History of art

In this brilliant collection of diverse works-essays, short stories, poems, translations-which spans a lifetime's engagement with art, John Berger reveals how he came to his own unique way of seeing.

If farce follows tragedy, what follows farce?

Bad New Days examines the evolution of art and criticism in Western Europe and North America over the last twenty-five years, exploring their dynamic relation to the general condition of emergency instilled by neoliberalism and the war on terror.

High modernism is now as far from us as antiquity was for the Renaissance.

In The Future of the Image, Jacques Ranci,re develops a fascinating new concept of the image in contemporary art, showing how art and politics have always been intrinsically intertwined.

On the New looks at the economies of exchange and valuation that drive modern culture's key sites: the intellectual marketplace and the archive.

John Berger, one of the world's most celebrated storytellers and writers on art, tells a personal history of art from the prehistoric paintings of the Chauvet caves to 21st century conceptual artists.

William Morris is famous as a designer, poet and artist, but his work as a political thinker and activist is less well known.

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SHOCKING NEW BOOK SHAKING US POLITICS: FIRE AND FURY, INSIDE THE TRUMP WHITEHOUSEA riveting, barnstorming, thrilling ride through the loud, lively and all-embracing world of the modern media conglomerates - its key deals, dealmakers, divas and delusions.

A biographical excavation of one of the world's great, troubled citiesA remarkable view of one of the world's most beloved and troubled cities, Adina Hoffman's Till We Have Built Jerusalem is a gripping and intimate journey into the very different lives of three architects who helped shape modern Jerusalem.

'To be taught to write or to speak - but what is the use of speaking, if you have nothing to say?

'art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake'In Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), a diffident Oxford don produced an audacious and incalculably influential defence of aestheticism.

Behind the famous painting by Diego Velazquez lies a rich story of the artist's life in artWhat began as propaganda art to celebrate a rare Spanish victory in the Eighty Years' War with Holland, The Surrender at Breda is today recognized as Velazquez's narrative masterpiece.

When Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were already living there.

This "e;tour de force of analysis"e; (Joel Agee) examines the life and work of the prolific, visionary writer, painter and critic.

"Pocas palabras han tenido tanto uso y tan variado en debates políticos y académicos desde los años noventa como neoliberalismo.

"Pocas palabras han tenido tanto uso y tan variado en debates políticos y académicos desde los años noventa como neoliberalismo.

"Éste es un libro más sobre montañas, aunque en él no se pretende un acercamiento bajo la óptica de la ciencia o la orografía que estudian su composición, altura y desniveles, como dicen los montañistas, sino pensando en ellas como representaciones o símbolos de un principio que es el impulso ascendente para acercarse a la perfección, a la paz interior o a Dios.

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Master Carver Grinling Gibbons (1648 1721) is famous for his breathtakingly delicate, intricate and realistic carvings, both in wood and stone.

The essential guide to fashion's favourite print.

During her sixty-five-year career, Susie Cooper introduced more than 4,500 ceramic patterns and shapes, making her one of the most prolific, versatile and influential designers the industry has ever seen.

From workaday marigolds to hand-wear custom crafted for the Queen, gloves perform many functions insulation from the cold, protection from injury, and even ceremonial roles.

Master Carver Grinling Gibbons (1648 1721) is famous for his breathtakingly delicate, intricate and realistic carvings, both in wood and stone.

An introduction to the raucous yet educational 'gap year' tours of Europe taken by wealthy British aristocrats in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

An introduction to the raucous yet educational 'gap year' tours of Europe taken by wealthy British aristocrats in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Art Deco was arguably the twentieth century's most popular and memorable design movement, and has come to define the inter-war period with its clean sleek lines, streamlined shapes, bold abstract forms and bright colours.

Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art.

The 1950s was the first decade when American fashion became truly American.

Chinoiserie, a decorative style inspired by the art of the Far East, gripped Britain from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century.

The 1970s was a decade of style contrasts: every extreme of fashion was met by an equally trendy opposite reaction.

From workaday marigolds to hand-wear custom crafted for the Queen, gloves perform many functions insulation from the cold, protection from injury, and even ceremonial roles.

Modern living began with the homes of the 1950s.

The Arts and Crafts Movement espoused values of simplicity, craftsmanship and beauty quite counter to Victorian and Edwardian industrialism.

During her sixty-five-year career, Susie Cooper introduced more than 4,500 ceramic patterns and shapes, making her one of the most prolific, versatile and influential designers the industry has ever seen.

Discover the scrapyard statue planned for University Avenue, the flapper-era "e;CN Tower"e; that led to a decade of litigation, and an electric light-rail transit network proposed in 1915.