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Nathalie Djurberg (*1978) and Hans Berg (*1978) create animated worlds with objects, music and moving images - dreamlike realms where we might lose ourselves. Their playfully told fables hold both humour and darkness, putting any moral laws of gravity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870707803Author Deborah WyeFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 1180g

Carole and Robert Hillenbrand are acclaimed academics who have made immense contributions to the fields of Islamic history and art history. The respect and affection of the academic community towards them is legendary. For these two volumes, editors Ali...

In Peasants, Warriors, and Wives, Keith Moxey examines woodcut images from the German Reformation that have often been ignored as a crude and inferior form of artistic production. In this richly illustrated study, Moxey argues that while they may not...

Stanley Greaves is without question one of the Caribbean's most distinguished artists and this critical monograph is both a long overdue investigation and appreciation of his work and an important contribution to the still small body of Caribbean writing...

In 1991, the town of Pulheim initiated the Stommeln Synagogue art project, a permanent process of examination of this historically significant location. Since then it has continued to make a contribution to a culture of remembrance. A wide-ranging...

A new look at the ways van Gogh represented the seasons and the natural world throughout his careerThe changing seasons captivated Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), who saw in their unending cycle the majesty of nature and the existence of a higher force. Van...

Spanning over a century of British art, Drawn from Life: People on Paper brings together over 50 drawings by some of Britain's most celebrated artists. Artists have been drawing the figure for centuries, from carefully composed life drawings to people...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633450677Author Anne MonahanFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 200g

Contemporary Art and the Cosmopolitan Imagination explores the role of art in conceiving and reconfiguring the political, ethical and social landscape of our time. Understanding art as a vital form of articulation, Meskimmon argues that artworks do more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692993163Author Gwen DiehnFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Marie G. DiehnPublisher Marie G. DiehnWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 279mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908175731Author Cypi PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint CYPI PressPublisher CYPI Press

Jan Brueghel was a prominent painter in his hometown of Antwerp, a good friend and frequent collaborator of Rubens. What is perhaps less well known is that Jan was also an exceptional draughtsman. At the Snijders&Rockox House in Antwerp, some...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932595345Author Stephen J. GertzFormat PaperbackPage Count 219Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 648g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948252358Author Michelle CottonFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint firstsitePublisher firstsite

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143114260Author Danny DanzigerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 141mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753304175Author Phill NiblockFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint 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 9781646991426Author Klaus H. CarlFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, LimitedWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527236127Author Francesca GavinFormat PaperbackImprint Pentagram Design LtdPublisher Pentagram Design Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908970572Author David Cleaton-RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Art / BooksPublisher Art / BooksWeight(grams) 920g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646992355Author Peter LeekFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, LimitedWeight(grams) 216g

Gain insight to the current world of Botanical Art and see the work of 65 top artists from throughout America. Gorgeous flowers, leaves, plants, roots, and vegetables have been beautifully drawn and painted and are displayed here. See 220 colorful images...

Ancestral Connections unlocks the inner meaning of Australian Aboriginal bark painting. Drawing on more than ten years of fieldwork among the Yolngu-an Aboriginal people of Northeast Arnhem Land-and applying both anthropological and art historical...

The meaning of a painted portrait and even its subject may be far more complex than expected, Tamar Garb reveals in this book. She charts for the first time the history of French female portraiture from its heyday in the early nineteenth century to its...

Examining the placement of Indian women in South African society, this engaging history features profiles and photographic portraits as it imparts a rich cultural milieu beyond aromatic spices and glittering jewelry. Arguing that postapartheid freedom...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789492095763Author Nav HaqFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint ValizPublisher ValizWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 20mm

Through a series of case studies from the mid-eighteenth century to the start of the twenty-first, this collection of essays considers the historical insights that ethno/auto/biographical investigations into the lives of individuals, groups and interiors...

Although of another place and time, the Bloomsbury group confronted issues that are remarkably current: international crises, war, the value of craft in an industrialized world, women's rights, environmental protection, and the search for the true, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904491088Author Michael ParaskosFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Freedom PressPublisher Freedom PressDimensions(mm) 230mm * 211mm * 17mm

Throughout its history, the Ashmolean has evolved to meet changing needs and reflect new ideas. In the process, it has transformed from a cabinet of curiosities, representing the world in microcosm, to a museum of art and archaeology, illustrating...

Maria Izquierdo (1902-1955) and Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) were the first two Mexican women artists to achieve international recognition. During the height of the Mexican muralist movement, they established successful careers as easel painters and created...

This volume addresses the evolution of the visual in digital communities, offering a multidisciplinary discussion of the ways in which images are circulated in digital communities, the meanings that are attached to them and the implications they have for...

This book tells the story of one dynasty's struggle with water, to control its flow and manage its representation. The role of water in the art and festivals of Cosimo I and his heirs, Francesco I and Ferdinando I de' Medici, informs this...

An oral history of the Latin American artists who moved to New York in the late 1960s and pioneered a new conceptualism informed by their migrant experiences In the late 1960s and early 1970s, during a time of global cultural and social upheaval, a...

This book explores the practical delivery of participatory arts projects in international development. Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of academics, international development professionals and arts practitioners, the book engages honestly...

In August 1968, the Pakistani foreign minister visited Beijing and presented Chairman Mao with a crate of mangoes. Apparently, Mao immediately sent the mangoes, a fruit unkown so far in China, as a gift to the 'Worker-Peasant Mao Zedong Thought...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780882145693Author Agnes DenesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Spring PublicationsPublisher Spring PublicationsWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788419233356Author Leandro ErlichFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint RM Verlag SLPublisher RM Verlag SL

Many of the essays pinpoint the stagnancy of teaching methods today and discuss the reductive parameters enforced by the current curriculum. The radical tone that echoes through the entire series of papers is unmistakable. Throughout the book, postmodern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840683172Author Jack HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint ShinbakuPublisher Creation BooksWeight(grams) 640g