Thames & Hudson Spring 2021 Catalogue by Thames & Hudson

January–June 2021

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Contents

Art / Natural History / General History / Ancient History and Archaeology / Mythology/ Ideas / Film / Photography / Fashion / Monocle / Landscape Architecture /Architecture / Design / Decorative Arts / Lifestyle / Gift / Highlights / 02

Art

Richard Calvocoressi is currently a director at Gagosian Gallery, and is a former Director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. He wrote the catalogue text for Baselitz’s first exhibition in a commercial gallery in London, and in 1983 was author of the main catalogue essay for his first retrospective in Britain at the Whitechapel Gallery. As curator responsible for German art at Tate, Calvocoressi was instrumental in the acquisition of Baselitz's works for the UK national collection. 406 illustrations 30.8 x 24.0cm 392pp slipcased ISBN 978 0 500 094150 April £85.00

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Georg Baselitz Richard Calvocoressi

Written with the full cooperation of Baselitz, this is the authorized monograph on one of the most influential and respected artists of our time

Special Edition also available The special edition is limited to 100 copies numbered 1–100. It comprises a presentation portfolio housing the book and a limited edition folded print, Zeichen 'Signs' (2021), signed and numbered by the artist. ISBN 978 0 500 094396 £1,000.00

A prolific artist with a protean output, Georg Baselitz has rethought the conventions of a range of media, predominantly painting and sculpture, over the course of a career of some sixty years. Born in 1938, Baselitz was expelled from art school in East Berlin in 1956 for ‘socio-political immaturity’, and moved to the western half of the city. By the late 1950s, he had rejected the dominant tendencies of both sides of the country and his singular achievement was to reintroduce the figure, compromised and discredited though it was by both Nazism and Communism, into art. By drawing attention to art by ‘outsiders’, such as psychiatric patients, and invoking a Parisian model of existentialist art and literature, Baselitz proposed an alternative European tradition that did not eliminate the human subject. In alluding later to movements in German painting such as Expressionism as well as to artists like Munch, he also consciously rehabilitated the kind of art that was condemned by Hitler as ‘degenerate’. The book follows the development of Baselitz’s unique style from his earliest work through to the most recent creations of his eighth decade. Calvocoressi’s masterful construction of a chronological narrative helps us to evaluate Baselitz’s work in terms of the disruptions of his life – historical upheavals witnessed alongside an astonishing career. Publication coincides with a major retrospective exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, Paris.

World of Art

The Art of Contemporary China Jiang Jiehong

A thematic survey of Chinese art over the last forty years

Contemporary Painting

This book redefines contemporary Chinese art in the last forty years since the end of China’s Cultural Revolution, placing it in the context of unprecedented cultural, political and urban transformation. Writer and curator Jiang Jiehong takes a thematic approach, examining how artists have responded to concepts of the collective, tradition, urbanization and development outside the constraints of contemporary China and beyond the conventional art space. Artworks by important, internationally recognized artists and emerging practitioners are represented through curatorial discussions, as well as images of original installation views and historical art events. Illustrated in full-colour throughout, this concise and far-reaching survey offers new insights into the relationship of contemporary Chinese art to the past and the present. Jiang Jiehong is Professor of Chinese Art and Director of the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts at Birmingham City University, and Principal Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Intellect). 150 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm 224pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 204382 March £14.99

Painting is a continually expanding and evolving medium. The radical changes that have taken place since the 1960s and 1970s – the period that saw the shift from a modernist to a postmodernist visual language – have led to its reinvigoration as a practice, lending it an energy and diversity that persist today. In Contemporary Painting, renowned critic and art historian Suzanne Hudson offers an intelligent and original survey of the subject: a rigorous critical snapshot that brings together more than 250 renowned artists from around the world, whose ideas and aesthetics characterize the painting of our time. These luminaries include Cecily Brown, Theaster Gates, Josh Smith, Jenny Saville, Julie Mehretu, Takashi Murakami, Gabriel Orozco, Christina Quarles, Kara Walker, Kehinde Wiley, Zhang Xiaogang and many others.

Suzanne Hudson

Suzanne Hudson is Associate Professor of Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Southern California.

An international survey exploring the many ways in which painting is being re-approached, reimagined and challenged by today’s artists

244 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm 312pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 294635 March £16.99

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‘The single most influential series of art books ever published’ Apollo ‘Outstanding … exceptionally authoritative and well illustrated’ Sunday Times ‘The series changed my life and my own copies remain my most battered, annotated and treasured books’ Karen Shepherdson, University of the Arts, London

World of Art

Revised, updated and redesigned

ISBN 978-0-500-20470-2

297 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm | 312pp ISBN 978 0 500 204542 March | £16.99

227 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm | 336pp ISBN 978 0 500 204559 March | £16.99

168 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm | 240pp ISBN 978 0 500 204702 March | £14.99

208 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm | 264pp ISBN 978 0 500 204528 March | £14.99

224 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm | 208pp ISBN 978 0 500 204641 March | £14.99

185 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm | 224pp ISBN 978 0 500 204726 March | £14.99

Abstract Art 978 0 500 204450 £14.95

Gauguin 978 0 500 204719 £14.95

Movements in Art Since 1945 978 0 500 204535 £16.95

Bauhaus 978 0 500 204627 £14.95

Interior Design Since 1900 978 0 500 204603 £14.95

The Photograph as Contemporary Art 978 0 500 204481 £14.99

Central and Eastern European Art Since 1950 978 0 500 204375 £16.95

Latin American Art Since 1900 978 0 500 204580 £16.95

Contemporary African Art 978 0 500 293591 £14.95

Modern Architecture 978 0 500 204443 £19.99

Turner 978 0 500 204597 £14.95 Women, Art, and Society 978 0 500 204566 £19.99

Costume and Fashion 978 0 500 204498 £16.95

Monet 978 0 500 204474 £14.95

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Art

Christine Macel is a French curator. She was the director of the 2017 Venice Biennale, and is Chief Curator at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Karolina Lewandowska is Photography Curator at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. 350 illustrations 30.0 x 22.5cm 344pp ISBN 978 0 500 094372 June £50.00

Women in Abstraction Edited by Christine Macel and Karolina Lewandowska

ISBN 978-0-500-29471-0

A major exploration of the unsung role of women in the development of abstract art, published to accompany the major exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, this spring

With a few notable exceptions, the fundamental role that women played in the development of abstract art has long been underestimated, and their work has not received the same critical attention as that of their male counterparts. Now, at last, the tide is turning. The latest historiographical advances illustrated by numerous recent publications, monographs and thematic exhibitions make it possible to reassess the importance of the contribution of women artists to the different currents of abstraction, while at the same time questioning the patterns of the past. Edited by Christine Macel and Karolina Lewandowska, this catalogue and the exhibition it accompanies highlight the contributions of a hundred or so women artists to abstraction up to the 1980s, with a few unprecedented forays into the 19th century. By focusing on the careers of artists so often unjustly eclipsed, the book questions the established canons and offers an alternative history of abstraction, from the symbolist abstraction of Hilma Af Klint, to the sensual abstraction of Huguette Caland, to the purist non-objective approach of Verena Von Loewensberg. Essays by noted scholars explore the techniques, concerns and legacies of these women, shedding light on their unique experiences and offering keen new reflections on their work and the movement as a whole. Accompanies the exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, from 5 May to 23 September 2021, then at the Guggenheim Bilbao from 22 October 2021 to 23 February 2022.

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Linda Nochlin (1931–2017), described in the Guardian as ‘a trailblazer to the end’, was Lila Acheson Wallace Professor Emerita of Modern Art at the New York University Institute of the Fine Arts. She wrote extensively on issues of gender in art history and on 19thcentury Realism. Her numerous publications include Women, Art and Power; Representing Women; Courbet and Misère. 14 illustrations 17.6 x 11.0cm 112pp ISBN 978 0 500 023846 January £9.99

Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? Linda Nochlin Introduction by Catherine Grant Anniversary edition

The 50th anniversary edition of the first major work of feminist art history, hailed by Judy Chicago as having 'changed the world' Also available 978 0 500 295557

Linda Nochlin’s seminal essay on women artists is widely acknowledged as the first real attempt at a feminist history of art. Nochlin refused to handle the question of why there had been no ‘great women artists’ on its own, corrupted, terms. Instead, she dismantled the very concept of ‘greatness’, unravelling the basic assumptions that had centred a male-coded ‘genius’ in the study of art. With unparalleled insight and startling wit, Nochlin laid bare the acceptance of a white male viewpoint as not merely a moral failure, but an intellectual one. Freedom, as she sees it, requires women to risk entirely demolishing the art world’s institutions, and rebuilding them anew – in other words, to leap into the unknown. In this stand-alone anniversary edition, Nochlin’s essay is published alongside its reappraisal, ‘Thirty Years After’. Written in an era of thriving feminist theory, as well as queer theory, race and postcolonial studies, ‘Thirty Years After’ is a striking reflection on the emergence of a whole new canon. With reference to Joan Mitchell, Louise Bourgeois, Cindy Sherman and many more, Nochlin diagnoses the state of women and art with unmatched precision and verve. ‘Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?’ has become a slogan and rallying cry that resonates across culture and society; Dior even adopted it in their 2018 collections. In the 2020s, at a time when ‘certain patriarchal values are making a comeback’, Nochlin’s message could not be more urgent: as she herself put it in 2015, ‘there is still a long way to go’.

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Whitney Chadwick is Professor Emerita at San Francisco State University. Among her other books are Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement, Women, Art and Society and Significant Others: Creativity and Intimate Partnership. 85 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 256pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 294710 February £19.99

The Militant Muse Love, War and the Women of Surrealism Whitney Chadwick New in paperback

‘A valuable and absorbing account of the importance of female solidarity and friendship’ Times Literary Supplement

The Militant Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men. Focusing on the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Whitney Chadwick charts five intense, far-reaching female friendships among the surrealists to show how surrealism and the experiences of war, loss and trauma shaped individual women’s transitions from beloved muses to mature artists. Her vivid account includes the fascinating story of Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe’s subversive activities in occupied Jersey, as well as the experiences of Lee Miller and Valentine Penrose at the frontline. The book draws on correspondence between the women, including the extraordinary letters between Leonora Carrington and Leonor Fini following the imprisonment of Carrington’s lover Max Ernst, and the letter Frida Kahlo shared with her friend and lover Jacqueline Lamba years after it was written in the 1930s, during a difficult stay in Paris. This thoroughly engrossing history brings a new perspective to the political context of surrealism, as well as fresh insights on the vital importance of female friendship to artistic and intellectual flowering.

ISBN 978-0-500-29471-0

‘A beautifully constructed study of the complicated ways women needed each other and urged each other on’ Guardian

Art

Willem-Jan Verlinden studied art history in Leiden, going on to work for various Dutch museums and art foundations. Together with Kristine Gorenhart, he is the author of How I Love London: Walking Through Vincent van Gogh’s London. c. 130 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 272pp ISBN 978 0 500 023600 March £25.00

The Van Gogh Sisters Willem-Jan Verlinden

‘In The Van Gogh Sisters we see Van Gogh’s story through the eyes and voices of the young women in his family circle. Their distinctive perspective offers valuable insights into Van Gogh’s values and family life and enables the sisters to step forward in their own right’ Carol Jacobi, Curator, Tate

In this biographical history, Willem-Jan Verlinden delves into previously unpublished correspondence in the Van Gogh family archives to bring Vincent’s three sisters out from their brother’s shadow, poignantly portraying their dreams, disappointments and grief. The lively and revealing correspondence that Vincent van Gogh maintained with his brother Theo is already famous as a source of insight into the mind of one of the most celebrated artists of all time. Readers can now discover the previously neglected voices of his sisters Anna, Lies and Willemien, with whom Vincent had intimate and sometimes turbulent relationships. The oldest sister, Anna, worked as a governess in England as a young woman before marrying a Dutch industrialist. The second sister, Lies, fell into poverty and was forced to sell many of her brother’s paintings. Willemien, the third sister, visited the studio of Edgar Degas in Paris with her art-dealer brother Theo and discussed art enthusiastically with Vincent. She and Vincent also shared their struggles with mental health, which for Willemien resulted in institutionalization for the second half of her life. In telling their stories, The Van Gogh Sisters not only enhances our appreciation of their brother Vincent’s life and art, but also captures their own lives with clarity and empathy, and casts new light on a moment of profound social, economic and artistic change.

Art

Eleanor Clayton is Curator at The Hepworth Wakefield, where she has curated exhibitions such as Hepworth in Yorkshire and A Greater Freedom: Hepworth 1965-75, while bringing Hepworth’s work in dialogue with contemporary artists. In 2020 she co-founded the AHRC-funded Hepworth Research Network. Clayton has published widely on British Modern art, and is editor and co-author of Lee Miller and Surrealism in Britain and Alan Davie & David Hockney: Early Works.

Provisional cover

160 illustrations 24.0 x 16.5cm 288pp ISBN 978 0 500 094259 May £25.00

Barbara Hepworth Art & Life Eleanor Clayton

ISBN 978-0-500-09425-9

The first biography to look at the entirety of Barbara Hepworth's multi-faceted artistic practice

Barbara Hepworth is now acknowledged as one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. Combining Hepworth’s public statements with her private correspondences, this fascinating biography offers a penetrating insight into the remarkable life, work and legacy of this singular artist. Hepworth was reproached for singlemindedness in her lifetime, with critics and commentators framing both the artist and her work as ‘cool and restrained’. A continued focus on her modernist abstract sculpture of the 1930s and its relation to the work of her male contemporaries has left elements of her work and related passions overlooked. This fully illustrated account of her life and work reflects for the first time Hepworth’s multifaceted and interdisciplinary approach, bringing together as never before her interests in dance, music, poetry, contemporary politics, science and technology; her engagement with these fields through friends and networks as well as her artistic practice; and the ways in which she fused sometimes seemingly conflicting disciplines and ideas into one coherent and inspirational philosophy of art and life. Published in association with The Hepworth Wakefield, on the occasion of a major touring retrospective opening in May 2021.

Art

Hepworth with the plaster Single Form at Morris Singer, May 1963. Photograph: Morgan Wells. The Hepworth Photograph Collection. Barbara Hepworth © Bowness

Art

Carol Jacobi is Curator of British Art at Tate Britain, and has published and broadcast widely on 19th- and 20th-century British art, most recently ‘Picasso’s portraits of Isabel Rawsthorne’ in the Burlington magazine. She was also cocurator of the major Tate exhibition Van Gogh and Britain. Illustrated throughout 24.0 x 16.5cm 448pp ISBN 978 0 500 971055 February £30.00

Out of the Cage The Art of Isabel Rawsthorne Carol Jacobi

ISBN 978-0-500-97105-5

The first definitive illustrated biography of this key figure in mid 20th-century British art

Isabel Rawsthorne’s painting career at the centre of the Parisian and London avant-gardes was eclipsed by the many occasions on which her friends made her the subject of their art, notably Epstein, Derain, Giacometti, Picasso and Bacon. This pioneering painter exhibited from the early 1930s, was influential in the 1940s and well known in the 1960s, but in her later years Giacometti’s and Bacon’s blockbuster biographies made her famous as a muse. Rawsthorne’s work is now in major collections, and this beautifully illustrated book re-writes the pre- and post-war art history of which she was a part: it is traced through the upheavals of the 20th century and her singular relationships with some of its most fascinating figures. A decade of research into the period, Rawsthorne’s art and archives, and the memories of friends, has revealed for the first time her role in a rebel group at Liverpool School of Art; success and tragedy in the 1930s when she was studio assistant to Jacob Epstein; her lifelong collaborations with Alberto Giacometti; and, after the war, with Francis Bacon and with African Modernism in the 1960s, as well as her exceptional late work. It also tells the full story of her break from art during the second world war, when she worked for the government in black propaganda – and may have been a spy.

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Gene Baro was curator, critic, writer and organizer of special exhibitions of art. Michael Harrison was Director of Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge from 1992 to 2011. Sir John Leighton is Director-General of the National Galleries of Scotland. Jennifer Licht was Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Maurice de Sausmarez was a painter, teacher and art historian who introduced Bridget Riley to Futurism and Colour Divisionism, and author of the first monograph on the artist, Bridget Riley, 1970. Over 200 illustrations 27.0 × 24.5cm 288pp ISBN 978 0 500 971161 April £45.00

Bridget Riley: Studies Foreword by Bridget Riley Texts by Gene Baro, Michael Harrison, Sir John Leighton, Jennifer Licht, Bridget Riley and Maurice de Sausmarez

The first-ever book dedicated to the celebrated British artist’s studies, created under the aegis of the Bridget Riley Art Foundation

Also available Bridget Riley: The Complete Paintings 978 0 500 970898

Bridget Riley’s paintings are developed carefully over time, the result of methodically working through pictorial variables such as colour, tone, scale and rhythm. Riley says, ‘Because my work is based on enquiry, studies are my chief method of exploration and my way into paintings’ (2005). This volume richly illustrates the thinking that goes into Riley’s work through a selection of over 150 drawings, colour analyses, notations, scale studies and cartoons, most of which were exhibited at the artist’s recent seminal retrospective exhibitions in Edinburgh and London from 2019 to 2020 organized by the National Galleries of Scotland. The selection spans most of Riley’s working life, tracing the origins and evolving nature of her remarkable body of work. Riley’s beginnings are also documented through selected childhood drawings, work made during and immediately following her studies at Goldsmiths’ College and the Royal College of Art, and her early explorations into abstraction. The artist’s working method is brought into high relief in a newly commissioned conversation with Riley and Sir John Leighton, Director of the National Galleries of Scotland. The text explores the cardinal moments in the artist’s practice and the impulses that bring her work into existence. The volume also includes four previously published texts dedicated to Riley’s studies and practice written by the artist herself, art historians, curators and museum directors, which shed further light on the enduring role of drawing and the process of exploration central to her work.

ISBN 978-0-500-97112-3

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Clare Preston is former Research Director at Waddington Custot, London, and has edited monographs on artists Barry Flanagan and Jedd Novatt. Patrick Elliott is Chief Curator of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. In 2019, he curated 'Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage', the first historical survey exhibition of collage. Natalie Rudd is Senior Curator of the UK's Arts Council Collection. She has published widely on art, including the forthcoming The Self-Portrait (see p21). Over 250 illustrations 30.0 x 25.0cm 296pp ISBN 978 0 500 971123 April £50.00

Peter Blake: Collage Edited by Clare Preston With texts by Patrick Elliott and Natalie Rudd Published in partnership with

The first complete overview of collage by Peter Blake, from his early assemblages to his most recent 'Late Period'

Peter Blake (b. 1932) has remained constant and groundbreaking in his exploration of the medium of collage throughout his career spanning seven decades. Most recognised for his iconic 1967 cover for The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album, Blake already understood the potential of collage as an art form as a student at the Royal College of Art in the 1950s, where his reputation as a founder and key proponent of the Pop Art movement was established. An avid collector, Blake’s collages combine junkyard treasures and found objects with images from popular culture. He revisits themes drawn from his childhood – the entertainments of the circus, the glamour of the cinema and the showmanship of the wrestling ring – weaving detailed, often humorous narratives. From his early paintings depicting assembled fragments of popular imagery, to his found object constructions and his most recent digital print photo-collages, Blake has broadened the scope of what collage can be and communicate. Peter Blake Collage provides the first comprehensive survey of Blake’s work in the medium. It features an essay by Patrick Elliott, Chief Curator of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, a recent interview with Peter Blake by Natalie Rudd, Senior Curator of the Arts Council Collection, over 250 colour reproductions and a newly compiled illustrated chronology. Coincides with a major exhibition of Peter Blake’s work in collage at Waddington Custot, London, in spring 2021.

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Michael Peppiatt is a well-known author and internationally respected authority on 20thcentury art. He has written numerous publications on Bacon, including the biography Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma. 31 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 336pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 295854 January £12.99

Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait Michael Peppiatt Revised and updated New in B-format paperback

An updated edition of Michael Peppiatt’s entertaining and uniquely well-informed portrait of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon was one of most elusive and enigmatic creative geniuses of the 20th century. However much his avowed aim was to simplify both himself and his art, he remained a deeply complex person. Bacon was keenly aware of this underlying contradiction, and whether talking or painting, strove consciously towards absolute clarity and simplicity, calling himself ‘simply complicated’. With essays and interviews spanning more than half a century, this updated edition of Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait brings this fascinating artist into closer view. The essays and interviews span more than half a century. Opening with an interview by the author in 1963, the year that he met Bacon, there are also essays written for exhibitions, memoirs and reflections on Bacon’s late work, some published here for the first time. It also includes recorded conversations with Bacon in Paris that lasted long into the night, and an overall account of the artist’s extraordinary London studio.

ISBN 978-0-500-29585-4

Published to coincide with the exhibition 'Francis Bacon: Man and Beast', co-curated by Michael Peppiatt, at the Royal Academy, London, in January 2021.

‘Peppiatt writes perceptively about Bacon’s endlessly contradictory nature, his generosity and cruelty, his violence and tenderness, his dandyism and love of squalor, his spectacular dissipation and iron selfdiscipline, and what he called his “exhilarated despair”’ Daily Telegraph

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Martin Harrison is one of the foremost scholars of Francis Bacon, and the editor of Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné. Christopher Bucklow is an artist, photographer and art historian. Stefan Haus is a Croatian writer and artist. Sophie Pretorius is archivist to the Estate of Francis Bacon. Amanda Harrison is a poet and independent researcher. Hugh Davies has published widely on Bacon and from 1983 was Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. 120 illustrations 26.0 x 20.0cm 220pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 971154 May £28.00

Francis Bacon: Shadows Edited by Martin Harrison Contributions from Christopher Bucklow, Amanda Harrison, Stefan Haus, Hugh Davies and Sophie Pretorius

The fourth book in the acclaimed Francis Bacon Studies series, published under the aegis of The Estate of Francis Bacon

Also in the series Bacon and the Mind 978 0 500 970973 Francis Bacon: Painting, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis 978 0 500 970980 Inside Francis Bacon 978 0 500 971062

Francis Bacon: Shadows continues in the revelatory mode established by Inside Francis Bacon. It comprises six essays on diverse topics, interpretative as well as factual, which cumulatively present an abundance of fresh ideas and information about Bacon. The fundamental aim of the series – to rethink Bacon’s art from new perspectives – is impressively fulfilled by the eminent authors. Martin Harrison opens the book with some hitherto unseen Bacon-related photographs and includes a tribute to the great Bacon scholar, David Boxer (1946–2017). Christopher Bucklow turns his attention to the contrast between Bacon's art and the art of our own times, setting Bacon in the context of Romantic Modernism's confidence in the unconscious as a source. Amanda Harrison’s essay explores imagery in Bacon’s paintings that relates to esoteric, mythological and alchemical themes, while Stefan Haus draws on the ideas of philosophers from Plato to Hegel to consider the impact of Bacon’s art. Hugh Davies’s unexpurgated 1973 Bacon Diaries are published here in their entirety for the first time, revealing a more complete view of Bacon as both man and artist. Sophie Pretorius examines Tate's Barry Joule Archive, a collection of working materials and drawings attributed to Bacon. Finally, Martin Harrison explores Francis Bacon's Lost Paintings – works Bacon dubbed ‘failures’ but which were photographed before he destroyed them; they are published here for the very first time.

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Charles Saumarez Smith was Director of the UK’s National Portrait Gallery 1994–2002, Director of the National Gallery 2002–2007 and Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy 2007–2018. He is the author of East London; The Company of Artists: The Origins of the Royal Academy of Arts in London; and The National Gallery: A Short History, among other titles. 122 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 272pp ISBN 978 0 500 022436 March £30.00

The Art Museum in Modern Times Charles Saumarez Smith

ISBN 978-0-500-02243-6

The renowned director Charles Saumarez Smith explores the ways in which the architecture, vision, funding and public role of art museums across the world have changed over the past eighty years

How have art museums changed in the past century? Where are they headed in the future? Charles Saumarez Smith is uniquely qualified to answer these questions, having been at the helm of three major British institutions over the course of his career. His story starts with the Museum of Modern Art in New York, one of the first to focus squarely on the art of the present. When it opened in 1939, MoMA’s boldly modernist building represented a stark riposte to the neoclassicism of most earlier museums. From there, Saumarez Smith embarks on an odyssey to explore fortyone museums across the globe, including Tate Modern in London, the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Benesse House Museum on the Japanese island of Naoshima, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris – as well as the Pompidou’s new Shanghai branch, which opened in 2019. In each case, Saumarez Smith casts an acute eye on the ways in which the experience of art is shaped by the nature of the buildings that house it and the organizing principles by which it is displayed. He traces a radical shift from a belief that museums can and should instruct and educate, to the idea that museums should be more about contemplation, spectacle and individual experience. A compelling examination of the art museum, this sweeping book explores how the architecture, vision, funding, and public role of art museums across the world have transformed – and considers their future in a new era of pandemic and uncertainty.

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Art Essentials

Art Essentials Small, Smart Essential

Now over 600,000 copies in print ‘Art Essentials is a really terrific series, providing a truly first-class introduction to many of the fundamental ideas, individuals and artworks that have shaped the way we see our world’ Will Gompertz, BBC Arts Editor

Already available Modern Art 978 0 500 293225 Looking at Pictures 978 0 500 293218 Pop Art 978 0 500 293584 Key Moments in Art 978 0 500 293621 Women Artists 978 0 500 294352 Surrealism 978 0 500 294345 Impressionism 978 0 500 294369 Street Art 978 0 500 294338 Greek and Roman Art 978 0 500 295250 Global Art 978 0 500 295243 Abstract Art 9780500295755 Symbols in Art 9780500295748

The SelfPortrait

Natalie Rudd is currently Senior Curator of the UK’s Arts Council Collection. She has published widely on art, including monographs on the artists Peter Blake and Paul de Monchaux, and the recent book Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945.

Natalie Rudd

85 illustrations 21.6 x 13.8cm 176pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 295816 March £10.99

A lively introduction to self-portraiture, reflecting on the work of over sixty artists from the Renaissance to now

Destination Art Amy Dempsey

An affordable, accessible introduction to artworks in the global landscape, including land art, site-specific art and sculpture parks

Art Essentials

In this vibrant and engaging introduction to seven centuries of self-portraiture, Natalie Rudd reflects on the work of over sixty artists from the Renaissance to the present day. She casts fresh light on the international appeal of this most resilient genre, examining the historical contexts within which self-portraits developed and considering the significance of self-portraiture today, with illuminating commentaries on works by artists ranging from Michelangelo, Rembrandt van Rijn and Vincent Van Gogh to Frida Kahlo, Cindy Sherman and Zanele Muholi. Rudd maintains an inquisitive approach throughout, uncovering shifting concepts of selfhood in an age when we are interrogating notions of identity more than ever before.

‘Wonderfully informative, insightful and lively’ Ralph Rugoff, Director, Hayward Gallery

Amy Dempsey takes the reader on a trip to some of the world’s most inspiring artworks – each unique to its place and setting, and creating a destination in its own right. The journey to the sites is often part of the thrill, with many artworks to be found in deserts, forests, rivers and seas, on farmland and mountains, and in ghost towns, nature reserves, former industrial sites, quarries and monasteries. Others may be hidden gems in cities or artists’ backyards. From Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty in Utah’s Great Salt Lake to Nek Chand’s Rock Garden in Chandigarh, India, and Antony Gormley’s Inside Australia at Lake Ballard, Amy Dempsey is an expert guide to the most exciting Destination artworks in the world. The book also includes a map and information on key works and where to find them. Amy Dempsey is an art historian who received her doctorate from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, she is the author of Styles, Schools and Movements, and two titles in the Art Essentials series: Modern Art and Surrealism. 85 illustrations 21.6 x 13.8cm 176pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 295601 March £10.99

‘A perfect gazetteer for adventurous lovers of contemporary art’ Martin Gayford

Natural History

Patrick Baty is the author of The Anatomy of Colour and owner of Papers and Paints, a specialist paint business in London. He runs a consultancy that advises on the use of paint and colours in historic buildings and has worked with Dulux and Little Greene to develop ranges of traditional paint colours for English Heritage. He also lectures frequently on the subject of paint and colour of the 18th and 19th centuries. 1,000 illustrations 26.4 x 20.6cm 290pp, including 3 x 6pp gatefolds ISBN 978 0 500 252468 March £35.00

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a NIma l. John Gould, Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3, 1862–73. Gamboge Yellow is visible on the wing feathers of the goldfinch.

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v e g e tA b L e .

Back of Tussilago Leaves.

Beryl.

Phalœna Viridaria.

Thick Leaved Cudweed, Silver-leaved Almond.

Actynolite Beryl.

Sea Kale, Leaves of Leeks in Winter.

Actynolite Prase.

Leek Green.

Blackish Green.

Elytra of Meloe Violaceus.

Verdigris Green.

Tail of small Long-tailed Green Parrot.

MINerAL.

Dark Streaks on Leaves of Cayenne Pepper.

Serpentine.

Copper Green.

Bluish Green.

Egg of Thrush.

Apple Green.

Under Side of Wings of Green Broom Moth.

Under Disk of Wild Rose Leaves.

Crysoprase.

Emerald Green.

Beauty Spot on Wing of Teal Drake.

Emerald.

Beryl.

surprising, therefore, that taxonomists of birds or insects in particular might also become colour taxonomists – and vice versa. Moses Harris (1730–c. 1788) was a pioneer in that respect. Both an entomologist and artist specializing in engravings, he attempted to identify and classify colours as much as he focused on describing and classifying insects. In his An Exposition of English Insects (published in London in 1776), he proposed a ‘Scheme of colours’, treating colours almost like his living subjects. Acknowledging that the terms he used for colours and ‘teints’ were ‘little known but to painters’, he therefore provided a colour wheel. Its practical use was to clarify the terms he used to an audience unfamiliar with painting, and, just as Syme would later emphasize, to ‘enable the reader to judge of the variety of teints that adorn the several parts of the insect’.16 Here, already, ways of seeing had become ways of knowing, of being able to identify. In another book, The English Lepidoptera (1775), Harris added an illustration showing a system for colour-coding the anatomical parts of a butterfly on a schematic drawing, particularly the many complicated wing ‘membranes’ and ‘tendons’, which he regarded as essential for the identification of different species. Colour-coding anatomical parts for identification and, especially, teaching, was a method used to great effect in the later part of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century in zoological publications, wall-charts and models, and is still widely used in scientific illustrations and digital 3D models today. colour systematIcs As the natural sciences became increasingly ‘professionalized’ through the course of the 19th century, and with technical innovations and the flood of new species being discovered, taxonomy – of both animals and colours – became increasingly sophisticated. In the first half of the century schemes like Syme’s had facilitated a multitude of new discoveries and their classification, but by the end of the century and in the early 20th century, an updated approach

was needed. These developments took shape in the work of the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway (1850–1929), whose career spanned this period. He published two major works on using colour systematics for the classification of birds. In his 1886 A Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists and Compendium of Useful Knowledge for Ornithologists he proposed a new colour system (comprising 186 samples of named colours) and a colour dictionary (with colour terms in English, Latin, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian/Danish), which were integrated into a simple overall system for bird identification. Just like Syme, he saw the necessity of defining standards for colour terminology, and just like Syme’s nomenclature, his system was prompted by a ‘want’ felt by ornithologists working in the field. As Ridgway realized: Undoubtedly one of the chief desiderata of naturalists, both professional and amateur, is a means of identifying the various shades of colors named in descriptions, and of being able to determine exactly what name to apply to a particular tint which is desired to designate in an original description.17 He deplored the lack of modern publications of this kind, and mentioned Syme’s 1821 edition as being the most recent he had been able to consult. While acknowledging its usefulness, he also summarized some of its major shortcomings: ‘the colors have become so modified by time, that in very few cases do they correspond with the tints they were intended to represent’.18 It had occurred to Ridgway, however, to use the commercially produced ‘artists’ colors’ of his time (among them aniline dyes and pigments), with their much improved ‘fixity’. He also tackled the ‘arbitrariness’ of tints and shades named after a familiar object, like the ones used by Syme (such as ‘hair-brown’, ‘ash-color’), noting that this ‘varies so much in color that the name without … fixed standard would be practically valueless’. Ridgway’s work on colour systematics led (i). (ii). (iii). (iv).

ii.

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Eastern rosella parrot, George Shaw, Zoology of New Holland, Vol. 1, 1794. Plate 1, James Sowerby, A New Elucidation of Colours, Original, Prismatic, and Material, 1809. Varieties of moth, Moses Harris, An Exposition of English Insects, 1776. Scheme of colours, Moses Harris, An Exposition of English Insects, 1776.

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g r e e N s (i).

ANIMAL.

Phalœna Margaritaria.

1 39.

Mountain Green.

Colours.

King’s Yellow, is gamboge yellow, with a small portion of saffron yellow.

I V. Y E L LOWS A N D O R A N G E S.

2 02 .

Gamboge Yellow, is the characteristic colour.

Wings of Goldfinch. [Carduelis carduelis] Canary Bird. [Serinus canaria domestica] Yellow Jasmine. [Jasminum] High coloured Sulphur. [Chemical element]

2 0 3.

I V. Y E L LOWS A N D O R A N G E S.

(ii). (iii).

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Celandine Green.

I I I . G R E E N S.

Syme’s 1821 edition included four of Werner’s original greys (numbers 10, 13, 14 and 16), two greys from the Morveau colour standards (numbers 12 and 15) one grey from the Jameson volume (number 9) and introduced one grey of his own (number 11).

Names.

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Nature’s Palette A colour reference system from the natural world Introduction by Patrick Baty

The first-ever visual expansion of Syme's edition of Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours, featuring over 800 illustration references from the natural world

Natural History

This chromatic catalogue of the natural world pairs individual colour swatches with examples from the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms to create a beautiful and comprehensive colour reference system to grace every bookshelf. Marking the 200th anniversary of the publication of Syme’s expanded edition of Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1821), this lavish volume takes Syme’s field guide of 110 standard colours and – for the first time – fully illustrates it with 19th-century depictions of his referenced species. Expert text explains the uses and development of colour standards in relation to zoology, botany, mineralogy and anatomy, while specimens from contemporary collector’s cabinets (birds, butterflies, eggs, flowers and minerals) are matched to each colour swatch. Syme’s groundbreaking guide attempted to establish a universal colour reference system to help identify, classify and represent species from the natural world: this landmark publication completes his endeavour.

lePIdoPterology. Lepidopterology, the study of moths and butterflies, grew in stature through an increased interest in science and nature following the Renaissance in Europe, and was developed further by explorers, scientists and naturalists in the 19th century. This board is from the collection of the ‘father of biogeography’ Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913). His butterfly collection aided him in the development of his theories of speciation and natural selection.

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29. Ultramarine Blue. PhoebIs PhIlea.

4 67. King’s Yellow

julIa helIcoNIaN. 5 78. Orpiment Orange. attacus atlas.

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6 69. Gallstone Yellow.

morPho PeleIdes. 7

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76. Dutch Orange.

1 3 3.

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31. Berlin Blue. caNdalIdes heathI. 8 41. Auricula Purple.

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82. Tile Red.

eurema NIcIPPe. 10 77. Buff Orange. hyPaurotIs crysalus. 11 42. Plum Purple. PaPIlIo PalINurus. 12 57. Pistachio Green.

General History

Cynthia Saltzman is the author of Portrait of Dr. Gachet: The Story of a Van Gogh Masterpiece and Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures. She has written for Forbes and The Wall Street Journal. 28 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 320pp ISBN 978 0 500 252574 May £25.00

Napoleon’s Plunder The Theft of Veronese's Feast Cynthia Saltzman

ISBN 978-0-500-25257-4

A captivating in-depth study of Napoleon's plundering of Europe's art and how it gave rise to the Louvre

Paolo Veronese's painting Wedding Feast at Cana hung in the monastery of the Venetian island of San Giorgio Maggiore until French troops, on the order of their 28-yearold leader, Napoleon Bonaparte, tore it off the wall of the monastery in 1797. Veronese's Renaissance masterwork was one of twenty paintings that Napoleon took after his troops marched on Venice. Napoleon’s Plunder tells the remarkable story of Napoleon’s obsessive accrual of the spoils of war – his hoarding of art, artefacts and treasures from across the world, ostensibly taken for the French nation, but also very much for his own personal aggrandisement. For as his conquering army cut a swathe through Europe and North Africa, Napoleon demanded of his defeated enemies their most valuable statues and paintings. including the most magnificent works of the High Renaissance. This unrivalled haul was placed on display in in the Louvre, the former palace that Napoleon transformed into the greatest museum in the world – but which was, too, a monument to Napoleon’s power. In a wonderful narrative voice, Cynthia Saltzman interweaves the stories of Napoleon’s military campaigns with the histories of the plundered works themselves, exploring how these great masterpieces came into being. As much as a story of military might, this is an account of one of the most ambitious cultural projects ever conducted. The author ends with a reflection on the nature of art collecting in the past and the controversy surrounding the provenance of art today.

General History

Jeremy Black is one of the UK’s most respected and prolific historians. He is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange and Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University. A renowned expert on the history of war, his most recent books include A Brief History of Italy and A Brief History of the Mediterranean. 24 illustrations 21.6 x 13.8cm 240pp ISBN 978 0 500 252505 February £16.99

France: A Short History Jeremy Black

A concise history of France from prehistory to the present, hailed as ‘a tour de force’ by Robert Gildea

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Artists, martyrs, kings, revolutionaries: France’s sense of national identity is inextricably linked to its dramatic history, which fascinates the world and attracts millions each year to visit its chateaux and cathedrals, boulevards and vineyards. Ancient roots allied to a social, political and military history that has witnessed revolution, conflict and occupation mean that France occupies a unique position in the modern world. In this short, easy-to-digest history of a vast subject, Jeremy Black succinctly narrates how France’s past has created its distinct character. Country and destination, nation and idea, France has an incomparable cultural legacy, and exerts a powerful artistic, intellectual and political influence across the globe. Black’s vivid take on history emphasizes the unexpected nature of events and unpredictable outcomes on a fragmented country, from the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux to the origins of Gothic architecture, from Monet and Degas to the Lumière brothers, and from the cataclysm of the 1789 Revolution through the student protests of 1968 to today’s gilets jaunes. Black’s concise, insightful tour of the key historical moments and vibrant personalities that shaped France provides an indispensable guide to understanding the country today.

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Some ‘Voices from History’ A Christian Response to the Plague An open letter by Martin Luther (1483-1546) Some are rash enough to tempt God and disregard everything that might counteract death and the plague. They disdain medicines; they do not avoid places and persons infected by the plague, but make sport of it to prove how independent they are. They say that this is God’s punishment; if he wants to protect them he can do so without medicines or our carefulness. Yet this is not trusting God but tempting him. God has created medicines and provided us with intelligence to guard and take good care of the body so that we can live in good health. No, my dear friends, that is no good. Use medicine; take potions; fumigate house, yard, and street; shun persons and places wherever your neighbour does not need your presence or has recovered; act like a man who wants to help put out the burning city. What else is the epidemic but a fire which, instead of consuming wood and straw, devours life and body?

Cocoliztli epidemic, 1545-78 Letter from Francisco Hernandez (1514-87), physician-in-chief of New Spain The fevers were contagious, burning, and continuous, all of them pestilential, in most part lethal. The tongue was dry and black. Enormous thirst. Urine of the colours sea-green, vegetal-green and black, sometimes passing from the greenish colour to the pale. Pulse was frequent, fast, small, and weak — sometimes even null. The eyes and the whole body were yellow. This stage was followed by delirium and seizures. Then, hard and painful nodules appeared behind one or both ears along with heartache, chest pain, abdominal pain, tremor, great anxiety and dysentery [diarrhoea].

Liverpool’s cholera riots June 1st, 1832 Liverpool Chronicle Stones and brickbats were thrown at the premises of the Cholera Hospital, several windows were broken, even in the room where the woman, now in a dying state, was lying, and the medical gentleman who was attending her was obliged to seek safety in flight. Several individuals were pursued and attacked by the mob and some hurt. The park constables were apparently panic struck, and incapable of acting. A poor woman who had been seen coming out of the Cholera Hospital yard in Lime Street was attacked by a crowd, who threw mud at her exclaiming that she was a “Burker”. The mob followed her into Islington where she escaped from her ignorant and brutal pursuers by taking refuge in the yard of Mr Whitter, the joiner, the gates of which were instantly shut.

9 illustrations 23.5 x 15.3cm 304pp ISBN 978 0 500 252581 March £20.00

Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic Voices from History Edited by Peter Furtado

From the editor of the bestselling Histories of Nations, an eye-opening anthology showing how people have suffered and survived during plague and pandemic, from the ancient world to the present Also available 978 0 500 293003

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Peter Furtado is the editor of the Sunday Times bestselling Histories of Nations, History Day by Day, Revolutions and Great Cities Through Travellers’ Eyes. He is also the former editor of History Today.

When the great Muslim traveller Ibn Battuta visited Damascus in 1348 it was in the throes of a great plague which killed half of the population. Even so, he reported ‘God lightened their affliction; for the number of deaths in a single day at Damascus did not attain 2,000, while in Cairo it reached the figure of 24,000 a day’. Humankind has always struggled with illness and the experiences of different cities and countries have been compared and connected for thousands of years. Plague, pestilence and pandemics have been part of life through the ages and have been reflected on at every turn. Peter Furtado's anthology, published on the anniversary of the UK's first Covid-19 lockdown, places the human experience at the centre of the story. Many great authors have left us their eyewitness accounts or survivor stories. From the plagues of ancient Egypt recorded in Genesis to the Black Death that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages to Covid-19, this collection contains intimate, revelatory accounts. Across the world the array of human responses ranges from rage, despair, the blackest of humour, heartbreak and, finally, hard-won hope that it may all be over before so many of these events recede into the fog of history.

General History

Turtle Bunbury is the author of several books, including The Irish Pub and Ireland’s Forgotten Past. He was a co-presenter of The Genealogy Roadshow on RTÉ television, and also appeared on BBC1’s Wogan’s Ireland and episodes of the American and Irish versions of the Who Do You Think You Are? TV series. 28 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 304pp ISBN 978 0 500 022528 March £19.99

The Irish Diaspora Tales of Emigration, Exile and Imperialism Turtle Bunbury

Explores the lives of over forty men and women – great and otherwise – whose pioneering journeys beyond the Irish shore played a profound role in world history

ISBN 978-0-500-02252-8

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The Irish have always been a travelling people. In the centuries after the fall of Rome, Irish missionaries carried the word of Christianity throughout Europe, while soldiers and mariners from across the land ventured overseas in all directions. Since the first voyages of St Brendan, an estimated 10 million people have left the Irish shores and today more than 80 million people worldwide claim Irish descent. The advent of the British Empire ignited a slow but extraordinary exodus from Ireland. The pioneering explorers of the Tudor Age were soon overtaken in number by religious refugees, the ‘Wild Geese’ who opted to live outside of the Protestant state and to take their chances in the Spanish or French empires, or in the fledgling New World of America. Not surprisingly, the Irish played a pivotal role in the foundation of the United States of America, just as they would in the Civil War that followed it nearly eighty years later. Other Irish would come to the fore in business, science, engineering and the arts, while yet more were destined for infamy as mobsters and gunslingers. Turtle Bunbury explores the lives of those men and women, great and otherwise, whose pioneering journeys beyond the Irish shore have left their indelible mark far beyond Ireland.

General History

David Musgrove is Content Director for BBC History Magazine, BBC World Histories and BBC History Revealed Magazines, and the website www.historyextra.com. He is also the author of 100 Places That Made Britain. Michael Lewis is Head of Portable Antiquities & Treasure at the British Museum and Visiting Professor in Archaeology at the University of Reading. He is also a member of the Bayeux Tapestry scientific committee. 145 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 352pp ISBN 978 0 500 252420 February £25.00

The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry Unravelling the Norman Conquest David Musgrove and Michael Lewis

Published in anticipation of the Tapestry's first exhibition in the UK, a complete and up-to-date guide to the Bayeux Tapestry and its legacy, richly illustrated with the most recent full colour photography of the tapestry

Political intrigue and treachery, heroism and brutal violence, victory and defeat – all this is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, an epic account of one of the pivotal episodes in English history embroidered on a strip of linen. Famously, it shows the stricken Anglo-Saxon king Harold dying on the battlefield of Hastings in 1066 amid a shower of arrows, as axes clash, spears fly and fallen warriors are trampled beneath charging hooves. However, many mysteries and questions surround this unique embroidery and not all is as it might appear at first glance. Who made it? When, why, where – and what for? David Musgrove and Michael Lewis skilfully lead us through the full story of the Tapestry and the history it relates, providing illuminating insight into a world of fascinating details that might otherwise be overlooked or their significance missed. They set the events in the context of the machinations on either side of the English Channel in the years leading up to the Norman Conquest, and tease out what the Tapestry tells us of the deeds of kings as well as everyday life in medieval Europe.

‘Superb’ Dan Snow, historian and author ‘Full of many fresh insights and unexpected discoveries … a must for anyone interested in the history of Britain’ Michael Wood, historian and author

General History

David Abulafia has been Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge since 2000 and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge since 1974. He is the author of many books, including The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans, for which he was awarded the Wolfson History Prize 2020. 25 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 352pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296219 February £12.99

The Mediterranean in History Edited by David Abulafia New in B-format paperback

David Abulafia, described by Andrew Roberts as 'the greatest living historian of the Mediterranean', edits this masterful chronicle of the rise and fall of empires from Greece and Rome to Mussolini and Franco

The Mediterranean has been the meeting-place of the cultures of Europe, Asia and Africa, the battleground of races and nations and the focus of three great religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. David Abulafia, doyen of Mediterranean scholars, has brought together a team of leading specialists from many countries to tell this enthralling and complex story as a connected narrative: from the physical setting, the prehistoric traders and the struggle between Phoenicians, Greeks and Etruscans ending in Roman victory, to the post-Roman nations, the Christian and Islamic powers, domination by England and France, and finally the twentieth century, divided between war and mass tourism. This study covers all of recorded history, incorporating recent research and tools ranging from linguistics to underwater archaeology. Here is the only complete and up-to-date overview of one of the great themes of world history.

'Each section is deftly stitched together … this book is as much a delight to flick through as to read in-depth' ISBN 978-0-500-29621-9

Current World Archaeology

'A masterful overview of Mediterranean history from 1000 ad until the end of the last millennium' Journal of Greek Archaeology

Ancient History

Peter Stanford is an awardwinning writer, journalist and broadcaster. His investigations into the history, theology and cultural significance of religious ideas include Judas: The Troubling History of the Renegade Apostle, Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident and Angels: A Visible and Invisible History. He is a former editor of the Catholic Herald, and writes for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph titles, and The Tablet. He is director of the Longford Trust for prison reform. 26 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 252413 March £25.00

Pilgrimage Journeys of Meaning Peter Stanford

A thought-provoking reflection on pilgrimage past and present, and a compelling exploration of its relevance today

The enormous rise in popularity of the Camino, the ancient pilgrim path that stretches from France, across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela, is part of a wider phenomenon being witnessed on other time-honoured pilgrim routes around the globe and across the faiths. But this is happening in a world that in many places is selfavowedly ever more sceptical, secular and scientific, with formal religious affiliation in steep decline. Why? Some argue that those who today walk in the footsteps of countless past generations of believers do so to enjoy the holiday experience, the escape from their everyday world, the exercise and the companionship, without seeking any sort of spiritual enlightenment. Yet by looking at a diverse range of pilgrimage sites that includes Rome, Jerusalem, Lalibela in Ethiopia, the Buddha Trail in northern India, Shikoku in Japan and the self-styled ‘power place’ of Machu Picchu in Peru, Peter Stanford draws on his own experience as a pilgrim to argue that something more complex and challenging is going on. Financial crises, increasing inequality, climate change and pandemics are causing people to question the very foundations on which their post-religion 21st-century lives are built. This book looks at how pilgrimage, with its long history, intertwining of arduous journey and openness to personal transformation, is providing the modern age with a means to take a longer, slower and hence more profound look at life, stretching all the way back to when the first pilgrim put one foot in front of another.

Ancient History & Archaeology

David Miles explores a period of great societal change through the most iconic artefact of its time, the polished stone axe. With a new Afterword considering the latest scientific research, The Tale of the Axe vividly demonstrates how, in altering and manipulating their own landscape, our ancestors set us on the path to the world we live in now – a world we are changing in significant, accelerating and often unpredictable ways.

‘Illuminating ... as layered as the strata of an archaeological dig, this is a moving portrait of a people at a cultural and technological tipping point’ Nature

The Tale of the Axe How the Neolithic Revolution Transformed Britain

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David Miles New in B-format paperback

‘A powerful testimony to the value of archaeology in today’s world’ Brian Fagan David Miles was the Director of the Oxford Archaeological Unit for many years, and in 1999 became Chief Archaeologist at English Heritage. He has written many books on archaeology, particularly on the Roman and Migration periods in Britain, and one on the origins of the British, The Tribes of Britain.

76 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 448pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 293874 January £14.99

Britain has long been fascinated with its own history and identity, as an island nation besieged by invaders from beyond the seas: the Romans, Vikings and Normans. The long saga of prehistory is often forgotten – but our understanding of our past is changing. Mike Pitts presents ten astounding archaeological discoveries that shed new light on those who came before us, and radically altered the way we think about our history. His compelling, sometimes teasing, archaeological odyssey illustrates the diversity, complexity and sheer strangeness of the lives that represent Britain’s past.

‘If you’ve ever wondered how we know so much about who we used to be, this is the book for you’ Greg Jenner,

Digging Up Britain

historian and bestselling author of A Million Years In A Day

A New History in Ten Extraordinary Discoveries

BBC History

ISBN 978-0-500-29612-7

Mike Pitts New in B-format paperback

‘Absorbing, entertaining and subversively informative’

Mike Pitts is the editor of British Archaeology, and has written several books, including Digging for Richard III (Thames & Hudson). 79 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 304pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296127 February £12.99

General History

Dawn Hadley and Julian Richards are both professors of archaeology at the University of York. They are co-directors of the Tents to Towns project, exploring the transition from Viking raiding to trading. Dawn is author of The Vikings in England: Settlement, Society and Culture. Julian is author of Viking Age England, now in its third edition, and of The Vikings: A Very Short Introduction. 107 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 320pp ISBN 978 0 500 022016 March £25.00

The Viking Great Army and the Making of England Dawn Hadley and Julian Richards

The hidden story of a little-known but transformative period in the creation of England as a nation

The Viking Great Army that swept through England between AD 865 and 878 altered the course of British history. Since the late 8th century, Viking raids on the British Isles had been a regular feature of everyday life, but the winter of AD 865 saw a fundamental shift that would change the political, economic and social landscape of Britain forever. Instead of making quick smash-and-grab summer raids for silver and slaves, Vikings now remained in England for the winter and became immersed in its communities. Some settled permanently, acquiring land and forming a new hybrid Anglo-Scandinavian culture. The Viking army was here to stay. Drawing on the most up-to-date discoveries and the latest scientific techniques, the authors’ recent research at the Great Army’s winter camp at Torksey in Lincolnshire has revolutionized what we know about the size, complexity and social make-up of the Viking army, as has the wealth of newly recovered evidence from metaldetectorists. Unfolding like a great detective story, this account traces the movements of the Great Army across the country, piecing together a new picture of Viking Age England in unprecedented detail, from the swords and jewelry the Vikings forged to the burials of their great warriors and the everyday objects they discarded. It is the definitive story of a vital period in British history.

'Unmissable ... It is no exaggeration to say that this book will revolutionize our view of this turning point in British history' Michael Wood, historian

General History

Medieval People From Charlemagne to Piero della Francesca ISBN 978-0-500-29385-0

Michael Prestwich New in B-format paperback

From Genghis Khan to Giotto, Marco Polo to Joan of Arc, Avicenna to Dante, this panorama of the medieval world features a cast of some of the most compelling personalities in history, whose lives capture the pivotal moments and essential ideas of the Middle Ages. These extraordinary people, whether seeking power and influence or justice and salvation, made their mark at every level of society, from the rulers of Christian and Muslim kingdoms to the leaders of peasant uprisings. In sixty-nine succinct biographies, Michael Prestwich takes us on a tour of the medieval world, journeying from Salisbury to Samarkand and encompassing the most significant figures in art, architecture, politics, religion, philosophy and science. Featuring warriors and saints, innovators and explorers, queens and nuns, pirates and poets, this is an enthralling overview of the people who made the Middle Ages. Michael Prestwich OBE is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Durham. Among his many books are Plantagenet England, 1225-1360 and Knight: The Medieval Warrior’s (Unofficial) Manual, also published by Thames & Hudson. 26 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 272pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 293850 January £10.99

The political leaders, writers, artists and philosophers of ancient Greece turned a small group of city states into a pan-Mediterranean civilization, whose legacy can be found everywhere today. But who were these people? What do we know of their lives and how did they interact with one another? In this original approach to telling the Greek story, David Stuttard weaves together the lives of fifty movers and shakers of the Greek world into a continuous, chronological narrative, from the early tyrant rulers Peisistratus and Polycrates, through the stirrings of democracy to the rise of Macedon under Philip II and Alexander the Great and the eventual decline of the Greek world as Rome rose.

A History of Ancient Greece in 50 Lives David Stuttard

ISBN 978-0-500-29551-9

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‘Stuttard puts the very greatest into their historical, political and cultural contexts and coaxes some of the lesser known centre stage’ Bettany Hughes, author and historian David Stuttard taught Classics for eleven years, and has written numerous books including Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology and, with Sam Moorhead, The Romans Who Shaped Britain. He is also the founder of the theatre company Actors of Dionysus. 26 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 304pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 295519 March £10.99

Edited by Thomas Harrison New in B-format paperback

The Great Builders Edited by Kenneth Powell

General History

The Great Empires of the Ancient World

A distinguished team of internationally renowned scholars surveys the great empires from 1600 BC to AD 500, from the ancient Mediterranean to China, in ten comprehensive chapters, taking in the empires of New Kingdom Egypt; the Hittites; Assyria and Babylonia; Achaemenid Persia; Athens; Alexander; Parthian and early Sasanian Persia; Rome; India; and Qin and Han China. Each chapter conveys the main narrative of events, their impact on ancient societies and the dominant rulers who shaped that history, from Ramesses II in Egypt to Chandragupta in India, from Rome’s Augustus to China’s Shi-huangdi. Exploring the very nature of empire itself, the authors show how profoundly imperialism in the distant past influenced the 19th-century powers and the modern United States. Thomas Harrison is Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of many books on the ancient world, most recently Interpreting Herodotus and Writing Ancient Persia. 38 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 256pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 295885 March £10.99

In a series of concise but penetrating biographies, The Great Builders celebrates the motivations, innovations and achievements of forty designers from the 14th century to the present day. Here we meet Brunelleschi, who built the ‘unbuildable’ dome of Florence Cathedral, and Sinan, the Christian engineer who became chief architect to the Ottoman court; here, too, we find ourselves looking up at the world’s first skyscrapers by William Le Baron Jenney and Louis Sullivan. Later, we explore how the rapid advances in industrial production found expression in the reinforcedconcrete buildings of Le Corbusier and the steel-andglass structures of Mies van der Rohe. The innovative use of materials has been combined with computer-aided design in the work of today’s architects, represented here by Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava, allowing them – just as their predecessors had done – to test the boundaries of the possible.

‘Captivating’ New York Journal of Books

New in B-format paperback Kenneth Powell has written extensively on 20th-century and contemporary British architecture, and is the author of books on the work of Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and other British architects. 25 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 256pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 294789 March £10.99

Ancient History & Archaeology

Gordon Whittaker is Fiebiger Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Göttingen, where he has held joint positions in the Institute of Ethnology and the Department of Romance Philology. He has written extensively on Aztec language, writing and civilization. 300 illustrations 24.5 x 18.6cm 224pp ISBN 978 0 500 518724 April £25.00

Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs A Guide to Nahuatl Writing Gordon Whittaker

The first ever guide to understanding Aztec hieroglyphs: a groundbreaking book built on a lifetime of research by a world expert

ISBN 978-0-500-51872-4

Also available 978 0 500 285534

For more than three millennia the cultures of Mesoamerica flourished, building the first cities of the Western Hemisphere and developing writing systems that could rival those of the East in their creativity and efficiency. The Nahuatl-speaking Aztecs reigned over one of the greatest imperial civilizations the Americas had ever seen, and up until now their intricate and visually stunning hieroglyphs have been overlooked in the story of writing. In this innovative volume Gordon Whittaker provides the reader with a step-by-step, illustrated guide to reading Aztec glyphs, as well as the historical and linguistic context needed to appreciate and understand this fascinating writing system. He also tells the story of how this enigmatic language has been deciphered and gives a tour through Aztec history as recorded in the richly illustrated hieroglyphic codices. This groundbreaking guide is essential reading for anyone interested in the Aztecs, hieroglyphs or ancient languages.

‘At last! Gordon Whittaker has written a book that many of us have long wished for. He presents the Aztec glyphs in all their complexity and playfulness, and he does so in terms that any careful reader can follow ... richly rewarding’ Camilla Townsend, Distinguished Professor of History, Rutgers University, and author of Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

Mythology

Mark Stavish has over thirtyfive years’ experience in comparative religion, philosophy, psychology, and mysticism. He is the founder and Director of Studies at the Institute for Hermetic Studies, and the author of over thirty books, including The Path of Alchemy and Egregores. He also served as the Director of Research for the Occult Research and Applications Project, of the Philosophers of Nature (PON). Over 500 illustrations 23.0 x 17.0cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 024034 April £16.99

Symbols of the Occult A Directory of Over 500 Signs, Symbols and Icons Mark Stavish

Covering astronomy, demonology, witchcraft, ancient magic and much more, this directory decodes over 500 signs, symbols and icons of the occult

This beautifully illustrated volume explores the key signs and symbols of the occult. Chosen for their powerful symbolism, the illustrations in the book span from the myths and legends of the ancient world to the icons used in modern religion and science. Symbols of the Occult examines over 500 symbols from history, art and culture by decoding their iconography and exploring their historical background and significance. Ordered by topic, it explores the key areas of astrology and cosmology; witchcraft and mysticism; satanism and demonology; science and alchemy; maths and sacred geometry; the natural world; and symbols of ancient, religious, and secret societies. Each topic is introduced by a short overview before featuring the key signs and symbols and exploring the variations available. This decoding guide is the ultimate resource for the modern occultist.

Ideas

Jessica Helfand is an artist, designer and writer. She grew up in Paris and New York City, and was educated at Yale University where she taught for more than two decades. A founding editor of Design Observer, she is the author of numerous books on visual and cultural criticism, including Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New Media and Visual Culture, Design: The Invention of Desire and Face: A Visual Odyssey. 19.8 x 12.9cm 96pp ISBN 978 0 500 024478 June £10.00

Self-Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson Edited by Jessica Helfand

ISBN 978-0-500-02447-8

A refreshed, covetable new edition of a timeless text

When Ralph Waldo Emerson published what is probably his most famous essay in 1841, drawing from a lecture he had given a few years earlier, it was in the aftermath of the calamitous financial collapse of 1837. His positive vision for the power of individualism and personal responsibility was issued in a climate filled with panic and uncertainty and at a time when the values of society and humanity were in the process of being reformed. It is less than once in a generation that events reshape our world and our thinking, and it is in such times that we should be reminded of the timeless works that offer us reassurance, provide inspiration when surrounded by pessimism, give trust when scepticism is everywhere. To suggest that the richest lives are lived with an independent mind, spirit and creativity surely deserves to be celebrated. Emerson’s text is widely available to read online, but this new edition, produced with Design Observer, elevates his wisdom through the printed word. It is needed perhaps now more than ever when circumstances, information and connections can change rapidly before our eyes. As Emerson wrote in 'Self-Reliance', and which resonates as strongly now, ‘The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and it straightens itself to the average tendency. Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing.'

Ideas

Marwa al-Sabouni has a PhD in Islamic Architecture and runs a private architectural studio in Homs, Syria. She is co-owner of the first and only online media site dedicated to architectural news in Arabic: www.arch-news. net. She is the author of The Battle for Home, also published by Thames & Hudson. 20 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 224pp ISBN 978 0 500 343722 March £19.99

Building for Hope Towards an Architecture of Community and Belonging Marwa al-Sabouni

The follow-up to the Syrian architect’s dramatic memoir

Also available 978 0 500 292938

Marwa al-Sabouni was a little-known architect, living in battle-ravaged Homs, unable to practice her profession as the buildings and the lives around her and across Syria were reduced to rubble. Rather than flee her country, like so many of her compatriots, she remained, committed to the belief that the multifaceted society she grew up in was worth rebuilding. She turned her fierce intelligence to chronicling how her city and country were undone through decades of architectural mismanagement and mistakes. The result was The Battle for Home. Published in 2016, the book and her story gained her invitations to speak across the world. Her travels, combined with her deep understanding of the Middle Eastern heritage and values, provided al-Sabouni with insights into a wide range of cities, which informed her views on how cities best work, how they might fail, and what can be done to enrich and harmonize the lives of all their inhabitants. This is a rich journey, drawing together several narratives: her personal observations of some of the world’s most fascinating cities, from Detroit to Helsinki, from Bristol to Amsterdam; the lessons that Western societies might learn from Islamic culture; and philosophical reflections, drawing on a range of thinkers, on how our personal and communal spaces can provide the basic foundations for happiness. Through this rich tapestry of personal experience, unblinking perspective, and unsettling insight, al Sabouni offers the reader real-world solutions – and hope – for how the conditions for enduring peace might be created in an increasingly polarizing world.

The Big Idea

Over 300,000 copies in print

A primer for the 21st century

Innovative and informative, provocative and persuasive, The Big Idea series looks at the fundamental ideas that make such a big impact on our lives and our world today. The unique visual approach and intelligently layered text make complex concepts easy to understand and give you all the tools you need to join the debate. A top-ranking general editor – Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA – ensures consistency of quality and approach across the whole series.

Already available

Is Capitalism Working? 978 0 500 293676

Is Technology Making Us Sick? 978 0 500 295311

Is Democracy Failing? 978 0 500 293652

Can We Save The Planet? 978 0 500 295304

What Shape Is Space? 978 0 500 293669

Should We All Be Vegan? 978 0500 295038

Is Gender Fluid? 978 0 500 293683

Is Masculinity Toxic? 978 0 500 295021

Will AI Replace Us? 978 0 500 294574

Does Monogamy Work? 978 0 500 295694

Is Medicine Still Good For Us? 978 0 500 294581

Can Globalization Succeed? 978 0 500 295670

The Big Idea

Joy Manning is a writer, editor and recipe developer focused on good food and good health. She has served as nutrition editor for Prevention magazine and restaurant critic for Philadelphia Magazine, and is editor of Edible Philly. She is the author of Stuff Every Cook Should Know and Almost Meatless and has been nominated for a James Beard Award. 150 illustrations 22.9 x 15.2cm 144pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 295663 April £12.99

Is Our Food Killing Us? Joy Manning

A thought-provoking dissection of the ways in which the production and consumption of food have become harmful to our personal, societal and environmental health

Small-scale family farms have been replaced by industrial factory farms, shared meals have given way to eating on the go and our favourite mass-produced foods can be purchased across the globe. These might seem like the consequences of progress, markers of a more developed, globalized world. However, with chronic obesity on the rise, our food laced with additives and chemicals and the environment devastated by factory farming, fertilizers and monoculture, it is time to take stock, and to ask where where our relationship with food went wrong. This book, the twelfth in the innovative Big Idea series, unpacks the growth of obesogenic environments in which fast food outlets proliferate and a diet heavy in saturated fats, refined sugars and ultra-processed foods is increasing the incidence of diabetes, heart disease and cancer. It explores how our bodies and brains respond to different flavours and food groups, and the ways in which corporations have exploited this through both their products and marketing to maximize profit, at the expense of public health. It examines the disastrous impact of modern agriculture and farming on climate change, biodiversity loss and antibiotic resistance. It analyses the controversy around the safety and regulation of genetically modified crops. Finally, solutions to regaining a healthier relationship with our food are carefully evaluated, from eating organic produce to pressing for governmental taxes and subsidies, and from changing how we shop to adopting a plant-based diet.

Film A NEW EYE, AN OLD EAR

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59 The ultimate cinematic spectacle: the mother ship touches down in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. 60 Another small cinematic universe constructed from light: Teri Garr in the custom-made Las Vegas built for Coppola’s One from the Heart.

Defending the pre-eminence of language and literature, Virginia Woolf thought that cinema seemed ‘stupid’ because it switched off the mind and relied on ‘the ordinary eye, the English unaesthetic eye’. In her opinion that organ was a menial prop, useful because it kept the body from tumbling into coalholes; the eye ‘licks [experience] up instantaneously’, she admitted, hinting at disapproval of its slurping manners, but it can only interpret that visual glut if the brain comes to its aid. Cocteau likewise mocked ‘the cow-eye of photography’, which was capable of nothing more than ‘stupid registration’. Like Woolf, Georges Bataille punished the eye for its dim-witted extroversion. At the end of Bataille’s novel L’Histoire de l’oeil a voyeur gouges out the eye of a dead priest, which his female accomplice then stuffs into her vagina. Unlike the endoscopes now employed in keyhole surgery, it can send back no report on what it sees there. Cinema in its early days took note of the eye’s squashy vulnerability. In 1924 in his silent epic Die Nibelungen, Fritz Lang made a notable change to the tactics of the legendary hero Siegfried. Sent out to fight the dragon in Wagner’s opera Siegfried, the naïve young man asks the dwarf who has reared him if the beast has a heart; he then checks on its location, which is where he stabs it. Siegfried in Lang’s film chooses a softer and more conspicuous point of entry: his sword punctures the eye of the fire-breathing beast, which squirts fluid. On the Odessa steps in The Battleship Potemkin, a woman who turns to face the Cossack gunmen wears a pince-nez, and in the last brief shot of the sequence, we see that a shot has shattered one little pane and taken out her eye. Eisenstein cuts away immediately to the long cannon on the deck of

Film

Peter Conrad taught English literature at Christ Church, Oxford, from 1973 to 2011. He has written more than twenty books, including Orson Welles: The Stories of his Life; The Hitchcock Murders; How the World Was Won: The Americanization of Everywhere; Creation: Artists, Gods & Origins; Modern Times, Modern Places: Life and Art in the Twentieth Century; and Mythomania: Tales of Our Times from Apple to ISIS. 61 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 344pp ISBN 978 0 500 022993 April £25.00

The Mysteries of Cinema Movies and Imagination Peter Conrad

Ranging from the late 19th century to the present, this exhilarating survey explores the ways the medium of cinema has changed the way we see the world Also available ISBN 978 0 500 293546

Cinema has always been excited by speed, and it enjoys sending the body on furious kinetic chases; at the same time, it stealthily probes our minds, invading our dreams and titillating our desires. Although this is an art kindled by light and inflamed by colour, it is nurtured by darkness and can reduce life to an insubstantial shadow-play. Either way, as Peter Conrad argues in this brilliant book, the movie camera has given us new eyes and changed forever our view of reality. The Mysteries of Cinema sets out to map this ambiguous territory by taking us on a thematic rollercoaster-ride through movie history. Directors and critics speculate about the nature of cinematic vision, and there are contributions to the debate from writers like Kafka, Virginia Woolf and Joan Didion, artists including Salvador Dalí, George Grosz and Fernand Léger, and the composers Arnold Schoenberg and Dmitri Shostakovich. The book begins from the audacious innovations of silent film, and examines the influence of French surrealism and German expressionism; it accounts for the appeal of Hollywood genres like the Western, the horror film and the musical, and ends by considering the fate of the moving image in our visually glutted society. Combining contagious enthusiasm with an eye for the subjective quirks of filmmakers and the allure of favourite performers, Conrad delivers an astonishing addition to the literature on the seventh art.

Film

Ian Haydn Smith is the author of Selling the Movie and Cult Filmmakers, and the update editor on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. He is also the editor of BFI Filmmakers Magazine and Curzon Magazine. Over 300 illustrations 25.4 x 21.6cm 272pp ISBN 978 0 500 023693 February £19.99

A Chronology of Film A Cultural Timeline from the Magic Lantern to the Digital Screen Ian Haydn Smith

An entirely fresh perspective on the history of cinema, using timelines to trace its development from the earliest moving images to now In the same series

ISBN 978-0-500-02369-3

A Chronology of Architecture 978 0 500 343562 A Chronology of Art 978 0 500 239810 A Chronology of Photography 978 0 500 545034

A Chronology of Film presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the complex links between technical innovations, social changes and artistic interventions. Organized around a central timeline that charts the development of film from the earliest moving images to the present-day blockbusters, it features key films, together with commentaries and contextual information about the social, political and cultural events of the period in which they were produced. Essays focus on specific areas in more detail, looking at the way movements or styles of film-making have impacted cinema, focusing on trends or technical innovations that have been key to its development, and highlighting periods when certain national cinemas came to the fore on the world stage. Covering a wide selection of genres, styles, and directors, A Chronology of Film is invaluable as a comprehensive guide to cinema in all its different forms.

Photography

Juliet Hacking has been Programme Director of the MA in Photography (contemporary and historical) at Sotheby’s Institute of Art since 2006. She writes widely on photography, and is the author of Lives of the Great Photographers, also published by Thames & Hudson. David Campany is a curator, writer and educator. Among his many books is On Photographs, which Thames & Hudson published in 2020. Over 1,000 illustrations 24.5 x 17.2cm 576pp flexibound ISBN 978 0 500 296103 February £25.00

Photography: The Whole Story Juliet Hacking Foreword by David Campany Revised edition

'Superb … instructive and fascinating … a wide-ranging, comprehensive and informative book that is also a pleasure to read' Black & White Photography In the same series Architecture: The Whole Story 978 0 500 291481 Art: The Whole Story 978 0 500 294468 Cinema: The Whole Story 978 0 500 295274

Photography: The Whole Story celebrates the most beautiful, meaningful and inspiring photographs that have arisen from this very modern medium – whose name, meaning 'writing with light', hints at its potential to capture the significant moments in our lives. The book begins with a succinct overview of photography, placing it in the context of the social and cultural developments that have taken place globally since its arrival. It then traces the evolution of photographic style, period by period, while in-depth illustrated essays cover every photographic genre, from early portraits and tableaux to today's digitally manipulated photographs. The works of key photographers – such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Mapplethorpe, Annie Leibovitz and Andreas Gursky – are assessed to reveal their motivations, who influenced whom, and what each was striving to achieve. Illustrated focal points single out aspects such as use of colour and visual metaphor, quirks of composition and technical innovations, enabling the reader to grasp each work's full meaning: the tiny but telling details of social portraits; the stark, graphic qualities of urban landscapes; the undertones of nude studies; and the humour, anger or pathos of conceptual works. This new edition has been revised and updated to include important works from the last decade, including that of previously overlooked women and BAME photographers. It remains an essential read for anyone who loves photography and would like to know more.

Photography

Wim Wenders Instant Stories Wim Wenders Reduced format edition

A photographic road trip through film director Wim Wenders’ early career, featuring 403 Polaroids taken during the 1970s and 1980s

As well as being an acclaimed filmmaker and a member of the New German Cinema movement, Wim Wenders (b. 1945) has also made an international name for himself as a photographer, with shows all over the world. While previous exhibitions have focused on his large-format colour photography, he now opens a treasure chest of Polaroids taken during the 1970s and 1980s. Here are portraits of friends, actors and personal heroes; souvenirs of places and events from the life of a young travelling filmmaker; impressions of his first trips to the US, shots of movie icons on American TV screens, the cinemas of provincial Germany in the 1970s, and much more. The adventure of shooting films around the world becomes an almanac of adventure, curiosity and tranquillity. Wenders’s instant photographs are interwoven with his own stories, memories and flights of fancy that weave the images into an intimate and poetic journey. Instant Stories is a photographic road movie of the director’s early years, as he rose to global fame with films such as Alice in the Cities, The Wrong Move, Kings of the Road and The American Friend.

'A love letter to the Polaroid' British Journal of Photography

Wim Wenders is an awardwinning filmmaker, writer and photographer. He was appointed president of the European Film Academy in 1996, and was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear of the Berlin International Film Festival.

ISBN 978-0-500-29577-9

403 polaroids 23.0 x 19.0cm 320pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 295779 May £30.00

Photography

Mona Kuhn (b. 1969, Brazil) has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 1989 and is currently an independent scholar at the Getty Research Institute. Her work is included in major institutions around the world. Rebecca Morse is the Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at LACMA. Elizabeth Avedon is a photography book and exhibition designer, curator and writer. Chris Littlewood is an independent photography curator and writer. Darius Himes is international head of the photographs department at Christie’s. Simon Baker is the Director of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP), Paris. 155 illustrations 30.5 x 24.5cm 240pp ISBN 978 0 500 545454 March £40.00

Mona Kuhn: Works Mona Kuhn

A stunning career retrospective of Mona Kuhn, one of the leading figures in contemporary art photography

Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, Mona Kuhn has explored humanity’s longing for spiritual interconnectivity. She is renowned for developing close relationships with her subjects, resulting in images of remarkable intimacy. Kuhn employs a range of playful visual strategies that reveal glimpses into the psyche as it is expressed through the human form, ultimately reinterpreting the nude in the canon of contemporary art. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has made her one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers, and her work is in private and public collections around the world. Mona Kuhn: Works, the artist’s first retrospective, features images from throughout her career, many of them previously unseen, accompanied by perceptive texts by Rebecca Morse, Chris Littlewood, Darius Himes and Simon Baker. An interview with Elizabeth Avedon provides insights into Kuhn’s creative process and the ways in which she works with her subjects and locations, and achieves the visual signature of her imagery. Published to coincide with a travelling international exhibition, opening at Fotografiska in New York, this book will be an essential volume for anyone with an interest in the human form in contemporary art.

Photography

Anne de Mondenard is a photography historian and curator at the Musée Carnavalet. Agnès Sire has been the director of the Fondation Henri CartierBresson in Paris since its creation in 2003. c. 200 illustrations 29.0 x 24.0cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 545423 April £40.00

Henri CartierBresson: Paris Texts by Agnès Sire and Anne de Mondenard

ISBN 978-0-500-54542-3

Explores the key role Paris played in Cartier-Bresson's artistic career, and the way he looked at the city he lived in – and loved

Henri Cartier-Bresson was ‘the eye of the 20th century’ and one of the world’s most acclaimed photographers. Paris was his home, on and off, for most of his life (1908– 2004). The photographs he took of the city and its people manage to be both dreamlike and free of affectation. Here are around 200 photographs taken over a more than fifty-year career. Mostly in black and white, this selection reveals the strong influence on Cartier-Bresson of pioneering documentary photographer Eugène Atget (1857–1927), and the clear visual links with Surrealism that infused Cartier-Bresson’s early pictures. After an apprenticeship with Cubist painter André Lhote, in 1932 Cartier-Bresson bought his first Leica, a small portable camera that allowed him to capture movement and the rhythms of daily life in Paris. CartierBresson observed from close quarters the Liberation in August 1944 and the civil disturbances of May 1968. In between he also succeeded in capturing the faces of Parisians in their natural habitat, celebrated artists and writers and citizens alike. Ever-attentive to different ways of portraying the city around him, Cartier-Bresson returned to drawing during the last two decades of his life. This collection is not only a superb portrait of Paris in the 20th century, it is testament to Cartier-Bresson’s skill as a supreme observer of human life. Accompanies an exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

94 illustrations 24.5 x 18.5cm 176pp ISBN 978 0 500 545416 January £35.00

Sergio Larrain: London. 1959 Text by Agnès Sire Essay by Roberto Bolaño

A new edition of Sergio Larrain's classic collection, featuring forty previously unseen photographs

Photography

Agnès Sire has been the director of the Fondation Henri CartierBresson in Paris since its creation in 2003. Roberto Bolaño was a Chilean novelist, shortstory writer, poet and essayist.

In the winter of 1958, Sergio Larrain (1931–2012) travelled to London. He spent just a few months there, but captured an extraordinarily powerful vision of the city. Larrain's London is a fast-moving blur of activity. His photographs reveal the signs of the emergence of a new, post-war London society: the class divisions, the burgeoning fashions of its youth, and the everyday life of Londoners about to enter a new decade: the Sixties. These images brought Larrain to the attention of Henri CartierBresson, who immediately signed him to Magnum Photos. This edition comprises the entire series including previously unpublished photographs from the archives of Magnum Photos. The book also features a text by the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño, written specifically to accompany this series in 1999, as well as an essay by Agnès Sire, artistic director of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, detailing Larrain’s stay in London.

‘One could say that in London the young Larrain found not a city but a universe’ Roberto Bolaño

Photography

Aimée Bessire teaches courses in African art and culture, African photography, contemporary art, and the history of photography at Bates College. Erin Hyde Nolan is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Maine College of Art. She was the manager of the Todd Webb Archive from 2010 to 2015.

Over 200 illustrations 29.8 x 24.8cm 208pp ISBN 978 0 500 545393 January £40.00

Todd Webb in Africa Outside the Frame Aimée Bessire and Erin Hyde Nolan

ISBN 978-0-500-54539-3

Todd Webb's photographic journey through eight African countries on the cusp of independence

Todd Webb is largely known for his skilful photographic documentation of everyday life and architecture in cities, most notably New York and Paris, as well as his images of the American West. This book showcases a different and hitherto unseen side of his work. In 1958, Webb was commissioned by the United Nations to photograph industrial progress in Africa. As Webb’s first large-scale colour photographs, these images present complex constructions of race and cultural identity during the transitional moment between colonialism and independence on the African continent. The nearly 2,000 images from the trip have never been exhibited or published in their original format. Rediscovered by the Todd Webb Archive in 2017, over 200 of these striking photographs are published here alongside contributions by both African and American scholars that engage the images in their historic and photographic moment.

Photography

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Sean Corcoran is the Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Museum of the City of New York. Daniel Okrent, a writer and editor, is best known for having served as the first public editor of The New York Times. 167 illustrations 25.3 x 21.1cm 176pp ISBN 978 0 500 545522 June £30.00

I See a City: Todd Webb's New York Sean Corcoran and Daniel Okrent Reduced format edition

An evocative portrait of mid-century New York City by master documentary photographer Todd Webb

Todd Webb photographed New York City day and night, in all seasons and in all weather. Buildings, signage, vehicles, the passing throngs, isolated figures, curious eccentrics, odd corners, windows, doorways, alleyways, squares, avenues, storefronts, uptown and downtown, from the Brooklyn Bridge to Harlem: Webb's was a richly textured portrait of the everyday life and architecture of New York. This book focuses on his work in the city from the 1940s and 50s. Sean Corcoran's introduction explores Webb's life and milieu, which included Berenice Abbott, Harry Callahan, Ansel Adams, Alfred Stieglitz, Gordon Parks, Helen Levitt and Lisette Model. Daniel Okrent contributes an essay comparing mid-century NYC to the city of today. Clear, direct, focused, layered with light and shadow, Webb's photographs capture the soul of a city shaped by the friction and frisson of humanity.

ISBN 978-0-500-54552-2

'I see wondrous things!' Todd Webb

Photography

Harry Gruyaert is known for his widely exhibited photographs of India, Morocco and Egypt, and for his distinctive use of colour. He has been a member of Magnum for nearly forty years. Jean-Claude Carrière is a French novelist, screenwriter, actor, and Academy Award honoree. He was a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel on the screenplays of the auteur's late films. 125 photographs 23.5 x 29.0cm 224pp ISBN 978 0 500 545515 January £45.00

Harry Gruyaert: India Harry Gruyaert Text by Jean-Claude Carrière

A showcase of Magnum photographer Harry Gruyaert's photographs of India

Also available Harry Gruyaert 978 0 500 544488 Harry Gruyaert: Edges 978 0 500 545058 Harry Gruyaert: Last Call 978 0 500 545225

For more than thirty years, Harry Gruyaert has been recording the subtle chromatic vibrations of Eastern and Western light. His photographs attest to his singular vision: his interest in story, public space and unexpected scenes. This book brings together 125 of Gruyaert's photographs of India, many published here for the first time. From Gujarat to Kerala, Gruyaert captured the quintessence of this multifaceted country. Streets bustling with activity in New Delhi or Calcutta; modest villages in Tamil Nadu or Rajasthan; ghats of the great religious city of Benares; women in saffron and purple saris beating grain, dyers busy at smoky vats, an encampment of nomadic shepherds at twilight… Gruyaert’s India is saturated with colour, light and noise – and sometimes silence too. These images move beyond stereotype to present the plurality of India. ‘Taking a photo means both seeking contact and refusing it, being at once the most and the least present,’ says the photographer. It is a question of teasing out wonder, of capturing what characterizes places. The search for density within the frame makes photography a physical experience – one that is particularly well represented here, in this multi-sensorial journey through India.

Photography

Magnum Photos, the world’s most prestigious photographic agency, was formed in 1947 by four photographers: Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David ‘Chim’ Seymour. Its members are renowned for their intelligence in combining both reporter and artist in the photographer’s role – attributes that have defined Magnum for over seventy years, and continue to do so.

180 illustrations 17.2 x 19.5cm 208pp ISBN 978 0 500 545478 March £16.99

Magnum Dogs Magnum Photos

Unleashed by the world’s finest photographers, mischievous mutts, performing pooches and streetwise strays all leap to life in this deliciously waggish compilation from the Magnum archive

Magnum Dogs is the ultimate collection of canine photography for the discerning dog lover, bringing together a brilliantly diverse and cheering selection that showcases the visual wit and skill of the Magnum team. It features some 200 photographs of dogs from across the world, organized into five thematic chapters – Streetwise, Best in Show, It’s a Dog’s Life, At the Beach and Behind the Scenes. Canine encounters include immaculately coiffured showdogs captured in wryly observed photography from the likes of Martin Parr and Harry Gruyaert, or intimate glimpses of Hollywood stars alongside their trusted, four-legged confidants, as seen through the lenses of Eve Arnold and Dennis Stock. Whether depicting strays roaming the streets of Colombia or pampered pooches lounging in Parisian apartments, these photos brim with affection, humour and insight into the human as well as canine condition. Packaged in an irresistible gift format, this book of the very best photography of dogs is perfect not just for fans, but for anyone, around the world, who is a ‘dog person’ at heart.

Fashion

Alexander Fury is a fashion journalist, author and critic. He is the Fashion Features Director of AnOther magazine, and the Men's Critic of the Financial Times newspaper. His first book Dior: Catwalk was published by Thames and Hudson, and he is also the author of Catwalking and Dior by Gianfranco Ferré. 1,100 illustrations 27.7 x 19.0cm 632pp ISBN 978 0 500 023792 May £55.00

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ISBN 978-0-500-02379-2

The Catwalk Series

Over 600,000 copies in print Each high-end, cloth-bound volume in this bestselling series features over 1,000 looks as they originally appeared on the catwalk, styled as the designer intended, and sported by the world's top models. These treasure troves of inspiration are must-have references for all fashion fans and professionals.

Also available Chanel 978 0 500 023440 Dior 978 0 500 519349 Louis Vuitton 978 0 500 519943

Yves Saint Laurent 978 0 500 022399 Prada 978 0 500 022047

Alexander Fury

The first comprehensive overview of Vivienne Westwood's womenswear collections, from her 1981 catwalk debut to today

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‘The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word “conformity”’, Vivienne Westwood declared in the late 1970s, when she was best known for creating the punk style. This motto continued to resonate after Westwood presented her first catwalk collection, 'Pirate', in 1981, soon becoming one of the most thought-provoking and influential fashion designers in the world while staying true to her beliefs, including her impassioned environmental activism. This definitive publication opens with a concise history of the house, followed by brief biographical profiles of Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Kronthaler (her husband and long-time collaborator), before exploring the collections themselves, organized chronologically. Each collection is introduced by a short text unveiling its influences and highlights, and illustrated with carefully curated catwalk images that showcase hundreds of spectacular clothes, details, accessories, beauty looks and set designs – and, of course, the top fashion models who wore them on the runway, from Kate Moss to Naomi Campbell. A rich reference section, including an extensive index, concludes the book. Published to mark the fortieth anniversary of Dame Vivienne's first fashion show – and her eightieth birthday on 8 April – this volume is the first in the popular Catwalk series to celebrate a British house.

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Chanel Eternal Instant Nicholas Foulkes

A rich celebration of the dynamic spirit and beauty of Chanel’s modern classic J12 watch

ISBN ISBN 978-0-500-02299-3 978-0-500-02394-5

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Chanel’s J12 watch revolutionized the standards of watches for women, combining technical sophistication with the allure of modern design. The J12 has evolved into a classic watchmaking icon of the twenty-first century. Since its arrival twenty years ago, when Chanel’s artistic director Jacques Helleu evoked the most elegant of racing yachts, the J class, the J12 has drawn its inspiration from Chanel’s drive to shake up the codes by combining a daring artistic approach with superlative technical finesse. The J12 watch transformed ceramic into a precious material, and rewrote 200 years of watchmaking with the innovative brilliance of its design. A text by noted watch connoisseur Nicholas Foulkes explores the extraordinary conception, execution and history of the Chanel J12. Enhanced by a strikingly original selection of fine photographs, this volume celebrates twenty years of the most beautiful and technically refined watches ever worn on the wrist.

Fashion

Nicholas Foulkes is the author of many books on the arts and history. He contributes to a wide range of newspapers and magazines around the world, including the FT’s How To Spend It Magazine, Vanity Fair, Country Life and GQ. He launched and continues to edit Vanity Fair’s twice yearly watch magazine On Time. c. 150 illustrations 32.5 x 23.0cm 160pp ISBN 978 0 500 023945 January £65.00

Also available

Jewelry by Chanel 978 0 500 516287 Chanel: The Karl Lagerfeld Campaigns 978 0 500 519813 Chanel: The Vocabulary of Style 978 0 500 515815 The World According to Coco 978 0 500 023488 Gabrielle Chanel Fashion Manifesto 978 0 500 023464

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Scarves Nicky Albrechtsen and Fola Solanke Compact edition

‘A rich and welcome compendium, an invaluable resource for designers, collectors and humble pattern addicts alike’ World of Interiors

Indispensable accessories and sought-after collectors’ items, scarves were an important innovation in 20thcentury fashion. From Art Deco to 1950s Hollywood, the Swinging Sixties and beyond, scarves have been represented in every major decorative arts movement over the past century and into the present one. This brilliantly illustrated compendium showcases more than 250 scarves, all specially photographed for this book. It features the work of a wide range of international designers, including Paul Poiret, Elsa Schiaparelli, Balenciaga, Mary Quant, Gucci, Christian Lacroix, Yves Saint Laurent, Zandra Rhodes, Nicole Miller, and many more. It also includes concise biographies of more than fifty designers, retailers and manufacturers, while a resource guide provides expert advice on dating and conservation, museum collections, vintage fairs and specialist dealers.

‘Gorgeous … “I don’t give a chic!” reads the subversive slogan on a 1990s scarf by Moschino. This book will appeal precisely to those who do’ Country Life ‘It’s darling ... sumptuous’ Mail on Sunday ‘A rainbow-bright sourcebook of scarves … reveals some unexpected gems’ Harper’s Bazaar

ISBN 978-0-500-29617-2

Nicky Albrechtsen is the proprietor of the Vintage Resource Studio in Brick Lane, London, which provides costumes and props to the theatre and media. She is the author of Vintage Fashion Complete, also published by Thames & Hudson. Fola Solanke is a costume designer for film and television historical dramas.

257 illustrations 25.5 x 21.2cm 304pp ISBN 978 0 500 296172 February £30.00

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James Sherwood is a Londonbased style journalist, and has been described as ‘the guardian of Savile Row’ by The Rake magazine. He is the author of Savile Row, James Sherwood’s Discriminating Guide to London and Jewelry for Gentlemen, all published by Thames & Hudson. 294 illustrations 25.9 x 20.6cm 224pp ISBN 978 0 500 023723 March £30.00

The Perfect Gentleman The Pursuit of Timeless Elegance and Style in London James Sherwood Compact edition

The perfect gift for the man who has everything: a celebration of the makers and marques behind the world’s most enduring objects of desire Also available The Italian Gentleman 9780500022863 The Parisian Gentleman 9780500293966 Savile Row 978 0 500 292617

The pursuit of elegance in men's attire inevitably leads a gentleman to London’s historic West End. Since 1666 the quarters of Mayfair, Piccadilly and St. James’s have been colonized by hatters, shoemakers, jewellers, shirtmakers, perfumers and hosiers. Today, this exclusive enclave of excellence has the highest concentration of firms trading in luxury goods for the well-appointed male. The Perfect Gentleman is a celebration of tradespeople who lead the world in fine gentlemen's requisites: not merely the accoutrements to a Savile Row bespoke suit but the recreational luxuries produced by historic vintners, gunmakers, stationers and tobacconists. James Sherwood has been given access to private archives and previously unpublished material, and has commissioned new photography to provide a rich visual insight into the companies and their crafts today. The London gentleman’s social world, from shopping arcades and hotels to members’ clubs and dining rooms, is brought to life through vivid texts, intimate portraits and lavish images. An exquisite object in its own right, The Perfect Gentleman showcases the historic houses and the great patrons who have upheld the highest standards for hundreds of years alongside a new generation of craftsmen and -women who are keepers of the flame, addressing the elusive question of what imparts longlasting value to such goods for successive generations and ensures their elegance is timeless.

Monocle

Tyler Brûlé is the Editor-in-chief of Monocle. Andrew Tuck is the magazine's Editor, Chiara Rimella is its Culture Editor and Joe Pickard, its Books Editor. Illustrated throughout 30.0 x 22.5cm 304pp ISBN 978 0 500 971130 March £45.00

The Monocle Book of Italy Tyler Brûlé, Andrew Tuck, Chiara Rimella and Joe Pickard

The Monocle team celebrates the endlessly fascinating and culturally rich country of Italy

ISBN 978-0-500-97113-0

Also available 978 0 500 971079

Following the success of The Monocle Book of Japan, Monocle’s latest book is a celebration of all things Italian. Few countries pack a punch like Italy – energetic, enigmatic and effortlessly cool, it’s a country of chic beach clubs, tradition-steeped hilltop towns and cities full of soul. Its cuisine is celebrated the world over, its design aesthetic has become synonymous with both functionality and style, and it’s home to the undisputed capital of fashion: Italy's appeal is undeniable. Covering all these topics and many more, The Monocle Book of Italy is packed with insight and is fully illustrated with specially commissioned photography to paint a unique portrait of the nation. From the vaporettos of Venice and the boutiques of Milan to the family-run trattoria of Trieste and the sunny shorelines of Sicily, discover the people, places and products that define this captivating country. La dolce vita never looked so good.

Monocle

Tyler Brûlé is the Editor-in-chief of Monocle. Andrew Tuck is the magazine's Editor, Nolan Giles is its Design Editor and Joe Pickard, its Books Editor. Illustrated throughout 23.5 x 18.0cm 304pp ISBN 978 0 500 971147 May £35.00

The Monocle Book of the Home Tyler Brûlé, Andrew Tuck, Nolan Giles and Joe Pickard

A global survey of a wide variety of homes, offering the perfect balance between the inspirational and the practical

Also available 978 0 500 971109

Good homes are places where lives can unfold, families grow up, dogs jump on sofas, friends share your hospitality. They should also be places where you can find some solitude – a quiet corner to read a book, have a Saturday afternoon nap. In short, they need to be able to sustain you, inspire you and tell your story thanks to their architecture, use of materials and contents. These are the attributes that Monocle has always celebrated when covering residences in its design and architecture pages – whether featuring a city bolthole, a modernist seaside residence or a summer outpost in a forest. Now Monocle is bringing this all together in one book that explores individual homes, housing projects old and new, communities of self-builders, even whole neighbourhoods where a simple philosophy of building well has created quality of life for many. Monocle has also recruited key thinkers, writers and designers to share their perspectives in a series of fascinating essays. The Monocle Book of the Home is packed with great photography that delivers the bigger picture and also offers a focus on the smallest details. This is a book that could change how you live.

Landscape Architecture Tom Stuart-Smith is an English landscape architect, gardener and writer. He is a member of the Society of Garden Designers and the Landscape Institute. He has written about landscape design and gardening for the Financial Times, Guardian and Daily Telegraph. Tim Richardson is an internationally respected landscape critic, former editor at Wallpaper*, gardens editor at Country Life and founding editor of New Eden magazine. His previous books include Avant Gardeners and The Arcadian Friends.

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arden designers adopt a variety attitudes to their own gardens. Some choose to create a kind of public showcase for their ‘signature style’, while others take the opportunity to make a garden quite out of professional character, or even eschew a garden entirely. Geoffrey Jellicoe lived in a London penthouse flat, while the American Modernist Thomas Church was happy to create a cottage garden at his San Francisco townhouse, quite different from the stylized creations he was designing for clients. Most often, perhaps, designers come to see their own private space as an opportunity to relax and experiment. That is precisely what Tom Stuart-Smith has been doing since 1987 in his own garden at Serge Hill, near Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire. Tom describes the garden as, ‘unstable … here I can do all the things that I would never do elsewhere. It’s a playground. I can make impulsive decisions, never plan, make mistakes, rootle around and generally not be too organized.’ This garden is clearly a relief.

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The first project here was the house, which was converted from a derelict barn complex on land adjacent to the farmhouse where Tom was brought up. The bucolic setting, on a hilltop just off a country lane, belies the notion that it is impossible to find countryside so close to London. Here, amidst a pocket of arable farmland, Tom has been able to create a magical and intimate garden that truly ‘clothes’ the house in the way he intends, so that a single domestic sensibility pervades the place as a whole, regardless of whether one is inside or out.

A rectangular lozenge of lawn is flanked by a pair of short but deep borders, dignified by a group of columnar yews and some low box hedges.

The first garden space one sees here is the sunken courtyard garden that prefaces the barn. Tom oversaw a complete overhaul of the space, re-using a Corten steel wall and long tank made for his Chelsea-winning 2006 show garden. He hopes that the addition of some

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But the plan for the gardens was never simply to ‘restore them to their former glory’. That approach was rather outmoded by the time the project got underway, after the era of the 1980s and 1990s when the National Trust and others were embroiled in an orgy of garden restoration. Tom Stuart-Smith was engaged to work on a way of presenting the gardens in a contemporary manner while staying true to the sense of theatrical grandiloquence which lies at its heart. His response was to enlarge significantly the beds in the lower parterre – the larger of the two – and to replant them with species which might work well amid the sheer scale of this landscape. As Stuart-Smith remarked before work had even begun: ‘I wanted to create a more intimate experience for the visitor. If we replant the garden as it was [with thousands of annuals], people will just yawn and go away. I want to add more detail but retain the overall sweep and grandeur. The setting is just extraordinary.’ The style is broadly naturalistic, with plenty of repeats, particularly among the grasses. Miscanthus and Pennisetum are deployed in meandering ‘rivers’ across the beds to pay subtle homage to the presence of the rejuvenated River Trent, in which fish are now plentiful again (even salmon).

270 illustrations 28.0 x 25.5cm 320pp ISBN 978 0 500 022313 May £50.00

ISBN 978-0-500-02231-3

It seems to create its own landscape typology and is pleasantly disorientating in terms of scale, like viewing a jungle from the window of an aeroplane. The lower parterre slopes down towards the lake at its south end. A range of larger, more moisture-tolerant plants were used in the rich soil here, including Eupatorium purpureum, Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Lavendelturm’ and Thalictrum rochebruneanum – favourite plants in contemporary naturalistic planting schemes which therefore crop up repeatedly in this book. The planting is surging and vertical in orientation, not meekly horizontal and supplicatory, as carpet bedding is. The healthiness of the plants is testament to the preparation of the soil in the parterre – it was basically entirely replaced. This is big-sweep gardening, in accordance with the setting, but there is plenty of detail to enjoy, too, for those who seek it out – verbascums, echinaceas, cirsium, dahlias, eremurus and alliums mingling with bronze fennel and euphorbia. In the higher-up, so-called ‘Mediterranean’ beds, a more drought-resistant palette of plants was utilized, with sedums, salvias, euphorbia, phlomis, heleniums and rudbeckia making for a lighter-coloured scheme and a more open feel. A massive collection of bearded irises makes a show in springtime. Plants are generally deployed in groups to create drifts, or else repeated within individual beds, so that the visitor does not feel too absorbed by any single area of planting in this vast space. And it is all framed within the vocabulary of formal Victorian gardening: seven large fountain pools, clipped Irish yew cones and obelisks, balustrading, the remaining loggia and numerous restored or replaced urns. The trick Stuart-Smith has pulled off is to create naturalistic plantings on this scale without it degenerating into anything like chaos, but rather appearing well-balanced within its own exuberance. His discipline with repeated plants, coupled with the garden staff ’s connoisseurial eye with regard to the overall tone and balance, has led to success.

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At the foot of the lower parterre, by the lake is the restored bronze copy of Cellini’s Perseus and Medusa (1550), a perfect dramatic endnote.

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The first major overview of the UK’s leading landscape architect and designer, Tom Stuart-Smith

Landscape architect and designer Tom Stuart-Smith began his practice in London in 1998. Known for contrasting built forms with naturalistic planting, he has designed gardens, parks and landscapes in Europe, India, Morocco, the United States and the Caribbean. With clients such as the Royal Horticultural Society, the Royal Academy of Arts, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Stuart-Smith has established himself as the United Kingdom’s leading landscape architect. Featuring twenty-four of Stuart-Smith’s gardens from around the world, this book is the first major overview of his career. Through four essays by the designer, readers will learn about his inspirations and methods, while also marvelling at the beauty of his designs. Each garden is accompanied by an overview drawing, spectacular commissioned photography, and text by leading garden writer Tim Richardson. Offering rare insights and ideas on planting, design and landscaping, this book is a must-have for garden lovers and gardening professionals.

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Tom Stuart-Smith

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om Stuart-Smith’s gardens have a relaxed, rhythmic quality which sets them apart from the intense plantsmanship of the late-20th-century English tradition. This can be seen in action at his most high-profile project to date, the Jubilee Garden at Windsor Castle, made for Her Majesty the Queen in 2002. This was a redesign of a transitional space hitherto used primarily as a car-parking area for castle employees, on Castle Hill between the main gates and the principal entrance for visitors, St George’s Gate. The idea was to create a more dignified and attractive approach, in keeping with the romantic, picturesque 1820s alterations of Sir Jeffry Wyatville.

That this was a difficult project to negotiate. It emerged that Tom did not meet his client, the Queen, until the day the garden opened, and in the meantime had to deal with pronouncements from on high filtering down via an opaque royal-household intermediary. And the brief kept changing. Tom’s original plan, which won through at competition stage, was for a sweeping driveway flanked by yew domes reminiscent of guardsmen’s busbies. The Queen felt this was a little too sombre and asked for something more colourful. A bandstand was also requested, and archaeologists from English Heritage forced through other changes. Opposite

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Then it was suddenly decided that castle employees should be able park their cars in this area, after all, and as a result Tom saw about a third of his carefully planned ornamental garden commandeered as a car park. It was also felt that the new, narrower driveway which Tom envisaged as integral to his more relaxed vision had to be returned to its original dimensions in order for guardsmen to march five-abreast down the hill.

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Annika Zetterman is a professional garden designer with over ten years’ experience working throughout Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. 291 illustrations 25.0 x 21.0cm 288pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296141 February £25.00

New Nordic Gardens Scandinavian Landscape Design Annika Zetterman New in paperback

A rich survey of Scandinavia’s best and most inspiring contemporary gardens

Few people have difficulty conjuring images of modern Scandinavian design, whose influence over the past century has reached around the world. More difficult for many is imagining the quiet landscapes of the Nordic countries, which range from the flatlands of Denmark to the dramatic mountains and fjords of Norway. These majestic environments, combined with long summer days and light-poor winters, raking light and dense birch forests, have given rise to exceptionally refined examples of garden and landscape design. This survey presents the best gardens to have been produced in the region over the past ten years. Organized by themes that encapsulate the special ambience and lifestyle of the Scandinavian countries – Simplicity, Silence, Fragility, Nakedness, Attunement, Boldness, Openness and Care – each garden is presented through images and texts explaining its unique aspects and describing its particularly Scandinavian characteristics. The timelessness of Nordic design has proven itself around the world for many decades. Now it is time for the quality of its gardens to come into the light.

ISBN 978-0-500-29614-1

‘Sheds light on simple, stylish gardens across the North Sea’ Daily Telegraph ‘If you love the beauty of the Scandinavian landscape you will love this book’ Reckless Gardener

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Avi Friedman is a professor of architecture at McGill University in Montreal, Canada; an honorary professor at Lancaster University, UK; and president of Avi Friedman Consultants, Inc., a design firm with a focus on affordable and sustainable residential environments. He is the author of numerous books on architecture and design. Over 200 illustrations 25.0 x 20.0cm 232pp ISBN 978 0 500 343487 February £25.00

Pre-Fab Living Avi Friedman

Space-saving, eco-friendly and cost-efficient, the most innovative pre-fabricated homes around the world – from cabins to containers

Efficient and inexpensive to produce, pre-fabricated homes are an ideal solution to the financial and environmental costs facing the modern homeowner. Their extremely versatile format also makes them adaptable to all kinds of locations, be it a secluded off-the-grid setting or a dense urban area. This survey of the world’s most innovative pre-fab houses explores the full range of possibilities, suitable for anyone interested in clever and creative home-building solutions – no architectural degree required. From carbonneutral houses to plug-and-play dwellings and converted shipping containers, each chapter explores the varied and exciting ways that people are using pre-fabricated technology to address contemporary challenges. Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, featuring projects selected by a longtime expert in pre-fab architecture, Pre-Fab Living presents factory-made houses in a new light. Whether designing on a tight budget, crafting something self-sustaining, or simply looking for new spatial ideas, architects, designers and homebuilders alike will find it an essential source of inspiration.

Architecture

Neri&Hu is a Shanghai-based architecture practice that works internationally providing architecture, interior, master planning, graphic and product design services. 600 illustrations 27.0 x 21.5cm 352pp ISBN 978 0 500 343609 May £45.00

Neri&Hu Design and Research Office Neri&Hu

ISBN 978-0-500-34360-9

A comprehensive monograph of internationally acclaimed design studio Neri&Hu

Founded in 2004 by partners Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, Neri&Hu is an interdisciplinary architectural and design practice based in Shanghai that has established an international reputation and following through its innovative buildings in China and across Asia. As engaged with the world of interior design as with large-scale urban redevelopment projects, Neri&Hu’s corpus spans a wide range of works that display Western influences adapted to the particular contexts of Asia. Recipient of awards such as Wallpaper*’s 2014 Designer of The Year, the Best of Year Award 2017 from Interior Design Magazine and being shortlisted for the 2018 RIBA International Prize, Neri&Hu’s creations have received international acclaim. This is the most comprehensive monograph of the studio’s work, featuring around thirty projects at all scales.

Architecture

Kengo Kuma established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990 and went on to become Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, University of Tokyo in 2009. He is the author of several books, including Anti-Object and Kyokai: A Japanese Technique for Articulating Space. Thames & Hudson published a revised edition of a major monograph on his work in 2018. 41 illustrations 18.5 x 13.5cm 128pp ISBN 978 0 500 343616 February £18.00

Kengo Kuma: My Life as an Architect in Tokyo Kengo Kuma

Kengo Kuma, architect of the Tokyo Olympics stadium, gives a personal tour of Tokyo’s key buildings

Also available ISBN 978 0 500 343425

Through twenty-five stories, this intimate little publication paints a picture of how a building inspired a boy to become an architect, how Japan’s national heritage helped form his thinking, and how his professional experience has made him one of the most successful architects of his generation. It was around Kengo Kuma’s tenth birthday that he came into contact with Kenzo Tange’s fishlike Yoyogi National Gymnastics building, completed for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and determined that he would become an architect. In the intervening five or so decades, he has become one of the world’s most fascinating and influential architects, known for his formally daring and materially expressive buildings and his use of innovative materials in vernacular forms. He is perhaps less known for his work inside his native Japan, where he works actively towards the preservation of ancient building techniques and craft. A keen curiosity for all forms of building and a wealth of knowledge about the world acquired through expansive travels make Kuma a unique commentator on Tokyo’s dynamic architecture. His design of the National Stadium for the Tokyo Olympics provides a poetic circularity to his career as an architect, and an opportunity for him to reflect on his own development. This book contains something for everyone: design acumen, insights into Japanese culture, a tour of Tokyo and the heartfelt commitment to producing buildings that have meaning and longevity.

Architecture

Mok Wei Wei: Works by W Architects

ISBN 978-0-500-34345-6

Mok Wei Wei Edited by Justin Zhuang With essays by Jiat-Hwee Chang and Leon van Schaik

The first monograph on Mok Wei Wei, Singapore’s most inventive, thoughtful and respected architect

MMXX Two Decades of Architecture in Australia Cameron Bruhn

ISBN 978-1-760-76088-5

Thames & Hudson Australia

A survey of Australian architecture over the last twenty years

During a career spanning over three decades, awardwinning architect Mok Wei Wei has designed numerous large- and small-scale projects in Singapore with his practice W Architects. From apartment complexes and museums to houses and community centres, each project presented here reveals the architect’s inspirations and ingenious solutions to the challenges of building in the tropical city-stage. The works are presented in three themed chapters – Refract, Respond, Reflect – and move through Mok Wei Wei’s career from his first Frank Gehryinspired experiments in the early 1980s to his highly innovative green apartment buildings. The book also includes several essays by the architect himself, who articulates his key ideas here for the first time. Mok Wei Wei's architectural projects have received critical acclaim around the world. Justin Zhuang is a Singaporean writer and researcher with an interest in design, architecture and history. Jiat-Hwee Chang is an associate professor in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore. Leon van Schaik is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at RMIT, Melbourne, Australia. 594 illustrations 26.0 x 22.0cm 352pp ISBN 978 0 500 343456 January £45.00

MMXX tells the story of architecture in Australia since the turn of the century, taking the reader on a journey through varying scales and locations – from ambitious city-making projects to finely crafted homes and elegant sheds nestled in the scenic countryside. Showcasing fifty-nine acclaimed projects, the book features work by more than 100 practices, from the urban generosity of Harry Seidler & Associates’ Riparian Plaza in Brisbane to the irreverent and culture-shaping Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart by Fender Katsalidis and ARM Architecture’s iconic Shrine of Remembrance on Melbourne’s grand axis. Alongside the key projects, ten essays by leading thinkers document the cultures and ideas that have shaped Australian architecture today. Cameron Bruhn is the Dean and Head of School of the School of Architecture, The University of Queensland. A writer, editor and curator, he is a regular contributor to numerous architecture and design periodicals, and was co-editor of The Forever House, The Terrace House and The Apartment House, all published by Thames & Hudson. Illustrated throughout 35.0 x 25.0cm 304pp paperback ISBN 978 1 760 760885 January £40.00

Architecture

Robbie Polley is a renowned architectural illustrator. His drawings have featured in thirty books, including Architecture Inside + Out, also published by Thames & Hudson. Margaret Fletcher is Associate Professor of Architecture at Auburn University. 600 illustrations 23.0 x 18.0cm 288pp ISBN 978 0 500 343647 March £19.99

Architectural Styles A Visual Guide Robert Polley and Margaret Fletcher

Every major architectural style in history is brilliantly rendered in specially commissioned drawings

Gothic, Romanesque, Modernist, Metabolist... The variety of styles through architectural history can be bewildering. Whether it be a Gothic crocket or a simple Modernist join, this book illustrates all the key architectural styles from around the world using beautiful, specially commissioned drawings to identify key features and details. It begins with the earliest styles of the ancient civilizations – Egypt, Greece and Rome – before travelling through Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque and into the modern world via the panoply of 19th-century revivalist styles. Also covered is the traditional architecture of China, India, Japan and Pre-Columbian America. A final section gathers together key architectural elements from different periods – columns, towers, doorways, windows. Filled with hundreds of drawings by an expert architectural illustrator, this book is ideal for anyone with a general interest in architecture as well as for students.

Design

A Century of Colour in Design 250 innovative objects and the stories behind them David Harrison Thames & Hudson Australia

An engaging and informative review of the importance and application of colour in design

In the century since Gerrit Rietveld’s iconic application of primary colours to a wooden chair, the use of colour in home furnishings has developed its own rich history. Departing from the humble finishes of natural timber and neutral metals, the contemporary design marketplace has blossomed in a rainbow of colours. Whether bright, brash or muted, the astute application of colour in design has become a meaningful feature in and of itself. This book tracks the trend towards colour chronologically from its intellectual roots in the Bauhaus movement to the current day. Eight standalone profiles showcase designers who have applied colour in inventive ways, and short texts contextualize each of the 250 objects covered. Novel in its approach, A Century of Colour in Design presents an essential short-form history of the increasingly innovative use of colour in contemporary furniture, lighting and decorative objects for all with an interest in design, culture, history and colour.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT Anni Albers, Knot, 1947, gouache on paper (43.2 x 51 cm); Anni Albers, Red Meander, 1954, linen and cotton weaving (52 x 37.5 cm); Anni Albers, Red and Blue Layers, 1954, cotton weaving (61.6 x 37.8 cm); Anni Albers, design for a 1926 unexecuted wall hanging, n.d., gouache with pencil on reprographic paper (38 x 25 cm). OPPOSITE PAGE Anni Albers, c. 1940. Photograph by Josef Albers.

Design

David Harrison is a Sydneybased design writer and interior designer who has been contributing to Australian interiors magazines since 1999. For a decade he has reported on the Milan Furniture Fair for Belle magazine and for his online publication Design Daily. He is the co-author, with Karen McCartney, of White Rooms. He also styled The Alchemy of Things. 250 illustrations 21.0 x 14.8cm 320pp ISBN 978 1 760 760533 January £19.95

MOULDED FIBREGLASS CHAIRS

CLOCKWISE FROM RIGHT Palio textile for Herman Miller, 1964, reissued by Maharam, 2012; Colour Wheel Ottoman in Girard’s Jacobs Coat textile, 1967, reissued by Herman Miller, 2014; one of a collection of plates for Georg Jensen, 1955; Crosses printed linen textile for Herman Miller, 1957; Braniff International Airways Lounge Armchair, 1965, reissued by Herman Miller, 1967.

Charles and Ray Eames

OPPOSITE PAGE Alexander Girard in his studio in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1948. Photograph by Charles Eames.

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Available in an impressive range of colours and base options, these chairs brought a democracy of design to the broader market and heralded an era of affordable modernity. Usually referred to as ‘Eames chairs’ or ‘Eames fibreglass chairs’, they were universally popular – the couple themselves used several different models in their own home and studio. The chairs came about as part of the Eames’ research into organic seating that had started with their moulded plywood products during World War II, when they developed such diverse products as leg splints and training glider parts. While the general form may have been part of a continuous approach, the outcome and material were very different. The two shell designs – a side chair and an armchair – were teamed with a huge array of bases, including several dining chair types and low lounge chair versions, linked auditorium seating and even a rocker. Their palette was every bit as varied. Charles and Ray Eames spent time mixing pigments to develop special hues with evocative

names like Elephant Hide Grey (‘a black with feeling’, according to Charles Eames), Sea Foam Green and Seal Brown. In an era in which standardisation was considered a noble goal, creating a range of twenty-seven colours gave the customer enormous freedom to bring personality to their home or work environment. The material and its method of manufacturing added an unintended but welcome uniqueness to each piece. Michigan-based company Herman Miller produced the chairs in polyester resin reinforced with glass-fibre, and it was the random way in which these substances took up colours that created the chairs’ much-loved individuality. For environmental reasons, the chairs were discontinued in 1993 but rereleased five years later by Vitra using recyclable polypropylene. Unfortunately, these greener chairs didn’t have the same organic quality as the original material and in 2013, Herman Miller brought out a new fibreglass version using eco-friendly bioresins, offered in many of the early colours.

TOGO SEATING

HOMAGE TO MONDRIAN CABINET

VALISES WARDROBE

Michel Ducaroy

Shiro Kuramata

Maarten De Ceulaer

2008

This witty play on the traditional travel trunk began life as a design school graduation project by Belgian designer De Ceulaer titled ‘A Pile of Suitcases’. Initially a student of interior design, De Ceulaer studied at the SintLukas Hogeschool in Brussels, where he developed a keen eye for colour prior to becoming a product designer. With a growing interest in conceptual ideas, he switched disciplines and attended Design Academy Eindhoven, a school well known for its artistic approach. Inspired by his love of travel, De Ceulaer developed his graduation project, presenting it in variegated green and describing it as ‘functioning as a classy wardrobe with a variable composition and well-measured compartments. Steel profiles keep the pile firmly together, leaving ample room for change.’ In other words, it could easily be dismantled, transported or reconfigured as required – a far cry from the heavy, static wardrobes of the past. The piece was immediately taken up by Nina Yashar, founder of the prestigious design gallery Nilufar in Milan and, over the intervening years, has grown into a collection of thirteen different objects (from a mirror with suitcase drawers at its base to a desk of briefcases), all covered in Belgian recycled vintage leathers of exquisite quality.

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Where many objects are designed in a limited range of specific colours, the Togo collection of low modular seating has embraced everything from brights to florals, checks and even metallics during its impressive life span. At the time of its fortieth anniversary, in 2013, the collection was offered by French furniture brand Ligne Roset in an astonishing 899 shades of fabric and leather. Togo sofas, lounge chairs (pictured here) and poufs have no internal structure, just three different densities of foam. The collection’s squishy, pleated forms embodied the counter-culture spirit of the 70s and remain a sensation, having sold more than 1.5 million pieces to date.

The name immediately conjures up the dynamic blocks of primary colour and bold black lines for which the Dutch abstract artist was famous. And Kuramata’s creation works as an artwork in itself while also delivering functional surprises, with doors and drawers concealed behind some – but not all – of the graphic shapes. The celebrated Japanese designer fashioned two styles: one of which (pictured here) appears to be a direct representation of Piet Mondrian’s Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow from 1930; the other of the lesser known Composition with Yellow from 1936. Cappellini has produced the design since 2009.

At the same time as his gallery representation, De Ceulaer was approached by Italian manufacturer Casamania, who saw the potential of the design produced in a less rarefied form. It was subsequently put into production under the new name ‘Valises’ (French for suitcases) solely in wardrobe form, but in four distinct colour palettes: greens, blues, a pinky beige ensemble and a subtle multicoloured variant. This production version of the design reverts to the original configuration from De Ceulaer’s Eindhoven graduation project, delivering an abstract artwork reminiscent of a Sean Scully painting while performing as a functioning wardrobe.

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Design

Matthew Shlian is an artist, paper engineer and founder of the Initiative Artist Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His work extends from drawings to large-scale installations to collaborations with leading researchers and scientists. His work for the National Science Foundation explores paperfolding structures on the macro level translated to the nanoscale. His client list includes Apple, P&G, Facebook, Levi’s, Sesame Street and the Queen of Jordan. 200 illustrations 25.6 x 25.6cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 094280 February £40.00

Unfolding The Paper Art and Science of Matthew Shlian Contributions from Eric Broug, Stuart Kestenbaum and Lawrence Weschler

ISBN 978-0-500-09428-0

A complete retrospective of the paper engineer and artist Matthew Shlian, documenting a decade of unrivalled and unexpected creativity

Since its invention in c.100 bc, paper has been a cornerstone of civilization and a key component of the human experience. Artist Matthew Shlian has always recognized paper’s significance as a material for experimentation and understanding. In his hands, engineering, science and geometry can all be expressed within the medium of paper. Folded, tessellated, compressed, extrapolated – two-dimensional paper becomes three-dimensional sculpture in beautiful and unexpected ways. Unfolding is a complete overview of Shlian’s oeuvre over the past ten years, including small- and large-scale works, unseen development sketchbooks, collaborations with scientific researchers and scientists, three-dimension reliefs and sculpture – all in paper. Printed in full colour on two paper stocks, the book features an interview between Stuart Kestenbaum and the artist, and essays by acclaimed writer Lawrence Weschler and Islamic design scholar Eric Broug. In keeping with the geometric underpinning of Shlian’s work, the dimensions of the book are ‘16 cubed’: 16cm squared by 16cm squared by 16 signatures of 16 pages. Unfolding is a journey into the new possibilities of folding technology, the intricate complexities of Islamic patterns, and the sheer potential offered by a simple sheet of paper.

Design

Yves Béhar established his studio, fuseproject, in San Francisco in 1999. The studio has won many awards and accolades and has been the subject of several international exhibitions. Adam Fisher is a writer and journalist based in San Francisco. He is the author of Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley. 632 illustrations 30.0 x 24.0cm 420pp ISBN 978 0 500 519738 April £60.00

Yves Béhar Designing Ideas Twenty years of Fuseproject Yves Béhar and Adam Fisher

The complete monograph of the world’s leading product designer and design entrepreneur

Since founding his studio fuseproject in 1999, Yves Béhar has redefined the role of the designer, expanding his work to encompass client commissions alongside public-sector work and entrepreneurial engagements. In doing so, Béhar has produced groundbreaking, award-winning designs that have had a positive impact on the well-being of people in developing countries and impoverished communities, creating everything from laptops and spectacles for children to stylish electronics. His clients have included MIT Media Lab, BMW, Microsoft, Swarovski and many more. A comprehensive retrospective of Béhar’s twentyyear career, this book presents his work in topical thematic chapters – 'Reducing', 'Sensing', 'Transforming', 'Giving', 'Humanizing' and 'Scaling' – and explores over sixty projects in detail, through text descriptions, sketches and exquisite studio photography. Offering thorough and sometimes personal insights into the conception, process and production of some of the most recognized pieces of contemporary design, this monograph illuminates the designer’s particular fusion of creativity and commercial savvy, as well as his studio’s expertise in combining the latest Silicon Valley technologies with social responsibility and business acumen.

Design

Marimekko is a Finnish lifestyle and design house, celebrated worldwide for its lively, original prints and products. Laird Borrelli-Persson is Archive Editor at Vogue.com and author of seven books, including Fashion Illustration Now and Fashion Illustration Next, both published by Thames & Hudson. 400 illustrations 30.5 x 25.5cm 272pp ISBN 978 0 500 023983 May £50.00

Marimekko: The Art of Printmaking Marimekko Laird Borrelli-Persson

ISBN 978-0-500-02398-3

The official 70th anniversary publication by Marimekko, celebrating the classic design collaborations, pattern designs and vibrant textiles from the much-loved Finnish lifestyle design house

Finnish for ‘Mary’s dress’, Marimekko was founded in 1951 by Armi Ratia. Going against the restrictive fashion of the period, it produced flowing dresses in abstract patterns and vibrant colours, which remain the house’s signature to this day. Over the last eight decades, Marimekko's artists have created some 3,500 designs, which have graced clothing, bags, accessories, ceramics, bedding, fabric and more. Blending archival photographs and advertisements with modern campaign imagery as well as newly commissioned photography, Marimekko: The Art of Printmaking tells the story of the house’s most iconic designs. Four distinct sections guide the reader through the Marimekko philosophy and lifestyle, via its factory in Herttoniemi, where fabrics have been created from the very beginning, on to a rich sourcebook of pattern and finally to the brand’s ultra-sustainable, super-creative future. With over 100 iconic patterns, a multitude of colourways and a wealth of archival material, Marimekko: The Art of Printmaking is essential reading for any lover of print and pattern.

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PHUNK is a Singapore-based art and design collective. Justin Zhuang has written several books about Singapore design, including INDEPENDENCE: The History of Graphic Design in Singapore Since the 1960s. Valerie C. Doran is an art critic and author of China’s New Art. Shirley Surya is Curator in Design and Architecture at M+, Hong Kong. 367 illustrations 29.0 x 23.0cm 240pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296042 January £35.00

Control Chaos Redefining the Visual Cultures of Asia PHUNK Interview by Justin Zhuang Contributions from Valerie C. Doran and Shirley Surya

ISBN 978-0-500-29604-2

Celebrating twenty-five years of PHUNK, this monograph traces the ways in which the Singaporebased art collective has mixed urban street culture, art and design to create a unique body of work

PHUNK is a contemporary art and design collective based in Singapore. Founded in 1994 by Alvin Tan, Melvin Chee, Jackson Tan and William Chan when they were students at Lasalle College of the Arts, PHUNK developed a novel approach to collective art-making based on the collaborative aesthetic of a rock-and-roll band and informed by a shared interest in urban subcultures. They have exhibited widely and collaborated with artists, designers and international brands, producing work across a broad range of mediums. Inspired by 'Control Chaos', a key work that sparked PHUNK's creative journey, this monograph is organized around three themes: ‘Collective Consciousness’, which explores PHUNK’s early development; ‘Criti-Cool’, which looks at the challenges of practising art in Singapore; and ‘Connecting Worlds’, which examines works that reflect our increasingly globalized world. With accompanying texts based upon exclusive interviews with the collective, this inspirational overview is richly illustrated with original artwork and will be essential reading for anyone interested in Singapore’s art and design scene over the past twentyfive years.

Design

Leif Podhajsky is an Australian graphic designer, artist and art director, known for the distinctive album covers he has designed for some of the past decade’s biggest electronic, indie and psychedelic artists. His striking style has also attracted leading brands, such as Nike and Ralph Lauren, and the likes of Sydney Opera House. Evie Tarr is a writer, editor and musician based in London. 250 illustrations 27.0 x 21.5cm 224pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 024027 February £30.00

New Psychedelia Leif Podhajsky Contributions by Evie Tarr

The first monograph of the celebrated mind-altering artist and album cover designer Leif Podhajsky

Over the past decade, Leif Podhajsky’s kaleidoscopic artwork has carved out a unique space for the resurgence of psychedelia, reinvented for contemporary culture through the exploration of the relationship between the organic and the digital. Podhajsky’s first monograph collates and curates his vivid artwork from the past decade. The book contains chapters on psychedelia, synaesthesia, digital and organic worlds and the influence of human perception upon nature – all beautifully illustrated with Podhajsky’s artwork – alongside detailed presentations of his iconic album covers: Tame Impala’s Innerspeaker and Lonerism, Bonobo’s The North Borders and Foals’ Holy Fire, to name a few. Each profile contains exclusive insight into the creative processes, collaborations and insider anecdotes behind each cover. A complete illustrated chronology of Podhajsky’s works to date is included at the end of the book.

Features Podhajsky’s work for:

Tame Impala . Foals . Mount Kimbie Bonobo . London Grammar Of Monsters and Men – and more

Decorative Arts

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Max Donnelly is Curator of Nineteenth-Century Furniture in the Department of Furniture, Textiles and Fashion at the V&A. He has contributed to C. F . A. Voysey: Arts and Crafts Designer (V&A, 2016) and The Story of Scottish Design (V&A/T&H, 2018). 110 illustrations 19.0 x 17.0cm 144pp ISBN 978 0 500 480700 June £16.99

32. Claret jug, designed by Christopher Dresser and manufactured by Stephen Smith & Son, London Design registered 19 October 1879; manufactured 1879– 80 Glass and silver Victoria and Albert Museum, London (V&A: CIRC.416-1967)

A visual tension is created in this jug by the contrasting contours of the splayed glass base and the angular handle. The shape of the handle imitates those found on Japanese objects, and also recalls the profile of a traditional Japanese temple gate, or torii. While discussing Japanese architecture, Dresser stated his belief that ‘the law of proportion is this: the more difficult it is to detect the relation of part to part the more beautiful the proportion is’.20

33. Decanter, designed by Christopher Dresser and manufactured by Hukin & Heath, later Heath & Middleton, Birmingham and London Design registered 26 March 1879 Glass and electroplated nickel silver Victoria and Albert Museum, London (V&A: CIRC.186-1966)

Sugar bowl, designed by Christopher Dresser and manufactured by Elkington & Co., Birmingham Manufactured c.1885

This elegant and poised design, often described as a ‘crow’s foot’ decanter, recalls novelty Victorian claret jugs in the form of birds. The tapered glass body and beak-like spout give it an animated appearance, while the avian-style feet raise the body of the vessel and fulfil Dresser’s aim of enhancing the ‘brilliancy’ of the wine’s colour by surrounding it with reflected light from the metalwork.

Private collection

In his Principles of Decorative Design, Dresser advocated this inverted conical form for a sugar bowl, ‘for the sugar is always collected together, and the dust sugar separates itself from the lumps’. He also thought that conventional sugar bowls, as shown in the Elkington & Co. book, were difficult to hold; therefore, he wrote, ‘I propose three feet so formed as to serve as handles throughout their upper parts’.21 Add one sentence: something about how the piece was actually made? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, omnis euismod sapientem no nec, sed habeo moderatius ei, cum id dicunt animal detraxit.

ISBN 978-0-500-48070-0

Monchō (pattern book of crests), made by Masuda Bungorō , Shiba, Tokyo, Japan Made [check] Pen and ink and wash on paper Victoria and Albert Museum, London (V&A: D.209-1905 and part no?)

30. Covered bowl, designed by Christopher Dresser and manufactured by Hukin & Heath, later Heath & Middleton, Birmingham and London Design registered 26 March 1879 Electroplated nickel silver Private collection

This covered bowl is engraved with mon, Japanese family crests, similar to some illustrated in this album owned by Dresser and possibly acquired during his visit to Japan in 1876–7. Perhaps he was referring to it when he wrote that, ‘I know of no book which contains a greater number of beautiful ornaments than the little volume which constitutes the illustrated peerage of Japan; for the crests, although simple in character, are beautifully designed’.19

40. Cream jug, designed by Christopher Dresser and manufactured by Elkington & Co., Birmingham Manufactured 1894 Electroplated nickel silver Victoria and Albert Museum, London (V&A: M.1-1999)

Dresser worked for manufacturers in Europe and the USA as well as in Britain, and many of the products that he designed were exported. This cream jug, on the other hand, travelled, and in style; it was made for the passenger liners operated by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), which sailed between Europe and destinations including India, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. 93

Design Pioneer Max Donnelly

A beautifully designed gift book devoted to the work of Christopher Dresser, one of the most influential British designers of all time

Christopher Dresser (1834–1904) is widely regarded as Britain’s first independent industrial designer. His works still look remarkably modern more than a century later. Like his contemporary William Morris, Dresser advocated for an ‘honesty of materials’, but unlike Morris he fully embraced industrial techniques, designing for the growing consumer market. Dresser’s fascination with the arts of Japan and his advocacy of Owen Jones’s principle that all ornament should be geometrical in form resulted in a range of designs that look surprisingly minimal for their time. Affordable, well-designed, functional and commercially successful, the objects that Dresser designed, wallpapers, textiles, carpets, ceramics, furniture and, most famously, metalwork – were industrially produced by more than fifty manufacturers across the UK, US and continental Europe. This compact, beautifully produced book on the work of Christopher Dresser begins with a brief introduction to his life and work before presenting seventyfive of his most important pieces, each accompanied by a narrative-style caption. It will appeal to anyone interested in modern design.

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Doris Behrens-Abouseif is Professor Emerita at SOAS, University of London, and previously Nasser D. Khalili Chair of Islamic Art and Archaeology at SOAS. Her many publications encompass a wide range of subjects of sociocultural and art historical interest with a focus on Egypt and Syria from Late Antiquity and the early Islamic period to the 19th century, covering architecture, urbanism, material culture and the decorative arts. 350 illustrations 27.6 x 21.9cm 340pp ISBN 978 0 500 971116 May £50.00

Metalwork from the Arab World and the Mediterranean Doris Behrens-Abouseif

The latest book in the series on the treasures of The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait

ISBN 978-0-500-97111-6

Also available 978 0 500 970928

This volume presents vessels, fittings and other objects made in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Yemen from the early Islamic period through to the end of the Ottoman era in the 19th century. The pieces include exquisite platters, serving-vessels, candlesticks and pen-boxes produced for royal courts, but also many beautifully decorated bronze domestic items, such as bowls, lunch-boxes,doorknockers, buckets and lamps. The metalwork traditions in this book reflect the complex history of the Arab world following the advent of Islam. The collection starts in the Late Antique period, which informed the early Islamic royal styles of the Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid dynasties, and goes on to trace the emergence of Mosul as a centre for metalwork in the 12th–13th centuries; the courtly Mamluk style during the Bahri period (1250–1380s); the Circassian era (1380s– 1517); the growth of the European export market from the 15th century; distinctive vernacular styles in Yemen during the 14th–16th centuries; and the many revivals and fusions of international styles over six centuries of Ottoman rule (1517–1900s). Finally, an enigmatic group of zoomorphic fittings that defies easy dating is celebrated for the craftsmanship and charm of its animal figures. This beautifully illustrated volume features many important unpublished pieces and is essential reading for specialists, but it will fascinate and inform anyone with an interest in Islamic culture and history, metalwork and the decorative arts of the Arab world.

Over 1,000 illustrations 24.5 x 22.0cm 288pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 295939 February £25.00

Arts & Crafts of the Islamic Lands Principles Materials Practice Edited by Khaled Azzam New in paperback

Written by tutors at the Prince's School of Traditional Arts, a vital reference and practical resource for craftspeople, artists and students

Decorative Arts

Khaled Azzam is Director of The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts. The School was founded in London in 2004 by HRH The Prince of Wales to develop the Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts programme pioneered by Professor Keith Critchlow.

This book celebrates the thriving world of Islamic arts and crafts, as well as presenting the rich cultural, philosophical and historical heritage that contemporary artists and craftspeople still draw on today. Based on decades of research and expertise, and written by tutors at The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, one of the world’s leading schools for the study of the traditional crafts of the East and West, it provides unparalleled access to a glorious range of methods, materials and skills. The book is organized into three chapters. The first explores the fundamental principles of Islamic arts and crafts: geometry, islimi and calligraphy. The second introduces widely used materials and tools, including pigments, gesso panels, gilding equipment, brushes, pens and paper. The third provides fully illustrated stepby-step guides to the crafting of artefacts and artworks, including Kufic calligraphy, plaster carving, Mughal and Persian miniature painting, parquetry, ceramics, mosaic and glassblowing. The history and significance of the techniques and materials used are explained, accompanied by numerous illustrations of masterworks found throughout the Islamic world. This comprehensive and accessible volume, packed with over 1,000 images, connects cultural history with modern practice. It is a vital reference and practical resource for craftspeople, artists and students from all backgrounds who seek to engage with the Islamic world.

Lifestyle

Jacqui Lewis co-founded The Broad Place, a global school focused on bringing clarity, creativity and consciousness into the lives of students and clients. She has been featured in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Sydney Morning Herald and more. Arran Russell is a multidisciplinary creative co-founder of The Broad Place. He has also worked with high-profile clients like Coca-Cola, BMG Records, Lee Denim and Channel V. Illustrated throughout 26.5 x 20.5cm 208pp ISBN 978 1 760 760342 January £24.95

High-Grade Living A guide to creativity, clarity and mindfulness Jacqui Lewis and Arran Russell Thames & Hudson Australia

ISBN 978-1-760-76034-2

A handbook that shows readers how to shift from stressed, anxious and overwhelmed to creative, grounded and happy, using ancient knowledge applied to modern living

High-Grade Living demonstrates how a strong foundation of meditation can benefit all areas of our lives, from the home to relationships, creativity and happiness. It examines how to audit, edit and refine your home through considered exercises on assessing excess and determining how well your possessions reflect who you are. Other prompts will help your creativity flow and establish how your words and actions embody who you want to be. Author Jacqui Lewis is a long-time practitioner of Integrated Meditation and founder of multiple businesses who has lived life at the extremes of stress and anxiety, and now teaches others the grounded, innovative and resilient approach that brought her back to herself. In an increasingly frenetic and fractured world, we have lost the essence of ourselves. This book is a guide to stripping away the artifice in our lives to discover our 'broad place', where we come into contact with our higher selves, the truth of ourselves, as creative and conscious humans

Lifestyle

Katie Service is a beauty expert and Editorial Beauty Director at Harrods. Previously, she was Beauty Editor for ES Magazine, Sunday Times Style and InStyle, and contributed to titles such as Vogue China, Vogue Japan and London Fashion Week Daily. She is also the co-founder of beauty consultancy and insights collective The Beauty Conversation. 145 illustrations 23.3 x 18.1cm 216pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 295465 January £19.99

The Beauty Brief An Insider’s Guide to Skincare Katie Service

A global, up-to-theminute guide to navigating the fast-changing world of skincare, written by an expert at the heart of the business

Valued at over $550 billion and growing exponentially, the global cosmetics market is experiencing an unprecedented boom worldwide, driven by the powerful influence of Instagram and YouTube’s new stars, but also renewed scrutiny when it comes to healthy and eco-friendly ingredients. To help the reader choose intelligently from the flurry of new products and procedures on offer, this timely book opens with an accessible introduction that breaks down ‘The Big Issues’ facing the beauty industry (from recyclables and vegan or cruelty-free products to ‘dupes’ and toxic ingredients), before unveiling thematic chapters – from ‘The Essentials of Good Skincare' to morning routines, ‘on-the-go’ products, evening regimes, SOS skin-repair tips and dermatological treatments. The final chapter, ‘The Back of the Bottle’, decodes the ingredients lists and symbols on our beauty products, featuring case studies of the beauty industry’s best-sellers from Weleda Skin Food to Glossier Solution. Presented in a glossy, digestible way, The Beauty Brief: An Insider's Guide to Skincare will be a must-have reference for beauty enthusiasts of all ages looking to make informed beauty choices and uncover the secrets of smart skincare.

‘Excellent, brilliantly researched and wonderfully comprehensive’ Funmi Fetto, Vogue Contributing Beauty Editor

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Peng is an Austrian cartoonist and illustrator who, with the artist Hu, co-authored the Hirameki: Draw What You See series, published by Thames & Hudson. He has taught art in schools and at the Art University in Linz, Austria, and in 2003 was the winner of the ‘Deutscher Karikaturenpreis’ – the most important illustration award in the German-speaking area. 200 illustrations 26.6 x 23.0cm 160pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 652428 March £14.99

I can draw Peng

A brand-new approach to drawing that makes it fun and accessible for everyone, based on first-hand teaching methods developed over twenty years

Also available 978 0 500 292488

There’s no doubt about it: whether you’re a newbie or a dab hand, drawing can often be daunting. That’s why cartoons are the best place to start! From the co-creator of the best-selling Hirameki: Draw What You See comes a stylish yet playful approach to drawing cartoons, designed to excite even the most tentative artists. Over several decades teaching in schools and art colleges, cartoonist Peng has developed expert knowledge of the building blocks of drawing and sketching. As he shows, creativity can come from anywhere. Entire sketches can spring up from the simplest lines or curves. Even found objects can spark brilliance – who knows, maybe a stone or leaf could provide the next flash of inspiration! Peng’s easy-to-follow guide inspires confidence and creativity by showing how even complete novices can quickly learn how to draw characters and develop their own individual style. Starting with the basics of figure construction and moving through to expression, movement and animals, the artist conjures up delightful cartoons with wicked humour and a lightness of touch. Simple tips and exercises reveal how anyone and everyone can master the art of drawing, encouraging the reader to experiment with a variety of techniques executed through brush, pencil and pen. Don’t be afraid of drawing, concludes Peng, in this enjoyable and addictive starter book – you make the rules.

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Mathilda Masters is a writer and explorer. She has been writing for children since 2002. Louize Perdieus studied graphic and illustration design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Illustrated throughout 24.0 x 19.5cm 288pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296028 March £14.99

321 Seriously Smart Things You Need To Know Mathilda Masters Illustrations by Louize Perdieus

321 surprising facts about flora and fauna, language, famous people, our planet and much more

ISBN 978-0-500-29602-8

Also available 978 0 500 296028

Did you know that: • Penguins have knees? • You can weigh your head by putting it in a bucket of water? • Astronauts urinate into a vacuum cleaner? What the encyclopaedia was to the 20th century, this book is to the 21st. Twelve elegantly designed chapters brim with 321 fascinating – and often surprising – facts, enabling people to dazzle their friends and family with their knowledge of sports, science, plants and insects, famous people and space. The facts are all grouped together by topic, so readers can dip in and pick and choose the topics that they find most interesting. This well-structured collection of smart things you need to know will be fun for all the family.

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It wasn’t the English or the French, but rather the Chinese who invented the world’s most popular ball sport. Over two thousand years before football spread throughout Europe, Chinese soldiers were playing a game called ‘tsu-cho’, which literally means ‘kick-ball’. A leather ball was filled with feathers or fur, and two teams tried to score points by kicking it through a goal. Use of the hands was not allowed. The game became extremely popular later during the Song dynasty, which lasted from 960–1279 ce.

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a game of tsu-cho Professional football as we know it today started in 1863 in England. In the initial years, football was a much rougher game than it is now: stamping on an opponent’s foot was usually allowed, even when they didn’t have the ball. If the keeper was in possession of it, you could even try to ram him into the goal yourself to score a point.

76 YO-YO CHAMPIONSHIPS – IT’S A THING! Yo-yo’s are heaps of fun to play with, and you might even know a few tricks yourself. But if you want to go pro, you could register for the World Yo-yo Championships!

74 THE WORLD’S LIGHTEST RACING BIKE WEIGHS LESS THAN A NEWBORN BABY • The world’s lightest racing bike weighs only 2.7 kilograms. It could easily be lifted with one hand, and feels lighter than a small bag of potatoes. • To make it, German Gunter Mai built a bicycle frame that weighed only 642.5 grams. The bicycle’s ‘fork’ (the two prongs on either side of the front wheel) weighs only 185.9 grams. Mai worked on his design until it weighed only 2.8 kilos, then sold it to an American

• The competition consists of two parts. First there are several compulsory tricks you need to perform; after that there’s a freestyle section

bicycle manufacturer who made special wheels weighing only 583 grams. That made the bike even lighter, but certainly not cheaper: all in all, the bicycle’s construction cost $45,000 dollars. • Bicycles that are too light aren’t allowed to be used in official races. According to the International Cyclists’ Union (the UNI), competition bicycles must not be any lighter than 6.8 kilograms

when you can show off your individual and artistic talents. Points are awarded by a panel of judges, and whoever scores the highest wins. Music is allowed when freestyling, and competitors are even allowed to dance or jump around! • To get to the world championships, you first need to make it through the national championships. The Japanese are especially good yo-yoers: Shinji Saito has won the world title no fewer than 13 times!

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• Not every country has its own national yo-yo championship – there has never been one in Belgium or the Netherlands, for example. But that could change soon: the Netherlands is now negotiating to hold official contests and send finalists to the world championships.

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Marcel Heijnen is a Dutch photographer and designer who has been in Asia for over twenty years. He lives in Hong Kong. 150 illustrations 19.6 x 15.6cm 160pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296233 April £12.99

Shop Cats of Hong Kong Marcel Heijnen

A charming look at felines in a range of quirky and atmospheric shops across Hong Kong, reflecting the region's unique culture and tastes

ISBN 978-0-500-29623-3

Coming in autumn 2021 China Shop Cats 978 0 500 296110

Fluffy or sleek, lithe or lazy, the cat has enraptured humans for centuries. With left or right paw beckoning, cats are a fixture across Asia. The cats in this book are believed by their owners to be lucky, each an essential part of the life, business and family of the shops in which they live and hunt. This one-of-a kind publication features captivating photographs, and light-hearted haikus on shop life. A fun and warm tribute to shopkeepers of all stripes, and to the companions who bring them good fortune and commerce, this is a unique glimpse into Hong Kong's culture and the shops that play a key role in everyday life.

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Rone Street Art and Beyond Tyrone Wright (Rone)

The first-ever book documenting the work of Australian street-art superstar Rone

Philip Hughes: Painting the Ancient Land of Australia Philip Hughes Foreword by Glenn Murcutt ISBN 978-1-760-76071-7

Encompassing the entire continent, the landscape paintings of Philip Hughes comprise a love letter to Australia

Known for his multi-storey murals gracing buildings all over the world, Melbourne-based artist Rone uses his work to explore the friction and connection between beauty and decay, youth and ruin. Rone was a seminal figure in the explosive Melbourne street art scene of the early 2000s. With his beginnings in street art, stencil and screen printing, Rone is now best known for haunting images of women's faces, rendered in arresting detail on silos and store fronts, museums and apartment blocks. Rone: Street Art and Beyond presents a survey of the artist's work from the street, the studio and nowdefunct installations. The works are bookended by essays that trace the evolution of Rone's career, delve into his depictions of women, and go behind the scenes of his most ambitious installation to date. Anecdotal notes from the artist unpack the stories behind the portraits, tying them to their communities in London, Paris, New York, Havana, Christchurch, Hong Kong and beyond. Tyrone Wright (Rone) lives and creates in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. His portraits can be seen in various states of decay in cities around the world, and his works are held in permanent collections at the National Gallery of Australia and National Gallery of Victoria. Illustrated throughout 27.5 x 21.5cm 240pp ISBN 978 1 760 760953 January £30.00

From Karinjini in the west to Fraser Island in the east, via the northern Kimberley and far southwest of Tasmania, Philip Hughes: Painting the Ancient Land of Australia follows artist Philip Hughes, palette in hand, across the length and breadth of the country. Hughes’s work is defined by his breathtaking portrayals of natural landscapes and human interventions, informed and inspired by maps and aerial photographs. With a bold graphic style complemented by expressive blocks of colour, Hughes’s practice seems particularly suited to the Australian landscape, as notable for its ecological nuances as it is for its stark extremes. Featuring work created over a span of three decades, a mixture of elegant sketches alongside larger painted artworks, Painting the Ancient Land of Australia presents a deeply personal exploration of a continent. Philip Hughes's work focuses on the natural environment, its structure and nuance, and on the effects of human intervention and activity. The subject of two published monographs, Hughes has been exhibiting work in group and solo exhibitions since the late 1960s. His his work is held in the public collections of the National Gallery of Australia, The British Library, The British Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum and the New York Public Library, among others. Illustrated throughout 29.5 x 25.0cm 180pp ISBN 978 1 760 760717 January £40.00

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East of Nowhere Fabio Ponzio 80 illustrations 27.5 x 21.4cm 160pp ISBN 978 0 500 545201 £38.00 hb

Africa State of Mind Ekow Eshun 276 illustrations 28.0 x 22.3cm 272pp ISBN 978 0 500 545164 £39.95 hb

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Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World Philip Matyszak 186 illustrations 24.0 x 17.0cm 288pp ISBN 978 0 500 052150 £24.95 hb

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