"The Great Wave" is a colour woodblock print designed by Japanese artist Hokusai in around 1830. This book explores the meaning behind... Read more

The Discobolus or discus-thrower is a marvellous classical piece of sculpture that over time has come to mean different things to different people.... Read more

The whalebone box known as the Franks Casket has intrigued and puzzled viewers since its rediscovery in the nineteenth century. This book explores... Read more

Ai Weiwei - artist, architect, curator, publisher, poet and urbanist - extended the notion of art and is one of the world's most significant... Read more

Towering across time as the painter of the "Mona Lisa", forever famous as a sculptor and an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the... Read more

Published in association with the RSPCA, the UK,s leading animal welfare charity, this practical family guide is full of expert advice on how to... Read more

Surveys the medals awarded to British personnel for military services from the First World War to operations of British forces in the opening years... Read more

There are few pieces of pottery more recognisable than those designed by Clarice Cliff. Employed in The Potteries from the age of thirteen, Clarice... Read more

Taken from William Morris's huge array of work, this book presents a selection of some of his original designs and patterns. Read more