Throughout his life, Pablo Picasso had close friendships with writers and an abiding interest in the written word. This book, which draws on the collections of Yale University, traces the relationship that Picasso had with literature and writing in his life and work.

Explores images whose sexual content has often been either ignored or denied. By examining works, such as "Arnolfini Portrait" and "Goldsmith's Shop", and by investigating subjects like same-sex desire, adultery, marriage and prostitution, this title demonstrates how illicit forms of sexuality were linked to the 'chaste sexuality' of marriage.

Discusses the way shadows were represented - or ignored - by artists from the Renaissance to the 17th century and then describes how Romantic, Impressionist and Surrealist artists exploited the device of the cast shadow to enhance the illusion of realism or drama in their representations.

A New York Times Best Art Book of 2019

The story of the world's most famous jeweller and his priceless creations

A landmark work that pays splendid homage to a forgotten era of seminal American music.

Drawing on his unique experience at the helm of three major British art institutions, Charles Saumarez Smith traces how art museums across the world have changed over the past eighty years.

A daily almanac that presents a selection of art historical events for every day of the year from momentous and headline-grabbing, to intimate, amusing or revelatory.