Art, Architecture & Design

A great book for expressing your creative fashion urges, with doodling, drawing and colouring exercises to fill in. Fashion illustrator and lecturer Frances Moffatt provides suggestions and half-filled pages of drawings and doodles for you to continue...

Buildings in Britain were first set aside for storing firefighting equipment in the seventeenth century, in the wake of the Great Fire of London. These were often storage sheds or farm buildings, but as technology became more advanced specialist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857240589Author Victoria Noel-JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1580g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756255228Author PIE InternationalFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Pie International Co., Ltd.Publisher Pie International Co., Ltd.

`The British say they have saved the Marbles. Well, thank you very much. Now give them back.' Melina Mercouri, actress and politician Ever since the sculptures from the Parthenon arrived in England at the beginning of the last century, they have...

Explore a diverse array of adventurous methods for creating mixed media art with 101 More Mixed Media Techniques. Whether you are an experienced artist or just starting out, you'll discover new, approachable concepts for creating and embellishing your...

A captivating exploration of Britain's most iconic contemporary buildings, from the Barratt home to the Millennium Dome.***TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK*** 'A punchy polemic ... Highly readable.''A love letter to contemporary buildings and a fantastic account...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486470504Author Kono BaireiFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 639gDimensions(mm)...

Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie educate readers in one of the hottest trends in business: "design thinking," or the ability to turn abstract ideas into practical applications for maximal business growth. Liedtka and Ogilvie cover the mind-set, techniques,...

Surrealism was launched as a literary and artistic movement by French poet Andre Breton in 1924, and by the time of his death in 1966 had become one of the most popular art movements of the 20th century. Its very name has entered everyday usage as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916041622Author Lucy HowarthFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Eiderdown BooksPublisher Eiderdown BooksDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 11mm

Tracing the global history of the Sassoon family, entrepreneurs and patrons of remarkable art and architecture, from Baghdad to Mumbai, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and London The Sassoons were prosperous as bankers and treasurers to the Ottoman sultans in...

Along our shores, towering cliffs from the age of the dinosaurs rise beside wide estuaries teeming with wildlife, while Victorian ports share waterfronts with imposing fortifications.And the people who have lived, worked and played on this spectacular...

A Taste of London is a visual exploration of the city's food scene, featuring charming illustrations of the most delicious, meaningful, sentimental, romantic, and iconic restaurants of London From the handsome dining rooms of Brawn to beloved...

A brand-new perspective on early modern art and its relationship with nature as reflected in this moving account of overlooked artistic genius Adam Elsheimer, by an outstanding writer and critic. Seventeenth-century Europe swirled with conjectures and...

Celebrating 50 years of The Most Magical Place on Earth Since its opening in October 1971, Walt Disney World has continued to expand and evolve as the most visited vacation resort in the world. What hasn't changed over five decades is the incomparable...

This essential core textbook provides an approachable and extensive introduction to film theory, written by two highly experienced senior lecturers. Bringing a fresh, contemporary and accessible approach to what is often perceived to be a challenging and...

A revelatory study of one of the 18th century's greatest artists, which places him in relation to the darker side of the English Enlightenment Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), though conventionally known as a 'painter of light', returned repeatedly to...

Amid our ever-growing consumption of data visualization, nothing makes for tastier morsels than the fine art of food and dining. Ushering the cookbook into the future, this volume gathers together the best infographics of all things eating, drinking, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423654667Author Marie FlaniganFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959029571Author Erica JorgensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Rosenfeld MediaPublisher Rosenfeld Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859652879Author William FrickerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint GoldeneyePublisher Goldeneye

An unconventional and illuminating new history of British landscape art in the post-war period In this trailblazing study, Margaret Garlake complicates traditional histories of British landscape art in the post-war period. Drawing together work from...

Pop a penguin in your handbag, take an elephant on holiday or chill out on the sofa with a sloth. With these tiny polymer clay projects you can have fun with these adorable animals no matter what size your home is. Mini Menagerie includes a gorgeous...

Hardly any other epoch in art history has been marked by as many profound changes as the Late Gothic was in the fifteenth century. Inspired by Netherlandish role models, depictions of light and shadow, body and space, became increasingly more realistic...

Following up on the best-selling Bibliotheca Universalis logo manual, this second volume focuses on corporate identity. In a globalized world, more and more symbols convey values such as trust, quality, or reliability. This catalog comprehensively...

Prints are in! Take a walk down the high street and you won't be able to escape beautiful prints on everything from dresses and bags to gorgeous printed sheets. All these prints help us express our unique style and make vivid personal statements.Joy...

Shortlisted for the Wolfson History PrizeA radical rethinking of the Anglo-Saxon world that draws on the latest archaeological discoveriesThis beautifully illustrated book draws on the latest archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599951508Author Robert M EdselFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Center StreetPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Winner of 2019 British Book Design & Production Award for Scholarly, Academic & Reference Books This beautiful book charts the development of the circus as an art form around the world, from antiquity to the present day. Using over 200 circus...

The Hispanic Society of America in New York is the vision of Archer M. Huntington (1870-1955). From an early age, Huntington developed an abiding love both of Hispanic culture and of museums and libraries. He resolved to devote his considerable fortune...

Her sensual Nanas-buxom, colorful female figures laid the foundation for her international success beyond the art world: Niki de Saint Phalle. But the self-taught artist's creative spectrum is much broader, and her unconventional oeuvre, ranging from...

See the New York City transit system at a time the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has tried hard to forget. In the early '80s, graffiti writer Paul Cavalieri, who writes "CAVS," was drawn to the colorful tags on trains. He started learning train...

A book reviewer once described Arnold Schwartzman as “a trufflehound with a Nikon”, praising his passion and inquisitive eye. In Miami Art Deco, Schwartzman's sixth photographic book on Art Deco architecture, he turns his lens on the tropical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646091782Author Square EnixFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Square EnixPublisher Square EnixWeight(grams) 1204g

Color your favorite whimisical and adorable pieces from acclaimed artist Camilla d'Errico. In Best of Pop Manga Coloring Book, you'll find magical mermaids, curious creatures, dazzling dragons, and adorable anime-inspired characters all drawn in...

Designing and Making Hats and Headpieces is an inspiring and instructional guide to the art of millinery. It explains how to go about designing a hat, what equipment and materials you will need, and the techniques required to get started. It divides...

With his movies - from blockbusters like Hellboy to the Oscar-winning Pan's Labyrinth - comics, and novels, del Toro has proven himself to be a unique visionary. His creative crucible can be seen in his illustrated notebooks. Here these records of his...

This book is a tool kit to create new forms. It deals with grid-based design and gives the reader techniques to develop new forms, fonts, logos, and patterns. The concept represents a design process in which individual decisions follow much larger and...

Discover the healing power of making art-learn how you can process feelings of stress, change, uncertainty, grief, and fear as you create. In Art for Self-Care, artist, designer, and online instructor Jessica Swift outlines a path to healing through...