Thames & Hudson Asia Highlights Catalogue January - March 2023

Asia Highlights January - March

Architecture 1-2 Art 3-20 Victoria and Albert Museum 21-22

World of Art 23-24 Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-32 Photofile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-41

Lifestyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-44

Popular Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-46

Mythology, Philosophy & Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-48 History & Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-50

Skittledog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-55

On the Cover: © Joanna Maclennan from Living Wild: New Beginnings in the Great Outdoors, page 43.

480

304pp HB

ISBN 978 0 500 025406

Thames and Hudson Ltd March £50.00

Skylab

Edited by Benjamin Halpern

With contributions from Jeff Kovel, Benjamin Halpern, Mimi Zeiger, John Hoke, Mauricio Villarreal and Randy Gragg

A major overview of Skylab’s built works, from show-stopping residences to high-profile cultural projects, presented via a covetable book design that takes its inspiration from an album or LP.

Skylab is the first major monograph of the eponymous architecture and design studio based in Portland, Oregon, and founded by Jeff Kovel in 1999. The monograph presents two decades of work, the story of Skylab is told by a number of influential people through reflective essays, interviews, conversations and anecdotes.

• Features a range of high-profile projects, from the homes of city creatives to striking cultural buildings, retail spaces and music and sports venues, including Nike’s Serena Williams Building.

• A desirable design object in itself, based on the concept of an album or LP, with inside front- and back-cover gatefolds and nine foldout posters.

• Produced in close collaboration with the architects.

Habitat

Vernacular Architecture for a Changing Climate

Sandra Piesik Compact edition

A compact edition of this landmark publication, which celebrates humanity’s ability to create buildings that for millennia have responded ingeniously to cultural and environmental conditions.

• Created by an international multidisciplinary team comprising more than 100 academics, construction engineers, architectural historians, material scientists and climatologists.

• Organized by climatic zones, this innovative new approach to the subject provides real-world insights into sustainable buildings in the midst of global climate change and stresses the importance of preserving disappearing craftsmanship and local knowledge.

• The culmination of years of specialist research, this is a complete reference source.

1000 illustrations

28.8 x 22.4 cm 496pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 343760

Thames and Hudson Ltd March £50.00

Kazuo Shinohara: The Umbrella House Project

The Umbrella House is the smallest residential home by Japanese architect and mathematician Kazuo Shinohara (1925–2006). This book tells the story of his unique masterpiece, which was first built in Tokyo in 1961.

The book traces the long journey of the Umbrella House from Tokyo to the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein (Germany) in lavish illustrations including impressions from 1960s Japan, architectural designs and plans, and photographs that document the journey and the house in its new location. Texts by Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA), Shin-ichi Okuyama, and David B. Stewart discuss the Umbrella House against the background of Japanese architectural discourse between 1960 and the present.

80 illustrations

25 x 18 cm

120pp HB ISBN 978 3 945 852552

Vitra Design Museum March £35.00

Christian Dehli and Andrea Grolimund

281 colour illustrations 32 x 24 cm

280pp PB ISBN 978 0 500 294932

Thames and Hudson Ltd February £35.00

Drawing in the Present Tense

Roger Malbert and Claire Gilman

A richly illustrated, up-to-the-minute overview of new approaches in drawing, set in the context of recent developments of other forms of contemporary art.

Beautifully presented in a visually appealing and tactile format with the feel of an artist’s portfolio, this is an inspiring overview of the best drawing practice today.

• Showcases a diverse selection of recent drawings by 75 of the most exciting contemporary artists from across the globe, many of whom make use of nontraditional materials.

• Identifies emerging talents as well as presenting the work of wellestablished artists.

• Theoretically innovative, suggesting new ways of conceptualizing drawing in terms of gesture and performance, for example, as well as drawing in the digital age.

23.4 x 15.3 cm

304pp HB

ISBN 978 0 500 021965

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £25.00

Artists’ Lives

Engaging encounters, personal anecdotes and jargon-free critical insights into some of the liveliest creative minds in modern art, by an international art world insider.

• This lively selection includes personal encounters with many of the greatest artists of the modern era, from Bacon to Giacometti, Delaunay to Miró, Balthus to Freud.

• The essays together provide revealing insights into the world of artistic creation, the relationship between art and literature and the broader art world.

• A must-read for all lovers of modernism and post-war painting in particular.

Michael Peppiatt

150 colour illustrations

24.6 x 17 cm

256pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 024812

Thames and Hudson Ltd February £30.00

The Art of Colour

The History of Art in 39 Pigments

Kelly Grovier

A illuminating approach to a subject of perennial interest from a highly regarded writer: this is a history of art through colour, not a history of colour through art.

Did you know that the surging waves that crest and curl in Hokusai’s perilous Great Wave off Kanagawa owe their absorbing blue lustre to an alchemist who was born in Frankenstein’s Castle in 1673? The history of colour is an epic saga of human ingenuity and insatiable desire. Read this book and you will never look at a work of art in quite the same way.

Ways of Drawing

Artists’ perspectives and practices

Edited by Julian Bell, Julia Balchin and Claudia Tobin New in paperback

A lavishly illustrated collection of essays on drawing as a vital intellectual, artistic and life practice, by the artists of the Royal Drawing School.

• Contributions by renowned contemporary artists at the forefront of the drawing revival, including Julian Bell and Timothy Hyman RA.

• Inspiring reflections on markmaking as a way of thinking –including life drawing, calligraphy and comics, all abundantly illustrated.

• Short, provocative ‘In Practice’ pieces, from a recipe for making oak-gall ink to ideas for drawing from film stills.

308 colour illustrations 28 x 21 cm

272pp PB ISBN 978 0 500 297001

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £25.00

The Art of the Bible

Illuminated Manuscripts from the Medieval World

Scot McKendric and Kathleen Doyle

Compact edition

An extensively illustrated compendium of 45 expertly selected illuminated bibles that transport the reader through 1,000 years of history and across the Christian world.

For two millennia the Bible has inspired the creation of art. Within this legacy of remarkable art and beauty, illuminated biblical manuscripts offer some of the best evidence for our understanding of early Christian painting and artistic interpretations of the Bible.

Illustrated throughout 26.5 x 21.4 cm

336pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 026168

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £40.00

Surrealists in New York

Atelier 17 and the Birth of Abstract Expressionism

Charles Darwent

An absorbing group biography revealing how exiles from war-torn France brought Surrealism to America, helping to shift the centre of the art world from Paris to New York and spark the movement that became Abstract Expressionism.

• An exciting portrayal of a pivotal moment in the history of art, offering a different perspective on the emergence of Abstract Expressionism.

• Reflects on the benefits of cross-cultural exchanges and migration.

• Breaks out of art history into narrative non-fiction.

52 colour illustrations 23.4 x 15.3 cm 264pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 094266

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £25.00

Natural Light

The Art of Adam Elsheimer and the Dawn of Modern Science

A brand-new perspective on early modern art and its relationship with nature as reflected in this moving account of overlooked artistic genius Adam Elsheimer, by an outstanding writer and critic.

• Explores big questions of enduring interest concerning the relations between visual art, science and philosophy.

• Shines fresh light on many famous artists including Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt, Velazquez and the painters of the Mughal court.

• A blend of art history and artist biography.

106 colour illustrations 23.4 x 15.3 cm 256pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 024072

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £25

Julian Bell

When We See Us

Koyo Kouoh

MOCAA

A major new study of Black figurative art from Africa and the African diaspora, covering 100 years from the early 20th century to now.

Published to accompany a major exhibition at Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, this book presents a comprehensive exploration of Black self representation through portraiture and figuration, celebrating Black subjectivity and Black consciousness from Pan-African and PanDiasporic perspectives.

230 colour illustrations

28 x 21 cm

336pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 025888

Thames and Hudson Ltd March

£45.00

Surreal Spaces

The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington

An illustrated biography of the remarkable and pioneering artist Leonora Carrington, told through the houses and locations that had meaning for her and are fundamental to an understanding of her work.

• British-Mexican artist Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) is now recognized as one of the world’s most significant Surrealist artists, alongside Frida Kahlo; her work can be found in collections worldwide.

• Written by a brilliant communicator and chronicler; Joanna Moorhead is the artist’s cousin who got to know Carrington towards the end of her life.

• Three films on Leonora Carrington are currently in development.

80 colour illustrations 24 x 16.5 cm

256pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 025512

Thames and Hudson Ltd March

£30.00

Published in collaboration with Zeitz

Joanna Moorhead

116 illustrations 33 x 24.8 cm 196pp HB ISBN 978 1 644 230756

David Zwirner Books March £70.00

Rose Wylie: Which One

Foreword by Nicholas Serota Interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist

“Wylie fearlessly tackles the thorniest topics head-on, committing her thoughts and questions about politics, religion, fame, love, history, money and nature to canvas.” — Charlotte Brook, Harper’s Bazaar

Inspired by film, pop culture, and the history of fashion as she experienced personally, Wylie harnesses a union of high and low culture with a bold technique of mark making. Her unique practice of material overlay and erasure creates fantastic compositions..

• With a beautiful swiss binding, this monograph compiles the work of four exhibitions at David Zwirner offering a full breadth of Wylie’s most recent work to date.

• From Serena Williams to the Queen of England, Wylie’s subject matter culls from a wide range of popular culture.

100 illustrations 30 x 24 cm 208pp HB ISBN 978 8 857 248165

Skira Editore March £38.00

Yokai

The Ancient Prints of Japanese Monsters

Fantastic Japanese creatures and terrible monsters at the origins of modern manga.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Villa Reale in Monza, the book is a real journey of discovery of Japanese imagery, ranging from Hokusai’s famous manga notebooks (alongside his other masterpieces) to the works of Loputyn, the contemporary illustrator well-known to hotaku manga enthusiasts.

Paolo Linetti

Maison Sonia Delaunay

Sonia Delaunay and the Atelier Simultané

Edited by Katia Baudin and Waleria Dorogova

The exhibition Maison Sonia. Sonia Delaunay and the Atelier Simultané is dedicated to the applied work of Russian-French artist Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979), with a focus on her textile design work. The accompanying catalogue includes the first scholarly essays on Sonia Delaunay’s collaborations with silk industrialist Robert Perrier and couturier Jacques Heim, who were among her most important collaborators and previously unexplored.

250 illustrations 24 x 16.5 cm 232pp HB ISBN 978 3 775 753807

Hatje Cantz Verlag March £44.00

Vanhaerents Art Collection

Looking Ahead

Text by Lien Devriese and Walter Vanhaerents

The Vanhaerents Art Collection is a unique and comprehensive collection of contemporary art, assembled by Walter Vanhaerents and his children Els and Joost. Both established and emerging artists are represented in its holdings, with works in various media. Artists whose work plays a key role in the collection are Bruce Nauman, James Lee Byars, Christopher Wool, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Paul McCarthy, Bill Viola, Cindy Sherman, Ugo Rondinone... The publication Looking Ahead celebrates the Vanhaerents Art Collection´s 50th anniversary.

250 illustrations 27 x 23 cm 288pp HB ISBN 978 3 775 753814

Hatje Cantz Verlag March £38.00

After almost 50 years, Jainism is set to return to the Rietberg Museum in an exhibition that offers a new take on the religion. The catalogue will show works from the museum’s own collection and loans from India including lavishly illuminated manuscripts and imposing sculptures that reveal Jain ideas and ideals that evolved over many centuries.

70 illustrations 27 x 21 cm 184pp PB ISBN 978 3 775 753500

Hatje Cantz Verlag March £44.00

Being Jain

Art and Culture of an Indian Religion

Johannes Beltz and Michaela Blaser

Josef Albers’ groundbreaking series Homage to the Square comprises roughly two thousand oil paintings. This outstanding catalogue explores the secret of Albers’ subtle aesthetic and unearths its preconditions: What is the significance of the square? How does his impression of color and its use as a material change during this period?

220 illustrations 30.3 x 22 cm 356pp HB ISBN 978 3 775 754163

Hatje Cantz Verlag March £64.00

Josef Albers

Homage to the Square

1950–1976

Edited by Heinz Liesbrock

Time and again Daniel Richter devises new ways of being “modern” in a medium that has long been labeled old-fashioned and anachronistic. His pictures constantly challenge the spectator by their painterly and contextually excessive demands, but they do not lecture on moral issues. In five chapters featuring more than 200 examples of his works, Eva Meyer-Hermann traces the chronological development of Richter’s artistic output for the first time.

400 illustrations 28 x 25 cm 464pp HB ISBN 978 3 775 750882

Hatje Cantz Verlag March £74.00

Daniel Richter

Paintings Then and Now

Edited by Eva Meyer-Hermann

Gormley

Internationally renowned as one of the most significant and influential sculptors working today, Gormley has long expressed his admiration and interest in the works of German sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck for their inwardness, sense of poise and calm, and their reflexive potential.

Calling on the Body has been conceived as a dialog between the two artists, showcasing key works created almost a century apart.

150 illustrations 28 x 24 cm 240pp HB ISBN 978 3 775 754071

Hatje Cantz Verlag March £40.00

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Lehmbruck

(Bilingual edition)

Calling on the Body

Text by Söke Dinkla, Ronja Friedrichs and Jon Wood

Egon Schiele

Catalogue raisonné: Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings Revised 2nd Edition

Rudolf Leopold

Edited by Elisabeth Leopold

The monograph on Egon Schiele edited by Rudolf Leopold in 1972 forms the basis for Egon Schiele’s world fame. This important document of art-historical literature has long been out of print, but it is now available once more in a revised edition with an updated catalogue raisonné.

• One of the most lavishly illustrated collections of Egon Schiele’s work ever published, presented in an updated new edition.

931 illustrations 30 x 30 cm 736pp HB ISBN 978 3 777 440323 Hirmer March £115.00

Etel Adnan

Edited by Sebastien Delot, Susanne Gaensheimer and Matthias Mühling

Etel Adnan (1925–2021) spent her life between Lebanon, France and California. She has long been famous as a writer; now this volume presents her impressive artistic personality in the combined exploration of her texts, paintings, tapestries and leporellos. Her biography between the cultures and her feminism play a part, as does her relationship to calligraphy and to American and Arab literature. The publication is a tribute to a cosmopolitan artist, to whom painting represented her love of the world.

197 colour illustrations 24 x 19 cm 208pp PB ISBN 978 3 777 440576 Hirmer March £40.00

The Other Kabul

Remains of the Garden

Edited by Kunstmuseum Thun and Verein Treibsand

Kabul was once famous as a city of blossoming gardens. What once was, can one day become again, wrote the political scientist Ekkehart Krippendorff. In line with this motto, some twenty artists from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkey, the United States and Switzerland reflect on a different Kabul, without ignoring the past and present crises.

Whether with a reference to the locality or starting out from intuition and imagination – the volume assembles newly created artworks which reflect on the Afghan garden as a microcosm of the entire world.

50 colour illustrations 28 x 22 cm 144pp PB ISBN 978 3 777 440330 Hirmer January £32.00

Chagall

World in Turmoil

Edited

by Illka Voermann

Marc Chagall (1887–1985) is regarded as the poet amongst modernist artists. His works from the 1930s and 1940s are less well known. In over 100 haunting paintings, works on paper and costumes, the volume traces the artist’s search for a pictorial language in the face of displacement and persecution. It presents important works in which Chagall increasingly focuses on his Jewish environment: numerous self-portraits, his devotion to allegorical and Biblical subjects, important designs from his time in exile in the United States and main works like The Falling Angel

138 illustrations 30 x 23.5 cm 200pp HB ISBN 978 3 777 440828 Hirmer March £45.00

Cooler and harder than glass, but softer than a diamond: rock crystal has always been regarded as an unusual material. Countless legends have grown up around its origins and its remarkable strengths. At the latest since Antiquity, rock crystal has played an important part as a remedy, for fortune-telling, in the Church and at courtly banquets. Breathtaking artworks have been assembled in this publication.

415 colour illustrations 28 x 24 cm 432pp HB ISBN 978 3 777 440545

Hirmer March £55.00

Magic Rock Crystal

Edited by Manuela Berr

Heinrich Campendonk

Gisela Geiger

The Great Masters of Art series

In recent years, Heinrich Campendonk has enjoyed an unparalleled rediscovery and a new critical assessment of his extensive oeuvre. Biermann described Campendonk’s early work as a unique symphony of color and rhythm. Just a few years later, his pictures would be defamed as “degenerate,” driving him into exile in the Netherlands, where he remained until his death in 1957. In this beautiful volume, the author reveals Campendonk to be one the most fascinating artists of the last century.

52 colour illustrations 20.5 x 14 cm 80pp HB ISBN 978 3 777 440842 Hirmer March £9.95

Johann Gottfried Schadow

Embracing Forms

Edited by Yvette Deseyve

In around 1800 Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764–1850) was the most famous artist in Prussia. More than most others he knew how to combine the outstanding position as court sculptor with entrepreneurial success and a steady bourgeois existence, and thereby to cultivate an international network. The artist himself modelled, drew, wrote art-theoretical treatises and was the head of the Berlin Academy, one of the most important art schools of the time. The monograph opens new perspectives onto the brilliant creativity of the great sculptor and his workshop.

318 illustrations 29 x 24 cm 320pp PB ISBN 978 3 777 440873 Hirmer March £55.00

A place for representation, self-presentation and communication, resistance and protest – this lavishly illustrated volume investigates the multi-layered significance of the street in the art of the twentieth and twenty-first century as an interface for diverse walks of life and groups through international positions in painting, graphics, photography, film, performance and installation.

Illustrated in colour throughout 29 x 24 cm 336pp HB ISBN 978 3 777 436975 Hirmer March £39.95

Street Life (Bilingual edition)

The Street in Art from Kirchner to Streuli

Edited by Astrid Ihle and René Zechlin

Paradisical Pictures

Gilbert & George

Michael Bracewell

Writer, novelist and cultural commentator Michael Bracewell explores the paradise behind the Paradisical Pictures; the thirty-five artworks made by Gilbert & George in 2019. The artists’ work confounds and rejects all art historical classification or affiliation to other schools or movements in art.

• Focuses on the fantastical, allegorical and psychedlic Paradisical Pictures, arranged in chronological order.

• Includes a fascinating commentary of the paintings by writer Michael Bracewell.

• Beautifully presented, the paintings are expertly reproduced to convey their full impact.

54 illustrations 24.5 x 30 cm 112pp PB ISBN 978 0 903 696593 Hurtwood March £20.00

Visual artists, fashion and industrial designers, directors and video makers, architects and musicians from all over the world have worked with Alcantara, developing works exhibited in some of the most prestigious museums, cultural institutions and international theatres, from MAXXI in Rome to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Yuz Museum in Shanghai, the Mori Museum in Tokyo, the Teatro Regio in Turin and the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.

200 illustrations 28 x 21 cm 240pp HB ISBN 978 8 857 248257 Skira Editore March £42.00

Alcantara and the Arts of our Time

Edited by Luca Masia

Overshadowed

Leonardo da Vinci and Bernardino Luini

Edited by David Alan Brown

This book examines a selection of paintings by Bernardino Luini (ca. 1480/85–1532) that were influenced by Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). This book revisits the idea that Leonardo da Vinci was the essential inspiration for his younger contemporary Bernardino Luini. Instead of a broad notion of Leonardo’s influence, however, the book offers a more complex understanding of the relation between the two artists, one that seeks to account for Luini’s much-criticized lack of originality vis-à-vis the older master.

40 illustrations 28 x 22 cm 96pp HB ISBN 978 8 857 248059

Skira Editore March £30.00

Kishio Suga

Writings, vol. 2, 1980–1989

Introduction by Mika Yoshitake

Edited by Andrew Maerkle and Ashley Rawlings

One of the key figures in Japan’s pivotal Mono-ha phenomenon of the late 1960s and early 1970s, artist Kishio Suga has realized a visionary practice of ephemeral, site-specific installations and performative interventions into the everyday environment. Writing is an important mechanism in Suga’s artistic process, and his output spans aphoristic statements, fragmentary notes, art criticism, theoretical essays, and detective novels. This volume, the second of a three-part anthology, features Suga’s writings from the period 1980–1989.

10 colour & 48 B/W illustrations 24 x 16.5 cm 256pp HB ISBN 978 8 857 247854

Skira Editore March £30.00

The Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney sits on Gadigal Country overlooking one of the world’s most beautiful harbours. With the completion of its Sydney Modern Project – encompassing a beautiful new building designed by award-winning Japanese architects SANAA and a unique art garden along with transformed displays of art across its campus – the Art Gallery stands at the forefront of an international movement to create museums for our times.

154 illustrations 24 x 16 cm 308pp PB ISBN 978 1 741 741568

The Art Gallery of New South Wales March £40.00

The Sydney Modern Project

Transforming the Art Gallery of New South Wales

by Ross Gibson Edited by Michael Brand

Foreword

Romare Bearden: Patchwork Quilt

Romare Bearden’s art speaks powerfully of specific, often disregarded, life experiences while making them broadly accessible. Patchwork Quilt (1970), a monumental composition dominated by a prone figure and bands of fabric unfolding across the composition, was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art the year it was made, and quickly became a landmark in Bearden’s career. In this latest volume of the MoMA One on One series, curator Esther Adler explores Bearden’s complicated centrality in mid-twentieth century art, and the continuing reach of his legacy.

35 illustrations 23 x 18.5 cm 48pp PB ISBN 978 1 633 451452

The Museum of Modern Art, New York March £14.95

Esther Adler

MoMA One on One Series

Victoria and Albert Museum

Studio Ceramics

A magnificent catalogue of the V&A’s collection of twentiethcentury and contemporary British ceramics.

In his introductory essay, Alun Graves, Senior Curator of Ceramics at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, provides all lovers of ceramics – collectors, practitioners, historians and those interested in modern and contemporary art and crafts – with the historical context, documenting this shift in the medium into an expressive, and sometimes interventionist, art form.

919 colour illustrations 28 x 23.5 cm

416pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 480892

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £65.00

Wedgwood: Craft & Design

Catrin Jones Foreword by Tristram Hunt

A beautifully designed gift book devoted to the work of the renowned ceramics firm Wedgwood.

Looking back at key moments in Wedgwood’s design history, this book celebrates the visual power and great design encapsulated by Wedgwood from its founding in 1759 to the present day.

• Part of the V&A Artists in Focus series: beautifully produced, highly accessible and affordable introductions to artists and designers represented in the V&A collection.

• A brief history of the Wedgwood firm is followed by a selection of highlights from the V&A’s superlative Wedgwood collection, each accompanied by a narrative-style caption.

135 colour illustrations 19 x 17 cm

144pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 480755

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £14.99

Alun Graves

In association

association with

Edward Bawden’s England

Gill Saunders

Julia Margaret Cameron –Arresting Beauty

Marta Weiss and Lisa Springer

A beautiful and informative gift book devoted to Edward Bawden’s representations of England.

• In the same V&A Artists in Focus series as Constable’s Skies; William Morris’s Flowers; C.F.A Voysey’s Animals; Christopher Dresser; Aubrey Beardsley; and Wedgwood

• Celebrates England as represented by Bawden in 85 works held in the V&A’s collection, including prints, posters, drawings, paintings, murals and advertising material.

• Edward Bawden has widespread appeal: this expertly written and keenly priced book is sure to charm the art-loving public.

110 colour illustrations 19 x 17 cm 144pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 480779

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £14.99

Victoria and Albert Museum

An engaging introduction to the work and the world of pioneering photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.

Arresting Beauty presents more than 100 images drawn from the most extensive collection of Cameron’s work anywhere in the world, now including treasures from the Royal Photographic Society. Exploring Cameron’s unique artistry, this book reaffirms her position as one of the most innovative and influential photographers in history.

126 colour illustrations 23 x 18 cm 208pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 480861

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £25.00

World of Art

Digital Art

Christiane Paul 4th edition

The fourth edition of the essential introduction to digital art, one of contemporary art’s most exciting and dynamic forms of practice.

• Updated throughout, with new texts and illustrations relating to: social media; augmented and mixed reality; post-digital, big data; NFTs (Non-fungible tokens); and new ecological art and the Anthropocene.

• A concise survey of the full spectrum of digital art forms, including internet and software art, digital installation, virtual reality, locationbased media, interactive public projects and social networking as art.

363 colour illustrations

21 x 15 cm

288pp PB ISBN 978 0 500 204801

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £16.99

Velázquez

Richard Verdi

A comprehensive introduction to Diego Velázquez’s (1599–1660) life and art which includes a discussion of all his major works.

• An authoritative, succinct, straightforward introduction to the life and work of this Baroque artist, renowned for his technical mastery and impressive portraits.

• Includes generous comparisons with the art of many of his great predecessors and contemporaries to demonstrate what makes Velázquez’s work so unique andspecial.

• Incorporates up-to-date research and bibliography while also drawing on the writings of much earlier scholars and critics.

209 colour illustrations

21 x 15 cm

280pp PB ISBN 978 0 500 204740

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £16.99

William Klein: Yes

Text by David Campany

The last book completed by William Klein within his lifetime.

Klein was one of the legendary image makers of the 20th century and one whose work remains an enduring creative influence on the work of contemporary artists, photographers and filmmakers. While best known as a photographer who broke all the rules and conventions, William Klein: Yes focuses on the full range of Klein’s work, from his abstract paintings through his startling, authentic street photography and photobooks to his dynamic, satirical take on filmmaking.

• A final, full-career retrospective of one of the most influential image makers of the last seventy-five years.

• Klein was a creative polymath without equal: photographer, filmmaker, graphic designer and artist, this book presents a comprehensive view of his unparalleled output.

• Created under the direction of the late Klein himself and with accompanying text by David Campany, this is a landmark publication on a true great.

Reclaim the Street Street Photography’s Moment

Stephen McLaren and Matt Stuart

A vibrant survey of the trends and talents across the globe fuelling street photography today and a fresh take of what street photography is and can be.

A world tour of the very best street photography today, Reclaim the Street showcases work by more than 100 contemporary photographers, from the established to the emerging, from all corners of the globe. Truly diverse in scope, it pays long overdue attention to flourishing scenes throughout the world, interweaving thirty-four photographer portfolios, in-depth case studies, and surveys of the geographical hotspots where communities of street photographers are thriving today.

over 550 illustrations

19.7 x 21.5 cm

288pp PB ISBN 978 0 500 296974

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £16.99

Retro Cameras

The Collector’s Guide to Vintage Film Photography

An accessible, design-led guide to the coolest, most collectible vintage film cameras combined with a practical reference to discovering the authentic buzz of shooting with film.

Retro Cameras is a stylish, design-led guide to classic and retro cameras aimed at those who want to discover the world of analogue photography. With over 400 specially commissioned photographs, practical advice on how to use and get the most out of each camera, buyers’ tips and a dedicated glossary, Retro Cameras is a perfect reference for young photographers who want to get creative with analogue photography, while also offering authoritative guidance for more experienced collectors and enthusiasts.

John Wade New in paperback

AAM AASTHA

Indian Devotions

Charles Fréger

With contributions from Anuradha Roy and Catherine Clément

A festival of Indian folk rituals and costumes bursting with colour, captured by renowned photographer Charles Fréger, the creator of a distinctive and powerful new genre of portrait photography.

Internationally renowned photographer Charles Fréger continues to explore global traditions and cultures, by celebrating the powerful visual aspects of Indian folk culture and religious ritual. This compelling sequence of new portraits will enthrall those with an interest in folk traditions, as well as the followers of this internationally acclaimed photographer.

250 colour illustrations 23 x 18 cm 324pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 024980

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £30.00

Eremozoic

Jim Naughten

Edited by Nadine Barth

Inspired by dioramas of wild flora and fauna found in natural history museums, Jim Naughten’s digital reimaginations of a familiar yet alien world, explore the idea of wildlife becoming a lost fantasy. His fantastical tableaus question our rose-tinted image of the natural world that is largely fictional.

30 illustrations 25.5 x 30 cm 88pp HB ISBN 978 3 775 753869

Hatje Cantz Verlag March £54.00

Photography

If I Had A Hammer

The FotoFest Biennial 2022 central exhibition, If I Had a Hammer, considers the ways artists utilize images to unpack the ideological underpinnings that inspire collective cultural movements around the globe. Together, the twenty-three included artists propose alternative techniques of seeing and engaging with the world, working with both conventional and new media to shed light on the systems that encourage social theories and political imaginaries to become dogma at the click of a shutter or tap of a button.

171 illustrations 24.2 x 17 cm 296pp HB ISBN 978 9 053 309568

Schilt Publishing January £55.00

Making a Scene!

How Visionary Individuals Created an International Photography Scene in Houston, Texas

Making a Scene! is the story of how visionary individuals created an international art world around photography. A classic Texas tale of seemingly quixotic ideas, audacious goals, oil booms and busts, generous philanthropists, southern sensibilities, grandiosity, and resolve, this book documents the social history of ‘who did what and when’ to create an international photography scene in such an unlikely place as Houston. This is the story of how Houston became the place to be for photography.

53 illustrations 21 x 16 cm 336pp HB ISBN 978 9 053 309551

Schilt Publishing January £35.00

FotoFest International

Tracy Xavia Karner

Embrace

Rohina Hoffman

Isolated in the confinements of her Los Angeles home during the Covid lockdown, Rohina Hoffman takes a metaphorical journey of connecting her roots to food through the rituals of daily meals. In Embrace she combines two photographic projects. In Gratitude showcases the food she used to make dinners for her family. Generation 1.75 is a visual memoir of identity, belonging, and the complexities of acculturation. Embrace is a visual examination of how life’s simple pleasures expand the quality of human existence and how that expansion helps an individual to secure their identity.

53 illustrations

25.4 x 19.9 cm

144pp HB ISBN 978 9 053 309544 Schilt Publishing January £50.00

Kiki Xue (Multi-lingual edition)

Originally from Chengdu, China, Kiki Xue first studied mathematics before deciding to become a professional photographer. Since 2010, he has specialized in fashion photography and has naturally settled in Paris.

By collaborating with the biggest fashion magazines, he has created an indefinable and yet unique style where each photograph reveals the photographer’s work on precise composition, staging and attention to detail. The artist draws inspiration and stimulation from fashion to create fabulous art photographs. This book offers an opportunity to explore Xue’s practice whose knowledge of art and its history infuses his work.

63 illustrations

32 x 25 cm

160pp HB ISBN 978 2 370 741974

Editions Skira Paris March £35.00

A Time of Distance

The COVID-19 Visual Project

Edited by Arianna Rinaldo

The COVID-19 Visual Project. A Time of Distance began life as a multimedia platform with the aim of becoming a permanent archive on the pandemic, where internationally renowned photographers and video makers, visual artists and journalists, leave their indelible mark. The images touch upon the most important themes linked to the pandemic, such as the health crisis, empty cities, lockdown, the economic effects, social sacrifices and personal consequences, nature’s recovery and the new normal.

410 illustrations

22.8 x 17 cm

456pp HB ISBN 978 8 857 247939

Skira Editore March £42.00

Africa is the second largest continent in the world. It’s the land of the most spectacular habitat on the planet: savannahs, rainforests, deserts, volcanic landscapes, mountains and coastlines. It is also home to an incredible wealth of animals. One thing is certain – looking through Wild Africa is an unforgettable experience that will stir your emotions forever.

200 illustrations 25 x 30 cm

224pp HB ISBN 978 8 857 248578

Skira Editore March £42.00

Africa Discovering Wildlife Parks

Edited by Massimo Zanella

Richard Avedon Relationships

Edited by Rebecca Senf

Photographer Richard Avedon, with a more than six-decade-long career, produced innovative and delightful work in fashion, as well as incisive and captivating portraits. Over the course of his lifetime he worked with a number of models and a wide range of portrait subjects, creating a powerful body of pictures that allow his viewers to study the likenesses of actors, ballet dancers, celebrities, civil rights activists, heads of state, inventors, musicians, visual artists and writers.

115 illustrations 32 x 24.5 cm 220pp HB ISBN 978 8 857 248400

Skira Editore March £40.00

On the Move

Reframing Nomadic Pastoralism

On the Move features three different groups of nomadic or seminomadic pastoralists in three vastly different regions – the Central Sahara in Africa, the Arabian Gulf and the Central Eurasian steppes –highlighting crosscutting themes relevant to contemporary concerns about the human condition and our planetary future. The book shares lessons we might learn from the ways of pastoral nomads, such as living lightly on the land and working creatively with and through the sometimes challenging natural environments within which they move and know intimately.

100 illustrations 28 x 22 cm 208pp PB ISBN 978 8 857 248028

Skira Editore March £35.00

Harry Gruyaert

New in the Photofile series, a mini-monograph on Belgian photographer Harry Gruyaert.

Born in Antwerp in 1941, Harry Gruyaert was a pioneer of European colour photography in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of Magnum Photos since 1982, he describes colour as ‘a means of sculpting what I see ... it’s the emotion of photography.’ Most recently he has begun to explore the experimental freedom offered by digital photography. Autonomous, non-narrative and often witty, Gruyaert’s images are complex encounters with colour and light.

74 colour illustrations 19 x 12.5 cm 144pp PB ISBN 978 0 500 297308

Thames and Hudson Ltd March £12.99

The Photofile series brings together the best work of the world’s greatest photographers, in an affordable pocket format. Handsome and collectable, the books are produced to the highest standards. Each mini-monograph contains some sixty full-page reproductions, together with a critical introduction and a full bibliography.

Brice Matthieussent

800 colour illustrations

30.2 x 25 cm

352pp PB ISBN 978 0 500 295267

Thames and Hudson Ltd February £50.00

The Graphic Language of Neville Brody 3

Adrian Shaughnessy and Neville Brody

A follow-up to two highly successful monographs (1988 and 1994), The Graphic Language of Neville Brody 3 brings twenty-five years of work together in thematic sections that address the key fields of his vibrant design projects, including typographic experimentation, information graphics, cultural subversion and design systems. Richly illustrated, each project is explored in detail, revealing the work that has defined Brody’s recent career, from major brands to magazine editorials and features, revealing how Brody’s design language has evolved since the 1990s. This inspirational volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in the evolution of graphic design over the past three decades.

A comprehensive design resource, Chair Anatomy reveals in photos and illustrations the form and the construction details – the anatomy –of a selection of nearly sixty chairs chosen from the last 160 years of modern chair design. It also introduces the designers behind these chairs, their backgrounds and their routes to creating the chairs.

over 700 illustrations 25.5 x 21 cm 256pp PB ISBN 978 0 500 297025

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £30.00

Chair Anatomy

Design and Construction

James Orrom

Revised and expanded edition

Hegarty on Advertising

Turning intelligence into magic

John Hegarty

Revised and expanded edition New in paperback

If the future is going to be creative, then Hegarty on Advertising points you in the right direction. Both a credo for creativity and a brilliantly entertaining memoir, this book provides unparalleled industry insight through stories and anecdotes about the agencies in which Hegarty has played a vital role and the many characters whom he has worked with along the way. Packed with straight-down-the-line, generous, engaging and witty advice, it will be of immense appeal across the whole creative spectrum, from those who want to work in advertising to chief executives who understand the power and value of ideas that sell.

over 130 illustrations 22.9 x 16.6 cm 248pp PB ISBN 978 0 500 296967

Thames and Hudson Ltd February £16.99

276 illustrations 24.5 x 17 cm

276pp PB ISBN 978 3 945 852545

Vitra Design Museum January £32.00

Robots 1:2

R.F. Collection

The catalogue of a unique collection, ROBOTS 1:2 presents the spacethemed toys in the R. F. Robot Collection held by the Vitra Design Museum. “Small kinetic sculptures of great originality”: that is how Rolf Fehlbaum, Chairman Emeritus of Vitra and founder of the Vitra Design Museum, describes the objects in his collection. In many years of careful research, he compiled a rare Wunderkammer of toy robots made mainly in Japan between 1937 and 1973. ROBOTS 1:2 shows the space toys on a 1:2 scale. The largest robot determined the size of the book.

Rolf Fehlbaum and Fifo Stricker

I Know Kung Fu

Koo

I Know Kung Fu! takes an intriguing look at the stars and shows that have made it what it is through the bold and characterful drawings of Hong Kong cult illustrator Rex Koo, who was inspired by ‘kung fu’ flicks from the 1980s and 1990s. Coupled with bite-sized information on famous techniques/ weapons and comic strips, it is a must-have collectors’ item for fans of the martial art and those who wish to see it through a new lens.

This book is available in a vivid red or bright yellow; books are shipped to customers at random.

Rex

Illustrated in colour throughout

23.5 x 18 cm

288pp HB ISBN 978 9 887 566618

Victionary January £32.00

Fungal Inspiration

Art and design inspired by wild nature

Victionary

The fungi family is full of intriguing species in a variety of shapes, patterns, and sizes that brim with character in the eyes of the observant.

Fungal Inspiration is a visual collection of often-hidden gems that highlight the wilder side of nature from around the world. From the intricately detailed to the delightfully quirky, the projects demonstrate a wide range of creativity and a keen appreciation for the unique by the artists and designers who add their own personalities to the curiosities they bring to life on canvas.

A follow-up release for fans of Victionary’s popular Botanical Inspiration

New Utilitarian takes an intriguing look at the designers who are seamlessly applying a systematic approach to their work to translate bold ideas into strong and striking visual languages for the Age of Data. Rooted in reason and principle, each project is a meaningful expression of modern artistry that leaves a distinct impression on the design landscape of today.

Illustrated in colour throughout 24 x 17 cm 272pp HB ISBN 978 9 887 566557

Victionary March £35.00

Victionary

Printable is a stunning showcase of familiar and innovative methods that elevate printed matter for branding and beyond. Featuring printing experts, printmakers, and creative projects from around the world, it celebrates craftsmanship and serves to inspire those looking to add more character and dimension to their work.

Illustrated in colour throughout 25 x 19 cm 264pp PB ISBN 978 9 887 462965

Victionary March £35.00

New Folk Art

Design inspired by folklore and traditional craft

Victionary

Neontastic

Cyberpunk-inspired art and illustration

Victionary

It is human nature to look to the past when seeking inspiration for the future – particularly in art. New Folk Art features a colourful collection of work from around the world that draws from the magic of ancient folklore and traditional craft; and breathes new life into the tales that have been passed down through the generations. Tinged with nostalgia but with a modern twist, each project is a celebration of where we have come from and the creativity with which we can embrace where we are headed.

Illustrated throughout 25.5 x 19 cm 272pp HB ISBN 978 9 887 566601

Victionary February £35.00

From Blade Runner to Ghost in the Shell, the idea of a dystopian future has long fascinated creatives across the world, making its way into pop culture through movies, TV series and novels.

Inspired by the cyberpunk genre and culture, Neontastic is a stunning collection of art and illustration that transports viewers to a world where fluorescence glows against an abyss of infinite possibilities. Atmospheric and evocative, each project offers a glimpse into a future that could come to be and asks the question: what if science fiction became reality?

Illustrated throughout 28.5 x 21 cm 256pp PB ISBN 978 9 887 566656

Victionary March £32.00

Packaged for Life: Chocolate

Victionary

There is a lot more to packaging design than meets the eye.

Packaged for Life: Chocolate features a delectable collection of creative packaging design work for one of the most popular snacks in the world today that even the ancient Mayans enjoyed! Along with the fun facts in the accompanying booklet as per previous editions, the projects serve as morsels of inspiration and visual treats as appealing as the sinfully-delightful product itself.

Illustrated throughout 19.7 x 14.8 cm 256pp HB ISBN 978 9 887 566649

Victionary March £35.00

Packaged for Life: Scent is a celebration of the products with the power to evoke a feeling, transport people in space and time, or create a distinct ambience through smell. Highlighting some of the best packaging design work from around the world for candles, incense, perfumes and more, it also comes with a booklet of fun facts on fragrance as an additional source of inspiration for the senses.

Illustrated throughout 19.7 x 14.8 cm 256pp HB ISBN 978 9 887 566687

Victionary March £35.00

Victionary

Illustrated in colour throughout 22 x 15.6 cm

224pp PB ISBN 978 0 500 297018

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £14.99

Herbarium

One Hundred Herbs · Grow · Cook · Heal

Caz Hildebrand

Compact edition New in paperback

A stylishly illustrated compendium of 100 herbs, designed to enrich our understanding of all their uses.

This isn’t just a book for the kitchen – it’s for the greenhouse, the medicine cabinet, the coffee table...

Award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand’s Herbarium is a 21st-century reboot of the traditional herbal compendium in which she has created abstract forms and vibrant colours to illustrate 100 essential herbs and to reveal their hidden properties.

Each herb is explained through the fascinating history of its uses and symbolism. There are tips on how to use them as seasonings and how to create healing potions, as well as advice on when and how to grow them.

Living Wild

New Beginnings in the Great Outdoors

Photographs by Joanna Maclennan Text by Oliver Maclennan

Explores the lifestyles of families and individuals around the world who have escaped the daily grind to create a new life in harmony with nature.

Living Wild tells the stories of people around the world who have made the leap into the unknown, exploring what inspired them and how the move has impacted upon their families and livelihoods. From tackling the daily challenges of living off-grid to minimizing waste and growing your own food, this book will be inspirational reading for anyone who aspires to live more sustainably.

344 colour illustrations 25 x 19.5 cm 224pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 023501

Thames and Hudson Ltd February £25.00

Warehouse Home

Industrial Inspiration for Twenty-FirstCentury Living

Sophie Bush

New in paperback

Warehouse Home is the ultimate resource for everything from how best to preserve and complement original architectural features to style ideas for adapting vintage and reclaimed pieces for modern living.

The book has a practical structure, broken down into two key sections. ‘Architectural Features’ looks at how to make the most of a space while retaining its features, such as exposed brickwork, concrete floors and mezzanines. ‘Decorative Details’ provides tips on how to recreate the warehouse aesthetic in any home, from repurposing pallets and breeze blocks as furniture to transforming exhaust cones into unique lighting fixtures.

375 colour illustrations

25.4 x 20.3 cm 320pp PB ISBN 978 0 500 296998

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £25.00

Making Waves

Boats, Floating Homes and Life on the Water

Portland Mitchell

Featuring an international range of vessels, Making Waves celebrates those outliers seeking a different way of life, exploring how living on a boat offers the chance to achieve a more satisfying life/work balance while holding much of the paraphernalia and constrictions of the modern world at bay. With stunning photography and packed with practical advice and inspiration, the book reveals how anyone can transform one-time working crafts into beautiful and unique places to live and work.

224 colour illustrations 25 x 19.5 cm

224pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 024218

Thames and Hudson Ltd March £25.00

Palm Beach Living

From charming bungalows to sleek minimalist houses and apartments to restorations of iconic Mediterranean Revival residences to a garden dotted with oversized insect sculptures, the homes showcased in Palm Beach Living are as distinctive as they are representative of the ever-evolving design trends on the nation’s most exclusive barrier island. Guided by native Palm Beacher Jennifer Ash Rudick, with photographs by Nick Mele, readers are granted an intimate look at the best in tropical living.

350 illustrations 30.5 x 23.5 cm

344pp HB ISBN 978 0 865 654174

Vendome Press March £70.00

Jennifer Ash Rudick

Photographs by Nick Mele

576 illustrations 29 x 21.5 cm 480pp HB ISBN 978 1 760 761776

Thames & Hudson Australia February £50.00

Red Carpet Oscars

Dijanna Mulhearn Foreword by Cate Blanchett Introduction by Giorgio Armani

The first and only book to showcase a complete sartorial history of the Oscars’ red carpet.

The red carpet reflects the styles and values of the time, and has become a platform for often trenchant social statements. Red Carpet Oscars presents over ninety years of fashion worn at the awards ceremony since its inception in 1929. From ready-to-wear to haute couture, it charts what stars and invitees wore across the decades, as well as the emergence of stylists, the commercialization of the red carpet and how fashion has shaped Hollywood.

The book opens with a foreword by Cate Blanchett and an introduction by Giorgio Armani, and then goes on to showcase hundreds of looks across almost a century. Each year is introduced with a short text explaining the era’s fashion trends as well as the social and political influences of the day, along with carefully curated images of the most iconic and inspiring outfits.

Kids of Cosplay

Thurstan Redding Foreword by Katie Grand

In this bold, surreal photographic celebration of the fantastical beauty of cosplay, 70 cosplayers leave behind their everyday existence and become heroes for a day.

After attending a cosplay convention in 2018, photographer Thurstan Redding became captivated by cosplay as a subject matter and embarked on a three-year photographic project to portray cosplay in a way it had never been seen before. In this bold and surprising volume, he captures the transfixing world of cosplay.

128 colour illustrations 28 x 25 cm

144pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 026175

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £40.00

I Wanna Be An Influencer (Bilingual

edition)

I Wanna Be An Influencer is a photographic journey that maps out the new geography of places based on the choices of influencers, a social category that has become an undisputed reference point over the last decade for marketing any type of product, from clothing to cosmetics, travel and new destinations.

110 illustrations 30 x 23 cm

144pp HB ISBN 978 8 857 248448

Skira Editore March £25.00

Nicola Tanzini

Mythology, Philosophy & Religion

Pagans

The Visual Culture of Pagan Myths, Legends and Rituals

A clear, concise and detailed historical analysis of the eclectic and beautiful visual and material culture of paganism.

The book traces the pre-Christian origins of paganism, the development of the different aspects of pagan belief over centuries and how materials from the pre-Christian religions of Europe, North Africa and West Asia are built into the practices of today’s Pagans. The book is then organized into three broad sections – Ancient Ways, Ritual and Community – each containing three themed chapters. For each of the nine themed chapters, illustrated narrative text is interspersed with double-page presentations of the key figures, key stories and key iconography relevant to that theme.

Doyle White Also available

449 colour illustrations 24 x 17 cm 256pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 025741 Thames and Hudson Ltd February £25.00

The Norse Myths that Shape the Way We Think

Carolyne Larrington

A fresh look at the stories at the heart of Norse mythology, exploring their cultural impact right up to the present day.

The heroes and villains of Norse mythology have endured for centuries, infiltrating art, opera, film, television and books, shape-shifting – like the trickster Loki – to suit the cultures that encountered them. Through careful analysis of the literature and archaeology of the Norse world, Carolyne Larrington takes us deep into the realm described in the Icelandic sagas, from the gloomy halls of Hel to the dazzling heights of Asgard. She expertly examines the myths’ many modern-day reimaginings, revealing the guises that have been worn by the figures of Norse myth, including Marvel’s muscled, golden-haired Thor and George R.R Martin’s White Walkers, who march inexorably southwards, bringing their eternal winter with them.

Mythology, Philosophy & Religion

Science

Viking Women

Life and Lore

Lisa Hannett

Great Kingdoms of Africa

Edited by John Parker Foreword by David Adjaye

In this groundbreaking work, Lisa Hannett lifts the veil on the untold stories of wives and mothers, girls and slaves, widows and witches who sailed, settled, suffered, survived – and thrived – in a society that largely catered to and memorialised men. Hannett presents the everyday experiences of a compelling cast of women, all of whom are resourceful and petty, hopeful and jealous, and as fabulous and flawed as we are today.

No other book explores the lives of regular Viking Age women in this way.

15.3 x 23.3 cm 304pp PB ISBN 978 1 760 761998

Thames & Hudson Australia March £18.00

From the ancient Nile Valley to the savannas of medieval West Africa, the highlands of Ethiopia and on to the forests, lakes and grasslands of the south, African civilizations have given rise to some of the world’s most impressive kingdoms. Great Kingdoms of Africa explores some of the most important questions in the continent’s deep past. Presenting exciting developments in the understanding of how states and societies have interacted with each other across time, this book shows how powerful and sophisticated kingdoms have shaped the course of African history – and continue to do so in the present day.

22 colour, 37 B/W illustrations 23.4 x 15.3 cm 336pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 252529

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £25.00

Scotland’s Forgotten Past

A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood

A charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36 forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of Scottish history.

While Scotland’s history cannot be separated from its kings and queens, saints and warriors, there is a rich story to tell about the country’s lesserknown places, people and events. Alistair Moffat guides us from the geological formation of the land that makes up Scotland to the first evidence of human habitation right up to modern times. We learn about the cave of headless children, the origins of the Scottish kings, the invention of tartan and the romance of the Highlands, Scotland’s answer to Shakespeare, and the many U.S. Presidents with Scottish heritage, all brought to life by Joe McLaren’s attractive woodcut-style illustrations.

37 B/W illustrations 19.8 x 12.9 cm 224pp HB ISBN 978 0 500 252642 Thames and Hudson Ltd March £14.99

The Scientists Pioneers of Discovery

Edited by Andrew Robinson

New in B-format paperback

Who made us see the atom, our minds, our planet and the universe afresh? How did we uncover the mysteries of life on earth? What next?

The theories, discoveries and inventions of scientists have revolutionized our consciousness. Think of gravity, relativity, and the Big Bang; electric motors, nuclear power and computers. Behind these breakthroughs lie the personal stories of men and women with vision and determination: from Galileo, Faraday and Darwin, through Pasteur and Marie Curie, to Einstein, Freud and Turing.

20 colour illustrations 19.8 x 12.9 cm 320pp PB ISBN 978 0 500 297063

Thames and Hudson Ltd March £12.99

Alistair Moffat

Yoga for Stiff Birds

Marion Deuchars

Skittledog, named for a lively little dogfish, publishes books and gifts that focus on creativity, lifestyle, and fun. Launched by Thames & Hudson in 2022, the imprint will publish books and gifts in a wide variety of formats, unified by distinctive contemporary illustration and arresting titling.

100 illustrations 18.5 x 13.5 cm 80pp HB ISBN 978 1 837 760121

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £10.00

Loosen up with a smile on your face...

Marion Deuchars has practiced yoga for many years, and well knows the benefits it brings. Now she shares that passion with her illustrated character Bob the Bird, whose expressive poses will charm you into a reviving session of yoga breathing, stretching, posing, and mindfulness.

Yoga for Stiff Birds rejects the clichés of studio photography in favour of a more immediate, inviting look. With a few brush strokes Marion helps Bob into every position from the downwardfacing dog to the tree; both useful and inspiring, her art will raise a smile, whether you’re a regular practitioner or a yoga novice, and will encourage even the creakiest reader to breathe, stretch, and bend like they never have before.

Join the Dogs!

Satisfyingly Difficult Dot-to-Dot Puzzles

Jennie Edwards

Dog-loving puzzlers will love chewing on these relaxing dot-todots.

Fall in love with these cunningly canine line art puzzles! Twenty new illustrations from the talented hand of Jennie Edwards will keep you guessing right to the end – when each reveals a loveable dog doing something irresistibly doggy.

The photography is by Instagram sensation Doggy Pawtraits, and the puzzles have been prepared and tested by the same team that created the first ever series of dot-to-dot puzzles for grown-ups.

20 illustrations

31 x 23.5 cm 48pp PB ISBN 978 1 837 760084

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £10.83

Join the Drag Queens!

Satisfyingly Difficult Dot-to-Dot Puzzles

Jennie Edwards

Fierce and irreverent, these dot-to-dots lead you to a fabulous finish!

Pick up a pencil and prepare to go wild with it! Twenty fresh puzzles from Jennie Edwards will keep you guessing right to the end – when each reveals a stunning drag queen in their glorious pomp.

For legions of enthusiastic dot-to-dot fans who will be thrilled to discover these brand new challenges.

20 illustrations

31 x 23.5 cm 48pp PB ISBN 978 1 837 760091

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £10.83

Forest Dream

A Flow State Jigsaw Puzzle

Elin Svensson

We all know flow, even if we don’t yet know what to call it: that blissful state of absorption, when you’re so engaged with what you’re doing that you don’t notice the time passing. Psychologists now know that this still, almost meditative, state, brings us a host of mental health benefits: balance, tranquility, and less stress.

With the first of her Flow puzzles, Elin Svensson uses gently harmonious colour gradients to create a calming mandala that will captivate the puzzler, and take them on a gentle journey to a place of calm.

The box also includes a short introduction to the flow state and its benefits, written by an authority in the field.

Illustrated in colour throughout 26.7 x 26.7 cm

Puzzle ISBN 978 1 837 760046

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £16.66

Reef Dream

A Flow State Jigsaw Puzzle

Elin Svensson

Discover the calming power of the flow state with inspiration from the coral reef.

Jigsaw puzzles give us an easy way to get into the flow, which is one of the reasons why they have boomed so dramatically in recent years.

With Reef Dream, the second of her Flow puzzles, Elin Svensson uses harmonious colour gradients to captivate the puzzler, and take them on a gentle journey to a place of calm.

Illustrated in colour throughout 26.7 x 26.7 cm

Puzzle ISBN 978 1 837 760053

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £16.66

Leila Duly, one of the UK’s most talented illustrators, scored huge hits with her first two colouring books Floribunda (LKP, 2016) and The Flower Year (LKP, 2017). Now she returns, her distinctively fluid line style perfectly showcasing the glories of the natural world.

Beginning and advanced colourists alike will love bringing Leila’s art to life and stumbling across the wildlife hiding in the pages.

56 illustrations 31 x 23.5 cm 80pp PB ISBN 978 1 837 760008

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £10.83

Leila Duly’s Beautiful Planet

An Intricate Colouring Book

Leila Duly

Linocut

Learn in a Weekend

Nick Morley

By your own hand, prints to be proud of in no time at all.

Nick Morley is a seasoned expert at guiding aspiring printmakers through their first projects, and this accessible book distils his knowledge into friendly step-by-step projects, each chosen to demonstrate a particular skill, and illustrated with clear photography.

With templates accompanying each project making it easy to get started, the reader will quickly find themselves growing in confidence and skill.

Illustrated throughout 20.5 x 16 cm 80pp PB ISBN 978 1 837 760107

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £12.99

Cut Up This Book and Create Your Own Wonderland

Eliza Scott

How to Train Your Skateboard

Francis Illustrated by Ewa Zak

From the same team that created the best-selling Extraordinary Things to Cut Out and Collage comes this new collection of surprising images: a trip down the rabbit hole which will blow your mind and add new life to your collages.

There are over a thousand lively images – including backgrounds so you can create dramatic scenes – and a practical introduction will teach you the tricks of colour, composition, and juxtaposition. Just bring scissors, glue, and your imagination!

1000 colour illustrations 31 x 23.5 cm

128pp PB ISBN 978 1 837 760022

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £12.49

The thirteen tricks and moves that all skaters need, stylishly presented.

The beginner skateboarder will learn about their board and how to maintain it, a little about skatepark etiquette and safety, and all the basic moves necessary to get off to a confident start. With Jack’s expert guidance you’ll master the basic skills, and soon be popping ollies, kickflips, board slides, shuv-its and more.

Illustrated throughout 19.8 x 13.7 cm

144pp HB ISBN 978 1 837 760060

Thames and Hudson Ltd January £14.99

Jack