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From a couture Dior gown and a rose-adorned Barbie to ancient mosaics and Victorian Valentine's cards, this curated collection of more than 200 stunning images celebrates the world's most iconic flower. Discover the extraordinary ways the universally beloved bloom has been depicted through time and culture, both within and beyond the garden. Featuring 220 exquisite images, The Rose Book reveals...

The presence of video in contemporary art has never been more ubiquitous than it is today. At a time when moving images have saturated daily life to an unprecedented degree, artists continue to draw new possibilities from the medium. Vitamin V: Video and the Moving Image in Contemporary Art, the first book in the Vitamin series to focus on a...

‘A celebration of art-making.’ – Wall Street Journal An accessible, comprehensive celebration of the vast range of human artistry from 28,000 BC to today, now available in a gift-friendly mini format. 30,000 Years of Art by Phaidon Editors presents art differently from all other compendia by revealing the huge diversity – or in many cases, the similarity – of artistic...

An expansive and awe-inspiring visual survey celebrating the stunning beauty of butterflies and moths across art, history, science, and culture. Butterflies have enchanted people for thousands of years, capturing human imagination for so long that they are deeply entwined in our culture and history. Butterfly: Exploring the World of Lepidoptera delves into this enduring love for butterflies, moths, and caterpillars,...

A compelling collection of the world’s most innovative, stylish, and influential chairs from across the globe Throughout history, the chair has presented designers with infinite opportunities to experiment with new production methods and innovative materials within the set parameters of an object that is primarily there to serve a practical purpose. Now available with a new cover, Chair: 500 Designs...

‘A must-read for any interior design aficionado.’ – Town & Country The ultimate global celebration of residential design and decorating, now in a stunning new sky-blue livery. With 400 rooms organised by designer from A-Z, this much-lauded book, now with a stunning new cover, goes beyond decorators, designers, and architects to highlight exquisite interiors designed by fashion designers, artists, style...

Back in print, the spectacular visual biography of the life and work of Le Corbusier – one of the twentieth century’s most influential architects ‘Le Corbusier arguably had more of an influence on the form of the modern world than any other architect… You couldn’t make a book like this about just any architect. Beyond the architecture, it reveals a...

The groundbreaking survey, showcasing 500 of the greatest American artists, now updated in an essential new edition. ‘A lavish glimpse not only into American Art, but into the history of the century as well.’ – The Times Fully revised and updated, this new edition of Phaidon’s seminal volume The American Art Book provides an unparalleled look into the richness and...

Celebrate the beauty and creativity of the world’s greatest contemporary gardens through this stunning survey highlighting the leading designers of today. The Contemporary Garden showcases 300 outstanding gardens in more than forty countries across the globe. Curated in collaboration with an international team of horticultural experts, this wide-ranging collection includes iconic public gardens such as the High Line and Changi...

‘The fashion bible.’ – Vogue The global bestseller, showcasing more than 500 of fashion’s greatest names from A-Z Phaidon’s iconic global bestseller The Fashion Book takes a fresh look at the fashion world and the people who created and inspired it. Spanning almost 200 years, the entire fashion industry is represented: from designers to photographers, stylists, and retailers, as well...

The masterful drawings of Pablo Picasso teach animal recognition to the youngest readers in this artful, read-aloud board book. Birds & Other Animals takes children through Picasso's series of single-line animal drawings, beginning and ending with various kinds of birds. Pablo Picasso was one of the twentieth century's most influential artists, as well as a co-creator of Cubism. He produced...

Blue & Other Colours takes children through Henri Matisse's colour palette, one artwork per page, beginning with blue and returning to it as a familiar refrain throughout. The variance of shapes, depth, and scale of the shapes on each page will keep readers engaged, while the text enriches the reading experience with relatable commentary that encourages conversation. Henri Matisse's innovative...

Game Changers offers an A to Z exploration of video games, featuring 300 entries that highlight the most influential and celebrated games, consoles, publishers, and more. This visual history of video games provides readers with an overview of the gaming industry, tracing its evolution from the very first game created in the mid-twentieth century to the present day. The book...

The Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance, and this book documents Brutalism as never before. In the most wide-ranging investigation ever undertaken into one of architecture's most powerful movements, more than 850 Brutalist buildings—existing and demolished, classic and contemporary—are organized geographically into nine continental regions. Much-loved masterpieces in the UK and USA sit alongside lesser-known examples in Europe, Asia, Australia,...

Designed for Life showcases 100 of the most exciting designers around the world and, through their work, shines a lens on what is happening at the forefront of contemporary product design. The boundaries between design, art, craft, fashion, and architecture have been blurred in recent years, and a new generation of designers has emerged, working across different fields and genres....

An inspiring collection of 50 spectacular houses built almost entirely from glass. Glass Houses presents 50 stunning architect-designed homes that utilise glass to maximum effect. The international selection includes early modernist houses from the 1930s, such as Philip Johnson's Glass House and Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, and glamorous mid-century LA villas like Pierre Koenig's Case Study #22. It...

This deep dive into graphic design history presents the work of more than 400 designers across 33 countries and 5 continents, with work dating back to the 14th century. Reimagined from the Phaidon bestseller Graphic: 500 Designs that Matter, the book's dizzying array of designs ranges from the Gutenberg Bible to Joy Division album art, with work by both anonymous...

The most extensive fully illustrated book of women artists ever published, Great Women Artists reflects an era where art made by women is more prominent than ever. In museums, galleries, and the art market, previously overlooked female artists, past and present, are now gaining recognition and value. Featuring more than 400 artists, each represented here by a key artwork and...

A sumptuous survey of over 300 women painters and their work spanning almost five centuries. Great Women Painters is a groundbreaking book that reveals a richer and more varied telling of the story of painting. Featuring more than 300 artists from around the world, it includes both well-known women painters from history and today's most exciting rising stars. Covering nearly...

Presenting a more expansive and inclusive history of sculpture, Great Women Sculptors surveys the work of more than 300 trailblazing artists from over 60 countries, spanning 500 years from the Renaissance to the present day. Organised alphabetically, each artist is represented by an image and newly commissioned text. This wide-ranging survey champions the best-known women sculptors from art history alongside...

The essential survey showcasing the work of more than 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Latin America. Latin American artists have gained increasing international prominence as the art world awakens to the area's extraordinary art scenes and histories. In an accessible A-Z format, this volume introduces key artworks by 308 artists who together demonstrate the variety and...

A decadent and extravagant celebration of interior style, featuring more than 220 maximalist residential interiors, from the 1600s to the present day. This unique visual collection celebrates the very best contemporary Maximalist interior design while making the connection to a much longer historical tradition of excess. Maximalism is a style that has been with us, in one guise or another—for...

Stone has an enduring appeal and has been used to build homes for centuries. Remarkably diverse and versatile, it is available in a multitude of colours and textures, ranging from the refined elegance of sleek white marble and polished granite to the rustic charm of grey slate and beige travertine. This carefully curated selection of 50 stunning houses from all...

Expand your cooking repertoire with 100 recipes created and illustrated by a stellar array of international contemporary artists. Creativity doesn't stop at an artist's studio door; for many, it continues into the kitchen. For the first time, Phaidon has invited more than 70 artists to each share and illustrate a recipe—the best culinary concoction they have ever invented, or an...

This exquisite survey presents a breathtaking sequence of full-page images—from landscape paintings and botanical drawings to ancient frescos, vintage book illustrations, and contemporary photographs—revealing the tree as a source of inspiration throughout history. Spanning continents and cultures, Tree reflects the diversity of its subject, depicting giant sequoias, cherry blossoms, palms, poplars, ginkgoes, and other species found across Earth's forest biomes,...

Phaidon's 'Vitamin' series has long proved an extraordinarily accurate predictor of tomorrow's stars. This paperback edition of the latest volume is a cutting-edge and indispensable survey of the very best of contemporary drawing, as chosen by a panel of the world's leading art experts. Over the past 50 years, drawing has been elevated from a supporting role to a primary...

The inclusion of text in works of art was a revolutionary creative advancement of the twentieth century, with artists subverting traditional conceptions of ‘art’ and ‘writing.’ Younger generations of artists have continued to use the inherent readability of words to communicate ideas to viewers across a diverse array of mediums, including painting, sculpture, installation, and video. Nominated by 66 leading...

Let your imagination take flight and celebrate the beauty and diversity of birds throughout art, science, history, and culture. Bird: Exploring the Winged World presents a visually stunning survey of birds, chronicling their scientific and popular appeal throughout the ages and around the world. Showcasing the remarkable diversity of species, from tiny hummingbirds to ostriches taller than humans, and icebound...

Animal: Exploring the Zoological World chronicles the captivating visual history of zoology: a rich and multi-faceted discipline that straddles art, religion, science, and culture, from the birth of life to the present day. Comprising 300 illustrations painstakingly selected by an international panel of experts, Animal draws from many cultures, countries, and eras. It presents iconic works by renowned artists, scientists,...

A richly illustrated celebration of the world's oceans and seas through art, history, oceanography, marine biology, and culture The latest instalment in the bestselling Explorer Series, Ocean takes readers on a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers have found inspiration in the marine world throughout history. Showcasing the diversity of the ocean from...

One & Other Numbers features sculptures by master sculptor Alexander Calder. Calder's playful and often vibrant abstract shapes are highly appealing to young readers, and the accompanying text cleverly teaches quantity, a vital early-learning concept. Children will not only grow more familiar with numbers and quantity but also with the artist and his work. Alexander Calder is one of the...

Squares & Other Shapes uses the vivid artworks of Josef Albers to guide children through a wide range of geometrics, one artwork per page, beginning with squares and returning to them as a familiar refrain throughout. The variations between the vibrant shapes adds to the book s visual richness, and the accompanying text provides a relatable and engaging commentary that...

Up, Down & Other Opposites pairs different combinations of Ellsworth Kelly s paintings and sculptures to teach the youngest readers all about the concept of opposites. The differences between pairs of artworks range from together / apart to vertical / horizontal , from full / empty to front / back [of a canvas!], forming both an expected and an unexpected...

A collection of more than 200 stunning images, Cat is a comprehensive yet playful celebration of the house cat in art and popular culture. Thoughtfully paired to reveal intriguing juxtapositions, these diverse works showcase the exciting ways the cat has inspired across time and cultures. From tabbies to tortoiseshells, Japanese maneki-neko lucky cats to artists' pets, and ancient mosaics to...

Now available in an accessible new format, this instalment in the bestselling Explorer Series takes readers on a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers have employed floral motifs throughout history. Showcasing the diversity of blooms from all over the world, Flower spans a wide range of styles and media – from art, botanical...

Great Women Artists reflects an era where art made by women is more prominent than ever, now available in an accessible new format! In museums, galleries, and the art market, previously overlooked female artists, past and present, are now gaining recognition and value. Featuring more than 400 artists, each represented here by a key artwork and short text, this essential...

Tap into the growing trend for injecting colour into home decor with this elegant, thoughtful selection of interiors in every shade and hue, now available in an accessible new format! Organised by colour from the purest white to the deepest black, from the hottest pinks, oranges, and reds, to the coolest greens and tranquil blues in between, Living in Colour...

Now available in an accessible new format, this fresh and visually stunning survey celebrates the extraordinary beauty and diversity of plants. It combines photographs and cutting-edge micrograph scans with watercolours, drawings, and prints to bring this universally popular and captivating subject vividly to life. Carefully selected by an international panel of experts and arranged in a uniquely structured sequence to...

This new edition of the award-winning landmark publication has been revised into the perfect pocket-sized gem for gifting and reading on the go!Spotlighting more than 600 great artists from medieval to modern times and breaking with traditional classifications, it throws together brilliant examples from all periods, schools, visions, and techniques, presenting an unparalleled visual sourcebook and a celebration of our...

A beautifully illustrated version of Phaidon's classic bestseller The Garden Book, revised into the perfect pocket-sized gem for gifting and reading on the go! From the first religious gardens to Dan Pearson's heavenly new Tokachi garden in Japan, The Garden Book is an A-to-Z who’s who of the world's finest garden-makers throughout history. It spans all styles and continents, with...

A singularly impressive volume featuring 300 examples of the most incredible and inspiring concrete architecture from the early twentieth century to the present day. Organised visually, with one building per page, Concrete Architecture celebrates the might, majesty, and sculptural beauty of concrete buildings from all over the globe and is grounded with a contextualising essay on the long history of...

A richly illustrated survey celebrating humankind's enduring relationship with the garden, explored throughout art, science, history, and culture. Garden takes readers on a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers have found inspiration in gardens and horticulture throughout history. With more than 300 entries, this comprehensive and stunning visual survey showcases the diversity of...

With nearly 700 images, Tattoo You: A New Generation of Artists showcases 75 rising stars who are redefining the industry. The first book of its kind, Tattoo You features artists curated by a global panel of experts, including some of tattooing's most important names, such as Grace Neutral, Claudia De Sabe, Matt McCormick, Tamara Santibanez, Lal Hardy, Marisa Kakoulas, Matt...

Visit the world’s most comprehensive and compelling museum in a single book – the ultimate gallery in your own home. Housing the finest art collection ever assembled, this classic format of Phaidon’s bestselling The Art Museum offers the ultimate museum experience without the boundaries of space and time. The rooms and galleries that live within this volume display more than...

A visual celebration of Christmas, from religious beginnings to festive cultural touchstones - a book to treasure This book is a unique and groundbreaking visual celebration of Christmas, a joyous religious and cultural occasion observed by billions of people around the world. The origins of Christmas are in the Christian observance of the birth of Christ on 25 December and,...

The ultimate celebration of England's most gorgeous gardens, showcasing their enduring appeal from historic masterpieces to individual creations of today. The English Gardener's Garden spans seven centuries to spotlight over 60 of England's finest gardens. Adapted from Phaidon's bestselling The Gardener's Garden, updated, and organised geographically by country, the selection ranges from formal Renaissance gardens, herbaceous Arts and Crafts gardens...

A stunning, stylish, and authoritative A-Z celebration of the 500 greatest names in men's fashion - an unprecedented guide. The Men's Fashion Book is an unparalleled A-Z deep dive into the designers, photographers, icons, and other creatives who have produced and inspired the most memorable looks in menswear – and are advancing today’s renaissance in men’s clothing and style. Created...

Creating gardens in harmony with their environment is a key aspect of contemporary garden design and nowhere is this more apparent than with gardens created on our coastlines and by the sea, whether that be atop a rocky Mediterranean cliffside, tucked in a sheltered bay on Britain s south coast, or on the edge of a sandy beach in Australia...

The most innovative, iconic, and influential products ever designed - from 1663 to the present day Originating from the highly acclaimed and groundbreaking three-volume Phaidon Design Classics, this new book presents 1,000 of the world's greatest objects in one large-format volume - from everyday items by anonymous creators to lauded pieces by the likes of Charles and Ray Eames, Charlotte...

From the paper clip to the Eames Lounge Chair, the hundreds of everyday objects included in THE DESIGN BOOK span the last five centuries and shape our society in indelible ways. This extraordinary collection includes classic pieces by Breuer, Le Corbusier, and Castiglioni as well as anonymously designed objects like the deck chair and the whisk. Each entry has been...

Artifacts by Phaidon Editors is 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. This extraordinary compendium gathers and distils obscure and fascinating information about art, artists, and the art world. Fun, surprising, and compelling, in this covetable book you will...

Advice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world's greatest artists, exclusively researched for this new book. Featuring the most inspirational and insightful collection of quotes by artists through the ages and across the globe, this exquisite keepsake is the ideal book for artists, collectors, and armchair enthusiasts. As painters, sculptors, photographers, and other visual artists see and experience the...

The latest instalment in the bestselling Explorer Series takes readers on a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers have employed floral motifs throughout history. Showcasing the diversity of blooms from all over the world, Flower spans a wide range of styles and media— from art, botanical illustrations, and sculptures to floral arrangements, film...

A groundbreaking A-Z appraisal of the work of over 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Africa In recent years, Africa's booming art scene has gained substantial global attention, with a growing number of international exhibitions and a stronger-than-ever presence on the art market worldwide. Here, for the first time, is the most substantial survey to date of...

A spectacular collection of 50 magnificent contemporary houses across the globe, each built to exist harmoniously amid the trees Take a walk through luscious jungles, get lost among snowy evergreens, and look out from mossy banks across vast Nordic fjords in Living in the Forest, a dynamic survey of contemporary forest homes. Each architect-designed house, whether demonstrating innovative ecological design...

Following in the footsteps of the international bestseller MAP: EXPLORING THE WORLD, this fresh and visually stunning survey celebrates the extraordinary beauty and diversity of plants. It combines photographs and cutting-edge micrograph scans with watercolours, drawings, and prints to bring this universally popular and captivating subject vividly to life. Carefully selected by an international panel of experts and arranged in...

Following on from Phaidon's bestselling The Art Book, published in 1994, 30,000 Years of Art was conceived by Phaidon editors as a companion volume. First published in 2007, the book offered an original and accessible way of looking at art and the story of human creativity. Great works from all periods and regions are arranged in chronological order in a...

Updated for only the third time in its 16-year history, this new edition of the award-winning landmark publication has been refreshed with more than 40 important new artists, including many previously overlooked and marginal practitioners. The new edition spotlights more than 600 great artists from medieval to modern times. Breaking with traditional classifications, it throws together brilliant examples from all...

Featuring the most inspirational and insightful collection of quotes by writers through the ages and across the globe, Every Day a Word Surprises Me & Other Quotes by Writers is the ideal keepsake for readers, writers, and everyone who appreciates the exquisite power of words. This carefully curated book, packed with original research, is a go-to resource for thoughts on...

The most exciting rising stars in contemporary art - who's who and what's next - featuring 107 artists born since 1980, as chosen by a new generation of art experts and leaders. This stunningly illustrated survey brings together more than 100 of the most innovative and interesting contemporary artists working across all media and spanning the globe. These are tomorrow's...

With more than 1,000 images and descriptive texts, this is the ultimate celebration of the world's most gorgeous gardens. This internationally bestselling inspirational resource for garden-lovers and designers is now reissued with a gorgeous new cover—bringing the book's winning blend of authority and visual appeal to a new audience. The Gardener's Garden spans seven centuries to spotlight more than 250...

Anatomy: Exploring the Human Body is a visually compelling survey of more than 5,000 years of image-making. Through 300 remarkable works, selected and curated by an international panel of anatomists, curators, academics, and specialists, the book chronicles the intriguing visual history of human anatomy, showcasing its amazing complexity and our ongoing fascination with the systems and functions of our bodies....

Summer Houses presents 50 beautiful architect-designed homes that embrace the key elements of the season. From luxury beach houses and private island escapes to more modest, intimate getaways, this collection showcases homes that embody summer s defining qualities light, water, lush foliage, and vibrant colors. It explores the many ways architects capture the character of the warmest season through open-air...

Painting is one of the oldest art-historical mediums, yet its influence remains strong, with new generations of artists continuously innovating and breathing new life into the medium. This book brings together 108 artists from 44 countries, with works ranging from immersive exhibitions with massive wall paintings to quiet, minuscule compositions. All artists included were nominated by a global panel of...

Make up is empowering. It s a means of reinvention, experimentation, provocation, disguise, and protection. It can be barely there or can transform someone entirely. And in the hands of the finest practitioners, it can traverse into a whole other fantasy land. Blush is the very first global survey to celebrate the most creative, ground-breaking, and inspiring work of more...

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. Taking a broad definition from analog cut-and-paste compositions and photomontages to digital composed imagery and...

Body of Art is the first book to explore the various ways the human body has been both an inspiration and a medium for artists over hundreds of thousands of years. Unprecedented in its scope, it examines the many different manifestations of the body in art, from Anthony Gormley and Maya Lin sculptures to eight-armed Hindu gods and ancient Greek...

Explore the wondrous world of fungi, mushrooms, and mycelium in this captivating visual survey With millions of species worldwide, fungi and mushrooms are some of the most diverse living things on the planet. They have inspired everything from spirituality, pop culture, and art to design, fashion, and film. This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the indelible role of mushrooms and fungi...

A showcase of more than 250 women photographers who have captured some of the most remarkable images to date, celebrating their extraordinary vision and indelible impact on visual storytelling. Both an essential historical record and an inspiring showcase of artistic achievement, this timely survey documents the groundbreaking contributions women have made to the field of photography since its inception. Great...

An exclusive tour of exceptional private gardens, showcasing the best designers and owner-makers today. Into the Garden features more than 40 private green spaces normally inaccessible to the public, inviting readers to immerse themselves in dreamy landscapes and stunning vistas. Curated by Clare Foster, Garden Editor at House & Garden magazine, this beautifully illustrated volume highlights the remarkable work of...

Frank opinions, inspiring insights, and hard-earned advice from the world’s most celebrated architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Zaha Hadid, Le Corbusier, and Shigeru Ban. Architects see the built world not only for what it is, but for what it could be. This jam-packed tome – created for students, professionals, and armchair enthusiasts alike – shares their invaluable perspective. With more...

Andy Warhol Giant Size remains the definitive document of this remarkable creative force, and a telling look at late twentieth-century pop culture. Now in a more accessible trim size, it's still packed with more than 2,000 illustrations culled from rarely seen archival material, documentary photography, and artwork. Dave Hickey's compelling essay on Warhol's geek-to-guru evolution combines with chapter openers by...

An exhilarating collection of today's most remarkable homes built in awe-inspiring coastal locations around the world. White-sand beaches, jaw-droppingly sheer cliff faces, and secret coves are just some of the stunning sites of the architect-designed contemporary houses featured in Living by the Ocean. In glorious colour with dazzling images throughout, this book brings together the finest examples of residential coastal...

An inspirational visual journey along the colour spectrum, brought to life via the best contemporary residential interior design. Tap into the growing trend for injecting colour into home decor with this elegant, thoughtful selection of interiors in every shade and hue. Organised by colour from the purest white to the deepest black, from the hottest pinks, oranges, and reds, to...