History of art

The Story of Art in 1000 Pieces

Embark on a captivating 1000-piece journey through art history with this jigsaw puzzle. Trace the evolution of human expression from the first drawings to modern-day masterpieces. New to art histo...

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All I want for Christmas

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The unmissably cosy and escapist festive story, set in the Christmas markets of Copenhagen. From the Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Swan.

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The posthumous papers of the manuscripts club

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The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature. We are dazzled by them and recognize their crucial role in the transmission of knowledge....

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Lucy Lippard on pop art

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Pop Art epitomized the free spirit of the 1960s, blending carnival-like qualities with bold colours and monumental scale, but based on a tough, no-nonsense, no-refinement standard appropriate to it...

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The artist’s sketchbook

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Artists have been using sketchbooks for many hundreds of years, particularly as part of the preparatory process that leads to the creation of great works. Selected by curators from the extensive sk...

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Studios of their own

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Studios of Their OwnÂ travels around the world, examining the unique spaces in which famous artists created their most notable works.Â

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Wild thing

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Paul Gauguin is chiefly known as the giant of post-Impressionist painting whose bold colours and compositions rocked the Western art world. It is less well known that he was a stockbroker in Paris ...

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Art, annotated

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A stunning art gallery in a book, ‘Art, Annotated’ spans more than 3,000 years of paintings, sculptures, and prints. Combining stunning reproductions of each work of art with precise an...

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The story of art without men

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How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Discover the glittering Sofonisba Anguissola ...

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How to be a Renaissance woman

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Plunge into the intimate history of cosmetics, and discover how, for centuries, women have turned to make up as a rich source of creativity, community and resistance. The Renaissance was an era obs...

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Thunderclap

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On the morning of 12th October 1654, in the Dutch city of Delft, a sudden explosion was followed by a thunderclap that could be heard more than seventy miles away. Carel Fabritius – now known...

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I, Mona Lisa

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In Leonardo da Vinci’s studio, bursting with genius imagination, towering commissions and needing patrons, as well as discontented muses, friends and rivals, sits the painting of the Mona Lis...

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The Story of Art in 1000 Pieces

All I want for Christmas

The posthumous papers of the manuscripts club

Lucy Lippard on pop art

The artist’s sketchbook

Studios of their own

Wild thing

Art, annotated

The story of art without men

How to be a Renaissance woman

Thunderclap

I, Mona Lisa

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