A Journey Through Art

An illustrated publishing series

Exploring humanity through the objects it has created.

Each volume follows an idea rather than a civilisation.

A Journey Through Art begins with the objects themselves: paintings, sculpture, architecture and material culture that preserve traces of the people who made, used and encountered them.

Each volume follows an enduring idea across cultures and centuries, bringing works from museum and archaeological collections into conversation. Ritual, belief, identity, beauty, power and death become different ways of exploring how people have understood themselves and the world around them.


Mission

A Journey Through Art is conceived as an evolving library of illustrated books, each approaching human experience through a different theme. Future volumes will draw on museum collections, archaeological discoveries and material culture from around the world, allowing new objects, ideas and connections to enter the conversation.