This is a fresh look at Monet's most enduring motif and his search to capture the luminosity of a floating world. It explores the making of the water garden at Giverny and how Monet was influenced by the Japanese aesthetic. 'It took me a long time to understand my water lilies,' Monet wrote of hi...

Collapsibles are objects that fold out for use and then fold back in again to save space. They include anything from sofabeds to Swiss army knives. Per Mollerup identifies 12 essential principles of collapsibility and looks at examples of each. This entertaining book takes a quirky look at the wo...

John Piper was one of the leading modernist artists of the 20th century whose work was not only at the forefront of artistic developments but also appealed very directly to a wide public. The tension between abstraction and realism in his oeuvre is described and illustrated in this overview of hi...

This volume tells the story of Ubsdell's rise and fall and the famous people he painted including members of the English and French Royal Courts. Geographically the book deals with Southampton and North Hampshire.

This volume tells the story of Ubsdell's rise and fall and the famous people he painted including members of the English and French Royal Courts. Geographically the book deals with Portsmouth, the Portsdown Ridge, Gosport, Hamble, the Isle of Wight, the Meon Valley, and the London Road.

Laying foundations and guidelines for best practice when designing contemporary packaging, this title tackles design basics such as format, layout and typography and takes into account genre-specific elements such as product information, branding, marketing and legislation.

A classroom guide and reference for those studying fashion design drawing. It contains 20 step-by-step exercises to assist in finding inspiration, developing techniques of observation, and creating finished fashion drawings. It also features cross-references and a glossary of designer's terms.

Schiele's favourite subjects were female nudes and self-portraits, and he worked at his art with furious commitment. This study examines the life and work of Egon Schiele through all the major oils and many of his erotic drawings.

Still life painting allows the artist to explore colour, shape and form using as many or as few objects as they like. This title introduces the genre using the medium of oil paint as a step-by-step process, from painting simple compositions on one object, to complex arrangements of more unusual s...