Art, Architecture & Design

Want to draw but don't think you have the talent? This book is for you--no experience or formal training required! Danny Gregory, co-founder of the popular online Sketchbook Skool, shows you how to get started making art for pleasure with fun, easy...

Clear instructions and 148 photos welcome you to the subtle, fascinating world of Japanese calligraphy. Beginning with a summary of the art's history, this guide then helps you understand the two systems of script that Japanese uses together: kanji, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143788577Author Michael LeunigFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House Australia

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262581837Author Robert HarbisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm * 10mm

How have radical print cultures fostered and preserved queer lived experience from the 1960s to the present? What alternative stories about queer life across Europe can visual material reveal? Queer Print in Europe is the first book devoted to the...

Learn the core concepts of painting on location with En Plein Air: Acrylic, the definitive resource for experiencing the peace and rewards of painting with acrylics in the open air.En Plein Air: Acrylic introduces beginning artists and fine-art lovers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998758800Author Tevi WoehlFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Tevi Woehl StudioPublisher Tevi Woehl StudioWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 280mm * 216mm...

Celebrated interior designer Suzanne Rheinstein focuses on the use of rooms from entries to outdoor spaces that reflect her relaxed, elegant style, in which beauty and comfort are paramount. Suzanne Rheinstein is a master at translating traditional...

The work of Kohn Pedersen Fox is international in scope, collaborative in design, and a product of individual voices focused on a single objective - making an architecture, of our time, which creates strong bonds with the the specific place it occupies. ...

Ambrose McEvoy was one of the most modern and daring English society portrait painters of the early 20th century. His quick, confident style of painting drew the attention of many leading society figures, from Winston Churchill to Lady Diana Cooper, and...

Richly illustrated volume exploring the inseparable histories of modernist abstraction and twentieth-century textiles. Published on the occasion of an exhibition curated by Lynne Cooke, Woven Histories offers a fresh and authoritative look at...

The perfect Father's Day giftTolkien's works have inspired artists for generations and have given rise to myriad interpretations of the rich and magical worlds he created.The Illustrated World of Tolkien gathers together artworks and essays from expert...

Construction is the foundation of fashion design; it takes passion and great skill to turn a two-dimensional drawing into a successful garment. Construction for Fashion Design guides readers through the process, teaching the theory, practical skills...

During the 1960s and 1970s, a loosely affiliated group of Los Angeles artists--including Larry Bell, Mary Corse, Robert Irwin, James Turrell, and Doug Wheeler--more intrigued by questions of perception than by the crafting of discrete objects, embraced...

Have you ever wished you had the time and tools to organize your house in a clutter-free, design-conscious, Pinterest-worthy way? From storage solutions and cleaning tips to secret space-saving methods and expert strategies, The Complete Book of Home...

For his entire professional life, British architect Cedric Price (1934-2003) reflected on the mechanisation of society and its effect on people's lives. In the 1960s and 1970s Price searched for a new language in modern architecture. His multifaceted,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887903468Author VictionaryFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Viction Workshop LtdPublisher Viction Workshop LtdWeight(grams) 830g

An authoritative re-definition of the social, cultural and visual history of the emergence of the "avant-garde" in Paris and London Over the past fifty years, the term "avant-garde" has come to shape discussions of European culture and modernity,...

This is a beautifully illustrated and well-researched Pitkin Guide. Taking costume though the ages from 1500 to the present day, it shows how we can relate our own experience of fashion to that of our ancestors. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the...

What makes great art great? Why do some works pulse in the imagination generation after generation, century after century? From Botticelli's Birth of Venus to Picasso's Guernica, some paintings and sculptures have become so famous, so much a part of who...

Interior designer Mark D. Sikes burst onto the publishing scene with his NewYork Times best-selling first book, Beautiful. His new book, aptly titled More Beautiful, picks up where the first left off, in a celebration of classic, all-American decorating...

A systemic transformation is underway in architectural design, engineering and construction. The discipline and profession of architecture is being reshaped in a moment where information, insight and predictions generated during the design process move...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570623578Author Shaun McNiffFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist will be the first survey of this under recognized American painter in over 22 years. Her distinctive paintings could be described as metaphysical landscapes rooted in the California desert near Cathedral City...

The first book on the interiors of sought-after architect Vincenzo De Cotiis collects more than a decade of the atelier s projects. Milan-based architect and artist Vincenzo De Cotiis premiered on Architectural Digest s AD100 list in 2021, confirming...

Since the global financial crash of 2008, artists have become increasingly engaged in a wide range of cultural activism targeted against capitalism, political authoritarianism, colonial legacies, gentrification, but also in opposition to their own...

After the Bible, the Passover haggadah is the most widely read classic text in the Jewish tradition. More than four thousand editions have been published since the late fifteenth century, but few are as exquisite as the Washington Haggadah, which resides...

This generously illustrated book presents highlights from the National Gallery's display of Italian Renaissance painting, one of the richest collections of its kind in the world. Duccio to Leonardo focuses on Italian masterpieces made between 1250 and...

Divided into eight clear chapters, the book starts with an in-depth study on measuring and body shaping, before examining fabric technology and sartorial terminology. It describes a wide range of skirts and trousers, both for women and men, from the...

A sweeping survey of the arts of Ireland spanning 150 years and an astonishing range of artists and media This groundbreaking book captures a period in Ireland's history when countless foreign architects, artisans, and artists worked side by side with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262526708Author Harold G. NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm

The beautiful catalogue that accompanies the critically-acclaimed exhibition currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum Best known for her striking drawings of ocean surfaces, begun in 1968 and revisited over many years both in drawings and paintings,...

This impressive volume's broad sweep of material, all from a single museum, makes it at once a universal history of painting and the ideal introduction to the iconic masterworks of this world-renowned institution. Lavish color ...

Award-winning comic book letterer, and founder of Blambot.com, NATE PIEKOS, provides you with the most in-depth tips and techniques ever published on the subject of digital comic book lettering . . . from creating your own lettering templates, emotive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399580727Author J SmileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Watson-GuptillPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams) 382gDimensions(mm)...

Take tangling beyond paper to create fashionable accessories and wearable art. You can embellish paper, shrink plastic, polymer clay, dominoes, bottle caps, wood and resin to create fabulous jewellery. With 40 original tangles, use the expanded workbook...

Transcendence is the long-awaited, career-spanning monograph of American landscape painter Richard Mayhew. For over half a century, Richard Mayhew has been reinventing the genre of landscape painting. His luminous work evokes not only physical vistas...

During the 1960s, artists from Alan Kaprow and Yoko Ono to Andy Warhol and Richard Serra stopped making "art" as it has been thought of since the Renaissance. They staged performances that mixed everyday life with theater and in yet other, often ironic,...

How were the architectural ideas behind great Roman building projects carried out in practice? Roman Builders is the first, general interest book to address this question. Using the Baths of Caracalla, the Pantheon, the Coliseum, and the great temples at...

When one thinks of women in the Middle Ages, the images that often come to mind are those of damsels in distress, mystics in convents, female labourers in the field, and even women of ill repute. In reality, however, medieval conceptions of womanhood...