Books published by Thames & Hudson Ltd

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) felt a profound empathy with the natural environment, and considered the spiritual essence of trees to be comparable with that of human figures. This book traces Van Goghs development as a painter of trees in the natural landscape from his home province of North Brabant, through Paris to Provence.

Takes the reader via photography through the atriums, halls, courtyards and gardens that constitute this elaborate masterpiece of Mannerist decoration, explaining its history and the inventiveness and versatility of its creator, Giulio Romano.

Looks into the private dwellings of the creative talents in Paris individuals from the music, fashion, design, film and art worlds. This title includes coverage that ranges from elevated bohemianism of the Left Bank to the trendy Marais and edgier Belleville and 13th and reflect the cosmopolitan melting pot that influences Paris' design trends.

Introduces the finest modern jewelers. This book showcases fine jewelry, fashion jewelry, luxe jewelry, conceptual jewelry, and more. It features over 800 colour photographs that display the jewelry alongside portraits of the designers at work, shots of sketches and works in progress, studios and boutiques.

Tells the remarkable lives of the pioneers of science from Galileo and Newton, Faraday and Darwin, Pasteur and Marie Curie, to Einstein, Freud, Turing, and Crick and Watson. This title features articles that offer an account of the lives and personalities behind the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all time.

A collection of reflections by 78 contemporary artists in which each artist reveals the influence and inspiration he or she has found in a particular artwork or artist. It identifies themes that emerges and contextualizes the history and practice of artists looking back at the work of others.

Surveys performance art, political theatre, genres, live broadcasts and extravagant spectacles, showcasing the constant and dynamic evolution of stage performance, from classics reinvented to groundbreaking fresh work.

Showcases the astonishing diversity of staircases over the centuries, from the stepped pyramids of the Maya to the exquisitely proportioned stairs of the Renaissance, to the elaborate balustraded confections of the Baroque period, to the virtuosic, computer-aided designs of today.

Focuses on the needs of contemporary students of graphic design. This title includes topics such as: communication models; visual representation as a system of signs; cognitive approaches to design; modernism and postmodernism; and the social, cultural, and material contexts of contemporary design.

A dictionary that contains around 750 entries offering information on every important graphic designer, movement, agency, practice and publication from 1840 onwards. It presents definitions, from technical minutiae of typography to computer-aided design and printing.

A hands-on, write-in, look-and-feel sketchbook that helps children follow the process of a real fashion designer to create their own fashion collection. It has an elastic closure, and the front cover is die-cut so that the child can sign the title page beneath to make their own fashion-label logo.

Using photographs, diagrams and illustrations, this book offers children their very own flying lessons. Suitable for all turbocharged kids in thrall to the wonder of flight, it covers the essential science and technology of flight, and includes stats and facts.

Showcases the work of 38 truly innovative and inspirational artists who use low-cost, low-tech media and often totally original techniques to produce work that defies categorization and pushes the boundaries of art itself. This book is suitable for those fascinated by the extraordinary creativity emerging at the raw edge of contemporary art.

World renowned for its collection of Islamic art, the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait also houses an important collection of ancient art. Covering a time span of some 4,000 years, from the Bronze Age up to the dawn of the Islamic era, this book celebrates some of the objects created in the Near East and beyond including Central and South Asia.

Collects photographs by Chris Killip, taken over repeated trips to Ireland between 1993 and 2005, that convey the dedication and community of the modern pilgrims journey as they make their way across shingled mountainsides to take part in age-old rites.

Here is the full story of the Vikings from their origins in Scandinavia during the early first millennium AD, through the incredible period of raiding, trading and settling known as the Viking Age, to the last surviving settlements in fifteenth-century Greenland.

Offers an overview of the art being made at the cutting edge of scientific research. This book shows how some of the world's most dynamic art is produced not in museums, galleries and studios but in the laboratory, where artists probe cultural, philosophical and social questions connected with scientific and technological advances.

From the conceptual Read-Unread Bookshelf (which weighs books read against those still to be started) to the multi-function Trick (a unit that transforms from shelf-space into a table and two chairs), this title presents over 200 inventive and experimental book shelving designs in more than 400 colour illustrations.

Provence is a land apart, a territory of outstanding beauty and distinction that has fascinated outsiders since earliest times. This title features photographs and accounts of the most beautiful villages of Provence such as Vaucluse and the Bouches-du-Rhone and more.