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The Lives of the Artists (Oxford World's Classics) Giorgio Vasari    Read More >>

Northern Renaissance Art (Oxford History of Art) Susie Nash    Read More >>

The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst This book is obviously a great literary achievement, must be as it won the Booker prize. Although I found this very well written from a purely literary viewpoint I just could not get into the story and just found it boring! I almost feel guilty admitting this as it seems that the majority of reviewers consider it brilliant. I however struggled to keep reading and it took me so long to do so, for me...    Read More >>

Art in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1500 (Oxford History of Art) Evelyn Welch This book is a well researched and a thorough introduction to the art of renaissance Italy. It contains lots of full-page colour illustrations and has a nifty timeline at the back of the book. The author talks about how the art was created and its purpose. I was expecting a headache after the second chapter but I was surprised to find it lucid and not migraine inducing at all. It would provide...    Read More >>

Leonardo da Vinci: the Complete Works Leonardo da Vinci It was the da Vinci code that got me interested in Leonardos work. This book is superb, the pictures are of an excellent quality, the literature is very interesting and the book is a cute little size (can easily fit in your bag). It is a bargain price and a great book to have in anyones collection! Highly recommended to any da Vinci code lovers!! The picture of the Last super spreads over 9 pages and...    Read More >>

Man and His Symbols Carl Gustav Jung This is an indispensible book full of natural wisdom that opens up a whole world of thought. You will go back to read some passages again and again. The first 150 hundred pages are pretty hard work, but the pay off comes big time so stick with it.    Read More >>

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style (Oxford Paperbacks) Michael Baxandall This is the kind of book that History of Art departments throw at you early on in their courses to instil the right respect and awe for the whole academic ritual. When I first saw this book at Birkbeck College (2003 History of Art MA) I was duly impressed and intimidated into thinking this was somehow a classic. In this work Baxandall is the exemplary academic, slowly building up a case...    Read More >>

Ando: Modern Minimalism with a Japanese Touch (Basic Architecture Series) Masao Furuyama The slim volume of less than one hundred pages and small format is in a way in harmony with the minimalist aesthetics of the charismatic architect. The book is a distillate of beauty. The exquisite colour photographs display the magic of the spare aesthetics, elegance and strength of Ando's buildings and surrounding landscape. The accompanying text is succinct and incisive and does justice...    Read More >>

Renaissance Art Reconsidered: An Anthology of Primary Sources    Read More >>

Pop Art (Taschen 25th Anniversary) Tilman Osterwold its a general over view of the pop art era. it is informative and good for those who want to know more about the movement with out the waffle attached.    Read More >>