Non-Fiction

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262513722Author Hal FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

'He who sings frightens away his ills.' Miguel De CervantesIt's official: singing is good for you. Singing delivers a host of physical and emotional benefits including lower heart pressure, increased aerobic exercise, improved breathing, posture,...

In the perpetual quest for the new, the exciting and the innovative, the attention of the global art community has in recent years been more and more focused on the Middle East. Exhibitions and articles have highlighted a remarkable burst of creativity...

The magazine for classic and contemporary nude photography returns with a vibrant compilation of the most beautiful works from the field of the most intimate form of portrait photography. In selecting the works, it was important to the editor Matthias...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789078088813Author Juha van 't ZelfdeFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint ValizPublisher ValizWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 18mm

This book brings together works from one of the most important private collections of modern and contemporary art, the D. Daskalopoulos Collection with key pieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Providing a new context for both...

The definitive account of Lucy Lippard's pioneering 1971 feminist art exhibition, with work from a new generation of artists alongside the original participants This volume celebrates the 51st anniversary of the historic 1971 exhibition Twenty Six...

Drawing animals is easy! Cute and cuddly, fuzzy and finned--animals come in all shapes and sizes, and this big book will teach you how to draw everything from dogs and cats to horses, lions and hammerhead sharks. No experience necessary! More than 90...

A critical challenge to Scotland's new system of government is the making and implementation of public policy. This book offers a comprehensive account of the policy process in contemporary Scotland. There is a review of theories of policy-making,...

Arthur C. Danto's essays not only critique bodies of work but reflect upon art's conceptual evolution as well, drawing for the reader a kind of "philosophical map" indicating how art and the criteria for judging it has changed over the twentieth century...

Idler 89 features pop's never-quite-made-it, the enigmatic Lawrence, in conversation with Will Hodgkinson. Plus David Graeber on pirate politics, world's best job survey, problems with Virginia Ironside, recipes with Lindey Bareham and music with Stewart...

This revelatory book shows how the influential and controversial Empress Dowager Cixi used art and architecture to establish her authority Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908), who ruled China from 1861 until her death in 1908, is a subject of fascination...

Samella Lewis has brought "African American Art and Artists" fully up to date in this revised and expanded edition. The book now looks at the works and lives of artists from the eighteenth century to the present, including new work in traditional media...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633450271Author Esther AdlerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 660g

Meet Rupert Sheldrake, how to free your time, medieval carvings, Stewart Lee, sheds, beer and moreBook InformationISBN 9781739660888Author Tom HodgkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Idler BooksPublisher Idler Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910074411Author Doris ButteryFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Umbria PressPublisher Umbria Press

Isamu Noguchi, Archaic/Modern brings together more than eighty works, from six decades, which reveal how the ancient world shaped this inspirational artist s vision for the future. Monolithic basalt sculptures and floating Akari ceiling lights are...

In Discworld, unlike our own frustrating Roundworld, everything makes sense. The world is held up by elephants atop a swimming turtle, the sun goes around the world every day, and things always happen because someone intends them to happen. Millions of...

Illustrated throughout with her colourful and vibrant paintings, this is the story of English artist Janice Sylvia Brock. My Life on Canvas follows the fascinating and at times harrowing journey of a unique talent. After surviving childhood illness...

Provoking the Field invites debate on, and provides an essential resource for, transnational arts-based scholars engaged in critical analyses of international visual arts education and its enquiry in doctoral research. Divided into three parts - doctoral...

Drawing upon the author's three decades of work in comparative theology, this is a pertinent and comprehensive introduction to the field, which offers a clear guide to the reader, enabling them to engage in comparative study. The author has three...

"Never was a painter more nobly joyous, never did an artist take a greater delight in life, seeing it all as a kind of breezy festival and feeling it through the medium of perpetual success... He was the happiest of painters." - Henry James on Veronese,...

I conoclast and artist Pope.L uses the body, sex, and race as his materials the way other artists might use paint, clay, or bronze. His work problematizes social categories by exploring how difference is marked economically, socially, and politically...

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) produced a body of work that strongly appealed to his contemporaries while disconcerting them. Even today, the odd qualities of his work continue to fascinate scholars, critics, and artists. In this handsomely...

Over the past two decades, the art world has broadened its geographic reach and opened itself to new continents, allowing for a significant crosspollination of post-conceptual strategies and vernacular modes. Printed materials, both in innovative and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894243667Author David MoosFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Art Gallery of OntarioPublisher Art Gallery of OntarioWeight(grams) 1090gDimensions(mm)...

Learn how to draw and design awesome fashion looks in the hottest styles from Gothic to Romantic and everything in between. With style inspiration on the seminal looks of each theme and practical tips on drawing garments in each style, The Fashion...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262039154Author Weiwei AiFormat HardbackPage Count 430Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

How to build a worthwhile art collection with the least possible money? ". The only important thing about this art, as any art, is the art itself. Not its monetary value, not its social prestige, not its public relations leverage, not the artists...

Drawing on the exciting developments that have occurred in the anthropology of art over the last twenty years, this study uses ethnographic methods to explore shifts in the art market and global contemporary art. Recognizing that the huge diversity of...

In poems that express an oblique and resonant disquiet ('people dream of a lady/ in a boat, dressed in red/ petticoat, adrift and weeping') and a sequence that addresses memories of the death of the Grenadian revolution, too painful to confront until...

Expand your animation toolkit and remain competitive in the industry with this leading resource for 2D and 3D character animation techniques. Apply the industry's best practices to your own workflows and develop 2D, 3D and hybrid characters with ease...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789492095589Author Thijs LijsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint ValizPublisher Valiz

A concise and beautifully designed book exploring the symbolism behind an exquisite Ancient Babylonian plaque found in southern Iraq. This spectacular terracotta plaque was the principal acquisition for the British Museum's 250th anniversary, and in 2004...

This book explores the relationship between creative innovation, deviance and morbidity. To innovate, one has to be able to view the medium and the object of creativity in a different, hitherto unexplored manner. The essence of art is creative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993288203Author David CholmondeleyFormat HardbackPage Count 102Imprint Houghton HallPublisher Houghton Hall

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908211620Author Arcadi PochFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Carpet Bombing Culture

Illustrated with 167 full colour images, this landmark book charts Alexander Moffat's career from student days at Edinburgh College of Art in the 1960s to the recent Scotland's Voices. Iconic portraits of major figures in literature and the other arts...

A multifaceted response to issues concerning personal privacy and government power by writers, artists, and others The filmmaker, artist, and journalist Laura Poitras has explored the themes of mass surveillance, "war on terror," drone program,...

Calculus: Late Transcendentals, 11th EMEA Edition strives to increase student comprehension and conceptual understanding through a balance between rigor and clarity of explanations; sound mathematics; and excellent exercises, applications, and examples. ...