Non-Fiction

The remarkable popularity of political likenesses in the Victorian period is the central theme of this book, which explores how politicians and publishers exploited new visual technology to appeal to a broad public. The first study of the role of...

This is the first full-length study about the British artist Roy Ascott, one of the first cybernetic artists, with a career spanning seven decades to date. The book focuses on his early career, exploring the evolution of his early interests in...

One of the most continuously influential figures of the past half century, Joan Jonas was among the first artists to embrace the forms of video, performance and installation. From her beginnings as a sculptor, and her emergence in the New York art and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739986599Author Carol AdlamFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint Beam EditionsPublisher Beam EditionsDimensions(mm) 300mm * 240mm * 18mm

Profiles and portraits of 50 artists and art entrepreneurs challenging the status quo in the art world Confidently curated by Jasmin Hernandez, the dynamic founder of Gallery Gurls, We Are Here presents the bold and nuanced work of Black and Brown...

Copper Art Jewelry presents twentieth century designs, especially by the masters Frank Rebajes of New York and Jerry Fells, known as Renoir of California. Popular when newly created in the 1950s, these designs are avidly sought after today. Copper...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857222509Author Serenella CiclitiraFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1910g

Folk art traditions in Haiti today rise to the level of fine art in the beaded flags shown here. They demonstrate a joyful expression of living with the spirits, as the flagmakers express their individual artistic spark. Over 350 color photographs...

Museums are frequently sites of struggle and negotiation. They are key cultural institutions that occupy an oftentimes uncomfortable place at the crossroads of the arts, culture, various levels of government, corporate ventures, and the public. Because...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262536394Author Margarita TupitsynFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The art of Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) is usually viewed as quite distinct from Surrealism, a movement which the artist himself displayed some hostility towards. However, Rauschenberg had a very positive reception among Surrealists, particularly...

Although there is an obvious association between pilgrimage and place, relatively little research has centred directly on the role of architecture. Architecture and Pilgrimage, 1000-1500: Southern Europe and Beyond synthesizes the work of a distinguished...

The proliferation of new metals-such as stainless steels, aluminium alloys and metallic coatings-in modern and contemporary art and architecture has made the need for professionals who can address their conservation more critical than ever. This volume...

Take your hand lettering off the page to create beautiful, custom lettered signs, t-shirts, pillows, coffee mugs, gifts and more. Amy Latta's bestselling hand lettering books have proven that the hand lettering trend is here to stay, and in this book,...

Giovanni Andrea Gilio's "Dialogue on the Errors and Abuses of Painters" (1564) is one of the first treatises on art published in the post-Tridentine period. It remains a key primary source for the discussion of the reform of art as it unfolded at the...

Printing and Painting the News in Victorian London offers a fresh perspective on Social Realism by contextualizing it within the burgeoning new media environment of Victorian London. Paintings labelled as Social Realist by Luke Fildes, Frank Holl and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544146Author Gerhard RichterFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Luminous painterly interpretations of two abiding motifs in art history A two-person exhibition featuring angel paintings by Reggie Burrows Hodges (born 1965) and moon paintings by Ann Craven (born 1967), Moons and Angels was staged in the former St...

His paintbrush set everything in motion: the landscape of Provence, the colourful still lifes, his portraits and the picturesque coast of southern France. More than any other artist, Paul Cezanne, the "Father of Modernism", captured the light and the...

In Making Things and Drawing Boundaries, critical theory and cultural practice meet creativity, collaboration, and experimentation with physical materials as never before. Foregrounding the interdisciplinary character of experimental methods and hands-on...

In the spring of 1865, a seemingly unremarkable dishcloth played a crucial role in ending the Civil War as the South's flag of surrender at Appomattox. A Confederate horseman carried a humble white linen towel into the lines of General George Custer,...

Jeff Koons (born 1955) became prominent in the mid 1980s by targeting the meaning of art and spectacle in a media-saturated era. Since his first solo exhibition which consisted of small-scale assemblages of toys and found objects, his later works evolved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782869251489Author Hans Ulrich ObristFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporainPublisher Fondation Cartier pour l'art...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636810331Author Tomashi JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Delmonico BooksPublisher Delmonico BooksWeight(grams) 241g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861716302Author Lama Zopa RinpocheFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Known primarily as a great painter, Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) was also one of the best draftsmen of the 17th century. Although his devotional paintings seem to have been created effortlessly, they are the result of careful thought and study,...

Curating the Virtual Space Exhibition spaces are physical places of knowledge production and exchange. Their spatial properties play an important role in contextualizing information. Virtual stagings of exhibitions should therefore retain these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143104940Author Gyurme DorjeFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 646gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

During the early modern period, visual imagery was put to ever new uses as many disciplines adopted visual criteria for testing truth claims, representing knowledge, or conveying information. Religious propagandists, political writers, satirists,...

For over three decades, contemporary Native American artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds has pursued a disciplined practice in multiple media, having shown his paintings, drawings, prints, and text-based conceptual art throughout numerous national...

How do cinematic portrayals of the weather reflect and affect our experience of the world? While weatherly predictability and surprise can impact our daily experience, the history of cinema attests to the stylistic and narrative significance of snow,...

This collection examines key aesthetic avant-garde art movements of the twentieth century and their relationships with revolutionary politics. The contributors distinguish aesthetic avant-gardes -whose artists aim to transform society and the ways of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988650657Author Laura Di PiazzaFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Here+nowPublisher Here+nowWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 3mm

We are living in an age when 'nature' seems to be on the brink of extinction yet, at the same time, 'nature' is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and unstable as a category for representation and debate.Futurenatural brings together leading theorists of...

Written through both the first and second person singular, "Passionate Being" takes its author and its reader on a journey that has them thinking of their experience of and belonging to language and the possibility of an instance of the world...

Replication and originality are central concepts in the artistic oeuvres of Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. Remaking the Readymade reveals the underlying and previously unexplored processes and rationales for the collaboration between Duchamp, Man Ray, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262042673Author Michael AsherFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 21mm

This is a fascinating exploration of the mystery that surrounds of Ruben's most well-known and intriguing drawings. Peter Paul Rubens was one of the most talented and successful artists working in 17th-century Europe. During his illustrious career as a...

Outside of the classroom and scholarly publications, lynching has long been a taboo subject. Nice people, it is felt, do not talk about it, and they certainly do not look at images representing the atrocity.In Imagery of Lynching, Dora Apel contests this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861662890Author Alan MooreFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Knockabout ComicsPublisher Knockabout ComicsWeight(grams) 1000g