Art, Architecture & Design

A lavish coffee table book bursting with brand new and exclusive art. The book includes over 100 pieces by professional artists, illustrators, concept artists, comics artists and graphic designers. From character portraits, faux book covers and poster...

What makes a magazine into a design classic? How can timeless ideas be incorporated into an ever-changing contemporary context? While many books on editorial design simply illustrate great work, this book, now updated with a new chapter covering...

Winner of the DAM Architectural Book Award 2017 This book - an astonishing achievement following five years of detailed and original research - presents the first systematic survey of the fifty most important medieval parish church towers and spires...

Tells the fascinating story of the journey taken by the Bauhaus - both the concept behind the school and some of the individuals who represented it - from Germany to Britain and the USA. Bauhaus Goes West is a story of cultural exchange, not only...

The first in-depth investigation of Gauguin's portraits, revealing how the artist expanded the possibilities of the genre in new and exciting ways Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) broke with accepted conventions and challenged audiences to expand their...

Published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of G.F. Watts, this book provides a lively and engaging introduction to one of the most charismatic figures in the history of British art. Covering all aspects of Watts's career, it places him...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633450547Author Sarah SuzukiFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 960g

Nowhere is the complex and destructive painter Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) revealed with more compassion and insight than in this exemplary biography. Friedman, a friend of Pollock's and active in the art world, shows him to be a brilliant man tormented...

Good information gives designers a competitive advantage. Understanding the wishes of a client and the needs and preferences of their audience drives innovation. The ability to gather research, analyze findings, and apply them to project goals is as...

In Renaissance Florence, certain paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary and Christ were believed to have extraordinary efficacy in activating potent sacred intercession. Cults sprung up around these "miraculous images" in the city and surrounding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047791Author Giovanni AloiFormat HardbackPage Count 648Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The talent behind Radiohead's iconic artwork reveals in his own words and for the first time the creative process that has driven his career and earned him a cult reputation.A restless and prolific figure, Stanley Donwood is widely regarded as one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956209238Author Richard FurnessFormat HardbackPage Count 268Imprint JDF & Associates LtdPublisher JDF & Associates Ltd

Every page in this book is filled with valuable tips and ideas for creating beautiful Zentangle art with templates, stencils and shapes. Discover new ways to jazz up cards, scrapbook pages, art journals and more. Inside are 40 original tangles that you...

Zaha Hadid (1950 - 2016) was a revolutionary architect. For years, she was widely acclaimed and won numerous prizes despite building practically nothing. Some even said her work was simply impossible to build. Yet, during the latter years of her life,...

Alienation, generational tensions, rampant nationalism and the pervasiveness of atomic danger are all topics that haunted late Soviet citizens, and those fears are reflected in the films meant to represent their horror genre. In the late 1970s and...

A Visual History of Graphic Design - A comprehensive look at hundreds of landmark projects, industry leaders profiles, and illustrated timelines for each decade. History is a complex business. Fortunes boom and bust, empires wax and wane, and...

The lowly placard, a quick and efficient device used to spread news or advertise goods, ascended to the level of a respected art form in the late 1800's in France. The 'art poster' was born at the convergence of new aesthetic movements, technological...

We are now certain: fairies exist! This universe is made up of mysterious and elusive spirits: the Elves and the Faes. Once we accept this evidence, we still have to recognize them, approach them, and sometimes be wary of them... It took our illustrator...

This standard introduction to visual art since 1945 has been revised, updated and redesigned for the first time since 2001. Movements, trends and individual artists from abstract expressionism to the present day are summarized, with detailed coverage of...

A lush portrait introducing one of the most important Japanese artists of the Edo period Best known for his paintings Irises and Red and White Plum Blossoms, Ogata Korin (1658-1716) was a highly successful artist who worked in many genres and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486819273Author Elsie De WolfeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Artist Rachel Jones's first publication, say cheeeeese, is published to accompany her new commission at Chisenhale Gallery, London, in spring 2022. For her first solo exhibition in an institution, she has developed her chosen materials of oil pastels and...

The singular paintings of British artist Gillian Carnegie (b.1971) have been exhibited and discussed extensively for nearly two decades but this is the first substantial publication on her work.Carnegie's work is explicitly analytical, systematic yet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646091058Author Square EnixFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Square EnixPublisher Square EnixWeight(grams) 1204g

The first book dedicated to Picasso's self-portraits, many held in private collections and published here for the first time. Much has been said and written about Picasso's life and art, but until now his self-portraits have never been studied and...

John Ruskin assembled 1470 diverse works of art for use in the Drawing School he founded at Oxford in 1871. They included drawings by himself and other artists, prints and photographs. This book focuses on highlights of works produced by Ruskin himself...

Since the 1990s, the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE (*1962, London) has developed opulently executed sculptures and installations, colourful collages and theatrically staged photographs and films. To do so he transforms episodes from art and...

Bridging the gap between a conventional photocopier and laser printer, Risograph printing, aka Riso, is a simple yet brilliant tool for anyone interested in producing high quality prints on a shoestring budget. Regarded by many illustrators and designers...

The self as a subject is one of the most fascinating and fruitful of artistic enterprises. From the 15th century to today, this collection brings together some of the best examples of self-portraiture to explore the genre's evolution over the centuries...

Nikolaus Pevsner described Berwick-upon-Tweed as 'one of the most exciting towns in England' [Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Northumberland (1957), 88] - a place where an absorbing historical tale can still be read in the dense fabric of its old...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683259220Author Ashley BassieFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, Limited

Graffiti writing was born in the streets of Philadelphia in the late 1960s. But it was in New York in the early 1970s that it became a full-fledged urban art, gradually taking over the landscape of the city, from its walls to its subway cars. In these...

Nurture creativity and mindfulness with step-by-step drawing lessons, relaxing exercises, and instructive practices Today, many people look to cultivating creativity as a means to improve one's quality of life, to unplug, to alleviate negative...

Art History: The Key Concepts is a systematic, reliable and accessible reference guide to the disciplines of art history and visual culture. Containing entries on over 200 terms integral to the historical and theoretical study of art, design and culture...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783899556940Author GestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

Based in Buenos Aires and New York, Estudio Ramos has developed a distinctive style that relies on a well defined vision of modernism. Through 35 years of experience the firm has developed its work with a deep respect for architectures principles. Their...

Vasari famously wrote that Giotto "recovered the true method of painting, which had been lost for many years before him," and indeed, he is traditionally considered a founder of the Italian Renaissance. Producing a series of commissioned works...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641521574Author Naha ArmadyFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Althea PressPublisher Althea PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 147mm * 18mm

How can one person change everything?***Don't miss Amelia Mandeville's heart-stopping new novel - THE MISSING PIECES OF ME is available to pre-order now***'It truly broke my heart and put it back together again' Reader review'This story is beautiful, it...