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

Personal collection of anonymous photographs made from Kodachrome slides shows the transience of our lives

This book corrects the misleading impression given by historians that the High Middle Ages were a transition to secularisation of the royal state

Contrast of city's devastated buildings and monuments and some of their remarkable restorations is heartening

Hoard of objects loaned by Paris's Musée de Cluny to the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells a complex tale

Best known as a portrait painter, the artist was also fascinated by plant life

The urban graveyards of New Orleans are rich in commemorative monuments and sculpture

New academic concept of "Global Middle Ages" explored through a survey of illustrated texts from around the world

Aim of Australian government’s war art scheme was to prioritise first-hand representations of the conflict

The authors ask “What is Islamic about ‘Islamic’ art?”

Isa Leshko’s images plead for the better treatment of animals

This amusingly illustrated edition of Theophrastus’s Characters is as fresh today as it was centuries ago

These notebooks reveal how the artist discovered the "real" Orient in North Africa and southern Spain and adjusted his paintings accordingly

Famous and not-so-famous pairs of artists from Picasso and Gilot to Idris Khan and Annie Morris are quoted about how relationships work

The extra-textual decoration of medieval illuminated manuscripts are full of clues about sections of society normally overlooked by historians

A vivid account of the art arising from the experiences of the artist, George Plante

Cityscapes and portraits, along with his Old Master transcriptions, feature in this book that accompanies an exhibition at London's Piano Nobile Gallery

The Austrian writer’s bilious attacks are neutralised by the cartoons

Book looks at what they like and how they think it helps their own work

Even when the codex became ubiquitous, scrolls held a special place for the written word

Historic photographs and contemporary papers have been used in new book to re-imagine the cycle

The botanical illustrations of Alexander von Humboldt in poster form

Part of the 1960s US anti-war movement, artists then had nothing like the impact they have today

No Chucky or Lord of the Flies in portraits by British and British-based artists

Twenty-four artists present their own works in new book, including the late Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian

Almost unknown in Britain, his work was secretly amassed by Harry Hyams, the billionaire property developer

Book looks at one royal's Medieval gifts, giving and inventories

Volume uncovers floral wealth of the US metropolis

Book collects the first illustrations, scores, maps and children's books

The great building as seen through the generations of its occupants