Thursday 16 September 2021

Affordable Art Books

Probably the earliest series of Art books is the Thames & Hudson World of Art. They are modestly priced, but small in format & paperback.

Lorenz books have published a series of sumptuous volumes on the leading artists with their life & work in 500 images. These are hardcover & size medium Quarto.

Phaidon books have also used medium Quarto size but paperback, their USP being they have published artists like Constable, ignored by Lorenz Books, in a larger format than Thames & Hudson.

The latest entrant to the field is Taschen books, whose volumes are both hardcover & concise. Their volume on Vermeer is an example as his ouvre is only 35!

The pioneering Indian publisher is Niyogi books, whose delectable hardcover volumes on Ragachitra & Kangra Valley paintings should be in every art lover's library.

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