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A bird-monster devouring sinners, naked bodies in tantric contortions, a pair of ears brandishing a sharpened blade: with just 20 paintings and nine drawings to his name, Netherlandish visionary Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516) secured his place as a...

Enchanted Ground is about the challenge to modernist criticism by Surrealist writers-mainly Andre Breton but also Louis Aragon, Pierre Mabille, Rene Magritte, Charles Estienne, Rene Huyghe and others-who viewed the same artists in terms of magic,...

Calligraphy is an ancient art that doesn't grow old. Known in Japanese as Shodo ( ) the Way of the Brush, a proverb has it that Shodo promotes perpetual youth and longevity. Research has shown that indeed, the practice of Shodo improves posture,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783906915470Author Philip GustonFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Hauser & WirthPublisher Hauser & Wirth

Among the great designers at Herman Miller in the 1950s and 1960s, Alexander Girard enhanced Eames' and Nelson's furniture with innovative textiles. As head of Herman Miller's Textile Division since it was formed in 1952, he designed some of the most...

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A second edition of the classic introduction to arts in social movements, fully updated and now including Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street, and new digital and social media forms of cultural resistanceThe Art of Protest, first published in 2006,...

Urban Cinematics surveys the mechanisms by which cinema contributes to our understanding of cities to address two key issues: How do filmmakers make use of urban spaces, and how do urban spaces make use of cinema? Merging the disciplines of architecture,...

Sassetta, the subtle genius from Siena, revolutionized Italian painting with an altarpiece for the small Tuscan town of Borgo San Sepolcro in 1437-1444. Originally standing some six yards high, double-sided, with a splendid gilt frame over the main altar...

A complete six-year primary Maths course that takes a problem-solving approach to teaching young learners the skills they need to become confident mathematicians. A* Problem-solving approach encourages students to actively explore new mathematical...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, boasts one of the largest collections of the celebrated Impressionist artist Claude Monet's work outside France. This book reproduces all thirty-five oil paintings by Monet in the MFA's permanent collection, representing...

The art and culture of Spain significantly influenced many of America's most renowned 19th- and 20th-century artists. Mary Cassatt visited the country early in her career and first garnered the attention of the French Impressionists with her paintings of...

More wide ranging, both geographically and chronologically, than any previous study, this well-illustrated book offers a new definition of Celtic art. Tempering the much-adopted art-historical approach, D.W. Harding argues for a broader definition of...

Between Minimalism and craft: a comprehensive appraisal of Los Angeles sculptor Charles Ray This catalog accompanies the 2022 double exhibition of Charles Ray's work at the Centre Pompidou and the Bourse de Commerce (Pinault Foundation). With...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789492095268Author Annet DekkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint ValizPublisher ValizWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 170mm * 23mm

New interpretations of an art form ubiquitious in the Middle Ages. English alabasters played a seminal role in the artistic development of late medieval and early modern Europe. Carvings made of this lustrous white stone were sold throughout England...

What does it mean to make art in Africa? In Making Art in Africa, 60 of the continent's leading artists give very different answers to this question through a series of extraordinary first-hand commentaries relating to specific works.The book includes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956790959Author Joerg HeiserFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 666gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 152mm...

FUTURE is a series of five or six publications by Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs to be published by Edition Patrick Frey over the next few years. The various chapters in the series will be published on an ongoing basis, though not according to any...

This book offers a framework for collaboration between art museum educators and health professionals. It includes advice on selecting meaningful and provocative works of art; models of responsive workshop design, compelling descriptions of gallery...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600610127Author Nita LelandFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint North Light BooksPublisher F&W Publications IncWeight(grams) 903gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594486661Author Timothy KellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 357gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 130mm...

Learn to create vividly realistic colored pencil drawings in just a few lessons!A Beginner's Guide to Colored Pencil Drawing provides instructions for creating brilliantly realistic drawings featuring rich shadows, bright highlights, smooth gradients,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037645970Author Christian MarclayFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint JRP EditionsPublisher JRP Editions

Visualizing Hidden Structures in Art and Society In her artistic practice, Andrea Buttner combines art history with social and ethical issues. Since the early 2000s, she has been exploring a wide range of themes such as work, poverty, shame and care in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941548816Author Silke Otto-KnappFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Renaissance Society at the University of ChicagoPublisher Renaissance Society at...

A sweeping survey of the impact of the Civil War on American painting and photography in the 19th century The Civil War redefined America and forever changed American art. Its grim reality, captured through the new medium of photography, was laid bare...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857241197Author Marta GnypFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1080g

A tale of two Pop artists in 1960s New York This book charts the emergence of Marisol Escobar (1930-2016) and Andy Warhol (1928-87) in New York during the dawn of Pop art in the early 1960s. Through essays, interviews and prose, the book explores the...

In The Sovereign Self, Grant H. Kester examines the evolving discourse of aesthetic autonomy from its origins in the Enlightenment through avant-garde projects and movements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Kester traces the idea of aesthetic...

Offering a unique blend of thematic and chronological investigation, this highly illustrated, engaging text explores the rich historical, cultural, and social contexts of 3,000 years of Greek art, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period...

The Hive was the centrepiece of the gold medal winning UK Pavilion at the 2015 Milan Expo, and from June 2016 takes up its new home within Kew Gardens. Soaring 17 metres in the air, designed by Wolfgang Buttress and created by BDP, Simmonds Studio and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385301893Author Laurie CabotFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990415220Author Antoinette MatlinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Gemstone PressPublisher Gemstone Press

Waves battering the weathered rocks on a shore, young boys sailing carefree on open waters: Winslow Homer's raw, evocative seascapes are among the most distinctive and powerful in American art. "Winslow Homer: Poet of the Sea" offers here a fresh...

This is as the favoured artist of an enterprising Parisian elite, Robert is a prophetic case study of the intersection between aesthetics and modernity's dawning business culture. In this provocative study, Hubert Robert's paintings of urban ruins are...

This is the first book to explore the global influence of Maoism on modern and contemporary art. Featuring eighteen original essays written by established and emerging scholars from around the world, and illustrated with fascinating images not widely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786274274Author Bridget DaviesFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams)...

British Models of Art Collecting and the American Response - Reflections Across the Pond presents 14 essays by distinguished art - and cultural - historians. Collectively, they examine points of similarity and difference in the approaches to art...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783906915456Author Mike KelleyFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Hauser & WirthPublisher Hauser & Wirth