Book 1 - Illustrations Now

I have been looking around for books which could link to my chosen subject, this book alone is all about popular illustrations and the artist who made them The reason for picking this book was because It has various pieces developed by different artist and would provide me with key information on who created them, why and what for. Looking at this book will give me a little understanding as to what intentions some artist have when creating art communicative artistic piece. Reading this book also will give me few ideas for a type of artistic style I could follow when developing my final idea.