Culture of chivalry is not quite dead, but it certainly is not what it used to be, new book shows
Essays on the concept are useful for their discussions of arms, heraldry, castles and gardens as well as its long lasting effect on European culture
Book of discarded family pictures reminds us of our mortality
Personal collection of anonymous photographs made from Kodachrome slides shows the transience of our lives
Scholarly book on European coronation rituals supplies sound background to 11th-century art history
This book corrects the misleading impression given by historians that the High Middle Ages were a transition to secularisation of the royal state
History of Dubrovnik before, during and after Yugoslav Wars is recorded in photo book
Contrast of city's devastated buildings and monuments and some of their remarkable restorations is heartening
Catalogue of Colmar Treasure conjures up picture of 14th-century bourgeois Jewish life in France
Hoard of objects loaned by Paris's Musée de Cluny to the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells a complex tale
Not all about nudes: volume uncovers new area of Lucian Freud’s work
Best known as a portrait painter, the artist was also fascinated by plant life
Stories of New Orleans's opulent cemeteries collected in unusual book of photographs
The urban graveyards of New Orleans are rich in commemorative monuments and sculpture
Beyond Europe: book on illuminated manuscripts reveals worldwide nature of the Middle Ages
New academic concept of "Global Middle Ages" explored through a survey of illustrated texts from around the world
The first book on official Australian art and artists in the First World War explains how the national collection was made
Aim of Australian government’s war art scheme was to prioritise first-hand representations of the conflict
This book of essays explores the varieties and definitions of Islamic art
The authors ask “What is Islamic about ‘Islamic’ art?”
Old animals remind us of old people in this book of photographs
Isa Leshko’s images plead for the better treatment of animals
This ancient book tells you all about the people you hate
This amusingly illustrated edition of Theophrastus’s Characters is as fresh today as it was centuries ago
The travel books of Eugène Delacroix have now been translated into English
These notebooks reveal how the artist discovered the "real" Orient in North Africa and southern Spain and adjusted his paintings accordingly
From Rivera and Kahlo to Ulay and Abramović—this story book tells the tales of art world couples
Famous and not-so-famous pairs of artists from Picasso and Gilot to Idris Khan and Annie Morris are quoted about how relationships work
Medieval books’ margins are shown to be areas of dissent and fun, rather than mere doodling
The extra-textual decoration of medieval illuminated manuscripts are full of clues about sections of society normally overlooked by historians
This book gives a first-hand account of Second World War art and propaganda
A vivid account of the art arising from the experiences of the artist, George Plante
This catalogue succinctly surveys Leon Kossoff’s London life paintings
Cityscapes and portraits, along with his Old Master transcriptions, feature in this book that accompanies an exhibition at London's Piano Nobile Gallery
Thomas Bernhard’s Old Masters as a graphic novel
The Austrian writer’s bilious attacks are neutralised by the cartoons
A collection of 50 contemporary artists’ favourite works of art
Book looks at what they like and how they think it helps their own work
Book looks at the persistence of the scroll throughout the Middle Ages
Even when the codex became ubiquitous, scrolls held a special place for the written word
Catalogue captures re-creation of the destroyed Tiepolo ceiling frescoes in Milan
Historic photographs and contemporary papers have been used in new book to re-imagine the cycle
A book of wallpaper art for students
The botanical illustrations of Alexander von Humboldt in poster form
Book on artists’ opposition to the Vietnam War
Part of the 1960s US anti-war movement, artists then had nothing like the impact they have today
Children’s portraits without shadows: new book on painting childhood
No Chucky or Lord of the Flies in portraits by British and British-based artists
A comprehensive survey of geometric forms in Modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art
Twenty-four artists present their own works in new book, including the late Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
Boilly, prolific portraitist and genre painter
Almost unknown in Britain, his work was secretly amassed by Harry Hyams, the billionaire property developer
The art-historical treasures of Clementia of Hungary, Queen of France
Book looks at one royal's Medieval gifts, giving and inventories
New York’s gardens, parks, flower markets and florists captured in new book
Volume uncovers floral wealth of the US metropolis
A catalogue of break-throughs in the history of printing and books
Book collects the first illustrations, scores, maps and children's books
Kings, queens but mostly lesser royal hangers-on: the art-historical story of Kensington Palace
The great building as seen through the generations of its occupants