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Amongst recent contemporary art and museological publications, there have been relatively few which direct attention to the distinct contributions that twentieth and twenty-first century artists have made to gallery and museum interpretation practices. ...

This project is made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art.When Elizabeth Cady Stanton penned the Declaration of Sentiments for the first women's rights convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, she unleashed a...

The figure of the auteur continues to haunt the study of film, resisting both the poststructuralist charges that pointed to its absence and the histories of production that have described its pitfalls. In an era defined by the instability of identities...

The religious turmoil of the sixteenth century constituted a turning point in the history of Western Christian art. The essays presented in this volume investigate the ways in which both Protestant and Catholic reform stimulated the production of...

Colourful, emotional, impulsive and modern - these are the qualities which characterise our ideas of German Expressionist painting. It is hard to believe that the works caused a scandal when they were first created. And yet, artists and writers were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626401174Author Robeson Taj FrazierFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Angel City Press,U.S.Publisher Angel City Press,U.S.

In the 18th century pugs found their way onto the laps of noblewomen and, with this, into the portraits of contemporary rulers. Small and forever panting, the pug could not be put to use as a watchdog or a herding dog, but it compensated for this with...

The Library of Trinity College Dublin dates back to the establishment of the College in 1592 and is the largest library in Ireland. Its extensive collection of journals, manuscripts, maps and music reflects over 400 years of academic development and...

"The chronology of the Italian Renaissance, its character, and context have long been a topic of discussion among scholars. Some date its beginnings to the fourteenthcentury work of Giotto, others to the generation of Masaccio, Brunelleschi, and...

With determination to restore the universal language of realism in the visual arts, a group of fine artists and experts banded together to celebrate and propagate 21st Century Representational Art. They founded the Art Renewal Center in 1999. Since their...

Despite the invention of the printing press and the advent of the personal computer, calligraphy continues to thrive as an art form. The process of hand lettering requires careful attention to detail, and many people find calligraphy to be a therapeutic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsLong-listed for City of Toronto Book Award 2022 (Canada).Book InformationISBN 9781771622844Author Diane BorsatoFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Douglas &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633450820Author Jodi HauptmanFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 1280g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563924262Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 461gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991558513Author Tony ConradFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Primary InformationPublisher Primary InformationWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 188mm *...

Ted Stamm's paintings, drawings and performative works show the New York artist's constant engagement with his time and his tireless experimental way of working. He developed a minimalist visual language that often appears strictly geometric and simple,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753302010Author Marc QuinnFormat PaperbackImprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigWeight(grams) 694g

This stunning exhibition unveils the remarkable art and historical legacy of two mysterious kingdoms of ancient China. Phoenix Kingdoms brings to life the distinctive Bronze Age cultures that flourished along the middle course of the Yangzi River in...

Presenting Kehinde Wiley's hotly anticipated response to a legendary Gainsborough portrait This volume presents A Portrait of a Young Gentleman, a new portrait by Kehinde Wiley (born 1977), commissioned to mark the centennial of the acquisition of...

This unique collection takes a fresh look at Orientalism by shifting its center from Europe to Ottoman Istanbul and thinking about art in terms of exchange, reciprocity, and comparative imperialisms. This new lens reveals the essential role of the...

In ancient times, the series of waterways now known as the Turkish Straits, comprising the Dardanelles (or Hellespont), Sea of Marmara and the Bosporus, formed both a divide and a bridge between Europe and Asia. Its western and eastern entrances were...

This engaging book is the first full study of the satirical print in seventeenth-century England from the rule of James I to the Regicide. It considers graphic satire both as a particular pictorial category within the wider medium of print and as a...

Documentary has once again emerged as one of the most vital cultural forms, whether seen in cinemas or inside the home, as digital, film, or video. In Recording Reality, Desiring the Real, Elizabeth Cowie looks at the history of documentary and its...

The mola is a multilayered textile art form and metaphor for the story of the Kuna, indigenous people of Panama. With over 890 images covering more than a century of molas, this book provides insights into design sources and influences for molas,...

Thinking is much broader than what our science-obsessed, utilitarian culture often takes it to be. More than mere problem solving or the methodical comprehension of our personal and natural circumstances, thinking may take the form of a poem, a painting,...

Say goodbye to the rainy day blues! With Rainy Day Teatime, you'll discover 12 quick and fun quilting projects, featuring two of author and designer Edyta Sitar's most popular stencils, Dancing Umbrella and Simple Shapes. From aprons, book covers, and...

Dempsey Bob: In His Own Voice is based on the first full-scale solo museum exhibition of this extraordinary Tahltan-Tlingit artist, one of the finest living carvers of the Northwest Coast. Drawing from extensive interviews with the artist by the...

This is not simply a guidebook to the Acropolis Museum: by presenting the works of art exhibited in the museum, it endeavours to resynthesize the history of the Sacred Rock as part of the cultural and the wider historical process of Athens. Following the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907896781Author Peter WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Architectural Association PublicationsPublisher Architectural Association Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047272Author Christian SchaernackFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783959055628Author GegoFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint Spector BooksPublisher Spector BooksWeight(grams) 907gDimensions(mm) 269mm * 198mm * 23mm

This incisive book offers a revealing glimpse into the life and thought of a seminal art critic. Lawrence Alloway (1926-1990) was a key figure in the development of modern art in Europe and America from the 1950s to the 1980s. He is credited with...

This wide-ranging collection of scholarly essays explores the hybrid cultures, intellectual clashes, and dynamic exchanges of the transpacific region in the age of imperialism. Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, competing European empires...

A glimpse into the markets, crafts, and signage of early modern Japan Kanban are the traditional signs Japanese merchants displayed on the street to advertise their presence, represent the products and services to be found inside their shops, and lend a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789188369789Author Edwin PHADE SacasaFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dokument PressPublisher Dokument Forlag

This book challenges the notion that Michelangelo, renowned for his magnificent portrayals of the human body, was merely concerned with "superficial" anatomy-that is, the parts of the body that can be seen from the outside. Christian K. Kleinbub provides...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646992225Author Klaus H. CarlFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, Limited

Renaissance Children puts child portrait painting from the 15th and 16th century in the spotlight and tells the historical, pedagogical and artistic story of the most remarkable paintings. In the 15th and 16th century, the House of Habsburg ruled over a...

This is the third book in the innovative TRACEY series on contemporary drawing. Drawing Ambiguity builds upon its predecessors, Drawing Now and Hyperdrawing, by proposing that a position of ambiguity, a lack of definition, is not only desirable within...

A comprehensive look at the eagerly anticipated New Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, and the celebrated collection it houses. Marking the opening of the New Acropolis Museum, this book examines both its architecture and the archaeological treasures...