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A comprehensive overview of renowned Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere's work since 2014, inspired by the figure of the angel Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere has long been a leading light in the international contemporary art world whose...

An engaging exploration of the meaning and power of art that looks at popular theories through the ages. One of the most astonishing aspects of the discourse on contemporary art is the firm and unwavering belief that art has the power to transform...

From a Nation Torn provides a powerful critique of art history's understanding of French modernism and the historical circumstances that shaped its production and reception. Within art history, the aesthetic practices and theories that emerged in France...

Leon Loewentraut is celebrated in the art scene as an exceptional talent. He has been conquering the art world since his earliest youth. With dynamic forms and expressive colors, the 24-year-old Loewentraut creates works of art that sell out within days...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846381430Author Anna DezeuzeFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Afterall PublishingPublisher Afterall Publishing

Commemorating an exhibition at Gagosian, London, this catalog is the first publication to examine the connections between these two artists work. Two booklets in a softcover portfolio feature full-color plates and installation views. An interview with...

There are relatively high rates of complications in the fetal and neonatal periods (1 in 33 fetuses born with birth defects and 1 in 10 preterm births in the US). With advances in maternal-fetal care and growing services and life-extending medical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887895343Author SendPointsFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint SendpointsPublisher Sendpoints

In Designing a New Tradition, Rebecca VanDiver presents a fresh perspective on the art and career of Lois Mailou Jones. Considering the importance of Africa for Jones's work and examining the broader roles played by class, gender, and politics in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960981480Author The Cragg FoundationFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,GermanyPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung...

From an eminent author in the field, The Future of Visual Anthropology develops a new approach to visual anthropology and presents a groundbreaking examination of developments within the field and the way forward for the subdiscipline in the twenty-first...

This illustrated history highlights the diversity and innovation of American ceramics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as artists responded to historical precedents and emerging modernist styles around the world Between the early...

The memoirs of Admiral Karl Doenitz, Ten Years and Twenty Days, are a fascinating first-hand account of the Battle of the Atlantic as seen from the headquarters of the U-boat fleet. Now, for the first time noted naval historian Jak P. Mallmann Showell...

Maqbool Fida Husain (1913-2011) is a central figure in Indian modern art, and the most represented artist in Mathaf's collection. A founding member of the Progressive Artists Group, formed in Bombay in 1947, Husain played a leading role in...

In ancient Greece, funerary monuments were visual expressions of mourning that provided the opportunity for the living to commemorate and communicate with the dead. Today they offer a wealth of information about the deceased and the communities of which...

In Art & Language International Robert Bailey reconstructs the history of the conceptual art collective Art & Language, situating it in a geographical context to rethink its implications for the broader histories of contemporary art. Focusing on its...

The latent liability in energy is anarchy, but when it's working in a direction with a sense of purpose like the independence movement, and according to the priorities of the arts, and not violence, there's a lot you can do. There's a lot of self-respect...

Dismissed as a miserable elitist who condemned popular culture in the name of 'high art', Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) is one of the most provocative and important yet least understood of contemporary thinkers. This book challenges this popular image...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960986492Author Stefano StollFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,GermanyPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

Renowned American textile artist and sculptor Gyoengy Laky (b. 1944) was once described as a 'wood whisperer'. Her highly individual, puzzle-like assemblages of timber and textiles helped to significantly propel the growth of the contemporary fiber-arts...

This comprehensive survey of the work of the Swiss-born modern master Alberto Giacometti offers a fresh and incisive account of his entire creative output. Published on the occasion of Giacometti's first major museum presentation in the U.S. in over a...

Machines called Mutoscopes offered quick shows for a penny from 1895 until as late as the 1970s, flipping cards to create the impression of a "moving picture." Associated with amusement piers and parks, and men's restrooms, these machines were notorious...

At its peak in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the so-called Spanish Reconquest transformed the societies of the Iberian Peninsula at nearly every level. Among the most vivid signs of this change were the innovative images developed by Christians...

Filled with colourful illustrations and step-by-step explanations, How to Draw an Object is a foolproof introduction to the art of sketching. Equal parts inspiration and tutorial, the delightful drawings are sure to have even the shyest artists reaching...

The Virgin and Child Hodegetria was a widely venerated Byzantine image depicting the Virgin holding and pointing to her son as the way to salvation. In this book, Jaroslav Folda traces the appropriation of this image by thirteenth-century Crusader and...

An unprecedented look at Nellie Mae Rowe's art as a radical act of self-expression and liberation in the post-civil rights-era South A New York Times critics' pick | Best Art Books 2021 During the last 15 years of her life, Nellie Mae Rowe lived on...

Engaging fiction and non-fiction fully aligned to each stage of the Floppy's Phonics teaching programme, allowing children to consolidate their phonic knowledge through reading in context. These fully decodable stories are 100% matched to the phonic...

Between 1966 and 1976, American artist Nancy Spero completed some of her most aggressively political work. Made at a time when Spero was a key member of the anti-war and feminist arts-activism that burgeoned in the New York art world during the period,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400034659Author Jed PerlFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 971gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 176mm *...

Designed to foster critical engagement and interest the specialist and non-specialist alike, each book in the Frick Diptych series illuminates a single work in the Frick's rich collection with an essay by a Frick curator paired with a contribution from a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781864872910Author Edward ScheerFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint University of SydneyPublisher University of SydneyWeight(grams) 517g

The development of Soviet realist painting over fifty years through a selection of works from Russia's leading museums. Socialist Realism was and remains an exceptional phenomenon in twentieth century art. It bore the challenge of promoting realist...

Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307278388Author R.A. ScottiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Midnight: The Tempest Essays, the second book in Molly Nesbit's Pre-Occupations series, returns the question of pragmatism to the everyday critical practice of the art historian working in the late 20th century. These essays take their cues from the work...

From Francis Alys and Ursula Biemann to Vivan Sundaram, Allora & Calzadilla, and the Center for Urban Pedagogy, some of the most compelling artists today are engaging with the politics of land use, including the growth of the global economy, climate...

From its inception in the early nineteenth century, the museum has been more than a mere historical object; it has manufactured an image of history. In collecting past artifacts, the museum gives shape and presence to history, defining the space of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913606169Author MJ HiblenFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Eyewear PublishingPublisher Eyewear Publishing

This book addresses a phenomenon that pervades the field of art history: the fact that English has become a widely adopted language. Art history employs language in a very particular way, one of its most basic aims being the verbal reconstruction of the...

For courses in Introduction to Communication A five-principles approach that helps students build practical communication skills The Interpersonal Communication Book provides in-depth coverage of interpersonal communication, blending theory and research...