Книги видавництва Thames & Hudson

A career-spanning, slipcased monograph in two volumes presenting the work of one of Asia's most thoughtful and innovative architects This career-spanning monograph in two volumes presents the work of Vo Trong Nghia, one of Asia’s most th...

‘The real thing that I’m talking about has purity and a certain severity, rigour, simplicity, directness, clarity, and it is without artistic pretension in a self-conscious sense of the word.’ It was Walker Evans himself who prov...

The first publication devoted to all-white houses, compiled and written by one of the world’s leading authorities on contemporary architecture Sometimes seen as an absence of colour, white in fact reflects the purity of the entire spectrum. ...

In this enjoyable and thought-provoking book Susie Hodge explains, thoroughly and conclusively, why modern art is not, and never has been, child’s play The book examines 100 works of modern art that have attracted critical hostility – ...

A beautiful book devoted to designs by William Morris that incorporate flowers, a central motif in Morris's oeuvre A passionate advocate of craftsmanship over mass-production, William Morris (1834– 1896) designed a huge variety of object...

The ultimate collection of William Wegman’s Weimaraner photographs, in an accessibly priced format, with over 250 brilliant and witty images from across five decades. All artists have a muse. Movie directors perfect their craft working again...

The definitive illustrated monograph on one of the major writer-directors of modern cinema In this retrospective, Tom Shone reviews Woody Allen’s entire career, providing incisive commentary on his films and shedding light on this uniquely s...

A distinguished panel of international jurors identifies the most exciting names in sculpture today How do you find the most promising emerging artists at work in a rapidly transforming medium? Bypassing traditional art world channels, 100 Sculpto...

Traces the significance of 1,000 commonly recognized symbols and places them in historical and cultural context Symbols are often identified as an international language and, to some extent, they are. But that language is far from universal. Diffe...

In the 19th century, the craft of embroidery became a pastime for ladies of leisure. This beautiful new book explores the shift from industry to hobby and how embroidery was crafted and displayed in the home. Each chapter is packed with a close lo...

For many centuries the collecting of precious jewels was the preserve of kings and queens, emperors and maharajahs. But in the aftermath of the First World War, with the fall of several European monarchies, royal gems passed into the hands of a diffe...

The most comprehensive and detailed history and sourcebook of twentieth-century jewellery ever published John Peacock charts the development of every kind and style of twentieth-century jewellery for both women and men: earrings, necklaces, pendan...

Houses were Frank Lloyd Wright’s favourite building type from the beginning to the end of his seventy-year career as an architect. To him, the house was the centre of family life, symbolized by a warming hearth and, above all, a place of repose...

Frank Lloyd Wright is a one-man phenomenon - between 1887 and 1959 he completed more than 400 commissions in the USA as well as writing numerous books and giving frequent lectures. Thousands of visitors annually flock to the fifty Wright buildings in...

For bibliophiles, connoisseurs of contemporary printmaking, and everyone whose imagination is fired by the macabre With breathtaking virtuosity and a unique, dreamlike vision, Érik Desmazières – a master of contemporary printma...