Art, Photography & Fashion

A book which reveals the distinctive nature of Blackadder's work. She is the first woman to be an academician of both the Royal Academy and the Scottish Royal Academy and has been awarded the OBE for her contribution to art.

From the fundamental techniques of practising shapes and shading to choosing the right art medium to how to convey texture and substance, Barrington Barber guides the would-be artist through the process of creating first-class still life works of art. With approximately 200 specially drawn images, Drawing ...

A career guide for fashion designers and professionals, covering everything they need to know about building a successful business after graduating.

The renowned designer and Oscar-winning documentary director Arnold Schwartzman shares 60-plus years of his work. This monograph recounts his acclaimed life in graphic design, film, books, and photography.

Born in Yorkshire in 1903, of the heroic generation in twentieth-century British Art which included Henry Moore (with whom she studied in Leeds) and Ben Nicholson (whom she married), she explored in her sculpture the forms of life - especially human life - as well as those of mathematics. Professor ...

A history and guide to the lives, regional involvement and working methods of some 400 artists who painted the British countryside from the early 18th century to the present day. 250 entries in the book cover a wide range of subjects from ruins and wild countryside to industrial towns.

On 26 April 1986, reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded. The accident released at least 100 times more radiation than the bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan, and is considered to be the worst nuclear accident in the history of humanity.

Follows the story of watercolour from 16th-century Italy and Germany through Holland, France and Switzerland in the 18th century and on to the contribution made by the British School. It concludes with the effects of Romanticism and Impressionism and a discussion of watercolour in the 20th century.

The relationship between art and life has been of overriding importance in the work of David Hockney. This book traces these connections from the beginning of the artist's career in the early 1960s to more recent work. These include his photocollages, fax drawings and colour laser prints.

Long before the first theories of psychoanalysis were formulated, Edvard Munch (1863-1944) became the pioneer of an art which discovered and depicted the inner conflicts of modern man. The initiator of the movement known as Expressionism, Munch's work was greeted with indignation and incomprehension. ...

This volume describes the movement that marked the deliberate abandonment of Impressionism in favour of greatly simplified outlines and very strong colour. The principal exponents were German and their work subsequently fell foul of the Third Reich, leading to the exile of many of the artists.

Sexy in the city: Howard Huang’s anime-inspired glamour girls When photographer Howard Huang began shopping his fashion book around New York in 2002 he had no idea he was about to become the master of urban photography. Back then, Huang, originating from Taiwan, thought "urban girls" were just women ...

If you have ever wondered how the top photographers manage to produce such stunning landscapes, this book has all the answers. It presents a collection of 80 practical lessons that have been tried and tested in the field, creating a complete course in mastering the art of capturing landscape images of a distinctive and professional quality.

Recounts the brief life and career of the Italian painter, with a detailed anaylsis of his religious drawings, nudes, and portraits.

Provides a thoughtful and comprehensive account by renowned writer Christina Lanzl, on Richard Bertman's intersection of art and life, sculpture and architecture.

Michael Levey, former Director of the National Gallery in London, traces the major trends of European painting in the eighteenth century, taking as his theme the exciting evolution--and revolution--that took place in art from Watteau's birth to the death of Goya. 154 illus., 22 in color.

Evocative images from those who witnessed the fighting in Afghanistan first hand. Features the works of three war artists from their time in Afghanistan.

Traces the development of British art and examines the careers of influential artists such as John Singer Sargent, Vanessa Bell, and David Hockney.