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Illustrated book series published by Thames & Hudson

World of Art (formerly known as The World of Art Library) is a long established series of pocket sized art books from the British publisher Thames & Hudson, comprising over 300 titles as of 2021. The books are typically around 200 pages, but heavily illustrated. Unlike some concise or popular art books, the layout is traditional with text and pictures often on the same page, but segregated. The series was launched in 1958, and over 300 titles have been published in all; according to Christopher Frayling, former Principal of the Royal College of Art, "there are paint stained copies in every art school in the land". Perhaps the most classic book in the series is A Concise History of Painting: From Giotto to Cézanne by Michael Levey (of the National Gallery in London), originally published in 1962 This gives an authoritative introduction to European art history from the early use of perspective in Italy to the start of modern art at the beginning of the 20th century. Other authors include: John Boardman, Herbert Read, Hans Richter, Edward Lucie Smith, Philip Rawson, David Talbot Rice, Peter Murray and Linda Murray, Germain Bazin, and Griselda Pollock.

The series was initially titled The World of Art Library and published with black backgrounds on the back cover and spine, the front usually taken by a large image in colour. The earliest hardbacks were published with visually striking glossy dust jackets. The series experienced its second revamp in 2001, at the time of the publication of its 300th title. According to a Thames & Hudson spokesman, the redesigned books are glossier to make them appear less 'text book like'. In 2020, World of Art was relaunched with a batch of new titles, the covers have been once again redesigned by Dutch design studio Kummer & Herrman, now using white as background. The design was inspired by the golden ratio. In regard to the relaunch, the director of Thames & Hudson Sophy Thompson remarked during an interview with The Bookseller: 'In looking at World of Art, we were looking at the changing art market. For me, it felt that not to rethink our legacy series was a mistake: we had to keep it fresh and updated.' Amongst the new titles it could be highlighted Monet by James H. Rubin, a refreshing reconsideration of the painter, and Central and Eastern European Art since 1950 by Maja and Reuben Fowkes. The earliest titles were grouped into eight categories with colour codes: Architecture (orange), Artists (pink), Galleries (green), General (yellow), History of Art (blue), Modern Movements (red), Music (white) and New Directions (grey). In France and Spain, the series was published by Éditions Thames & Hudson and Ediciones Destino, under the titles L'Univers de l'art and El mundo del arte, respectively, which are termed collections instead of book series. The series has been published in North America by Thames & Hudson and sometimes other publishers.

+ Title Author(s) Year of publication A Concise History of Art, Part One: From the Beginnings to the Fifteenth Century Germain Bazin 1958 A Concise History of Art, Part Two: From the Renaissance to the Present Day Germain Bazin 1958 Encyclopædia of Old Masters de 1958 A Concise History of Modern Painting Herbert Read 1959 A Concise History of Modern Sculpture Herbert Read 1959 The Louvre Germain Bazin 1959 The Prado Sanchez Canton 1959 Albrecht Dürer Marcel Brion 1960 Dutch Museums R. van Luttervelt 1960 The Arts of Man Eric Newton 1960 The Artist in his Studio Alexander Liberman 1960 Renoir lt=François Fosca 1961 The Hermitage fr 1961 The Art of the Ancient Near East Seton Lloyd 1961 The World of the Impressionists fr 1961 A Concise History of Painting: From Giotto to Cézanne Michael Levey 1962 The School of Paris fr 1962 The Dresden Gallery Henner Menz 1962 Primitive Art Douglas Fraser 1962 Graphic Art of the 19th Century Claude Roger Marx 1962 Surrealism Patrick Waldberg 1962 The Tate Gallery John Rothenstein 1962 Masters of the Japanese Print Richard Lane 1962 The Russian Experiment in Art, 1863–1922 Camilla Gray 1962 A Concise History of Russian Art Tamara Talbot Rice 1963 Michelangelo it 1963 The Art of the Renaissance Peter and Linda Murray 1963 Art of the Byzantine Era David Talbot Rice 1963 Art of China, Korea, and Japan Peter Swann 1963 Impressionist Paintings in the Louvre Germain Bazin 1963 Encyclopaedia of Modern Architecture Gerd Hatje (editor) 1963 Greek Art John Boardman 1964 Roman Art and Architecture Mortimer Wheeler 1964 Elements of the Art of Architecture William Muschenheim 1964 The Arts of Spain José Gudiol 1964 Baroque and Rococo Art Germain Bazin 1964 Graphic Art of the 18th Century Jean Adhémar 1964 Toulouse Lautrec fr 1964 The English Garden Edward Hyams 1964 A Concise History of English Painting William Gaunt 1964 Early Medieval Art: Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque John Beckwith 1964 Dada: Art and Anti Art Hans Richter 1964 The National Gallery Washington John Walker 1964 Ancient Arts of the Americas G. H. S. Bushnell 1965 Ancient Arts of Central Asia Tamara Talbot Rice 1965 Islamic Art David Talbot Rice 1965 European Sculpture: From Romanesque to Rodin H. D. Molesworth 1965 A Concise History of Ballet F. Reyna 1965 A Concise History of Photography Helmut and Alison Gernsheim 1965 Henry Moore Herbert Read 1965 Klee Gualtieri di San Lazzaro 1965 Chagall Jean Cassou 1965 Degas fr 1965 Goya fr 1965 Picasso Pierre Daix 1965 Seurat John Russell 1965 Van Gogh fr 1966 The Uffizi and Pitti Filippo Rossi 1966 Italian Gardens Georgina Masson 1966 Italian Villas and Palaces Georgina Masson 1966 Prehistoric Art T. G. E. Powell 1966 Art of the Romantic Era Marcel Brion 1966 A Concise History of Interior Decoration George Savage 1966 Rococo to Revolution: Major Trends in Eighteenth Century Painting Michael Levey 1966 Cubism Edward F. Fry 1966 Matisse fr 1967 Rubens Pierre Cabanne 1967 Rodin Bernard Champigneulle 1967 Minoan and Mycenaean Art Reynold Higgins 1967 A Companion to Painting William Gaunt 1967 A Concise History of Painting: From Prehistory to the 13th Century David Talbot Rice 1967 The Cathedrals of England Alec Clifton Taylor 1967 Gothic Art Andrew Martindale 1967 The High Renaissance Linda Murray 1967 The Late Renaissance and Mannerism Linda Murray 1967 Impressionism Phoebe Pool 1967 American Art since 1900: A Critical History Barbara Rose 1967 Arp Herbert Read 1968 Braque Edwin Mullins 1968 Mondrian fr 1968 Rembrandt lt=J. E. Muller 1968 Barbara Hepworth lt=A. M. Hammacher 1968 The National Gallery London Philip Hendy 1968 A History of Western Art Michael Levey 1968 A Concise History of Bronzes George Savage 1968 A Concise History of the Theatre Phyllis Hartnoll 1968 The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design Nikolaus Pevsner 1968 Turner Graham Reynolds 1969 Cézanne fr 1969 Hawksmoor Kerry Downes 1969 Russell Drysdale Geoffrey Dutton 1969 William Dobell James Gleeson 1969 A Concise History of Irish Art Bruce Arnold 1969 A Concise History of Costume James Laver 1969 A Concise History of Western Architecture R. Furneaux Jordan 1969 The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance Peter Murray 1969 De Stijl Paul Overy 1969 Movements in Art since 1945 Edward Lucie Smith 1969 Miró Roland Penrose 1970 William Blake Kathleen Raine 1970 Surrealist Art S. Alexandrian 1970 Pop Art Lucy R. Lippard 1970 The Pre Raphaelites Timothy Hilton 1970 A Concise History of Venetian Painting John Steer 1970 The Munich Gallery: Alte Pinakothek Wolf Dieter Dube 1970 The Art Institute of Chicago John Maxon 1970 Wren Margaret Whinney 1971 African Art it 1971 Metaphysical Art Massimo Carrà 1971 The Cubists Paul Waldo Schwartz 1971 The Berlin Gallery de 1971 Treasures of the British Museum Sir Frank Francis (editor) 1971 Treasures of the Vatican Oreste Ferrari 1971 A History of American Painting Matthew Baigell 1971 A Concise History of French Painting Edward Lucie Smith 1971 A Concise History of Watercolours Graham Reynolds 1971 Encyclopaedia of Themes and Subjects in Painting Howard Daniel, introduction by John Berger 1971 The Picture History of Painting (Concise Edition) H. W. and Dora Jane Janson 1971 The New York School: Abstract Expressionism in the 40s and 50s Maurice Tuchman 1971 Edvard Munch J. P. Hodin 1972 The Essential Max Ernst de 1972 Symbolist Art Edward Lucie Smith 1972 Eroticism in Western Art Edward Lucie Smith 1972 Modern European Art Alan Bowness 1972 The Expressionists Wolf Dieter Dube 1972 A Concise History of Opera Leslie Orrey 1972 A Concise History of Posters John Barnicoat 1972 Art without Boundaries: 1950–70 Gerald Woods, Philip Thompson, John Williams 1972 Science and Technology in Art Today Jonathan Benthall 1972 The Origins of Christian Art Michael Gough 1973 Hieronymus Bosch Walter S. Gibson 1973 The Art of Tantra Philip Rawson 1973 The National Gallery of Victoria Ursula Hoff 1973 Futurist Manifestos it (editor) 1973 Beethoven H. C. Robbins Landon 1974 El Greco Jacques Lassaigne 1974 Environments and Happenings Adrian Henri 1974 Athenian Black Figure Vases John Boardman 1974 Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Archaic Period John Boardman 1975 Picasso Timothy Hilton 1975 Velázquez lb 1976 Botticelli L. D. and Helen S. Ettlinger 1976 David Hockney Marco Livingstone 1976 English Parish Churches Edwin Smith, Olive Cook, Graham Hutton 1976 A Concise History of Indian Art Roy C. Craven 1976 Photomontage Dawn Adès 1976 Prints of the Twentieth Century: A History Riva Castleman 1976 Bruegel Walter S. Gibson 1977 Futurism Caroline Tisdall, Angelo Bozzolla 1977 The High Renaissance and Mannerism: Italy, the North and Spain, 1500–1600 Linda Murray 1977 Edwardian Architecture: A Handbook to Building Design in Britain 1890–1914 Alastair Service 1977 Greek Sculpture: The Archaic Period John Boardman 1978 Greek Sculpture: The Classical Period John Boardman 1978 Dutch Painting R. H. Fuchs 1978 Romanticism and Art William Vaughan 1978 A Concise History of Modern Music: From Debussy to Boulez Paul Griffiths 1978 Victorian Architecture Roger Dixon, pl 1978 English Architecture David Watkin 1979 Matisse Lawrence Gowing 1979 Francis Bacon John Russell 1979 Furniture: A Concise History Edward Lucie Smith 1979 Michelangelo Linda Murray 1980 Egyptian Art Cyril Aldred 1980 Chinese Art Mary Tregear 1980 Native Arts of North America Christian F. Feest 1980 The Classical Language of Architecture John Summerson 1980 Modern Architecture: A Critical History Kenneth Frampton 1980 Industrial Design John Heskett 1980 Hogarth David Bindman 1981 Egon Schiele Frank Whitford 1981 Photography: A Concise History Ian Jeffrey 1981 A Concise Encyclopaedia of the Italian Renaissance J. R. Hale 1981 Dalí Dawn Adès 1982 Dictionary of the Italian Renaissance J. R. Hale 1983 Bauhaus Frank Whitford 1984 Japanese Art Joan Stanley Baker 1984 Dictionary of Art Terms Edward Lucie Smith 1984 Dictionary of Art and Artists Herbert Read 1985 Encyclopaedia of British Art David Bindman (general editor) 1985 American Architecture David P. Handlin 1985 Magritte Suzi Gablik 1985 British Art since 1900 Frances Spalding 1986 The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec Mary Ellen Miller 1986 Encyclopaedia of 20th Century Music Paul Griffiths 1986 Classical Music: A Concise History from Gluck to Beethoven Julian Rushton 1986 Romantic Music: A Concise History from Schubert to Sibelius Arnold Whittall 1987 The Impressionists at First Hand Bernard Denvir (editor) 1987 Constable Michael Rosenthal 1987 Gauguin Belinda Thomson 1987 Rembrandt Christopher White 1988 Dictionary of British Art Nigel Morgan, David Bindman (editor) 1988 Impressionism: Origins, Practice, Reception Belinda Thomson 1988 Art Deco Alastair Duncan 1988 Ballet & Modern Dance Susan Au 1988 Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present Roselee Goldberg 1988 Red Figure Vases of South Italy and Sicily A. D. Trendall 1989 Van Gogh Melissa McQuillan 1989 Klimt Frank Whitford 1990 Encyclopaedia of Impressionism Bernard Denvir 1990 Abstract Art Anna Moszynska 1990 Abstract Expressionism David Anfam 1990 Women, Art, and Society Whitney Chadwick 1990 Fauvism Sarah Whitfield 1991 Palladio and Palladianism Robert Tavernor 1991 Art and Myth in Ancient Greece T. H. Carpenter 1991 Hellenistic Sculpture R. R. R. Smith 1991 The Arts and Crafts Movement Elizabeth Cumming, Wendy Kaplan 1991 Sexuality in Western Art Edward Lucie Smith 1991 Art of the Celts Lloyd and Jennifer Laing 1992 Italian Renaissance Sculpture Roberta J. M. Olson 1992 Post Impressionism Bernard Denvir 1992 Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers Alan and Isabella Livingston 1992 Aboriginal Art Wally Caruana 1993 Victorian Painting Julian Treuherz 1993 Buddhist Art and Architecture Robert E. Fisher 1993 Design since 1945 Peter Dormer 1993 Latin American Art of the 20th Century Edward Lucie Smith 1993 Art Nouveau Alastair Duncan 1994 Concepts of Modern Art: From Fauvism to Postmodernism Nikos Stangos 1994 Graphic Design: A Concise History Richard Hollis 1994 Primitivism and Modern Art Colin Rhodes 1994 Greek Sculpture: The Late Classical Period John Boardman 1995 Oceanic Art Nicholas Thomas 1995 Charles Rennie Mackintosh Alan Crawford 1995 Manet Alan Krell 1996 Jewelry: From Antiquity to the Present Clare Phillips 1996 History of Film David Parkinson 1996 Art of the Andes: From Chavín to Inca Rebecca Stone Miller 1996 Architecture after Modernism Diane Ghirardo 1996 Etruscan Art Nigel Spivey 1997 Art of Tibet Robert E. Fisher 1997 Art since 1960 Michael Archer 1997 Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century Richard J. Powell 1997 Art in Australia: From Colonization to Postmodernism Christopher Allen 1997 Jazz Mervyn Cooke 1998 Bonnard Timothy Hyman 1998 Caribbean Art Veerle Poupeye 1998 Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers Georgina O'Hara Callan 1998 Italian Baroque Sculpture Bruce Boucher 1998 Early Greek Vase Painting John Boardman 1998 Mary Cassatt: Painter of Modern Women Griselda Pollock 1998 Western Architecture Ian Sutton 1999 The Arts in Spain pl 1999 Maya Art and Architecture Mary Ellen Miller, Megan E. O'Neil 1999 Islamic Art and Architecture Robert Hillenbrand 1999 British Painting: The Golden Age William Vaughan 1999 Marcel Duchamp Dawn Adès, Neil Cox, David Hopkins 1999 Contemporary African Art Sidney Littlefield Kasfir 1999 New Media in Late 20th Century Art Michael Rush 1999 Realism in 20th Century Painting Brendan Prendeville 2000 Outsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives Colin Rhodes 2000 Scottish Art Murdo Macdonald 2000 Hindu Art and Architecture George Michell 2000 Le Corbusier Kenneth Frampton 2001 Georgia O'Keeffe Lisa Mintz Messinger 2001 The Language of Ornament James Trilling 2001 Cubism and Culture Mark Antliff, Patricia Leighten 2001 Art of the Middle Ages Janetta Rebold Benton 2002 The Gothic Revival Michael J. Lewis 2002 Gainsborough William Vaughan 2002 Five Centuries of British Painting: From Holbein to Hodgkin Andrew Wilton 2002 Italian Architecture from Michelangelo to Borromini Andrew Hopkins 2002 Black Art: A Cultural History Richard J. Powell 2002 Sienese Painting Timothy Hyman 2003 French Painting in the Golden Age Christopher Allen 2003 20th Century Ceramics Edmund de Waal 2003 World Textiles: A Concise History Mary Schoeser 2003 American Art since 1945 David Joselit 2003 Los Angeles County Museum of Art 2003 Digital Art Christiane Paul 2003 Internet Art Rachel Greene 2004 Scottish Architecture Miles Glendinning, Aonghus MacKechnie 2004 North American Indian Art David W. Penney 2004 The Photograph as Contemporary Art Charlotte Cotton 2004 Art & Architecture of Cambodia Helen Ibbitson Jessup 2004 Arts of Southeast Asia Fiona Kerlogue 2004 Dictionary of Ancient Egypt Toby Wilkinson 2005 Dictionary of Design since 1900 ca 2005 American Art and Architecture Michael J. Lewis 2006 Colour in Art John Gage 2006 Interior Design since 1900 Anne Massey 2008 The Body in Contemporary Art Sally O'Reilly 2009 Fashion since 1900 Valerie Mendes, Amy de la Haye 2010 Ideals of Beauty: Asian and American Art in the Freer and Sackler Galleries Julian Raby 2010 Graffiti and Street Art Anna Wacławek 2011 Sculpture Now Anna Moszynska 2013 Art and Architecture in Mexico James Oles 2013 Viking Art James Graham Campbell 2013 Body Art Nicholas Thomas 2014 Art since 1989 Kelly Grovier 2015 Cave Art Bruno David 2017 Egyptian Art Bill Manley 2017 Monet James H. Rubin 2020 Central and Eastern European Art since 1950 Maja and Reuben Fowkes 2020 Contemporary Painting Suzanne Hudson 2021 The Art of Contemporary China Jiang Jiehong 2021 Art in California Jenni Sorkin 2021 Artists' Film David Curtis, foreword by Steve McQueen 2021 Graphic Design in the Twentieth Century Richard Hollis 2021