Книги издательства Thames & Hudson

The American video and installation artist Bill Viola is one of the most popular artists in the world today.  Significantly, at a time when an artist's importance is often conferred by small groups of experts and cognoscenti, Viola's ...

All of us have the desire to organize and store the multitude of items that fill our lives - a desire that is not unique to our century. King Tutankhamen's 14th century B.C. tomb contained over 30 chests for storing his possessions. Here, the ...

This magnificent publication presents the highlights of the largest and finest privately owned collection of Islamic art in the world. Nearly 500 masterpieces have been selected from over 20,000 works in the Khalili Collection. The result is a fas...

The Bitter Years celebrates some of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century and provides a whole new insight into Edward Steichen’s impact on the history of documentary photography. The Great Depression of the 1930s was still a vivid...

The sensual curve of the hip. The disturbing pucker of a scar. The magnetic pull of the lashed eye. In this book, William A. Ewing presents an archive of over 360 photographic images of the body - beautiful, bizarre, sometimes brutally revealing - re...

A beautifully illustrated visual history of Western book design In this digital age, many designers and readers still feel strongly attracted to the printed book as an object of beauty. Beginning in 1471 with an edition printed by the influenti...

The Camondos were a family of bankers and philanthropists – ‘the Rothschilds of the East’. Arriving in Paris from Istanbul in 1869, their presence was soon noted in the worlds of business, music, art and the wealthier echelons of Pa...

Here is a complete course in designing ceramics with confidence. Focusing on design principles, it also includes practical instruction in studio techniques for making your ideas a reality. • Step-by-step tutorials explain each stage of the p...

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...