Книги издательства Thames & Hudson

Patti Smith is known most widely as a musical artist and a poet  but her creative energies are not limited to those genres. This book offers a rare chance to explore the photography of the punk poetess. Published to accompany the exhibition at the Fo...

Many of the greatest artists since Dürer and Rembrandt have used the print medium to explore some of their most important ideas. Paula Rego is in this tradition, giving full rein to her imagination in both etching and lithography, and using the ...

Performance is now featured in major museums and considered one of the most important artistic forms of the twenty-first century. An astonishing increase in the number of works and venues around the world testifies to performance as the chosen medium...

Persian art and architecture have a rich heritage that stretches far beyond the borders of modern-day Iran, from the Abbasid monuments of Baghdad to the splendid Timurid buildings of Samarqand and Bukhara. In this glorious volume a wealth of photo...

This book combines Robert W. Gill’s two classic volumes – Basic Perspective and Creative Perspective – to provide a complete, clear and simple explanation of the principles of perspective. It demonstrates that an understanding ...

Holding to the highest standards of technical craft to create problem-solving landscapes that attain artful expression, Peter Walker and Partners (PWP) is responsible for some of most beautiful and iconic works of landscape architecture in the world....

This lavishly illustrated survey presents the work of nearly 120 international artists at the forefront of the boom in photography, among them Elina Brotherus, Tacita Dean, Luc Delahaye, Alec Soth, Jens Ullrich and Michael Wesely. Each artist is i...

A unique, comprehensive survey of photography, from reportage to nature, war, portraits, still lifes, women, travel, cities, art, fashion, the nude and sports 250 photographs by more than 200 of the world's most prominent photographers, rangin...

A refreshing and eye-opening behind-the-scenes exploration of the art of contemporary photography, richly illustrated with rarely seen works-in-progress from nearly fifty of today’s most original practitioners Photography is so much more tha...

With over 350 illustrations in colour and duotone This marvellously rich photographic journey through the last sixty years of Italian history will be a joy for anyone who loves photography or Italy – a stunning anthology of some of the most ...

Examines the changing role of photography in the commercial world, with interviews by some of the most important players in the industry, including John Hegarty, Albert Watson, Bert Stern and many others. This is a valuable source book for those work...

In Physique, Peter Kuhnst traces the history of the nude athlete in photography through distinct historical eras. He begins in the mid-19th century with images from the early years of photography and proceeds to the 'moving' nude as exempl...

Piero Fornasetti was a master of the decorative imagination. He employed illusionism, architectural perspectives and a host of personal leitmotifs - the sun, playing cards, still lifes, libraries, harlequins, newspapers, the face of a once-famous ope...

Compiled by architects for architects, this is an indispensable resource for professionals seeking to understand how colourful buildings can animate their environs and engage their users. Nineteen projects by the world’s most exciting practi...

An accessible and comprehensive 'how to' guide to expressive and experimental techniques and manipulation of Polaroid prints and cameras Polaroid: The Missing Manual is the go-to resource for all lovers of instant photography. Divided into...