Art, Architecture & Design

Between 1933 and 1945, artistic creativity within the German Reich was almost totally under the control of the National Socialist state. Many artists emigrated. But what about the ones who remained in Germany? Under what social and economic conditions...

By today's standards, men wore formal dress every day in the 1890s. The color lithographs and line drawings of men dressed for work that are shown here bear striking contrast to men in the streets now. That very fact makes these clothes more than...

Cheap, democratic, easy to tag, and not always fast to fade, the sticker has been an ever-present medium from the New York and London underground punk scenes to skate culture and political expression. Featuring more than 3,000 images of stickers from...

The fashion archive of Enrico Quinto and Paolo Tinarelli has been painstakingly assembled over the last twenty years and traces the international evolution of costume from the mid-19th century to the present day. This quintessential volume on Italian...

Among the most useful tools in the production of any TV show or film is the storyboard, which is the visual blueprint of a project before it is shot. The director's vision is illustrated in the manner of a comic strip and handed on to the crew for...

Having forged his graphic style painting subways in New York in the late 1970s, Futura was among the first graffiti artists to be shown in contemporary galleries in the early 1980s, where his paintings shared space with works by Keith Haring, Jean-Michel...

There has long been a politics around the way in which women are represented, with objection not so much to specific images as to a regime of looking which places the represented woman in a particular relationship to the spectator's gaze. Artists have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988111339Author Liz MagorFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Concordia UniversityPublisher Concordia University

Mapping a New Museum seeks to rethink the museum's role in today's politically conscious world. Presenting a selection of innovative projects that have taken place in Latin America over the last year, the book begins to map out possibilities for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991619825Author Ryan MungiaFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Hat & Beard, LLCPublisher Hat & Beard, LLC

Urban Complexity and Spatial Strategies develops important new relational and institutionalist approaches to policy analysis and planning, of relevance to all those with an interest in cities and urban areas.Well-illustrated chapters weave together...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760762018Author David ColesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Thames & HudsonPublisher Thames & HudsonWeight(grams) 739gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 166mm *...

What and how we eat are two of the most persistent choices we face in everyday life. Whatever we decide on though, and however mundane our decisions may seem, they will be inscribed with information both about ourselves and about our positions in the...

With a focus on socially engaged art practices in the twenty-first century, this book explores how artists use their creative practices to raise consciousness, form communities, create change, and bring forth social impact through new technologies and...

Visual information is everywhere. We are constantly immersed in a flow of visual data that reshapes our social and inner world. Companies and individuals are competing to conquer the public's scarce attention by inventing distinctive visual formats to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262026505Author Djurdja BartlettFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 1588gDimensions(mm) 286mm * 197mm *...

In May 1965 Vice President Hubert Humphrey declared that 'the Viet Cong has committed the most unbelievable acts of terrorism the world has ever known.' And throughout the long conflict in Vietnam, Americans similarly demonized the enemy fighters as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486804958Author Doug ChiangFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

From abolitionist medallions to statues of bondspeople bearing broken chains, sculpture gave visual and material form to narratives about the end of slavery in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery sheds light on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420878042Author Marion HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint AuthorhousePublisher AuthorhouseWeight(grams) 281g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801053020Author Sam SamsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Imagine That Publishing LtdPublisher Imagine That Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 254g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780746091609Author Russell PunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Usborne Publishing LtdPublisher Usborne Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 130g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756252104Author yocoFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Pie International Co., Ltd.Publisher Pie International Co., Ltd.

There is a musical quality to these poems, a delicacy that overlays real depth. The imagery is precise, original and striking, but never forced. The voice is contemplative but accessible. Steeped in the natural world and with a quality of observation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781638788751Author Celebrate YouImprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781930703162Author Harvestime International NetworkFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Harvestime International InstitutePublisher Harvestime...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456849610Author William CannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Xlibris CorporationPublisher Xlibris CorporationWeight(grams) 95g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398479791Author Wilbur SchmarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788772031446Author Jacob Vium-OlesenPage Count 40Imprint Scandinavia Publishing HousePublisher Scandinavia Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 175g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789880625Author Daisy JobFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Young WritersPublisher Bonacia LtdWeight(grams) 145g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989835718Author Ophelia UkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Ophelia UkePublisher Ophelia UkeWeight(grams) 127g

Warzones are sometimes described as lawless, but this is rarely the case. Armed insurgents often replace the state as the provider of law and justice in areas under their authority. Based on extensive fieldwork, Rebel Courts offers a compelling and...

The Marina Bay Sand, the Changi Jewel and the fast-paced, high-rise city are what immediately comes to one's mind about Singapore. This is 'The Weekender's' first flight into the Asia Pacific region and this issue will present Singapore in a different...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848868762Author Rebecca ColbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Maverick Arts PublishingPublisher Maverick Arts Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848868588Author Steve HowsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Maverick Arts PublishingPublisher Maverick Arts PublishingWeight(grams) 150g

Village of dunes. Valley of slumber-dust.Sandsnarl is a settlement steeped in sand - though where it came from and how long ago is a matter of tall tales and steely whispers. The sand itself makes accurate record-keeping impossible. It is drug, ore,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788886215Author Frances JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Football fans love nothing more than to read about their favourite teams. Although this book is aimed at young teenagers, they will delight all ages with their mixture of funny and enlightening stories and will give hours of pleasure discovering quirky...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190822040Author Hiuling NgFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Oxford University Press,China LtdPublisher Oxford University Press,China LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190821579Author Howchung LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Oxford University Press,China LtdPublisher Oxford University Press,China...