Books published by Prestel

A must-have for botanical art enthusiasts and Maria Sibylla Merian fans, this gorgeous collection of frameable reproductions is blooming with colour and meticulous detail.

Read this book if you want to find out just how crazy Japan is about cats.

This elegant book features exquisite reproductions of a rare 17th-century album of floral illustrations.

This beautifully illustrated monograph celebrates Brazilian artist Jonathas de Andrade's video, photography, and installation work.

Now available in a new edition, this colorful, lively, and endlessly entertaining book for children looks at artistic illusion, showing that art history is rife with tricksters.

This visual tour of every one of Le Corbusier's buildings across the world represents the most comprehensive photographic archive of the architect's work.

This book offers a stunning visual history of one hundred years of design.

The newest addition to Prestel s highly successful 50...You Should Know series offers the perfect introduction to the best contemporary photographers and their most iconic works."

Now available in a new and beautifully produced edition, this important examination of Modigliani's art focuses on the enigmatic genius of the avant-garde.

Now available in a paperback edition, this comprehensive volume on the great Danish painter Hammershoi places him within the context of his European contemporaries.

Now available in a new edition, this attractive, entertaining and bestselling book on 50 of the greatest artists the world has ever seen is a course in art history for readers of all ages.

Big art for little hands, this enchanting activity book allows young artists to explore the masterpieces of Miro on their own terms and with plenty of space to colour outside the lines.

The creator of Funny Birds offers a dazzling new three-dimensional pop-up book - in which a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly - that will delight myriad fans of all ages.

Activity book for young artists.

On the tenth anniversary of its publication, this updated edition of a work ARTNews hailed as "one of the best books ever published on the art world" features new material on the latest art deals, reflections on race and culture, the impact of the pandemic on the art world, and more.

This expansive book commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the Neue Galerie New York and includes highlights of the museum's collection.

Wake up to artistic inspiration every day with this popular, chunky hardback made available again in a refreshed edition containing a perpetual calendar featuring a dazzling variety of masterpieces from every era.

From Yorkshire to Swindon, Liverpool to Norfolk, and in every corner of London, England's illustrious pub culture is celebrated with stunning photography and captivating texts by one of the country's preeminent travel writers.

Told in classic comic-book form, this graphic biography invites a new audience to learn about Banksy—and uses a pitch-perfect medium to convey the artist’s message that art is for the people.Banksy is arguably the most well-known street artist of all time. But we don’t actually know who he is.  This is just one of many contradictions that are addressed in this enormously compelling graphic biography. When two young Londoners are caught spray-painting graffiti on a city wall, they get to know each other while detained by the police. After they are released, they decide to make a film of Banksy’s life, tracing the arc of his career as they travel through the streets of London.  Readers will learn not only of Banksy’s politically charged art and the causes he championed, but also of its worldwide dissemination, museum exhibitions, and record-breaking auctions.  While readers may not learn Banksy’s true identity, this uniquely graphic form of storytelling communicates the artist’s belief that art is for everyone, speaks to everyone, and is owned by everyone.  

Celebrated artist, activist and humanitarian, Keith Haring is the perfect subject for this graphic novel. Focused on three colors, this comic-book tells the fascinating life story of a man who lived his truth on all kinds of canvases.

From sweet to savory, basic breads to fancy pastry, this elegant and thoroughly modern cookbook distills centuries of European tradition and heritage into mouthwatering recipes that home bakers can create in their own kitchens.