This collection showcases 50 stunning stone houses worldwide, highlighting the material's diverse colors and textures. From grand mansions to cozy cottages, the book features designs by renowned architects, illustrating how stone's beauty inspires an array of architectural styles through captivating images.
"Great Women Sculptors" celebrates over 300 pioneering women sculptors from 60 countries, spanning 500 years. This inclusive survey features notable artists like Camille Claudel and Yayoi Kusama, alongside contemporary talents. Each artist is showcased with an image and new text, highlighting their contributions to sculpture.
"Concrete Architecture" is a visually stunning collection showcasing 300 remarkable concrete buildings from the last century. It highlights the beauty and strength of concrete structures, featuring renowned architects like Le Corbusier and Zaha Hadid, while also exploring the history of concrete architecture. A must-see for Brutalism enthusiasts.
This book showcases 1,000 of the most innovative and influential product designs from 1663 to today, featuring renowned and emerging designers. Revised with 100 new items, it offers detailed insights and beautiful imagery, making it an essential reference for design enthusiasts and professionals alike.
"Collage is an artistic language comprising found images, fragmentary forms, and unexpected juxtapositions. While it first gained status as high art in the early twentieth century, the past decade has seen a fresh explosion of artists using this dynamic and experimental approach to image making.Organised in an A-Z sequence by artist, the book features both well-known collagists including Njideka Akunyili Crosby; Ellen Gallagher; Peter Kennard; Linder, Christian Marclay; Wangechi Mutu; Deborah Roberts; Martha Rosler; and Mickalene Thomas, and a plethora of lesser-known names deserving of greater attention. Taking a broad definition - from analog cut-and-paste compositions and photomontages to digital composed imagery and animations - Vitamin C+ showcases 108 living artists who employ collage as a central part of their visual-art practice, as selected by 69 leading experts, including museum directors, curators, critics, and collectors. The survey also features an engaging and informative introduction by Yuval Etgar, an internationally renowned expert in the area."
This illustrated survey highlights 107 innovative contemporary artists born since 1980, selected by emerging art experts. It showcases the future stars of the art world, featuring diverse talents from global institutions. Artists include Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Joy Labinjo, and Tschabalala Self, among others.
"Great Women Painters" is a groundbreaking survey showcasing over 300 women artists from the past five centuries. It highlights both renowned and emerging talents, celebrating a diverse art history with newly appreciated works. This visually rich book continues Phaidon's "The Art Book" series, featuring artists like Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe.
The perfect miscellany for every art lover - an essential and engaging collection of facts, figures, and findings about art, artists, and the art world, past and present
Experience the force, mystery, and beauty of the ocean and seas through more than 300 images - featuring underwater photography, oceanographic maps and scientific illustrations, as well as paintings, sculptures and popular films.
Featuring a diverse array of interior designers and decorators from around the world, this book offers a comprehensive look at contemporary design. It showcases innovative styles and creative approaches, highlighting the unique contributions of each designer. With stunning illustrations, readers will explore the latest trends and gain insights into the artistry behind exceptional interior spaces. This survey serves as both inspiration and a valuable resource for anyone interested in the field of interior design.
The ultimate global celebration of residential design and decorating
This book offers a comprehensive A-Z evaluation of over 300 modern and contemporary artists from Africa, highlighting the continent's burgeoning art scene and its increasing global recognition. It aims to create a more inclusive art history, building on the success of Phaidon's Great Women Artists.
A global survey of 100 of today's most important clay and ceramic artists, chosen by leading art world professionals. 'Vitamin C' celebrates the revival of clay as a material for contemporary visual artists, featuring a wide range of global talent as selected by the world's leading curators, critics, and art professionals. Clay and ceramics have in recent years been elevated from craft to high art material, with the resulting artworks being coveted by collectors and exhibited in museums around the world. Packed with illustrations, 'Vitamin C' is a timely survey . Artists include: Caroline Achaintre, Ai Weiwei, Aaron Angell, Edmund de Waal, Theaster Gates, Marisa Merz, Ron Nagle, Gabriel Orozco, Grayson Perry, Sterling Ruby, Thomas Schutte, Richard Slee, Jesse Wine, and Betty Woodman. Nominators include: Pablo Leon de la Barra, Iwona Blazwick, Mary Ceruti, Dan Fox, Jens Hoffmann, Christine Macel, James Meyer among others.
Vitamin D3 is a comprehensive survey of contemporary drawing, highlighting over 100 artists nominated by 70+ global art experts. This installment showcases the evolution of drawing as a primary art medium, featuring diverse styles and techniques from renowned artists, reflecting the medium's expanded possibilities.
A comprehensive and sumptuous survey that celebrates the beauty and appeal of flowers throughout art, history, and culture
A brand-new revised and updated edition of Phaidon's accessible, acclaimed A-Z guide to the most important artists of all time
Escape and unwind with this breathtaking collection of contemporary homes - each designed with relaxation in mind
300 stunning maps from all periods and from all around the world, exploring and revealing what maps tell us about history and ourselves. Selected by an international panel of cartographers, academics, map dealers and collectors, the maps represent over 5,000 years of cartographic innovation drawing on a range of cultures and traditions. Comprehensive in scope, this book features all types of map from navigation and surveys to astronomical maps, satellite and digital maps, as well as works of art inspired by cartography. Unique curated sequence presents maps in thought-provoking juxtapositions for lively, stimulating reading. Features some of the most influential mapmakers and institutions in history, including Gerardus Mercator, Abraham Ortelius, Phyllis Pearson, Heinrich Berann, Bill Rankin, Ordnance Survey and Google Earth. Easy-to-use format, with large reproductions, authoritative texts and key caption information, it is the perfect introduction to the subject. Also features a comprehensive illustrated timeline of the history of cartography, biographies of leading cartographers and a glossary of cartographic terms.
Discover 500 of the most innovative, influential, and enduring products from the last five centuries in one compact and highly collectable volume. The Design Book presents iconic pieces by Le Corbusier, Philippe Starck, the Eames, and the Apple design team, alongside classic objects such as the paper clip, the hurricane lantern, and the martini glass. Each entry pairs an image with a descriptive caption, providing accessible information about the product, designer, manufacturer, and history. Take an extraordinary journey through the objects that have improved our functionality, shaping our society and culture today.
An accessible, comprehensive, freshly-updated celebration of the vast range of human artistry from 28,000 BC to today Brought completely up to date for this revised edition and now available in a compact new format, this new edition of Phaidon's groundbreaking book presents art differently from all other compendia by revealing the huge diversity – or in many cases, the similarity – of artistic achievements around the globe. Images of more than 600 works from all periods and regions are arranged in chronological order, each with a short text that puts the work in critical context and explains its contribution to the development of art history.
Discover the gardens of top chefs worldwide and explore innovative recipes inspired by them. "The Garden Chef" features stories and signature dishes from 40 renowned and emerging chefs, showcasing how their gardens influence seasonal cooking, accompanied by stunning visuals for added inspiration.
A glorious survey of work by more than 80 contemporary floral designers who are extending the boundaries of their art
At last - the next instalment in the popular Vitamin series - the world's hottest painters, selected by international experts Since the publication of the first Vitamin P in 2002, painting has continued to evolve and excite, with new generations responding to its historic importance and taking it in unexpected directions. A central pillar of artistic practice, painting also has enduring appeal, dominating the art market. Vitamin P3 takes the conversation forward, spotlighting more than 100 outstanding artists who are engaging with - and pushing the boundaries of - the medium of paint. Artists include: Etel Adnan, Michael Armitage, Matt Connors, Genieve Figgis, Helen Johnson, Sanya Kantarovsky, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Oscar Murillo, Imran Qureshi, Nicolas Party, Mary Ramsden, Rosie Wylie. International experts include: Iwona Blazwick, Benjamin Buchloh, Marlene Dumas, Laura Hoptman, Geeta Kapur, Alex Katz, Tim Marlow, Sarah McCrory, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Beatrix Ruf, Nancy Spector.
Explore the beauty and diversity of the animal world through more than 300 captivating images
This book features a curated selection of 50 architect-designed houses that address the unique challenges of desert living. Showcasing residential architecture from various regions, it includes works by both renowned and emerging architects, accompanied by images and brief descriptions of each structure and its environment.
This comprehensive survey explores the controversial yet popular Brutalist architectural style, featuring over 850 buildings from 102 countries. Organized by nine continental regions, it highlights both renowned masterpieces and lesser-known examples, showcasing Brutalism as a significant international movement.
A stunning exploration of the beauty and drama of 150 black structures built by the world's leading architects over 1,000 years. A visually rich book, Black: Architecture in Monochrome casts a new eye on the beauty - and the drama - of black in the built world. Spotlighting more than 150 structures from the last 1,000 years, Black pairs engaging text with fascinating photographs of houses, churches, libraries, skyscrapers, and other buildings from some of the world's leading architects, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, and Eero Saarinen, David Adjaye, Jean Nouvel, Peter Marino, and Steven Holl.
Condensed travel version features over 1,000 buildings and 50 new projects.
A survey of 100 English gardens, from the 16th century to the present day.
