Across two books, the master's work is interpreted in divergent, not diverse, ways

As a new book surveys landmark photographic exhibitions, museums are only starting to catch up with the digital revolution of the medium

A true Benelux bonanza

Casting light on an overlooked but fascinating aspect of the Renaissance

Where Ossian Ward provides a handy guide, Charles Saatchi fails to impress

During his lifetime, Jean-Michel Basquiat (right) kept a copy of the book Flash of the Spirit—considered to be one of the seminal works ­on Afro-Atlantic art and thinking—on his bedside table.

From its invention by the Romans, the monumental arch has been a feature of the built environment ever since

More than 300 illustrations explain how the German artist’s studio spaces have played a fundamental role in shaping his vision, work and philosophy

Martin Parr and Gerry Badger explore propaganda, conflict, sex, and death

Two very different books speak to a worrying trend in the critique of art

Another 20-year landmark, now in print

The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture promoted “diversity of manners” rather than stylistic unity

A biography of a perceptive 18th century collector

The Prince's passions cost him his fortune but gave Hungary a fine collection of art

Art-world luminaries, from Eli Broad and Marina Warner to Tim Marlow and Xu Bing, pick the best art books they read in 2013

Let’s admit it: without the artist to explain and animate his work, much of it is incomprehensible

Alongside Warburg, there was no room for Fritz Saxl to be anything other than his most faithful assistant

An indispensable book on Morris’s revolutionary cloth designs and techniques—and the political views that inspired them

Angels and Icons is an important contribution to Pre-Raphaelite studies and a welcome addition to scholarship on post-Medieval stained glass in Britain

The art historian’s collected writings include an illuminating essay drawn from his dazzling, lengthy lectures

Perthshire’s answer to the Ritz revealed

A heavyweight volume exploring Magnum Photos goes in between the contact sheets to celebrate a dying technique

This book, linked to a current exhibition, explores the V&A’s unrivalled holdings

A new book considers the theological dimensions of the artist’s paintings

The history and scholarship of art forgery, and a faker’s delighted account of a life of deception

This catalogue is the first comprehensive examination of the pre-Raphaelite artist’s career for half a century

Leon Black says art publisher to launch digital products

Three new monographs show the artist is still the equal of Leonardo and Michelangelo, if not so popular

This book is a welcome reinterpretation of Nash for contemporary audiences