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Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches by James Jerman 9780415151566
RRP: £37.99£33.38Sexually explicit sculptures may be found on a number of medieval churches in France and Spain. This fascinating study examines the origins and purposes of these sculptures, viewing them not as magical fertility symbols, nor even as idols of ancient... -
3D Warhol: Andy Warhol and Sculpture by Thomas Morgan Evans
£20.97Rain machines; alarmed kosher pickle jars filled with gemstones; replica corn flakes boxes; 'disco decor'; time capsules; art bombs; birthday presents; perfume bottles and floating silver pillows that are clouds; paintings that are also films; museum... -
Architecture and Disjunction by Bernard Tschumi
RRP: £33.00£22.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262700603Author Bernard TschumiFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm -
Joseph Beuys by Claudia Mesch 9781780237350
RRP: £16.95£12.26Joseph Beuys is arguably the most important and most controversial German artist of the late twentieth century, not least because his persona is interwoven with Germany's fascist past. This book illuminates two defining threads in Beuys's life and art:... -
Matisse: Life & spirit: Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou, Paris by Aurelie Verdier
£34.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741741537Author Aurelie VerdierFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Art Gallery of New South WalesPublisher Art Gallery of New South WalesWeight(grams)... -
Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide: East Coast USA by Sam Lubell
RRP: £24.95£18.89A curated list of more than 250 must-see destinations organized geographically from Maine to FloridaFeaturing architecture by some of the biggest Mid-Century names, including Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Eero Saarinen, and Philip Johnson, each of... -
The Design of Prestressed Concrete Bridges: Concepts and Principles by Robert Benaim
RRP: £61.99£53.61Examining the fundamental differences between design and analysis, Robert Benaim explores the close relationship between aesthetic and technical creativity and the importance of the intuitive, more imaginative qualities of design that every designer... -
The Architecture of Ethics Thomas Fisher (University of Minnesota, USA) 9781138479449
RRP: £36.99£32.53Ethics is one of the most important and least understood aspects of design practice. In his latest book, Thomas Fisher shows how ethics are inherent to the making of architecture - and how architecture offers an unusual and useful way of looking at... -
Vintage Shoes: Collecting and wearing designer classics Caroline Cox 9781802790948
RRP: £20.00£13.75Foreword by Christian Louboutin Vintage Shoes recounts a century of shoe history, from Andre Perugia's designs for society women in the 1920s to Christian Louboutin's red soles. Accompanied by archive images, stunning fashion photography and specially... -
Abbot Suger on the Abbey Church of St. Denis and Its Art Treasures: Second Edition by Abbot of Saint Denis Suger
RRP: £42.00£37.81This revised edition incorporates the additions and corrections recorded by Erwin Panofsky until the time of his death in 1968. Gerda Panofsky-Soergel has updated the commentary in the light of new material, and the bibliography that she has prepared... -
Magic: The Gathering: Rise of the Gatewatch by Wizards of the Coast
RRP: £13.99£10.71Over the course of its 25-year history, Magic: The Gathering the world's first and most popular trading card game has redefined the fantasy genre through its exploration of diverse, fantastic worlds. And traversing those worlds are Planeswalkers, heroes... -
Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece Leah Kharibian 9781857096606
RRP: £10.00£8.60An innovative look at the creation of Leonardo's The Virgin of the Rocks This concise but innovative book, published to accompany an immersive digital exhibition at the National Gallery, London, focuses on a single Leonardo painting, and one of the... -
Eileen Agar: Dreaming Oneself Awake by Michel Remy
RRP: £35.00£34.75Born in Buenos Aires in 1899, and reborn in Paris in 1928, Eileen Agar was an artist whose work throughout her long career synthesized elements of the two main art movements of the twentieth century: Cubism and Surrealism. This monograph, the first full... -
Bamigboye: A Master Sculptor of the Yoruba Tradition by James Green
RRP: £40.00£38.55The first publication on the Yoruba master sculptor Moshood Olusomo BamigboyeBamigboye: A Master Sculptor of the Yoruba Tradition is the first monograph dedicated to the 50-year career of the Nigerian artist Moshood Olusomo Bamigboye (ca. 1885-1975). One... -
Montessori Architecture: A Design Instrument for Schools Steve Lawrence 9783038603153
RRP: £42.00£27.39The name Montessori is widely and inextricably associated with an entirely child-centered and careful pedagogy and education of children. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was an Italian physician, reform educator, and philosopher whose ideas and work have... -
Yun Hyong-keun / Paris Mara Hoberman 9781644231166
RRP: £60.00£38.95A contemplative exploration of the work of Yun Hyong-keun, a renowned Korean abstract painter, during a transformative period in the early 1980s. 'His brushstrokes bled naturally across the linen or cotton raw canvas -appearing light brown as its fabric... -
Community Livability: Issues and Approaches to Sustaining the Well-Being of People and Communities by Fritz Wagner 9781138084865
RRP: £37.99£33.38What is a livable community? How do you design and develop one? What does government at all levels need to do to support and nurture the cause of livable communities?Using a blend of theory and practice, the second edition of Community Livability... -
Christmas Coloring Book by Thaneeya McArdle
RRP: £5.99£4.15Enter a world of creative self-expression with this charming Christmas coloring book. Inside you ll find 30 fun and playful art activities that will take you on a festive journey of patterning, shading, and coloring. These whimsical holiday images offer... -
Separate Cinema: The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art by Tony Nourmand 9781909526068
RRP: £39.95£27.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909526068Author Tony NourmandFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Reel Art PressPublisher Reel Art PressWeight(grams) 2232g -
Oceans Rising - A Companion to "Territorial Agency: Oceans in Transformation" by Daniela Zyman
£23.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956796098Author Daniela ZymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 785gDimensions(mm) 298mm * 232mm... -
The Architecture of Steam: Waterworks and the Victorian Sanitary Crisis James Douet 9781802077537
£39.05Steam pumping stations are exceptional buildings, a rousing, eloquent architecture designed by engineers, and an industrial edifice intended to express civic pride. They were invented, perfected and superseded in barely a century during the determined... -
Open Heritage: Community-Driven Adaptive Reuse in Europe: Best Practice by Heike Oevermann 9783035626803
RRP: £42.00£32.72Developing cultural heritage in a more sustainable way. New approaches and examples from practice. "Open Heritage" is a response to the urgent need for a more open definition of cultural heritage, of the parties involved in protecting and maintaining... -
Beauty in Letters: A Selection of Illuminated Addresses John Wilson 9781913491376
RRP: £25.00£17.62Illuminated addresses were at their most popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They are books, scrolls or certificates presented to individuals, often in celebration of a distinguished service or event. Typically they are... -
WOHA: New Forms of Sustainable Architecture by Patrick Bingham-Hall
RRP: £45.00£30.85A major overview of Singapore's most exciting architecture practice, documenting the complete corpus of WOHA's pioneering sustainable and built work. WOHA is at the vanguard of urban and ecological revitalization in Singapore and a pioneer of... -
Wilhelm Sasnal Brian Dillon 9780847868650
RRP: £85.00£83.58Renowned for his powerful portrayals of our collective culture and history, Wilhelm Sasnal draws on found images from his surroundings, newspapers and magazines, billboards, and the Internet, creating works of art that act as an archive to the mass of... -
The Art of Rick and Morty Volume 2 Deluxe Edition by Albro Lundy
RRP: £79.99£73.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506722283Author Jeremy GilforFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams) 1741gDimensions(mm)... -
Nicole Eisenman by Dan Cameron
RRP: £45.00£34.00With a body of work that explores a broad spectrum of subjects - from lesbianism and feminism to contemporary politics and the natural world - Nicole Eisenman (b.1965) challenges convention and encourages viewers to construe meanings from images that... -
Manet by Catherine Dean
RRP: £6.95£5.44Edouard Manet (1832-83) was one of the greatest, as well as one of the most interesting, of nineteenth century French painters. Acute observation, an extraordinary skilful handling of paint and a feeling for exquisite harmonies of colour makes his work... -
James Castle: Memory Palace by John Beardsley
RRP: £55.00£45.69A fascinating new look at an extraordinary artist whose deafness led to an acute visual awareness and near photographic memory Self-taught artist James Castle (1899-1977) is primarily known for soot and saliva drawings of meticulously rendered domestic... -
The Edinburgh Companion to Robert Louis Stevenson by Penny Fielding
RRP: £23.99£21.85This wide-ranging collection is the first to set Robert Louis Stevenson in detailed social, political and literary contexts. The book takes account of both Stevenson's extraordinary thematic and generic diversity and his geographical range. The chapters... -
En Plein Air: Watercolor: Expert techniques and simple step-by-step projects for creating dynamic landscapes in the open air with watercolor Ron Stocke 9781633226166
RRP: £12.99£8.60For artists looking to grow beyond the studio, En Plein Air: Watercolor is the definitive resource for experiencing the rewards and invigoration of watercolor painting on location.En Plein Air: Watercolor introduces beginning artists and fine-art... -
Artist'S Date Book by Julia Cameron 9780874776539
£16.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874776539Author Julia CameronFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,USDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 27mm -
Modern Originals: At Home with MidCentury European Designers by Leslie Williamson
RRP: £40.00£37.21This gorgeously photographed volume features the under-published private spaces of both the icons and unknown vanguards of European mid-century architecture and design. In keeping with the functional beauty of mid-century design, Handcrafted Modern:... -
McAlpine: Romantic Modernism by Bobby Mcalpine
RRP: £45.00£32.08The work of renowned firm McALPINE has always communicated the power of romanticism, speaking directly to the heart through the beauty and poetry of the home. Tapping diverse influences, the residences draw from architectural languages ranging from... -
Black Markers: Edinburgh's Dark History Told Through its Cemeteries by Jan-Andrew Henderson
RRP: £15.99£10.85Edinburgh has a unique history, darker and more unexpected than you might imagine. Fortunately, it also has a set of graveyards to match. Ancient, modern, beautiful, haunted - they are the perfect reflection of the city's amazing past with astonishing... -
Art Quilts International: Abstract and Geometric by Martha Sielman 9780764352201
RRP: £27.99£19.50These engaging works of art represent a range of styles across the abstract art spectrum. 300 gorgeous art quilts, bursting with color and excitement, capture the work of 124 major quilt artists from 18 countries. In-depth interviews with 29 of the... -
Guidelines for Baseline Ecological Assessment by Institute of Environmental Assessment
RRP: £135.00£117.68These best practice guidelines present the type and level of detail required for describing and evaluating the ecological baseline of an environmental assessment. These assessments are vital in determining whether or not there are issues of ecological... -
The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook - Keep Painting!: A Treasury of Tips to Inspire Your Watercolor Painting Adventure Gordon MacKenzie 9781440348778
RRP: £24.99£16.78Recharge your creative spirit and rediscover the magic that is watercolor! Every watercolorist needs a creative kick in the pants now and then--to keep seeking inspiration when feeling uninspired, to keep going when a painting has stalled, to keep... -
Helen Chadwick by Marina Warner
RRP: £17.99£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846382512Author Marina WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Afterall PublishingPublisher Afterall Publishing -
Textile Nature: Embroidery techniques inspired by the natural world by Anne Kelly
RRP: £22.95£15.77An inspirational guide to using nature in textile art, with step-by-step projects Plants, flowers, gardens, insects and birds are a rich source of inspiration for artists and designers of all kinds. This beautiful guide demonstrates how to get the most...