Art

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633450684Author Anne UmlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 200g

Andre Salmon was one of the premier art critics of his day and the author of two important eyewitness accounts of early twentieth century art in France, La jeune peinture francaise and La jeune sculpture francaise. These works capture the revolutionary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781441327079Author Inc Peter Pauper PressFormat HardbackImprint Peter Pauper PressPublisher Peter Pauper PressWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 193mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506720081Author MicrosoftFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

At least since his spectacular exhibition in the Romanian Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015, Adrian Ghenie (*1977 in Baia Mare, Romania) has been known to the broad public as one of the most interesting and unconventional painters of his...

This book offers a stunning visual record of the evolution of women's sporting attire in Western fashion over nearly two centuries. With selections from Keds, Pendleton, and Spalding and garments by Coco Chanel, Claire McCardell, and Jean Patou, among...

Landscapes in Oil is the first-ever comprehensive guide to classical landscape painting reinterpreted for the twenty-first century. Drawing from the tradition established by American painters of the Hudson River School - artists like Thomas Cole,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953940721Author Delisia HowardFormat HardbackPage Count 155Imprint Hazard BooksPublisher Hazard Books

Illustrator and cartoonist W. Heath Robinson is renowned for his ingenious and haphazard contraptions. His witty drawings of complicated machines, are ironically designed to simplify everyday life, but always manage to make everything appear more...

Tells the fascinating story of the journey taken by the Bauhaus - both the concept behind the school and some of the individuals who represented it - from Germany to Britain and the USA. Bauhaus Goes West is a story of cultural exchange, not only...

Winner of the 2014 Annual Book Prize of the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (USA).Contemporary art is the object of inflated and widely divergent claims. But what kind of discourse can open it up effectively to critical analysis?...

Discover how glass shards are upcycled and recycled into beautiful sea glass and how to hunt for and find it for yourself. This definitive reference for beachcombers is also a beautiful addition to any coffee table. Surveys the history of glass...

Glorious works of art as well as documents of bygone eras, painted illuminated manuscripts supply perhaps the greatest and by far the best-preserved evidence of daily life during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This Tiny Folio draws on one of the...

An illuminating account of the importance of public investment in arts and culture.Book InformationISBN 9781783965182Author Darren HenleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Elliott & Thompson LimitedPublisher Elliott & Thompson Limited

What does it mean to be nude? What does the nude do? In a series of constantly surprising reflections, Jean-Luc Nancy and Federico Ferrari encounter the nude as an opportunity for thinking in a way that is stripped bare of all received meanings and...

Advice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world's greatest artists - exclusively researched for this book. Featuring the most inspirational and insightful collection of quotes by artists through the ages and across the globe, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486813776Author Dianne Gaspas-EttlFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

The remarkable true story of an unrivalled journey to recreate the greatest run in film history: 15,621 miles, five-times across the United States. 'Rob Pope has made his name revelling in challenges...

As cofounder of legendary rock band Sonic Youth, best-selling author, and celebrated artist, Kim Gordon is one of the most singular and influential figures of the modern era. This personally curated scrapbook is an edgy and evocative portrait of Gordon...

This original and unique new book takes an integrated approach to interrogating the experience and location of the self/s within the context of performance art practice. In its framing and execution of practical exercises and focused snapshots of...

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) has reopened after several years of major renovation. It is home to an especially varied collection of art that runs to more than 9,000 items: paintings, sculptures, assemblages, drawings and prints from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788467933031Author Laia LopezFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Norma Editorial S.A.Publisher Norma Editorial S.A.Weight(grams) 1247gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969992548Author Marion FaselFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 1580g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486837390Author Jack FaragassoFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

People of all ages are fascinated by dinosaurs. Though their huge skeletons are an impressive sight, much of our sense of childlike wonder comes from artistic depictions of them in books, museum murals and popular culture. This book is about how such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600613012Author Nancy MarchantFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint North Light BooksPublisher F&W Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785420054Author Heather DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Open Humanities PressPublisher Open Humanities PressWeight(grams) 588gDimensions(mm)...

The influence of digital media on the cultural heritage sector has been pervasive and profound. Today museums are reliant on new technology to manage their collections. They collect digital as well as material things. New media is embedded within their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854882489Author Sarah CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Whitechapel GalleryPublisher Whitechapel GalleryWeight(grams) 540g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995099807Author Emily McEwanFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Bradan PressPublisher Bradan PressWeight(grams) 100g

The art of the past can seem very far away, obscured both by time and by knotty academic theory. Foregrounding the experience of the contemporary viewer, Look Again shows how this need not be the case. Ossian Ward's simple, ten-step programme acts as an...

This is a groundbreaking examination of one of the most important artists in the Western tradition by one of the leading art historians and critics of the past half-century. In his first extended consideration of the Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910771372Author Christina RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Bell & MacKenzie PublishingPublisher Bell & MacKenzie PublishingWeight(grams)...

Twenty-five leading artist duos and collectives give insight into how and why to work collaboratively Art history is traditionally presented as the individual's struggle for self-expression, yet over the past fifty years, the number of artists working...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948674355Author Viva MagnumFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Creative Designs & ArtworkPublisher Creative Designs & ArtworkWeight(grams)...

This is a book about how to read visual images: from fine art to photography, film, television and new media. It explores how meaning is communicated by the wide variety of texts that inhabit our increasingly visual world. But, rather than simply...

During World War II, London was at its most perilous moment since the Great Fire of 1666. Districts were transformed at night by falling bombs, fires, and searchlights. During the day, when the results of the previous night's bombing were laid bare,...

It is often forgotten just how provocative Impressionist canvases seemed when they were first exhibited in 1874. The advocates of the new style rejected the established principles of art prevalent at that time in France. This book traces Impressionism's...

"The enemy bomber grew larger in my sights and the rear gunner was sprayed by my guns just as he opened fire. The rest was merely a matter of seconds. The bomber fell like a stone out of the sky and exploded on the ground. The nightmare came to an...

A charming and heartfelt story about war, art, and the lengths a woman will go to find the truth about her family. 'As devourable as a thriller... Incredibly moving' Elle 'Pauline Baer de Perignon is a natural storyteller - refreshingly honest,...