Art, Architecture & Design

This is the first of two volumes of the only English edition of Hegel's Aesthetics, the work in which he gives full expression to his seminal theory of art. The substantial Introduction is his best exposition of his general philosophy of art. In Part I...

Brimming with dazzling ink landscapes that anyone can do in 15 minutes or less, these relaxing step-by-step drawings will have readers mastering the medium in no time at all. In 50 showstopping nature-inspired projects, Rosa Hoehn invites you to...

Griselda Pollock, feminist art historian and longstanding advocate of gender and racial inclusivity, unpacks the racist, sexist and imperialist underpinnings of works by Gauguin and others as they competed for pre-eminence in the European avant-garde of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780936070520Author Lloyd KahnFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.Publisher Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 1091g

British Furniture 1820 to 1920: The Luxury Market, written by celebrated furniture historian Christopher Payne and including over 1,000 superb photographs, is a landmark publication and the first book to comprehensively assess British furniture design...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846381867Author Elena FilipovicFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Afterall PublishingPublisher Afterall Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262680424Author Colin RoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm * 11mm

For most of human history, people have lived in durable, comfortable buildings made from natural materials such as soil, sand, rocks, and fiber. All over the globe, these ancient traditions persist; a quarter to a third of the world's population today...

Featuring a rich array of magnificent artworks from the British Museum and beyond, the book showcases some of the most exquisite works of wood, stone, ceramics, beadwork, textiles and metalwork from Africa - from the Mediterranean coast to the Cape and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854882434Author Gwen AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Whitechapel GalleryPublisher Whitechapel GalleryWeight(grams) 560g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640606302Author Kenneth StevenFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Paraclete PressPublisher Paraclete PressWeight(grams) 113g

The Books That Shaped Art History provides an invaluable roadmap of the field by reassessing the impact of the most important texts of art history published during the 20th century. Each of the sixteen incisive chapters, focusing on a single book, is...

Robert Gillmor, one of Britain's most influential wildlife artists, illustrated four sets of pictorial stamps featuring birds for Royal Mail's Post & Go. Brought together and reproduced here for the first time, in larger-than-stamp size, these prints...

An intimate and unique collection of the work of John Ashbery-a prolific poet and art critic-pairing poetry and art writings with playlists of music from his personal library. This book places poetry by Ashbery (1927-2017), gathered from his later...

Founded in 1421, the Collegiate Church of Manchester, which became a cathedral in 1847, is of outstanding historical and architectural importance. But until now it has not been the subject of a comprehensive study. Appearing on the 600th anniversary of...

**Shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize 2023** For mainstream economics, cultural production raises no special questions: creative expression is to be harvested for wealth creation like any other form of labour. As Karl Marx saw it, however,...

Do artists travel away from or towards trauma? Is trauma encrypted or inscribed in art? Or can aesthetic practices (after-images) bring about transformation of trauma, personal trauma or historical traumas? Can they do this in a way that does not imply...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627311243Author Michael TauFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.

Up and Running with AutoCAD 2023: 2D and 3D Drawing, Design and Modeling presents a combination of step-by-step instruction, examples and insightful explanations. The book emphasizes core concepts and practical applications of AutoCAD in engineering,...

House design in Britain and Ireland is guided by climate, landscape and local resources just as much as the centuries-old traditions that have influenced architectural shape and form. Today's best-known and emerging architects interpret their briefs with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802585681Author David WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Bird Eye BooksPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 250mm * 250mm * 20mm

Jim Henson's creations have inspired generations with characters that are among the world's most recognizable cultural icons. From Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and their Muppet friends to the legendary Sesame Street and Children's Television Workshop,...

"A novel par excellence that is destined to become a classic' of almost byzantine splendour . . . At its best worthy of comparison with Gabriel Garcia Marquez" Catherine Taylor, Irish Times"Afonso Cruz is one of the strongest voices in contemporary...

The legacy of the art and cultural scientist Aby Warburg offers many subjects for reassessment. Almost unknown until now are the artifacts he collected on a journey through the southwest of the US in 1895/96 and donated to the Museum fur Voelkerkunde in...

Tracing the arc of van Gogh's career, this volume presents his portraits and self-portraits, landscapes, and haunting interiors. Readers will learn details of van Gogh's complicated personal life including his struggles with mental illness and his close...

The elegant pen-strokes and visual harmony of Chinese writing, known as hanzi, have long been admired in the west. Classical Chinese calligraphy is a popular and valuable art form, and with the increasing economic and cultural power of China, its writing...

The two-volume set. Each volume is also available individually.What happens to the fabric of a historic building if it is not cleaned? What is soiling, how does it affect the building? What cleaning methods should be used? This comprehensive two-volume...

An exclusive visual history of the creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring original interviews, concept art, and behind-the-scenes photos from the studio's first decade The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684059324Author Todd McFarlaneFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Idea & Design WorksPublisher Idea & Design Works

Whether you want a turf roof, solar-powered hot water, or a super-insulated (and cost-efficient) house, you need to know the essential elements of the selfbuild process. In The Green Self-Build Book, Jon Broome gives an overview of the different methods...

Gamers, get ready to level up with How to Draw Video Games! From helpful sidekicks to 8-bit aliens and block-style beasts, the video game galaxy is an epic and endless world of battle-ready bosses, spewing lava levels and handyman heroes with the...

Glen Scouller's paintings are full of vibrant colour and light. In Colour and Line in Watercolour - his first book - he explains how he achieves these effects. He combines traditional watercolour techniques with adding pen and ink, pastels and crayons to...

The phrase 'art therapy' was first coined in 1942, but Susan Hogan's study begins in the latter part of the eighteenth century, when the arts were used as part of the 'moral treatment' method. In the nineteenth century psychological and anthropological...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957666566Author Alan PowersFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint The Mainstone PressPublisher The Mainstone Press

Christian images have a long history within the Western art tradition from the narrative and devotional works of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, to the radical new interpretations of the twenty-first century. This fascinating new book explores the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903360484Author John PringFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Orphans PublishingPublisher Orphans Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060531188Author Edward DolnickFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 286g

A deceptively simple adventure into the unknown using only paper, a pencil and a single lineWreck This Journal had a simple premise: destroy the book in all the ways you can imagine.The Line is even simpler: find pencil, start a line.As you move through...

Learn all you need to know about the significance of rings and how to make various types with step-by-step projects. In this book, Jinks McGrath explains everything you need to know to make different types of rings - from plain bands and Russian...

Adding a backyard storage shed, a new detached garage, an attractive playhouse or any other type of utility building not only improves the functionality of your home but also adds value to your property. Written with the DIY enthusiast in mind, Ultimate...