Книги видавництва Thames & Hudson

A celebration of the enormously popular Italian painter, sculptor and interior decorator Piero Fornasetti established an enduring reputation as a designer with a style that was all his own – a style based on illusionism, architectural perspe...

It was in interwar central Europe that photography as a modern art form was established. It fired the imagination of hundreds of progressive artists across Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary and Poland. It became a symbol of modernity for ...

From the renovation of ancient aqueducts in Rome to the computer-controlled jets that celebrated the dawn of the twenty-first century, Fountains, Splash and Spectacle traces the history of fountain design over the centuries and across nations, explor...

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was one of the great figurative painters of the twentieth century. This book, newly available in paperback, provides a thorough account of the life and work of this complex and conflicted artist, whose paintings retain th...

One of the largest and most exciting segments of the graffiti world has been left largely unexplored until now. Freight Train Graffiti is the first comprehensive insight into a subset of the graffiti world that has become the focal point for many gra...

Based on The Metropolitan Museum’s renowned collection, French Art Deco presents more than eighty masterpieces by forty-two designers. Art Deco – the term conjures up jewels by Van Cleef & Arpels, glassware by Lalique, furniture by...

This book provides a guide to the history of Sevres porcelain as epitomised by seventy of the most important examples in the Royal Collection. Published to accompany the exhibition opening at The Queen's Gallery, London.

French Style exudes that special quality, a rare blend of magic, elegance and sophistication that is the essence of the French 'art de vivre'. French Style captures the charm, vitality and elegance of contemporary French lifestyle as it is reflect...

Drawing upon an impressive array of original sources, this profusely illustrated book offers sketches, engravings and printed patterns, representing French interior design and decoration from the Baroque, Rococo, Louis Seize and Empire periods throug...

This book traces the extraordinary life of an artist whose unforgettable imagery combined cruelty and wit, honesty and insolence, pain and empowerment. Admired by the Surrealists and photographed by the greatest, Frida Kahlo was most renowned for ...

A comprehensive survey of contemporary art from Russia from the 1970s on, with more than 600 colour illustrations, artist interviews, in-depth profiles and essays by leading scholars and collectors Russia has undergone an amazing cultural and politi...

For millennia, architects and builders have attempted to rationalize cities into well-functioning and liveable places. While many aspects of a city evolve naturally, other facets result from human interventions and radical imagination. Future City ce...

Greater sensitivity to climate change has already made this century one of the most productive periods in landscape and garden design. Designers and clients are increasingly committed to innovative outdoor spaces: in cities, the country and private g...

From modernist to Mediterranean, and from jungle to Japanese, Garden Design Close Up is a font of inspiration for those looking to give their garden a contemporary makeover. Focusing on 100 real gardens of diverse types around the globe, the book ...

This is the only book to provide a complete overview of the long history out of which today’s rich and varied gay culture has emerged. Historians from nine countries consider the evidence for same-sex relationships throughout the centuries, cha...