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This approach shows how to create landscapes, flowers, animals and figures using just scissors and paste.

Recognizing the potential of computer graphics, Neville Brody transformed his typography to create "the visual language we're going to be using in the electronic communications world". The designs featured in this collection are the fruits of five years' experimentation in the field.

A collection of over 360 photographic images of the human body. As well as bodies celebrated by photographers of sport, dance and fashion, the are bodies scrutinized by medical and anatomical photographers. The artists featured include Nadar, Alfred Stieglitz and Robert Mapplethorpe.

A biography of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe reveals a life even more daring than his art.

Egon Schiele lived in Vienna during its last years as capital of the declining Habsburg empire. Rejected by his family, hound...

Charles Saatchi's collection of young British artists is one of the most celebrated collections of contemporary art. He exhibited the works of artists such as Damien Hirst, Marc Quinn, Gavin Turk and Marcus Harvey. This book explores the ideas, aspirations and attitudes that inform each artist.

Featuring the author's own photographs, this is a practical guide to buying all types of antiques. Chapters cover such topics as ground rules for the first-time buyer, where to buy and how to buy, restoration of antiques, re-selling antiques and jargon.

The inside story of the one of the most successful British stand-up comedians, as told by the person best qualified to reveal all about the man behind the comic, his wife of 10 years -- Pamela Stephenson.

A practical and a step-by-step guide, this book a companion for any digital photographer. This book brings together the classical photography techniques and the unrivalled potential of digital technology. It includes: choosing a camera and equipment, setting up, taking shots, and camera care. It also talks about rescuing images on a computer.

Follows the story of watercolour from 16th-century Italy and Germany through Holland, France and Switzerland in the 18th century and on to the contribution made by the British School. It concludes with the effects of Romanticism and Impressionism and a discussion of watercolour in the 20th century.

For nearly 500 years the painting - and the smile on the sitter's face - has been a source of speculation and reverence. This is a narrative history of how Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa came to be the most famous in the world - and one of the world's most powerful cultural icons.

The cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, with its great, terracotta-tiled cupola, still remains a power to astonish. Yet the elegance of the building belies the tremendous labour and technical ingenuity involved in its creation. This work tells the story of how the cupola was raised.

A thoroughly entertaining account of the fashion frenzy at the Oscars

A practical series of monographs in which the titles help art lovers avoid any embarrassing lapses of memory in conversation. Peppered with numerous illustrations and texts that cover contemporary history, biographical information and artistic works, these mini art guides offer an overview of some of the most exceptional artists in history.

Aurum's series of Film Poster books that have covered all of the decades from 1930 to 1980 have sent the benchmark for the look and design of this genre of book, a format and style that has been much copied.

Bringing together Eugene Atget's portraits of authentic Old Paris with photographs of contemporary interiors, this compilation explores the city from opposite ends of the 20th century.

Miller's Buying Affordable Antiques Price Guide 2005 features over 1, 500 antiques, illustrated in full colour with extended captions to explain the factors determining its price. Every piece can be sourced to its original dealer or auction house, and all have been for sale in the antiques trade during the past year.

Set in the digital age, this fourth edition embraces the technologies in graphics and print production, comprehensibly explaining the prepress and printing processes from traditional letterpress to the on-press CtP digital offset and on-demand colour printing. It also covers workflows and spells out the acronyms encountered by designers.

An autobiography of Stephen Fry.

Learn how to invoke the fairy spirit and bring to life nymphs, sprites and sylphs. Turn your brush into a wand and create an entire fairy kingdom in watercolours, the dreamiest medium with which to convey the spirit and nature of fairy folk. Here are instructions to capture exquisite detail such as delicate wings and diaphanous gowns.

A comprehensive survey of all the significant developments in fashion during the 20th century. It focuses on the key movements and innovations in clothing for both men and women and discusses these through the work of the most original designers and couturiers.

Inspires you to pick up your pencil and create a drawing.

A basic guide to the architectural profession. The book addresses issues and concerns of relevance to students choosing among different types of programme, schools, firms and architectural career paths and explores both the up-side and the down-side to the profession.

A practical series of monographs in which the titles help art lovers avoid any embarrassing lapses of memory in conversation. Peppered with numerous illustrations and texts that cover contemporary history, biographical information and artistic works, these mini art guides offer an overview of some of the most exceptional artists in history.

A practical series of monographs in which the titles help art lovers avoid any embarrassing lapses of memory in conversation. Peppered with numerous illustrations and texts that cover contemporary history, biographical information and artistic works, these mini art guides offer an overview of some of the most exceptional artists in history.