Books published by Thames & Hudson Ltd

Covering Western costume from Ancient Egypt to contemporary haute couture, this is a companion volume to Peacock's "Fashion Sourcebooks". The range of drawings reveals not only national characteristics but also social divisions, and provide a detailed reference for students and professionals alike.

An authoritative and compelling insight into the search for ancient Egypt's lost tombs, providing a completely up-to-date inside story of all the latest theories and discoveries.

Photographer Liam Wong's debut monograph, a cyberpunk-inspired exploration of nocturnal Tokyo.

Renowned for his surreal fashion photography, Tim Walker's new book challenges convention to explore the very concept of photographic imagination.

An impeccably researched and inspiring insight into the evolution of jewellery through the ages, explored through sumptuous photography of pieces drawn from the V&A's outstanding collection.

Packed with drawing activities, games and over 200 stickers, this fact-filled sticker book provides hours of entertainment and learning.

Published to accompany the first Francis Bacon retrospective in Paris for twenty years, this catalogue analyses Bacon's works from 1971 onwards in light of his relationship to literature. Bacon always vigorously opposed over-analysis of his paintings, preferring to interpret them in purely illustrative or symbolic terms; he admitted, however, that literature was a powerful stimulus to his imagination. The artist was inspired by the images conjured up by certain texts: Aeschylus' phrase 'the reek of human blood smiles out at me' in particular haunted Bacon, while his 1978 work Painting refers to T. S. Eliot's seminal poem The Waste Land. The inventory of Bacon's personal library has identified more than 1,300 books, ranging from Bataille and Conrad to Nietzsche and Leiris. Including twelve of Bacon's renowned triptychs, this lavish publication features eleven gatefolds and some sixty paintings created by Bacon between 1971 and his death in 1992. Reproduced here with analyses of Bacon's paintings in the light of some of his most admired authors, these specially commissioned texts reveal new ways of understanding some of the most powerful works in the modern canon.

Geometric patterns are perhaps the most recognizable visual expressions of Islamic art and architecture. This title guides the reader through the basics, and is followed by some of the examples of geometric patterns from around the world. It is arranged into three levels of complexity.

A wide-ranging survey of the work and legacy of the pioneering design duo.

Features one hundred of the most important and influential architect-designed houses from around the world. This book presents an array of buildings of the past century's architectural masterpieces.

Only 16% of the most recent Venice Biennale artists were female. A mere 14% of MoMA's 2016 display is by non-white artists. Only one third of artists represented by US galleries are female, but over two-thirds of the enrolment in art and art-history programmes is young women... The fight for gender and race equality in the art world is far from over. Indeed, the more closely one examines the numbers, the more glaring it becomes that white, Euro-American, heterosexual, privileged and, above all, male artists continue to dominate the art world. Arranged in thematic sections focusing on feminism, race and sexuality, this book examines and illustrates pioneering examples of exhibitions that have broken down boundaries and demonstrated that new approaches are possible, from Nochlin's 'Women Artists' at the LACMA in the mid-1970s to Martin's 'Carambolages' in 2016 at the Grand Palais in Paris. By exposing both the disparities and inclusive solutions, the author addresses the urgent need in the contemporary art world for curatorial strategies that provide alternatives to exclusionary models of collecting and display. In so doing, she provides an invaluable source of information for current thinkers and, in a world dominated by visual culture, a vital source of inspiration for today's ever-expanding new generation of curators.

Following the success of The Big Book of Bugs, this activity book brings the world of bugs to a child's fingertips. Includes more than 500 reusable stickers and activities relating to over 15 different bugs. Full color. 8 x 12. Consumable.

Principles, practice and techniques: the ultimate guide for the aspiring architectural designer

A comprehensive guide through our whole human past that takes the reader on a tour through time and across the globe to every site of archaeological importance.

An exhilarating introduction to the vivid, violent, boisterous world of the Norse myths, and their cultural legacy, in an attractive and handy format.

The ultimate death compendium, featuring the world's most extraordinary artistic and ethnographic objects concerned with mortality, together with text by expert contributors.

A highly practical guide that shows readers how to create a tailor-made mid-century modern home one room at a time.

Following on from the hugely successful The Big Book of Bugs, The Big Book of Beasts is a fact-filled book about wild animals for young children.

The complete catalogue of seminal design collective Hipgnosis, showcasing ground-breaking cover art created for the all-time greatest rock & roll bands, including the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

An incisive and startling international review of the evolution of dentistry from the Bronze Age to the present day, presented in a beautifully crafted book of cult appeal.

Monsters have preoccupied mankind from the earliest times: even cave art includes animal-human monsters. This book explores monsters down the ages and throughout the world. It provides a dark yet engrossing visual history of the human mind, lit up by flashes of wild and unearthly inspiration.

A record of a private conversations with art critic Martin Gayford, this title reveals via reflection, anecdote, passion and humour the fruits of his lifelong meditations on the problems and paradoxes of representing a three-dimensional world on a flat surface.

Presents a celebration of the great photographers who have captured those most fugitive of moments in cycling: the personalities, emotions and human endurance. This title explores themes such as the Tour de France, track racing in the velodrome, winter training and the revelry of the fans and crowds, and more.

The nineteenth century saw a complete transformation of the practice and reputation of surgery. This book follows its increasingly optimistic evolution, drawing from the examples of surgical textbooks with a focus on the extraordinary visual materials of the mid-nineteenth century.

With a survey of African textiles on the market, this book illustrates over 570 spectacular colour photographs the traditional, hand crafted, indigenous textiles of the whole continent. It provides a wealth of information on the rich art of African textiles.