Книги издательства Thames & Hudson

An excitingly designed, lively, year-by-year history of people and events, covering the whole history of jazz music and its personalities for over 100 years. The book features many rare images, an accessible, wide-ranging text and an extensive ref...

A year-by-year history of the people and events which shaped the evolution of jazz from its roots in Africa and the southern United States to the myriad urban styles heard around the world today Updated and Revised Edition The Chronicle of Jazz...

Published to overwhelming critical acclaim, this classic study of cities explains how and why cities - among the most enduring and remarkable of all human artefacts - took the shape they did. Professor Kostof focuses on a number of theme...

A sumptuous, large-format photographic tour of the extraordinary collections of antiques housed in fifteen private residences in Italy.

Zaha Hadid is one of the most important and influential architects in the world. Educated in mathematics in Baghdad and architecture at London’s Architectural Association, Hadid is the first female recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Prize. ...

Zaha Hadid is one of the most important and influential architects in the world. Educated in mathematics in Baghdad and architecture at London’s Architectural Association, Hadid is the first female recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Prize. ...

This book examines the nature of dictionaries, archives and dress curation, and adds a stunning visual essay recording two overnight tours through an Artangel-commissioned exhibition at Blythe House. Phillips' definitions for words commonly as...

A revealing look at new city living, featuring seventy of the world’s most innovative, extreme and ingenious houses Featuring some of the world’s most innovative, extreme and ingenious urban interventions, The Contemporary House looks ...

This sumptuous volume, which includes a complete inventory of every item of the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London, captures the magnificence of a collection of symbolic objects steeped in English history that is still in use today. For anyone with ...

On an island behind Tibet’s Potala Palace is a small pagoda roofed Khang, or temple, a place reserved exclusively for the Dalai Lamas as a place of meditation and spiritual retreat. During the brief reign of the Sixth Dalai Lama, who built t...

Stores from Harrods to Barneys to Galeries Lafayette have offered excitement to millions of visitors for more than a century. This superbly illustrated book goes behind the window displays, eye-catching shopping bags and promotional extravaganzas ...

This book is devoted to Albrecht Dürer’s early art and the circumstances of the young painter’s life that enabled his unique work. Literature about Dürer fills library shelves. Does this mean everything has already been said ...

The Eco-Design Handbook is the most comprehensive publication to catalogue and represent the vast array of ingenious green products available to the consumer. A complete sourcebook of beautifully designed, ecologically sensitive and consumer-friendly...

An authoritative survey of Twombly’s complex body of work Cy Twombly created art that was remarkable for its versatility, sensitivity and originality. Throughout his career, he followed his own artistic pathway, independent from contemporary...

A thoroughly engrossing thematic study of the representation of the face on objects and in works of art from all cultures and throughout history From sacred totems to playful caricatures, the face is the most revealing subject in the history of ar...