Книги видавництва Thames & Hudson

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 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...

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...

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. ...

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 ...