashion

The years since 1989 have seen a complete untethering of what art can be, who makes it and where it can be found, which has been matched by a reassessment of art's appropriate place in society. This title examines the themes in contemporary art, from portraiture in the age of face transplants and facial recognition software, and more.

A monograph on Austrian artist Christian Ludwig Attersee whose sensual, genre-defying work incorporates virtually every aspect of the visual arts.

Edited by Jean Stewart. Introduction by John Russell.

A guide to graffiti and street art. It explains the terms and language of graffiti and street art from tags and throwies to culture jamming and subvertising as well as their multiple influences and sub-genres. It traces the origins and evolution of graffiti and street art, and explores the motivations and practices of the leading exponents.

Unleash your inner beasties!.Draw 43 crazy-cool monsters step by step! Learn to draw a variety of eyes, mouths, horns, legs and feet, and make mix-and-match monsters. Create four breeds of monsters, including freestyle, alien, mashups and robots. Spot monster-making inspiration all around you, from animals and insects to jelly beans and toasters.

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-64) was perhaps the most innovative and technically brilliant Italian draftsman of his time. This book reveals the story of the artists scandalous private life, in fascinating contrast to the ethereal beauty of his art.

Stanley Spencer's patrons have never before been studied collectively. Drawing on archival research and conversations with Spencer's family and descendants of patrons, this exciting new publication looks at how collecting habits were affected by war and economic change.

Joe Park is a known artist in Northwest America and is beginning to achieve attention outside (was just nominated for the Rome Prize). His paintings have crossover with anime and an endearing, accessible quality touching on themes of friendship, love, and nostalgia.

In the summer of 1811, Turner travelled round the west coast of England, from Dorset to Somerset, recording what he saw. This book explores the little-known area of Turner's oeuvre.

The book contains a comprehensive introduction and a magnificent collection of the artist's works, each of which is accompanied by an explanatory caption.

Full of information on how to see colour and use it in your own artwork. Blue is a short course in unlocking your creative self, ideal for budding artists of all ages.

Hundreds of the author's sketches and finished works in this book demonstrate many different painting styles and the working methods of various painters. The book can be used as a guide by both aspiring and experienced painters, who can copy the work and techniques of great artists.

Sculpture Shock is a revelatory exploration of the processes and production of nine artists and their winning contributions to the ground breaking Sculpture Shock Award (2013-2015) for temporary site-specific interventions in non-traditional environments. The book is rich in visual documentation and interviews, as well as reflective critical texts.

A study of painting in Italy during the 17th and 18th centuries, including the works of "minor" artists such as Ferrau Fenzoni and Francesco Foschi. The collection begins and ends with two great paintings - Caravaggio's "St Catherine" and the "Death of Hyacinthus", by Giambattista Tiepolo.

An instructional guide to capturing a likeness.

Adopting a naturalistic approach to painting, the artist Coral G. Guest talks in this book about how best to achieve not only the colours but also the textures and shadings that are so important in painting flowers. She chooses a wide variety of plants to illustrate this step-by-step guide.

All aspects of oil painting are discussed in this book, including the tools and materials required. Composition, direct painting, scumbling, blending, layering, glazing, impasto, monotyping, working with light and shadow and landscape and figure painting are all discussed.

Accompanying a major exhibition at Compton Verney, Warwickshire, this book examines the innate human desire to transcend the limitations of physiology and gravity - and to fly.

A handbook for artists of all abilities which provides instruction on oil painting techniques, based on Hagan's placement theory of painting and his simple colour system based on two mother colours. Includes 8 projects, sample sketches, a colour palette and reference photographs.