Книги издательства Flame Tree Publishing

Michelangelo was recognised as a great artist early in his long life. Along with a small number of contemporaries he was responsible for Renaissance Florence becoming the artistic fountainhead of western culture. This comprehensive new book offers a ...

Gauguin began his artistic life as an Impressionist in Paris, but yearning for a wider world view he experimented with decorative art and bright colours to create what some have termed Symbolism. He painted briefly with Van Gogh but was strongly draw...

Part of a new series of beautiful gift art books this book focuses on Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. Renowned especially for his style of painting that featured grids of black lines with blocks of primary colour, Mondrian was regarded as a true pioneer ...

This is the ultimate guide to two musical styles that have fundamentally influenced popular music. Divided into eras from the Early Years, then decade by decade to the Contemporary Era, learn about the development of this music from its 19th-century ...

Whether inspired by Classical legend, traditional tales or simply their own imagination, countless artists have been captivated by these heavenly and mythological creatures. Angels and Fairies is a beautiful reference book which takes a look at some ...

Follows the development of one of the Twentieth Century`s most glamorous styles. All aspects of 1920s and 1930s design and architecture were affected by its elegant sophistication, and this beautiful new book shows how its pervading influences transf...

This series aims to combine a compact, commercial approach with the breadth and clarity of larger format books. Covering art which both creates the foundation of modern culture and modern art itself, the books include International Arts and Crafts, T...

Bauhaus examines a remarkable collection of works produced in this highly distinctive artistic style. Featuring art from all of the Bauhaus School`s most gifted advocates, it traces the rise and fall of a movement that, through its attempts to unite ...

A celebration of the Impressionists artists, including Monet, Renoir and Pissarro, whose paintings are inextricably linked to the birth of modern art.  Today, our passion for these artists remains, and their paintings are amongst the best-lov...

A celebration of the design movement that started in Britain and spread round the world at the end of the nineteenth century. Depicting both well-known and unusual art and artefacts from this most fascinating of eras, this book provides a wealth of i...

Traces the extraordinary career of one of Scotland`s (and Britain`s) most fascinating and original artist-designers of the twentieth century. This stunning new book is illustrated with nearly 176 illustrations, designs and paintings which demonstrate...

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. Their art’s romanticism, attention to detail and jewel-like colours have ensur...

Modern Art gives a unique insight into the lives of some of the twentieth century`s most gifted artists, covering a diverse selection of works from the Expressionists and the Cubists to the Pop artists and the Post-Modernists. This superb new book pr...

Turner, Whistler and Monet were all fascinated by the transience of light and how that alone could affect the atmostphere of a painting. They were also highly experimental for their time, rejecting the use of realism in favour of creating the impress...

Rich and delicate, ethereal and muscular, the art of William Blake is as fascinating as the philosophies threading through his poetry and prophetic works.  Presented here in this magnificent new collection, his vivid paintings and gently weav...