Dada and Surrealism For Beginners offers a colorful overview of these two movements, and students will learn about some of the most imaginative and intense works of art of the 20th century. This helpful introduction also explores the movements' long-term and current influences on contemporary art and culture. > Read more

The Cave Painters is a vivid introduction to the spectacular cave paintings of France and Spain—the individuals who rediscovered them, theories about their origins, their splendor and mystery.

Gergory Curtis makes us see the astonishing sophistication and power of the paintings and tells us what is known about their creators, the Cro-Magnon... > Read more

Isabelle d’Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara, born into privilege and the political and artistic turbulence of Renaissance Italy, is a stunning black-eyed blond and an art lover and collector. Worldly and ambitious, she has never envied her less attractive sister, the spirited but naïve Beatrice, until, by a quirk... > Read more

The long-awaited third volume of John Richardson’s definitive biography of Pablo Picasso combines the critical astuteness, exhaustive research, and stunning narrative that made the first two volumes an art-historical breakthrough as well as a pleasure to read.

The Triumphant Years takes up the artist’s life in 1917, when Picasso and Cocteau left... > Read more

Here is the incomparable cast of the DC Comics universe: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, the Green Lantern, and the rest of the Justice League as you’ve never seen them before. Mythology brings together the best-loved comic characters in the world, brought to life by one of the most... > Read more

Introducing the first-ever how-to photography book for teens, by teens! Written by seventeen-year-old photographer Charlie Styr, who started flickr.com’s Teenage Photographer’s group, this easy to-follow guide explains the basics of photography and explores the most popular topics – including portraits, nature photography, macro, using light, capturing action, and much more. > Read more