Art, Architecture & Design

Character Design Quarterly (CDQ) is a lively, creative magazine bringing inspiration, expert insights, and leading techniques from professional illustrators, artists, and character art enthusiasts worldwide.Each issue provides detailed tutorials on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683836209Author Andrew FaragoFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

A Closer Look is the new series title for the updated and refreshed National Gallery Pocket Guide range. The series has been enhanced with a stronger format, attractive design, new photography, and additional information. It is self-evident that colour...

Cultural Heritage and the Future brings together an international group of scholars and experts to consider the relationship between cultural heritage and the future.Drawing on case studies from around the world, the contributing authors insist that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635576689Author David ByrneFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 580g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756253118Author PIE InternationalFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pie International Co., Ltd.Publisher Pie International Co., Ltd.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080203656Author Ruben ModiglianiFormat HardbackPage Count 246Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 2020g

As slums were cleared after the Blitz, there was a pressing need for housing. Successive governments championed prefabrication as a speedy solution. The resulting bungalows with slightly pitched roofs, pretty gardens and all the mod cons became home to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262529327Author Mignon NixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm

Donald Judd Interviews presents more than sixty interviews with the artist over the course of four decades, and is the first compilation of its kind. It is the companion volume to the critically acclaimed and bestselling Donald Judd Writings.This ...

The term Brutalism is used to describe a form of architecture that appeared, mainly in Europe, from around 1945 - 1975. Uncompromisingly modern, this trend in architecture was both striking and arresting and, perhaps like no other style before or since,...

Aside from Hagia Sophia, the monuments of the Byzantine East are poorly understood today. This is in sharp contrast to the well-known architectural marvels of Western Europes Middle Ages. In this landmark survey, distinguished art historian Robert...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783721210149Author Heike NehlFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Niggli VerlagPublisher Niggli VerlagWeight(grams) 1500g

Now available in paperback, this is the latest title in a successful series of strikingly designed, collectable books offering a closer look at the rich variety of styles, decoration, motifs and patterns - and the sheer craftsmanship - of world cultures...

The Art of Moana is the latest title in our exceptional series showcasing artwork from the creation of Walt Disney Animations' latest releases. Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world ventured across the Pacific, discovering the many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869928988Author Eric RatcliffeFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Mandrake of OxfordPublisher Mandrake of OxfordWeight(grams) 776g

The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Light is an informative guide to heightening the impact of your artwork by capturing the look and subtleties of light in any scene. In settings ranging from fields and mountains at daybreak to neon cityscapes...

Fresh ideas and techniques for the rapidly evolving area of three-dimensional textiles. Leading textile artist Ann Goddard takes three-dimensional textiles to a new level in this practical book. Drawing inspiration from natural landscapes, organic...

American artist Barkley L. Hendricks (1945 2017) revolutionized contemporary portraiture with his vivid depictions of Black subjects beginning in the late 1960s. This book contextualizes Hendricks s portraits at different stages of the country s history...

Sweeping contest wins since the age of thirteen, Gonzales quickly went from teen star to skate legend when he took to the streets. Widely revered as the inventor of street skating and for his groundbreaking, one-of-a-kind style, throughout the years Gonz...

In his most ambitious endeavour since Freud, acclaimed cultural historian Peter Gay traces and explores the rise of Modernism in the arts, the cultural movement that heralded and shaped the modern world, dominating western high culture for over a century...

Hailing from Vienna, Rudolph Michael Schindler (1887-1953) emigrated to Chicago in 1914, like his lifelong friend and rival Richard Neutra. Eventually hired by Frank Lloyd Wright to work in Los Angeles, Schindler took cues from notions found in Cubism...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623718275Author Daoud SarhandiFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc

Some of the world's greatest architects, including Walter Gropius, Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, have used their talents to create groundbreaking innovations in American residential architecture over the past 120 years. Though...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967041187Author Lucia BondarFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

The complete manga, anime and video game "art school" course for beginners!The Complete Guide to Drawing Manga & Anime offers a structured 13-week lesson plan that is typically found in professional drawing classes. With 65 detailed lessons arranged into...

The Art of Heikala: Works and Thoughts is the first major publication by popular Finnish illustrator Heikala. Heikala's artwork combines traditional watercolor painting and inks with a fresh, enchanting approach - fans love her charming characters and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632865298Author Walter HoppsFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 663g

Peter Weibel, the long-standing CEO of the ZKM | Zentrum fur Kunst und Medien (Center for Art and Media) in Karlsruhe, and the recipient of the Lovis-Corinth-Preis in 2020, has influenced the international scene of media art as an artist as well as a...

Following the global success of Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island comes the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' cinematic Monsterverse, an epic action adventure that pits Godzilla against some of the most popular monsters in pop...

This prize-winning book offers the only comprehensive discussion available on materials, techniques, and condition issues in Western easel paintings from medieval times to the present."An essential handbook for the pro, and also a beautifully illustrated...

The USA is one of the most varied and fascinating countries in the world. Its areas of natural beauty such as the Pacific Coast, the Yosemite National Park, and Monument Valley are the stuff of great cinema (Hollywood finds its best settings practically...

Time to Heal tells the story of the colourful life of a country doctor towards the end of his career. In turn shocking, sad and funny, they describe a doctor who feels poorly served by the conventional medicine of his time and finds new ways to relieve...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783899555523Author Patrick GrantFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

From the ashes of the Second World War came forward-thinking fashions, the likes of which had never been seen before. The early Forties were defined by thriftiness and practicality, a make-do-and-mend attitude in a time of war. However, the latter half...

Francesca Woodman took her first photograph at the age of the thirteen. From the time she was a teenager until her death at twenty-two, she produced a fascinating body of work exploring gender, representation, and sexuality by photographing her own body...

This groundbreaking classic, now reissued, gives a brilliant perspective on the cultural turmoil of the radical sixties and its impact on today's world, as reflected in the art of the time. It describes the social, historical and philosophical context of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840686845Author Salvador DaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Creation BooksPublisher Creation Books

Eric Gill (1882-1940) is one of the twentieth century's most controversial artists. This illustrated introduction focuses on the clarity of Gill's drawn and cut line. It explores his genius as a letter cutter, wood engraver, sculptor and typographer in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788360425Author Alexander AdamsFormat PaperbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm * 15mm