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Banksy by Stefano Antonelli
£31.45This monograph gathers and presents the largest assemblage in one volume about the life, work, and ideas of Banksy - the world's most discussed artist of recent decades. Featuring hundreds of works - Girl with Balloon, Mickey Snake, Dismaland, Love is in... -
The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience by Toby Hemenway
RRP: £20.00£13.35Permaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed and desired than in our cities. The Permaculture City... -
Lina Bo Bardi 100: Brazil's Alternative Path to Modernism by Pinalothek der Moderne 9783775738538
RRP: £58.00£39.71Celebrating the one-hundredth birthday of Brazil's most important female architect and designer. The Italo-Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) forged a unique path with her bold designs. Spanning architecture, stage sets, fashion, and... -
Mosaics as History: The Near East from Late Antiquity to Islam by G. W. Bowersock
RRP: £29.95£23.66Over the past century, exploration and serendipity have uncovered mosaic after mosaic in the Near East--maps, historical images, mythical figures, and religious scenes that constitute an immense treasure of new testimony from antiquity. The stories these... -
The Drawings of Rembrandt by Seymour Silve
RRP: £29.95£20.38This sweeping overview of Rembrandt's extraordinary achievement as a draughtsman fills a gap in the otherwise enormous literature on the artist. Beautifully illustrated, mostly in colour, the more than 150 drawings - culled from a corpus of some 800 -... -
Judy Chicago: Herstory by Massimiliano Gioni 9781838667078
RRP: £59.95£44.09The most comprehensive survey to date of the legendary feminist artist Judy Chicago One of the most important contemporary American artists, Judy Chicago is known for multimedia works that embrace an explicitly feminist methodology. Accompanying a major... -
A Closer Look: Still Life by Erika Langmuir
RRP: £9.99£8.59What is still life? We are familiar with the objects portrayed but have difficulty explaining the essence of this popular art form. Erika Langmuir examines the special fascination of still life, and what distinguishes it from other categories of painting... -
Responsive Environments by Sue McGlynn
RRP: £58.99£51.48Clearly demonstrates the specific characteristics that make for comprehensible, friendly and controllable places; 'Responsive Environments' - as opposed to the alienating environments often imposed today. By means of sketches and diagrams, it shows how... -
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Expanded Edition by Lawrence Weschler 9780520256095
RRP: £28.00£22.20When this book first appeared in 1982, it introduced readers to Robert Irwin, the Los Angeles artist 'who one day got hooked on his own curiosity and decided to live it'. Now expanded to include six additional chapters and twenty-four pages of color... -
See You at the Premiere: Life at the Arse End of Showbiz by Ross Smith 9781527292253
£16.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527292253Author Ross SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 510Imprint Gordon Bennett PublishingPublisher Gordon Bennett Publishing -
Essential Urban Design: A Handbook for Architects, Designers and Planners by Rob Cowan
RRP: £37.00£30.80Shaping our cities, streets and public spaces, urban design informs the places we live. It is a complex multi-disciplinary process, requiring the input of a wide variety of stakeholders and design and construction professionals. Each urban project... -
Margiela. The Hermes Years by Katt Debo 9789401452366
RRP: £55.00£38.38Martin Margiela, known for his avant-garde ideas and cult following, became the arbiter of all things classic French Chic. His ability to apply his unique design process to vastly different fashion houses is the hallmark of a great designer. This new... -
Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm
RRP: £25.00£18.62A sumptuous treasury of original fairytales from the brothers Grimm, introduced by award-winning author Cornelia Funke and with full colour illustrations by artists Quentin Blake, Raymond Briggs, Axel Scheffler, Oliver Jeffers, Helen Oxenbury and Emma... -
Iconic: The Masters of Italian Fashion by Megan Hess
RRP: £16.99£12.16This latest book from internationally renowned fashion illustrator, Megan Hess, celebrates the work of ten of the most revered Italian designers: Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Valentino, Pucci, Prada, Miu Miu, Missoni, Gucci and Armani.Megan takes... -
Tiepolo Pink by Roberto Calasso
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Tiepolo: the last breath of happiness in Europe'The eighteenth-century Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo spent his life creating frescoes that are among the glories of Western art, yet he remains shrouded in mystery. Who was he? And what was the... -
Blade Runner 2049 - Interlinked - The Art by Tanya Lapointe
RRP: £39.99£31.54Film audiences experienced a bold, breathtaking vision of the future in 1982's ground-breaking Blade Runner. With the critically acclaimed Blade Runner 2049, director Denis Villeneuve returned to that world, as a young blade runner's discovery of a... -
Hands: A Pictoral Archive from Nineteenth-century Sources by Jim Harter 9780486249599
RRP: £10.99£7.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486249599Author Jim HarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm)... -
The Ground of the Image by Jean-Luc Nancy
RRP: £31.00£27.36If anything marks the image, it is a deep ambivalence. Denounced as superficial, illusory, and groundless, images are at the same time attributed with exorbitant power and assigned a privileged relation to truth. Mistrusted by philosophy, forbidden and... -
Art of the Cut: Conversations with Film and TV Editors by Steve Hullfish
RRP: £41.99£38.16Art of the Cut provides an unprecedented look at the art and technique of contemporary film and television editing. It is a fascinating "virtual roundtable discussion" with more than 50 of the top editors from around the globe. Included in the discussion... -
The Artist's Way Workbook by Julia Cameron
RRP: £22.00£14.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585425334Author Julia CameronFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 561gDimensions(mm) 301mm *... -
Watercolours by Finn Juhl by Anne-Louise Sommer
RRP: £35.00£23.43In the rank of great Danish designers, Finn Juhl (1912-1989) is mentioned in the same breath with Hans J. Wegner and Arne Jacobsen. He became particularly well known for his sculptural, seemingly organic tables, chairs, and sofas. However, the complex... -
The Exhibition and Experience Design Handbook by Timothy J. McNeil 9781538157985
RRP: £85.00£75.04This full-color book uses real-world examples, museum and exhibition design studio profiles, historical and contemporary voices, and draw on the author's own creative practice and exhibition making experience, as well as contributions from his extensive... -
Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts) by Simon Garfield 9781399609272
RRP: £14.99£9.80The classic elegant English typeface, still widely used as a book text more than 250 years since its creation. Baskerville is a transitional design, poised between the first metal types and modern styles, notable for its combination of fat and thin... -
Chinese Brush Painting through the Seasons by Sun Chenggang
RRP: £14.99£9.36Chinese brush painting is a traditional style of painting that has evolved over many centuries. Artists use ink and colour pigments to paint onto rice paper or silk. An important characteristic of this kind of painting is holding and directing the... -
The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes: Tips and Techniques for Drawing on Location by Gabriel Campanario
RRP: £14.99£9.80Award-winning illustrator Gabriel Campanario first introduced his approach to drawing in The Art of Urban Sketching, a showcase of more than 500 sketches and drawing tips shared by more than 100 urban sketchers around the world. Now, he drills down into... -
Repeat Printed Pattern for Interiors by Kate Farley
RRP: £24.99£21.92Repeating patterns can soothe or energize us, bringing joy and harmony to everyday life. Repeat Printed Pattern for Interiors explores the power repeat patterns hold over us and what goes into creating original, effective printed designs. Beginning with... -
Little Book of Tokyo Style: The Fashion History of the Iconic City by Emmanuelle Dirix
RRP: £12.99£9.00'If you go to Tokyo, I think it becomes very obvious that there's this almost seamless mixture of popular culture and Japanese traditional culture.' - Kazuo IshiguroFrom the youthful maximalism of Harajuku to the luxurious sophistication of Ginza, Tokyo... -
Lost Coventry by David McGrory
RRP: £15.99£10.85Coventry has been one of the most important cities in England since the Middle Ages. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Coventry became an industrial centre, renowned for clock and watch manufacturing and later for building cars, bicycles and... -
Watercolor Basics: Learn to Solve the Most Common Painting Problems burst: North Light Classic Editions 10th Anniversary by Charles Reid
RRP: £21.99£14.56Witness paintings change from bad to good as well-loved master watercolorist and teacher Charles Reid shows you how to correct problems to create fresh, spontaneous works, while offering an intimate inside glimpse into his processes. With expert advice... -
The Message of Revelation: I Saw Heaven Opened by Michael Wilcock 9781789742282
RRP: £10.99£7.77What is the book of Revelation? Does it describe in veiled language events of its writer's own day, or is it largely a prophecy of events still to come? Is it a chart of the whole of history from Christ's first coming to his second? Or does it deal... -
The Memoirs Of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island by Kent Monkman 9780771061226
RRP: £31.99£20.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771061226Author Kent MonkmanFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc. -
At the Artisan's Table by Jane Schulak
RRP: £50.00£36.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865654136Author Jane SchulakFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Vendome PressPublisher Vendome PressWeight(grams) 2140g -
Durham City in 50 Buildings by Derek Dodds 9781445687568
RRP: £15.99£10.85The historic city of Durham attracts many visitors each year. They are drawn to its iconic buildings, particularly the great Norman cathedral and castle as well as the surrounding and relatively unspoilt medieval town. In this tour of the famed city,... -
The Lost World of Norman Cornish by Mara-Helen Wood 9780947940416
RRP: £26.00£20.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947940416Author Mara-Helen WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint University Gallery and Baring WingPublisher University Gallery and Baring Wing -
War Memorials by Roger Bowdler
RRP: £8.99£6.02The last veteran of the First World War has long since died, and those of the Second are getting ever scarcer, but public interest in war memorials continues unabated. The tragic impact of world events on local communities over the past century has... -
Van Eyck: Masters of Art by Simone Ferrari
RRP: £9.99£7.11A fifteenth-century Flemish painter who spent most of his life in Bruges, van Eyck was revered for his innovative manipulation of oil paint. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full-page spreads of masterpieces as well as... -
Art Record Covers by Francesco Spampinato 9783836540292
RRP: £50.00£38.12Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Luigi Russolo's 1913 Futurist manifesto L'Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp's 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th... -
Salisbury in 50 Buildings by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: £15.99£10.85With its magnificent Early English cathedral, timbered buildings and historic houses, Salisbury has a wealth of history and architectural treasures. Its story began 2,500 years ago when an Iron Age fort was built on Salisbury Hill, 2 miles north of the... -
A History of Ideas: The most intriguing, relevant and helpful concepts from the story of humanity by The School of Life
RRP: £22.00£15.51A collection of humanity's most inspiring ideas throughout time, bringing perspective to the challenges and wonders of being alive. This is an unusual sort of history book: a history of ideas - and not just any old ideas, ideas from across time and... -
Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism by Ariella Azoulay
RRP: £30.00£24.57In this theoretical tour-de-force, renowned scholar Ariella Aisha Azoulay calls on us to recognize the imperial foundations of knowledge and to refuse its strictures and its many violences.Azoulay argues that the institutions that make our world, from...