Books published by Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd

This book focuses on the paintings of Bernard Frize, an artistwhose work straddles movements and styles from Colour Field to Minimalism,Fluxus, and Conceptual Art. It provides a detailed consideration of all stagesof Frize's development, from the earliest works to the present.

This is the first substantial publication on the work of Britishartist Gillian Carnegie. In contemporary painting her work stands apart,quietly, calmly and insistently uncanny, with an emotional tenor unlikeanything else in art today.

This is the sixth volume in Lund Humphries' series of monographs on British sculptor Anthony Caro and the first publication to focus on his use of stainless steel as a distinct body of work.

Based on extensive research, this book provides a synthetic overview that brings together the main themes of Japanese and Western architecture since 1850 and shows that neither could exist in its present state without the other.

Gino Valle has been recognized by international critics as one of the most original and creative European architects of the post-war period. This edition makes available for the first time in English the only critical monograph dedicated to his complete works.

Structured around four thematic essays - Political Light, Mediating Light, Performance Light and Absent Light - this book develops our understanding of light as a creative medium and its impact on our cultural history and examines the role that light plays in the new frontiers of art, design and technology.

Traces man's gradual realisation of the potential of plants for medicinal, nutritional, flavouring and decorative purposes from the ancient and classical worlds, through to the Renaissance and the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This work is illustrated with engraved, lithographed and hand-coloured botanical illustrations.

In Ruskin's Venice: The Stones Revisited, photographer Sarah Quill has selected passages from Ruskin's The Stones of Venice and has linked them to her own photographs of Venetian architecture, so creating a fascinating guide that fuses Ruskin's vision of the city with images of the present day. Covering a wide range of subjects from palaces, churches and town houses, to bridges, courtyards and capitals Quill's glorious photographs illuminate Ruskin's words and record with skill and precision the fine architectural details described by him. This edition of Sarah Quill's bestselling book incorporates up-to-date views of buildings which have been cleaned since originally photographed. Several of Ruskin's watercolours are included, with extracts and reproductions from his Venetian notebooks, now publicly available, and some of his original daguerreotype photographs of Venice. Sarah Quill's expert editorial annotations and commentary, incorporating extracts from Ruskin's letters from Venice, enhance our understanding of Ruskin's text and provide an essential linking thread throughout. The book has been completely re-designed to be even more user-friendly as both a reference book and a guide for travellers to Venice. The result is a beautifully illustrated book that successfully communicates Ruskin's passion for Venice and concern for the city's architectural heritage. Uniting the historical with the present day, Ruskin's Venice: The Stones Revisited is a unique companion guide for both seasoned and first-time travellers to Venice, and will leave the reader determined to retrace Ruskin's footsteps time and time again.

This beautiful new book, compiled by the artist's daughter andgrandson, reveals Mary Newcomb as an acute observer of her surroundings,reproducing her copious sketches alongside more finished paintings and shortdiary extracts to draw out the many themes which preoccupied her throughout hercareer as an artist.

This is the first book to present a full account of Adnan's fascinating life and work. Tackling the complexities of her subject with skill and insight, Kaelen Wilson-Goldie unpacks Adnan's multi-layered career to capture the full scope of her artistic endeavours and impressive achievements.

The first illustrated monograph to survey the work to date of major American painter Philip Taaffe (b.1955), whose work has expanded the parameters of painting through a fascinating layering of different techniques and imagery, including marbling, silkscreen, collage and linocut.

Williams achieved both success and remarkable popular appeal. Featuring some of the finest examples of an impressive oeuvre, this book - scholarly robust and visually enticing - is essential reading for all those who appreciate the importance of this gifted British painter.

As graffiti and street art enter their sixth decade, this ground-breaking book presents a new interpretation of where these alternative artforms are situated today. Introducing the concept of 'Intermural Art' - art in-between the walls - Rafael Schacter presents a genre at a key moment of transition.

Arthur Tompkins presents examples of art crimes from wars through history, including the Fourth Crusade, the Napoleonic era, the Second World War and modern-day conflicts in Yugoslavia and Iraq.

Beginning in the 1950s, Lois Dodd has steadfastly pursued her observational painting, remaining aloof from passing trends. Through extensive studio visits and interviews, Faye Hirsch considers the processes, places and impulses behind Dodd's paintings.

The first fully-illustrated account of the life and work of Christopher Wood. The text describes the trajectory of Wood's reputation as an artist during his short lifetime and after his death, when the originality of his output was recognized by key figures in British art history and a posthumous exhibition of his works proved phenomenally popular.

This book reveals the wonderful world of painter and illustrator Edward Bawden. Some pages are beautiful, some instructive and some baffling, but together they give us an insight into the mind of one of the 20th century's most reclusive and English of artists.

Provides the account of the life and work of Winifred Knights (1899-1947), the first woman to win the Prix de Rome (1920) and one of the outstanding, but until recently neglected, British women painters of the first half of the 20th century.

By retracing Frank Lloyd Wright's footsteps on six of his journeys, the author explores the architect's global ambitions and lasting legacy, offering an original and contemporary view of Wright and his architecture. He reflects on Frank Lloyd Wright as an early promoter of globalisation - the first international architect.

This book examines the history of Vienna's architectural culture, cultural politics, counter cultural rebellions and economic policies from the beginning of the C20th to the present day for the reasons it is one of the most livable architectural and urban environments in the world.

This book is the first in over century to examine the important work of Frederick Walker and his circle. Their common aim was to respond sensitively to nature and depict the place of man within it. This book provides both the perfect introduction to the Victorian art world and a fresh perspective on Walker and his associates.

Focussing on 1930-60, this publicationconsiders Pasmore's transition from figurative painter to abstract artist. Reproducing works from both public and private collections, this publicationwill stoke interest in an important period in British art history and shed newlight on a crucial stage in Pasmore's career.