Art, Architecture & Design

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956792106Author Thomas J. DemosFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 666gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Cate Bramble has devoted her career to highlighting the differences between 'feng shui-lite' as a fashionable pursuit in contrast to the original intentions of the Chinese masters. Here she presents the authentic principles in a technical, no-nonsense...

The home goods market in the United States is the largest market in the world. So why do some interior design firms thrive while others barely survive? The answer lies in one powerful little word: brand. More than a pretty logo, it involves telling the...

Surveying for the first time the Century Guild of Artists and its influential periodical, the Century Guild Hobby Horse, this original publication asserts the significance of the Guild in the development of the Arts and Crafts movement and its...

Who is the intriguing man wearing a religious habit and a gold hoop earring in this portrait by Italian Baroque master Il Guercino? And why does he point to a stack of drawings? This fascinating book investigates The Ringling's portrait of Fra...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024675Author Kenneth G. HirthFormat HardbackPage Count 540Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research...

Everyone is a designer. But while many practitioners may be looking for solutions or ideological certainties, Easterling argues that solutions are mistakes and ideologies are unreliable markers. Instead, Medium Design speaks to anyone looking for...

The first comprehensive monograph on the work of one of the world's most influential art directors, Ezra Petronio Having a strong brand identity has never been more vital than it is today, and yet the real creative visionaries who can transform and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080206961Author Irina LazareanuFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 920g

Sam Herman (1936-2020) stands at the very centre of the development of the international Studio Glass Movement. He was not only present for the birth of the Movement in the United States, but was its founding father in Great Britain and Australia. This...

Compiled by members of the Bosch Research and Conservation Project and published on the 500th anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch's death, this is the definitive new catalogue of all of Bosch's extant paintings and drawings. His mastery and genius have been...

The Technology of Building Defects has been developed to provide a unique review of the subject. Defects are considered as part of the whole building rather than in isolation. General educational objectives are set out which offer the reader the...

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024***Thinking Through Twentieth-Century Architecture connects the practice of architecture with its recent history and its theoretical origins - those philosophical ideas that lay behind modernism and...

From the granting of borough status in 1614 through to its development as an industrial port and then as a fashionable seaside resort, the west Cornwall town of Penzance has a proud and distinctive history. This is embodied in the many fine buildings...

Bringing together cultural history, visual studies, and media archaeology, Bruno considers the interrelations of projection, atmosphere, and environment. Projection has long been transforming space, from shadow plays to camera obscuras and magic...

A fresh and fun adult coloring book full of interior design eye candy! Dive into beautiful rooms and home decor inspiration with New York Times best-selling authors Sherry & John Petersik of the popular home blog Young House Love.Illustrated by Joan...

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of arguably the greatest and most cherished of all the Star Wars films, the most important motion picture sequel of all-time, and a movie that changed pop culture forever: Star Wars: Episode V - The...

Beirut and the Golden Sixties revisits a turbulent chapter in the development of modernism in Beirut beginning with the 1958 Lebanon crisis and ending with the 1975 outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War. Through 230 works by 34 artists and more than 300...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781856696944Author David RaizmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams) 10g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486460185Author Frans MasereelFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789492095930Author Ashley PaineFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint ValizPublisher Valiz

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583225844Author Micah Ian WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 228g

The name Valentino has been synonymous with high fashion for almost fifty years. Based in Rome, Valentino is only one of two couture houses recognized by the French government outside of Paris. His exquisite designs are coveted and worn by young...

Discover the work of Aubrey Beardsley, a complex and intriguing artist who shocked and delighted late-Victorian London Aubrey Beardsley (1872&;1898) is best remembered for his powerful illustrations for Salome by Oscar Wilde. Spanning just seven...

Boston-based urban artist Mike Daikubara gives beginners a crash course in location sketching that you can use in any city in Sketch Now, Think Later. Everyone wishes they could sketch stylish scenes, but busy lives leave almost no room for sitting down...

Nicole Hollis s approach to contemporary living is to create timeless interiors that blend seamlessly with the environment. Featured is a wide range of residences in city, country, and coastal settings that masterfully mix the simplicity of line with...

In the 1960s, art patron Dominique de Menil founded an image archive showing the ways that people of African descent have been represented in Western art. Highlights from her collection appeared in three large-format volumes that quickly became...

A collection of beautifully illustrated essays and interviews presenting a rich, inclusive, contemporary, and global vision of design diversity. As the design industry re-examines its emphasis on Eurocentric ideologies and wrestles with its conventional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080242266Author Jonathan RachmanFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 2140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of This book received Honorable Mention in the category of Architecture and Urban Studies in the 1993 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition...

This ground-breaking publication provides a new view of the great Scottish artist Alan Davie (1920-2014), whose intensely physical gestural painting stood the staid post-war British art world on its head. In advance of a new Davie gallery in Hertford,...

Whether you're a seasoned artist or a complete novice, this step-by-step instructional book will take you through the 12 different alcohol ink painting techniques. From pouring, dripping, and blowing to blending, masking and brush painting, and more,...

A wave of protest is in the air and on the walls! A new generation of politicized artists, designers and communicators the world over are using stencil art as an accessible yet powerful means of giving voice to their ideas. The Stencil Graffiti Handbook...

Reporting from the front lines of gentrification in San Francisco, Rebecca Solnit and Susan Schwartzenberg sound a warning bell to all urban residents. Wealth is just as capable of ravaging cities as poverty.Writer-historian Rebecca Solnit and...

Featuring decorative, religious, and utilitarian objects from the Geometric period to the Hellenistic Age, this is the ideal introduction to Greek sculpture Introducing eight centuries of Greek sculpture, this latest addition to The Met's compelling and...

'Sensational! John Connell has done it again' - Dean KarnazesFrom the award-winning, No.1 bestselling author of The Cow BookIn The Running Book, John Connell vividly describes a marathon through County Longford, Ireland, where he lives and farms. Because...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960989172Author Maria BerriosFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig

Biography of Scottish ArtistBook InformationISBN 9781908326911Author Pat ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Sansom & CoPublisher Sansom & CoDimensions(mm) 270mm * 210mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506724270Author Mike MignolaFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

In the late 1960s, IBM was one of the world's pre-eminent corporations, employing over 250,000 people in 100 countries and producing some of the most advanced products on earth. IBM President Thomas J. Watson Jnr. sought to elevate the company's image by...