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Francesco Casetti believes new media technologies are producing an exciting new era in cinema aesthetics. Whether we experience film in the theater, on our hand-held devices, in galleries and museums, onboard and in flight, or up in the clouds in the...

Figure Drawing for Concept Artists is an essential primer that aims to bring traditional figure drawing techniques and knowledge to every concept artist's skill set. Accessibly written and lavishly illustrated by Kan Muftic, a professional concept artist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037645536Author Heike MunderFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint JRP RingierPublisher JRP Ringier

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789073362918Author Zoe GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Witte de With Centre for Contemporary ArtPublisher Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art

Contrary to critics who have called it the "undecade," the 1970s were a time of risky, innovative art-and nowhere more so than in Britain, where the forces of feminism and labor politics merged in a radical new aesthetic. In Art Labor, Sex Politics Siona...

Egyptian cities and villages abound with an enormous wealth of khatt, or calligraphic script, ranging from casual scrawls and scribbles to elaborately-painted colourful murals. These historical and contemporary versions of urban lettering, varying in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780310449775Author ZondervanFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint ZondervanPublisher ZondervanWeight(grams) 453gDimensions(mm) 133mm * 89mm * 25mm

This catalogue documents an exhibition at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology of watercolor paintings by American artist Wendy Artin and selected objects from the Museum's permanent collections. Wendy Artin has been working for over a decade on a series...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934200582Author Pierre AlferiFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint La PressePublisher La PresseWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 150mm * 8mm

A controversial figure working in installation and performance, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera (born 1968) has consistently blurred the lines between art and activism. Defining herself as an initiator rather than an author, she often invites spectator...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960989592Author Andrew NairneFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960985877Author Wolfgang PaalenFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753302485Author Marc Camille ChaimowiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841551432Author Colin PittFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Unique Motor BooksPublisher Unique Motor Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037642870Author Adam SzymczykFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint JRP RingierPublisher JRP RingierWeight(grams) 987g

Stitch a dozen fabulous dishcloths! Choose from an assortment of pretty floral designs, each made using Premier Yarns Home Cotton #4 worsted-weight yarn and a size I/9/5.5mm crochet hook. They are suitable for beginners and more advanced crocheters who...

Limited to 1000 copies, this Hardback book with slipcase contains an exclusive compilation CD and a certificate signed by Damo Suzuki himself. When the anarchic vocalist of Can left the celebrated German band in late 1973, the ensuing decade-long...

It is often assumed that religion is the backward-looking servant of tradition and the status quo, utterly opposed to the new. This refrain in so much of recent polemical writing has permeated the public mind and can even be found in academic...

We have seen the films of professionals and propagandists celebrate Adolf Hitler, his SS henchmen, and the Nazi Party. But what of the documentary films and photographs of amateurs, soldiers, and others involved in the war effort who were simply going...

Authorised by the Marriott family. Steve Marriott, lead singer of the Small Faces and Humble Pie, had a voice coveted by Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey and David Bowie, amongst many others. All or Nothing, Simon Spence's oral history...

The editors of the acclaimed Hi-Fructose Magazine present a stunning visual exploration of the intersection between the worlds of wearable art and fashion; where technology, sculpture, experimental materials, and otherworldly design converge into a...

Kumiko Frydl demonstrates her knowledge and talent in this book which illustrates a variety of techniques including free-motion quilting, applique, English paper piecing, hand and machine quilting and silk ribbon embroidery. Learn to craft 15 exquisite,...

Nobody doubts that the contemporary art of Turkey has 'arrived' on the international stage: Hale Tenger's work has been bought by the Pompidou Centre; Fikret Atay features in Tate Modern's collection; Kutlug Ataman has been nominated for the Turner...

This comprehensive sourcebook is destined to become a lasting and definitive resource on the art and aesthetic philosophy of the American artist David Smith (1906-1965). A pioneer of twentieth-century modernism, Smith was renowned for the expansive...

Alexander the Great changed the face of the ancient world. During his life and after his death, his image in works of art exerted an unprecedented influence-on marbles, bronzes, ivories, frescoes, mosaics, coins, medals, even painted pottery and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399176012Author Tyler Knott GregsonFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,USWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574242911Author Steve RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Centerstream PublishingPublisher Centerstream PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952611Author John WhitehouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

A strange thing happened to Roman sarcophagi in the third century: their Greek mythic imagery vanished. Since the beginning of their production a century earlier, these beautifully carved coffins had featured bold mythological scenes. How do we make...

Whether you are preparing for a wedding, a party, a prom, or another special event, use these new techniques to create stunning floral jewelry and accessories. Follow step-by-step photo demonstrations and learn to make more than 40 beautiful pieces...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616551155Author Ben GelinasFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Dark Horse ComicsPublisher Dark Horse ComicsWeight(grams) 1329g

The most exhilarating painter of the Renaissance and arguably of the whole of western art, Tintoretto was known as 'Il Furioso' because of the attack and energy of his style. His vaunting ambition is recorded in the inscription he placed in his studio: l...

Strathclyde Traction covers the former Strathclyde Region Council area of the west of Scotland, stretching from the southern end of the Western Highlands to the Southern Uplands, which was formed by merging the city of Glasgow with the counties of Ayr,...

The village of King's Norton began to evolve in the medieval period and is continuing to grow and change while retaining its earlier landscape of a village surrounding a green. The creation of a cemetery at Longdales Road, and a development at Parsons...

This book examines the links between the unprecedented visual inventiveness of the Romantic period in Britain and eighteenth-century theories of the sublime. Edmund Burke's Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684853376Author Mark KistlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)

Drawing on the imagery of the natural rhythms of the created order, Sacred Rhythms explores the practices that spiritual seekers and growing disciples have used throughout history to grow closer to God. In a similar way, the disciplines of the spiritual...

Each volume includes all the necessary materials for the comprehensive study of a work of art: An illustration section showing the complete work of art, details, preliminary studies, and iconographic sources; An introductory essay by the editor;...

Try me, good King is a group of five songs drawn from the final letters and gallows speeches of the first five wives of King Henry VIII. The cycle is a psychologically intense monodrama that presents technical challenges to both performers. Each song is...

British Columbia is richly blessed with lush temperate rainforests, snow-capped mountains, rugged coastlines and unique wildlife. 125 Nature Hot Spots in British Columbia is a beautifully illustrated guidebook that explores this Canadian province's...