Dolphins have long featured in Western art as religious and political symbols, but never before has there been an art book devoted to these beautiful and intelligent animals until now. Published to celebrate the sixtieth Anniversary of the founding of Thames & Hudson for whom the dolphin has special[...]
This is a sumptuously illustrated book which traces the life and work of Gianlorenzo Bernini. Covering his entire career from his brilliant beginnings to his last mature works, paying particular attention to his techniques in drawing, modelling and carving. It also considers his relationship with pa[...]
The Islanders An Introduction. Since 2004, Charles Avery has been working on his epic project entitled The Islanders. Avery uses drawing, installations, three-dimensional objects and writing to describe the topology, inhabitants and cosmology of an imagined terra incognita. This much anticipated boo[...]