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Georgia O'Keeffe and New Mexico: A Sense of Place by Barbara Buhler Lynes 9780691116594
RRP: £42.00£31.52When Georgia O'Keeffe first visited New Mexico in 1917, she was instantly drawn to the stark beauty of its unusual architectural and landscape forms. In 1929, she began spending part of almost every year painting there, first in Taos, and subsequently in... -
Photography and Belief by David Levi Strauss
RRP: £10.95£7.38In this exploration of contemporary photography, David Levi Strauss questions the concept that "seeing is believing."Identifying a recent shift in the dominance of photography, Strauss looks at the power of the medium in the age of Photoshop,... -
Steal Like an Artist 10th Anniversary Gift Edition with a New Afterword by the Author: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative by Austin Kleon
RRP: £20.00£15.18Celebrate the 10th anniversary of a groundbreaking book on creativity with this limited anniversary hardcover, with a new afterword, color endpapers pulled from Austin Kleon's sketchbooks, and a ribbon marker. Ten years after its initial publication,... -
Ogata Korin: Art in Early Modern Japan by Frank Feltens
RRP: £47.50£39.64A lush portrait introducing one of the most important Japanese artists of the Edo period Best known for his paintings Irises and Red and White Plum Blossoms, Ogata Korin (1658-1716) was a highly successful artist who worked in many genres and... -
Art of Botanical Illustration by Wilfred Blunt
£36.43This major work, first published in 1950, is still considered the classic book on the subject. It provides a comprehensive, critical and well-illustrated survey of the portrayal of plants across over three thousand years, at a more compact size. Of... -
Francis Davison by Andrew Lambirth
RRP: £25.00£18.62An updated version of the first edition. An additional 16 pages and new commentary on this artist.Book InformationISBN 9781911408727Author Andrew LambirthFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Sansom & CoPublisher Sansom & Co -
Pollen Grains & Honeydew: A guide for identifying the plant sources in honey by Margaret Anne Adams
RRP: £28.95£23.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914934230Author Margaret Anne AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Northern Bee BooksPublisher Northern Bee BooksWeight(grams) 844gDimensions(mm)... -
If You Can Cut, You Can Collage: From Paper Scraps to Works of Art by Hollie Chastain
RRP: £18.99£12.75If You Can Cut, You Can Collage is specially designed for people who feel like they can't make art. Want to know a secret? You can! You just need a little inspiration, instruction, and confidence. Collage is a wonderful creative outlet, particularly for... -
Julie Manet: The Impressionist Memory by Marianne Mathieu
RRP: £40.00£33.59A beautifully illustrated exhibition catalogue accompanying the first ever exhibition dedicated to Julie Manet This title offers an exhaustive description of the life, work, and art collection of Julie Manet (1878-1966)-the only daughter of Berthe... -
Character Design Quarterly 15 by Publishing 3dtotal
RRP: £11.00£7.39Character 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... -
Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840 by Christopher Monkhouse
RRP: £30.00£26.45A 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... -
Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas by Rebecca Solnit 9780520262508
RRP: £25.00£19.99What makes a place? "Infinite City", Rebecca Solnit's brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. Aided by artists, writers, cartographers, and... -
Painting Masterclass: Creative Techniques of 100 Great Artists by Susie Hodge
RRP: £25.00£17.38Drawing Masterclass explores the act of vision of the world's great artists, describing how their work was created to allow you to weave some of their magic into your own paintings. With detailed analyses and instructive creative tips sections, you can... -
Piranesi. The Complete Etchings by Luigi Ficacci 9783836587617
RRP: £60.00£44.95The most famous 18th-century copper engraver, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) made his name with etchings of ancient Rome. His startling, chiaroscuro images imbued the city's archaeological ruins with drama and romance and became favorite... -
Paint Lab: 52 Exercises Inspired by Artists, Materials, Time, Place, and Method by Deborah Forman 9781592537822
RRP: £16.99£11.54Paint Lab is packed with unique and experimental techniques and ideas in painting. This hands-on book is organized into 52 units, which may, but don't need to be explored on a weekly basis. The labs can be worked on in any order, so that you can flip... -
Banksy: The Man behind the Wall: Revised and Illustrated Edition by Will Ellsworth-Jones
RRP: £22.00£14.96In this fully revised and richly illustrated edition, author and journalist Will Ellsworth-Jones pieces together a complete picture of the life and work of Banksy, perhaps the most iconic, enigmatic and controversial artist of modern times. For someone... -
The World New Made: Figurative Painting in the Twentieth Century by Timothy Hyman 9780500296530
RRP: £25.00£17.38A celebration of the richness of figurative painting over the last 100 years and a passionate critique of the accepted history of art in the 20th century. Figurative painting is due a reappraisal. In this passionately argued volume the distinguished... -
Arts and Crafts Tiles: William de Morgan by Rob Higgins
RRP: £15.99£10.85William De Morgan was the principal ceramic designer and maker in the Arts and Crafts Movement. Heavily influenced by the art of the Middle East, he was active for nearly thirty years from the 1870s onwards and was never content with an existing... -
Monet's Trees: Paintings and Drawings by Claude Monet by Ralph Skea
RRP: £14.99£9.80'I perhaps owe it to flowers', wrote Claude Monet (1840-1926), 'that I became a painter.' One of the leading figures of the Impressionist movement and perhaps the most celebrated landscape painter of his age, Monet dedicated his life to capturing the... -
Art in Crisis: The Lost Center by Hans Sedlmayr
RRP: £45.99£40.13The history of art from the early nineteenth century on- ward is commonly viewed as a succession of conflicts between innovatory and established styles that culminated in the formalism and aesthetic autonomy of high modernism. In Art and Crisis, first... -
An Englishman in Madrid by Eduardo Mendoza
RRP: £9.99£6.80"A funny, gripping and perfectly balanced blend of P.G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene" Independent"Highly enjoyable read" SpectatorAnthony Whitelands, an English art historian, is invited to Madrid to value the collection of a Spanish duke... -
The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art by Mark Rothko 9780300269871
RRP: £16.99£14.42Mark Rothko's classic book on artistic practice, ideals, and philosophy, now with an expanded introduction and an afterword by Makoto Fujimura Stored in a New York City warehouse for many years after the artist's death, this extraordinary manuscript by... -
The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection by Jerry Brotton
RRP: £10.99£3.32Set against the backdrop of war, revolution, and regicide, and moving from London to Venice, Mantua, Madrid, Paris and the Low Countries, Jerry Brotton's colourful and critically acclaimed book, The Sale of the Late King's Goods, explores the formation... -
Eduardo Paolozzi by Judith Collins 9781848221314
RRP: £49.99£40.05Artist Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) was a unique cultural figure. His varied yet instantly recognisable work chronicles the significant changes in British art from the austere 1950s to the post-post-modern late 1990s. This highly illustrated and visually... -
Wonder Beyond Belief: On Christianity by Navid Kermani 9781509538713
RRP: £14.99£10.20What happens when one of Germany's most important writers, himself a Muslim, immerses himself in the world of Christian art? In this book, Navid Kermani is awestruck by a religion full of sacrifice and lamentation, love and wonder, the irrational and the... -
Simone Leigh by Simone Leigh 9781636810782
RRP: £59.99£39.85The first major monograph on Simone Leigh's multimedia explorations of community, Black feminism and the traditions and material cultures of the African diaspora Over the past two decades, Simone Leigh has created artwork that situates questions of... -
The Power of Images: Studies in the History and Theory of Response by David Freedberg
RRP: £35.00£30.57"This learned and heavy volume should be placed on the shelves of every art historical library."-E. H. Gombrich, New York Review of Books"This is an engaged and passionate work by a writer with powerful convictions about art, images, aesthetics, the art... -
Drawing Nature for the Absolute Beginner: A clear and easy guide to drawing landscapes and nature by Mark Willenbrink
RRP: £25.00£16.38Have you ever experienced the peace of walking through the woods or the excitement of a storm gathering on a beach? Artwork provides the ability for us to capture those moments and share them with others. Drawing Nature for the Absolute Beginner... -
The Facades of Paris: Windows, Doors, and Balconies by Dominique Mathez
RRP: £39.95£34.56This elegant book invites readers to lift up their eyes while strolling throughout Paris s streets and boulevards to pause, discover, and appreciate the facades of its buildings and the delicate artworks that are their windows, doors, and balconies... -
The Collector: The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces by Natalya Semenova
RRP: £12.99£11.46A fascinating life of Sergei Shchukin, the great collector who changed the face of Russia's art world Sergei Shchukin was a highly successful textiles merchant in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but he also had a great eye for beauty. He was... -
The Best of Matt 2021 by Matt Pritchett
RRP: £8.99£6.55'Matt is an Adorable Genius' Jilly CooperThe last twelve months seen through the eyes of the brilliantly funny cartoonist Matt - the perfect Christmas gift.'No one can be funny every time - except Matt' John Humphrys'So much greater than his nearest... -
Gothic and Old English Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts by Dan X. Solo 9780486246956
RRP: £14.49£9.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486246956Author Dan X. SoloFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 315gDimensions(mm)... -
Eric Ravilious: Imagined Realities by Alan Powers 9781781300015
RRP: £25.00£19.28A collection of illustrations showcasing many previously unpublished paintings of the artist Eric Ravilious. Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) is now firmly one of the most popular artists of his period. He was a painter of watercolours and murals, a book... -
Stan Lee's How To Draw Comics by Stan Lee
RRP: £25.00£17.38This book covers producing concepts and character sketches to laying out the final page of art. From comics icon Stan Lee, creator of the Mighty Marvel Universe and characters such as Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk and the X-Men, comes this ultimate how-to... -
Blue: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau 9780691181363
RRP: £35.00£28.74A beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color blue throughout the agesBlue has had a long and topsy-turvy history in the Western world. The ancient Greeks scorned it as ugly and barbaric, but most Americans and Europeans now cite it... -
Little: A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year by Edward Carey
RRP: £20.00£14.27LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE... -
Frida Kahlo: The Gisele Freund Photographs by Gerard De Cortanze
RRP: £18.99£13.68In 1950, photographer Gisele Freund embarked on a two-week trip to Mexico, but she wouldn't leave until two years later. There she met the legendary couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Welcomed into their home, she immersed herself in their private... -
The Worm in the Apple: A History of the Conservative Party and Europe from Churchill to Cameron: 2022 by Christopher Tugendhat 9781913368531
RRP: £20.00£14.06The Conservative Party have been in power for 47 of the 65 years since the end of the Second World War. During that time the division within the party over Europe has been the enduring drama of British politics - from Churchill's decision not to join the... -
Piranesi Unbound by Carolyn Yerkes
RRP: £65.00£52.11Why Piranesi's greatest works weren't his famous prints but rather the books for which he made themA draftsman, printmaker, architect, and archaeologist, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78) is best known today as the virtuoso etcher of the immersive and... -
The Tiniest Art Museum in the World: Build-Your-Own Miniature Art Museum with Real Masterpieces! by Whalen Book Works
RRP: £10.99£7.25This easy-to-fold mini art museum comes with more than 16 classic works of art from world-renowned museums, ready for you to arrange and rearrange!Escape into your own creative world! Open up The Tiniest Art Museum in the World to find easily foldable...