Charming and gentle tale about a mouse who sets off down the river in his red rowing boat to visit a friend; the journey takes a day and night. Flaps reveal the deeply cosy dwellings of the ... read more
Huene's family fled their home in St Petersburg during the Russian Revolution. Twenty years later, in Paris, his photographic career would dawn alongside a golden era of haute couture fashio... read more
There's a pleasant and airy simplicity to Hughes's landscapes: patient, mindful, each view pared back to flattened shapes and even tones. They are gathered together here alongside a short te... read more
A gorgeous book on CDF on the 250th anniversary of his birth, to accompany the spectacular exhibition in Hamburg. Notes, essays and outstanding reproductions.
Charts the influence of the Bauhaus in England and America in the 1930s, expanding on the school's influence on modernist art and architecture. Pairs well with Gavin Stamp's Interwar.
Large-format volume of photos and ephemera of YSL and his world, from 1989 to his last collection in 2002. By a renowned photographer who, as the son of YSL's right-hand woman, had unparalle... read more
A wander through the city's various districts by one of Korea's foremost architects: his love of old Seoul, with its low-rise neighbourhoods and narrow streets, is palpable.The Korean taste ... read more
The architecture and interiors of Pompeii, photographed in natural light and in marvellous detail. This lavish book has emerged from a project undertaken by Spina and the Parco Archeologico ... read more
An enormous and beautifully made book on the work of this extraordinary artist and set designer. Includes interviews with some of her collaborators, including Hans Ulrich Obrist, Benedict Cu... read more
Aztec art in Brussels, West African ivories in Antwerp... the great artists (D?rer, Bosch etc) were drawing on more than rediscovered classical texts. JJ considers the Renaissance as "a conv... read more
800 years of cave paintings, from the C2nd BC to the C6th CE: a revised edition with digitally restored images, and a new introduction by Dalrymple who has been researching the history of Bu... read more
Smalley's architectural work is renowned for its simplicity, clarity and understatement. As well as his own work, he includes here a Palladian villa, Barbara Hepworth's studio, houses in Mex... read more