Authors:Laurie Britton-Newell, Glenn Adamson, Tanya Harrod,
Publisher: Victoria and Albert Museum
Keywords: craft, spectacular, ordinary
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2007-11-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 1851775242
ISBN-13: 9781851775248

This is a unique look at a cutting-edge group of international artists who place craft at the heart of their work, transforming everyday subjects and ordinary materials into artworks that are out of the ordinary. The book features unusual works including the ephemeral ice-and-chocolate jewelry of Naomi Filmer; the almost-hidden installations by Yoshihiro Suda; thread and lace-work by Anne Wilson; and found metal sculptures by Olu Amoda. These innovative artists show that craft is a fundamental concern across many disciplines, and this redirection of materials, traditional techniques, and use o

Author: Margaret Timmers
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
Keywords: posters, olympic, century
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2008-06-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1851775382
ISBN-13: 9781851775385

As snapshots through time, Olympic posters provide a fascinating record of our world, a lens through which we can explore links between sports and art, politics and place, commerce and culture. A Century of Olympic Posters offers an intensely visual representation of the modern Games, and shows the evolution of the Olympic Games poster as well, from the first official poster for Stockholm in 1912 right up to the present. This diverse range of images includes official posters for the Summer and Winter Games set in their historical context, and linked to pervading themes such as politics, commer

Author: Claire Wilcox
Publisher: Victoria and Albert Museum
Keywords: westwood, vivienne
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2005-10-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 185177405X
ISBN-13: 9781851774050

The London Daily Express called this first full study of Vivienne Westwood’s work as a groundbreaking fashion designer "a delight for any followers of fashion." More than 200 illustrations present Westwood’s dynamic fashions; outfits worn by the Sex Pistols contrast with more recent creations for Sarah Jessica Parker and Cameron Diaz, showing why Westwood is one of the most talked-about designers in the world. More than 25,000 copies of the hardcover edition of this book have been sold worldwide.

Authors:Gill Saunders, Rosie Miles,
Publisher: Victoria and Albert Museum
Keywords: definitions, directions, prints
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2006-05-01
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 1851774807
ISBN-13: 9781851774807

Now encompassing everything from billboards and buttons to clothes, cakes, and shopping bags, printmaking and collecting are among the fastest-growing areas of fine art. The first general survey of contemporary prints to be published in ten years, Prints Now demonstrates the transformation printmaking has undergone over the last two decades. Case studies of artists, new media, and techniques include three-dimensional works like Grayson Perry’s ceramics, ephemeral work like Lee Wagstaff’s Shroud, and appropriated objects like Renee Green’s Commemorative Toile. Illustrated wi

Author: Halina Pasierbska
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
Keywords: childhood, museum, amp, dollhouses
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 1851775463
ISBN-13: 9781851775460

A room by room tour of the world’s most spectacular dollhouses. From early art cabinets and intricate “baby” houses to the highly-detailed dollhouses of today, this lavishly illustrated book examines the history of dollhouses and their shifting role in society.  An unprecedented survey of the craft, Dollhouses showcases a wide range of designs, from the Tudor, Stuart, and Victorian periods to the modernist 1950s and contemporary designs. Featuring never-before-published dollhouses from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s world-class collection, the book takes readers on a visual tour of

Author: Elsa Schiaparelli
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
Keywords: life, shocking
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-03-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1851775153
ISBN-13: 9781851775156

“She knew everyone from Paris to Hollywood, collaborated with the Surrealists, and left her indelible mark on the world of fashion.” —Vogue “She slapped Paris. She smacked it. She tortured it. She bewitched it. And it fell madly in love with her.”— Yves Saint Laurent “A dress from Schiaparelli ranks like a modern canvas.”—Janet Flanner, The New YorkerElsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) was one of the leading fashion designers of the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s. Her fascinating autobiography, first published in 1954, charts her rise from a rat-infested apartment in Rome, to success

Author: Lesley Ellis Miller
Publisher: Victoria and Albert Museum
Keywords: balenciaga
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1851775226
ISBN-13: 9781851775224

“Balenciaga is fashion’s Picasso.”—Cecil BeatonMore than three decades after his death, the Spanish couturier Cristobal Balenciaga (1895–1972) has become a legendary figure in the history of 20th-century fashion. His name is now synonymous with clothes made to the highest standards and characterized by their sculptural quality, deft manipulation of textiles, and dramatic use of color. This absorbing new book, with breathtaking illustrations, examines Balenciaga’s design and business and places him firmly in the context of the time and country in which he learned his trade—and the