
These are the books in my art/philosophy section organised by authors and editors, though I have let this list lapse for quite a while.
Will be updating it as and when I can.
INDEX: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- AA Publishing Garden Photographer of the Year: Collection 1
- AA Publishing Garden Photographer of the Year: Collection 2
- AA Publishing Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 1
- AA Publishing Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 2
- AA Publishing Landscape Photographer of the Year Collection 3
- AA Publishing Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 4
- Adams, Ansel The Print (Ansel Adams Photography)
- Ades, Dawn and McClean, Alison eds. Revolution on Paper: Mexican Prints 1910-1960
- Adorno, Theodor; Benjamin, Walter; Bloch, Ernst; Brecht, Bertolt and Lukas, Georg Aesthetics and Politics (Radical Thinkers)
- Alberti, Leon Battista On Painting (Classics)
- Anderson, Perry The Origins of Postmodernity
- Ang, Tom Digital Photographer’s Handbook
- Ang, Tom Digital Photography Masterclass: Advanced Photographic and Image-manipulation Techniques for Creating Perfect Pictures
- Appignanesi, Richard and Garratt, Chris Introducing Postmodernism
- Archer, Michael Art Since 1960 (World of Art)
- Artigas, Isabel Gaudi, Complete Works (Evergreen Series)
- Aston, Margaret The Renaissance Complete
- Ayers, Tim The History of British Art: 600 – 1600
- Bachelard, Gaston The Poetics of Space
- Banksy Wall and Piece
- Badger, Gerry The Genius of Photography
- Barber, Barrington The Complete Book of Drawing
- Barber, Barrington The Fundamentals of Drawing: A Complete Professional Course for Artists
- Barker, Emma; Webb, Nick and Woods, Kim eds. The Changing Status of the Artist (Open University: Art and Its Histories)
- Barker, Emma ed. Contemporary Cultures of Display (Open University: Art and Its Histories)
- Barthes, Roland Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography (Vintage Classics)
- Barthes, Roland Image Music Text
- Barthes, Roland Mythologies (Vintage Classics)
- Battistini, Matilde Symbols and Allegories in Art (Guide to Imagery)
- Baudrillard, Jean Passwords (Radical Thinkers Classic Editions)
Baudrillard, Jean The System of Objects (Radical Thinkers) - Baudrillard, Jean Fragments (Radical Thinkers)
- Baudrillard, Jean The Perfect Crime (Radical Thinkers Series 3)
- Baumer, Angelica Klimt’s Women (Mini Albums)
- Baxandall, Michael Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style (Oxford Paperbacks)
- BBC Books Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 12
- BBC Books Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 17
- Beaton, Cecil BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHERS. Britain in Pictures series.
- Benjamin, Walter Illuminations
- Benton, Janetta Rebold Art of the Middle Ages (World of Art)
- Berger, John About Looking
- Berger, John Ways of Seeing (Penguin Modern Classics)
- Bindman, David The History of British Art: 1600 – 1870: 2
- Boucher, Bruce Italian Baroque Sculpture (World of Art)
- Brandt, Bill; James, Peter and Sadler, Richard Homes Fit for Heroes: Photographs by Bill Brandt 1939-43
- Brettle, Jane Airside
- British Museum A Guide to the Early Christian and Byzantine Antiquities in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities: With Fifteen Plates and Eighty-Four Illustrations
- Britt, David Modern Art: Impressionism to Post-Modernism
- Cameron, Julia The Artist’s Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self
- Carli, Enzo; Gudiol, Jose and Souchal, Genevieve, eds. Gothic Painting
- Carr-Gomm, Sarah The Hutchinson Dictionary of Symbols in Art
- Cartier-Bresson, Henri Man and Machine
- Caruana, Wally Aboriginal Art (World of Art)
- Cattrell, Peter Photography (Foundation Course)
- Chambers, Ellie and Northedge, Andrew, eds. The Arts Good Study Guide
- Chapman, Hugo and Faietti, Marzia eds. Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance Drawings
- Chipps Smith, Jeffrey The Northern Renaissance (Art & Ideas)
- Chilvers, Ian; Farr, Dennis and Osborne, Harold, eds. The Oxford Dictionary of Art
- Clarke, Graham The Photograph: A Visual and Cultural History (Oxford History of Art)
- Cook, Sarah; Graham, Beryl; Gfader, Verina and Lap, Axel, eds. A Brief History of Curating New Media Art: Conversations with Curators
- Cooper, Emmanuel Ten Thousand Years of Pottery
- Cotton, Charlotte The Photograph as Contemporary Art (World of Art)
- Cowen, Painton English Stained Glass
- Crawshaw, Alwyn Collins Learn to Paint – Watercolours
- Crist, Steve The Polaroid Book: Selections from the Polaroid Collections of Photography
- Debord, Guy Society of the Spectacle
- Dempsey, Amy Styles, Schools and Movements: The Essential Encyclopaedic Guide to Modern Art
- Duncan, Alastair Art Nouveau (World of Art)
- Duncan, Carol Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums (Re Visions: Critical Studies in the History & Theory of Art)
- Dunkerton, Jill; Foister, Susan; Gordon, Dillian; and Penny, Nicholas eds. Giotto to Durer: Early Renaissance Painting in The National Gallery: Early European Painting in the National Gallery (National Gallery of London)
- Dyer, Geoff The Ongoing Moment
- Eaglemoss Publications “Watercolour Challenge”: Practical Painting Course
- Economopoulos, Nikos In the Balkans: Photographs by Nikos Economopoulos/Magnum Photos
- Edwardes, Guy 100 Ways To Take Better Landscape Photographs
- Edwards, Betty The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
- Edwards, Steve Art and Its Histories: A Reader
- Edwards, Steve and Wood, Paul, eds. Art of the Avant-gardes (Open University Art of the Twentieth Century)
- Elam, Kimberly Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition (Design Briefs)
- Elkins, James The Object Stares Back (Harvest Book)
- Elliot, Patrick Companion Guide to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
- Essers, Volkmar Matisse (Basic Art Album)
- Ewing, William and Herschdorfer, Nathalie reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow<
- Fahr-Becker, Gabriele Japanese Prints (Taschen 25th Anniversary)
- Ferguson, George Signs and Symbols in Christian Art: With Illustrations from Paintings of the Renaissance (Galaxy Books)
- Fernie, Eric ed. Art History and Its Methods: A Critical Anthology
- Fossi, Gloria Uffizi Gallery (Official Guides to Florentine Museums)
- Foster, Hal Design and Crime: (And Other Diatribes) (Radical Thinkers Classic Editions)
- Foster, Hal The Return of the Real: Art and Theory at the End of the Century: Avant-garde at the End of the Century (October Books)
- Foucault, Michel Archaeology of Knowledge (Routledge Classics)
- Frank, Robert Robert Frank: The Americans
- Freeman, John The Photographer’s Guide to Black and White (Complete Masterclass)
- Freeman, John The Photographer’s Guide to Light
- Freeman, Julian British Art: A Walk Round the Rusty Pier
- Freeman, Michael The Photographer’s Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos
- Frost, Lee Photos That Sell: The Art of Successful Freelance Photography
- Gaiger, Jason ed. Frameworks for Modern Art (Open University Art of the Twentieth Century)
- Gaiger, Jason and Woods, Paul, eds. Art of the Twentieth Century: A Reader
- Godfrey, Tony Conceptual Art (Art & Ideas)
- Goldberg, Vicki Light Matters: Writings on Photography (Aperture Ideas)
- Gombrich, E. H. Art and Illusion: v. 6: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation
- Gombrich, E. H. The Story of Art Pocket Edition
- Gordon, Dillian 100 Great Paintings: Duccio to Picasso : European Paintings from the 14th to the 20th Century
- Grabowski, Beth and Fick, Bill eds. Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes
- Graham-Dixon, Andrew A History of British Art
- la Grange, Ashley Basic Critical Theory for Photographers
- Greenberg, Reese; Ferguson, Bruce and Nairne, Sandy Thinking About Exhibitions
- Gronert, Stefan The Dusseldorf School of Photography
- Grosenick, Uta and Riemschneider, Burkhard eds. Art Now (Taschen 25)
- Grosenick, Uta Art Now – Vol. 2
- Grosenick, Uta and Seelig, Thomas, eds Photo Art: The New World of Photography
- Guth, Christine Art Library: Japanese Art Edo Perio (Everyman Art Library)
- Hall, Sean This Means This, This Means That: A User’s Guide to Semiotics
- Harrison, Charles and Wood, Paul with Gaiger, Jason, eds. Art in Theory 1648-1815: An Anthology of Changing Ideas
- Harrison, Charles and Wood, Paul with Gaiger, Jason, eds. Art in Theory, 1815-1900
- Harrison, Charles and Wood, Paul, eds. Art in Theory 1900-2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas
- Hatt, Michael and Klonk, Charlotte Art History: A Critical Introduction to Its Methods
- Hedgecoe, John John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide to Black and White Photography
- Heering, Walther THE ROLLEI BOOK: A MANUAL OF ROLLEIFLEX AND ROLLEICORD
- Hicks, Nigel Digital SLR Bible, The: A Complete Guide for the 21st Century Photographer
- Hicks, Roger and Shultz, Frances Medium and Large Format Photography: Moving Beyond 35mm for Better Pictures
- Hicks, Roger and Shultz, Frances The Photographer’s Guide to the Studio
- Hilton, Timothy The Pre-Raphaelites (World of Art)
- Hoddinott, Ross Digital Macro Photography
- Holborn, Mark Propaganda: Photographs from Soviet Archives
- Holzwarth, Hans Werner Art Now: v. 3
- Honnef, Klaus Pop Art (Taschen Basic Art Series)
- Honnef, Klaus Andy Warhol 1928-1987: Commerce into Art (Basic Art Album)
- Hopkins, Andrew Italian Architecture: From Michelangelo to Borromini (World of Art)
- Hughes, Ann d’Arcy and Vernon-Morris, Hebe Printmaking: Traditional and Contemporary Techniques
- Hunter, Fil; Biver, Steven and Fuqua, Paul eds. Light Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting
- Janus Man Ray, the Photographic Image
- Jeffrey, Ian The Photo Book
- Johnson, Brooks Photography Speaks: 150 Photographers On Their Art
- Kennard, Peter The Domesday Book (Critical Image)
- Kennell, Sarah and Waggoner, Diane In the Darkroom: An Illustrated Guide to Photographic Processes before the Digital Age
- King, Catherine ed. Views of Difference: Different Views of Art (Open University: Art and Its Histories)
- Klingshr-Leroy, Cathrin Surrealism (Taschen Basic Art Series)
- Kocur, Zoya and Leung, Simon Theory in Contemporary Art: From 1985 to the Present
- Krause, Jim Photo Idea Index: Explore New Ways to Capture and Create Exceptional Images with Digital Cameras and Software
- Krauss, Rosalind Bachelors (October Books)
- Langford, Michael Basic Photography
- Langford, Michael >Advanced Photography
- Lardinois, Brigitte Magnum Magnum
- Lavrentiev, Alexander N. and Bowlt, John E. Aleksandr Rodchenko: Experiments for the Future
- Lewison, Jeremy Moore (Taschen Basic Art Series)
- Loviny, Christophe Cuba by Korda
- McKenzie, Joseph Gorbals Children: A Study in Photographs
- McLuhan, Marshall and Fiore, Quentin The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects (Penguin Modern Classics)
- McNiff, Shaun Trust the Process: An Artist’s Guide to Letting Go
- Marzaroli, Oscar and McIlvanney, William Shades of Grey. Glasgow 1956-1987
- Meehan, Les Black and White Digital Photography: Creating and Manipulating Great Monochrome Images
- Milner, Marion On Not Being Able to Paint
- mima British Surrealism and Other Realities: The Sherwin Collection
- mima Draw: Conversations around the legacy of drawing
- mima Edmund de Waal at Kettle’s Yard, mima and elsewhere
- mima Eric Bainbridge: Forward Thinking 1976-2008
- mima Felieke van der Leest: Sieradenfabels / Jewellery Fables
- mima Katy Moran: Paintings
- mima You In Between
- Mink, Janis Joan Miro.: 1893 – 1983
- Moszynska, Anna Abstract Art (World of Art)
- Mulligan, Therese, and Wooters, David, eds. A History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present (The George Eastman House Collection)
- Mundy, Jennifer Duchamp Manray Picabia
- Murray, Linda and Peter, eds. The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists (Penguin Reference Books)
- Nash, David David Nash at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
- Nash, Susie Northern Renaissance Art (Oxford History of Art)
- Newhall, Beaumont ed. Photography: Essays and Images – Illustrated Readings in the History of Photography
- O’Doherty, Brian Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space
- Obrist, Hans Ulrich Hans Ulrich Obrist: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Curating But Were Afraid to Ask
- Oliver, Cordelia The Seeing Eye: The Life and Work of George Oliver
- Panzer, Mary and Caujolle, Christian Things As They Are: Photojournalism in Context Since 1955
- Parr, Martin and Badger, Gerry The Photobook: v. 1: A History
- Parr, Martin and Badger, Gerry The Photobook: History v. 2
- Parramon, Jose M. Techniques and Colour: A Practical Course in Watercolour Painting (Practical courses in watercolours)
- Parramon, Jose M. Composition and Interpretation: A Practical Course in Watercolour Painting
- Pearlman, Alec. Rollei manual: The complete book of twin-lens photography
- Perry, Gill and Cunningham, Colin eds. Academies, Museums and Canons of Art (Open University: Art and Its Histories)
- Perry, Gill, ed. Difference and Excess in Contemporary Art: The Visibility of Women’s Practice (Art History Special Issues)
- Perry, Gill Gender and Art (Open University: Art and Its Histories)
- Perry, Gill and Wood, Paul, eds Themes in Contemporary Art (Open University Art of the Twentieth Century)
- Pevsner, Nikolaus Englishness of English Art
- Phaidon Press, ed. The Art Book
- Phillips, Sandra Martin Parr
- Pollock, Griselda and Zemans, Joyce, eds. Museums After Modernism: Strategies of Engagement (New Interventions in Art History)
- Pollock, Griselda Vision and Difference: Feminism, Femininity and Histories of Art (Routledge Classics)
- Prendeville, Brendan Realism in 20th Century Painting (World of Art)
- Ranciere, Jacques Aesthetics and Its Discontents
- Ranciere, Jacques The Future of the Image
- Read, Herbert A Concise History of Modern Painting
- Read, Herbert; Baker, John; and Lammer, Alfred eds. English Stained Glass.
- Rees, A.L. and Borzello, F. The New Art History
- Rhodes, Colin Outsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives (World of Art)
- Richardson, Carol M. Locating Renaissance Art: Renaissance Art Reconsidered (Renaissance Art Reconsidered Open University): 2 (Open University: Renaissance Art Reconsidered)
- Richardson, Carol M., Woods, Kim W. and Franklin, Michael W. eds. Renaissance Art Reconsidered: An Anthology of Primary Sources
- Ritchin, Fred After Photography
- Rookmaaker, H.R., Modern art and the death of a culture
- Ruskin, John Penguin Great Ideas : On Art And Life
- Russell, Bertrand The Problems of Philosophy (OPUS)
- Said, Edward S. Orientalism
- Sante, Luc and Evans, Walker Walker Evans (Phaidon 55’s)
- Shore, Stephen The Nature of Photographs: a Primer
- Short, Maria Basics Creative Photography 02: Context and Narrative
- Simpson, Ian The Encyclopedia of Drawing Techniques (A Quarto book)
- Sontag, Susan On Photography
- Sontag, Susan Regarding the Pain of Others
- Stangos, Nikos Concepts of Modern Art: From Fauvism to Postmodernism (World of Art)
- Steichen, Edward and Sandburg, Carl The Family of Man
- Stephens, Chris The History of British Art: 1870 – now: 3
- Szarkowski, John The Photographer’s Eye
- Tate, Elizabeth The Encyclopedia of Painting Techniques
- Tharp, Twyla The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
- Thornton, Gene Masters of the camera: Stieglitz, Steichen & their successors
- Tolstoy, Leo What is Art? (Penguin Classics)
- Valimaki, Matti Avantgarde 1910-1930: Venäläistä ja neuvostoliittolaista taidetta … : näyttely … 1.8.1989-1.10.1989 Turun taidemuseo
- Vaneigem, Raoul Revolution of Everyday Life
- Vaughan, William Gainsborough (World of Art)
- Vergo, Peter, ed. The New Museology (Critical views)
- Watson, Peter Light in the Landscape
- Welch, Evelyn Art in Renaissance Italy 1350-1500 (Oxford History of Art)
- Wells, Liz, ed. The Photography Reader
- Wells, Liz, ed. Photography: A Critical Introduction
- Weston, Richard Modernism
- Wheeler, Mortimer Roman Art and Architecture (World of Art)
- Williams, Raymond Culture and Materialism (Radical Thinkers)
- Williams, Raymond Politics of Modernism (Radical Thinkers)
- Wilson, Arnold Nature Photography
- Wilton, Andrew Five Centuries of British Painting: From Holbein to Hodgkin (World of Art)
- Wolf, Norbert Expressionism (Taschen Basic Art Series)
- Wölfflin, Heinrich Principles of Art History: The Problem of the Development of Style in Later Art
- Wood, Paul ed. The Challenge of the Avant-garde (Open University: Art and Its Histories)
- Wood, Paul ed. Varieties of Modernism (Open University Art of the Twentieth Century)
- Woods, Kim Making Renaissance Art: Renaissance Art Reconsidered: 1 (Renaissance Art Reconsidered Open University) (Open University: Renaissance Art Reconsidered)
- Woods, Kim Viewing Renaissance Art (Renaissance Art Reconsidered Open University): 3 (Open University: Renaissance Art Reconsidered)
- Woods, Louise The Printmaking Handbook: The Complete Guide to the Latest Techniques, Tools, and Materials
- Young, Charles R. The Twelfth-Century Renaissance
- Zaczek, Iain Celtic Art and Design (Treasury of Decorative Art S.)