Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Art and Craft

"In Provence, between 1888 and 1890, Van Gogh asserts himself definitively as one of the mort original painters of his day, endowed with a highly personal vocabulary. He has corne in search of the Japan that has captivated him in prints, and of the light and sun that make colour explode. For colo...

"This important publication accompanies the first ever exhibition devoted to Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits across his entire career. The exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery and accompanying catalogue feature world-famous and lesser known works from the great artist.00The myth of Van Gogh toda...

A groundbreaking collaboration between the National Galleries of Scotland, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Finnish National Gallery, this catalogue accompanies the first exhibition dedicated to landscapes by the Symbolists, the innovative movement whose artists took a more imaginative an...

Van Gogh's Finale is a definitive account of the final days of the artist's life and the incredible story of what followed. Divided into three parts, the book first examines the eventful days from the artists' departure from the asylum in Saint-Remy and arrival in Auvers until the shooting which ...

Spanning four centuries, the V&A's Fashion Collection is the most comprehensive in the world, housing unrivaled collections of dress,accessories, shoes and hats from the 17th century to the present day. This thoroughly revised and redesigned edition shows the collection, from rare eighteenth-cent...

The wealth of surface pattern and three-dimensional ornamentation in the many objects that enrich our lives is testament to the inventiveness of designers and craftspeople around the globe and throughout history. This richly illustrated, easy-to-navigate sourcebook presents more than 1,000 histor...

Captures the world of camouflage in nature in a collection of eighty photographs that reveal animals and insects that rely on disguises, lures, deception, and decoys to blend into their surroundings.

This critical survey of Danila Vassilieff's painting and sculpture is illustrated and fully documented with catalogues of his creative output in both areas. It also provides a moving story of a legendary character who died, poverty-stricken, in 1958 at the age of 60.

Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) was one of the towering figures of Western painting and Baroque art, a technical master renowned for his focus on realism and startling veracity. Everything he painted was treated as a portrait, from Spanish royalty and Pope Innocent X to a mortar and pestle. In this ...