Presenting art history as an essential part of the development of humankind, A World History of Art offers an authoritative, balanced and enlightening account, ranging from a statuette carved in central Europe some 30,000 years ago to the digital, video and installation art of the new millennium

A practical reference book that explores the drawing and painting processes and discusses encaustic, egg tempera, fresco, oil, watercolour and acrylic techniques.

A definitive and beautifully presented work on the Italian Renaissance, both scholarly and accessible, and giving a fascinating insight into the individual cities.

A widely acclaimed and fascinating survey of art from 1940 to the present in Europe and America, with unique contributions by individual artists.

A dynamic new method of teaching painting to beginners, involving using the full range of colours on the palette from the very first lesson.

A richly illustrated guide for both students and professionals to the application of colour to graphic design, illustration, painting and textile art.

John Torreano uses a technique of demonstration, questions and answers to explain how to translate a three-dimensional object, landscape or figure in front of you onto the two-dimensional plane of a piece of paper.

A visual handbook for artists and designers who need to express ideas through drawing, with a wealth of drawings by the great masters of the medium.

An ideal book for students embarking on courses in graphic design, fine art and illustration as well as allied courses, with a wide range of illustrations drawn from all areas of art and design.

A fascinating view of the study of art history, covering the basic art historical methods of formal and contextual analysis and providing much practical advice.

An introduction for the art history student to the range of theoretical perspectives used in looking at and analysing art, with guidance on writing theory-based essays.

Introduces the student to fundamental printmaking techniques including relief, intaglio, collagraph, lithography, screen print and monoprint and shows how they can be used to achieve cutting-edge results