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Megalithomania: Artists, Antiquarians and Archaeologists at the Old Stone Monuments by John Michell 9781906069032
RRP: $25.33$21.55A feast of extraordinary theories and personalities centred around the mysterious standing stones of antiquity. John Michell tells the incredible story of the amazing reactions, ancient and modern, to these prehistoric relics, whether astronomical,... -
To Exalt the Ephemeral: Alina Szapocznikow, 1962-1972 by Alina Szapocznikow 9783906915494
RRP: $87.75$57.04Capturing a crucial moment in the artist's career, To Exalt the Ephemeral showcases Alina Szapocikow's powerful sculptural meditations on terminal illness and the female experience.Tracing a body of work by Alina Szapocznikow from 1962 to 1972, this book... -
The Full-Length Mirror: A Global Visual History by Wu Hung
RRP: $68.25$47.37This book tells two stories about the full-length mirror. One story, through time and space, crisscrosses the globe to introduce a broad range of historical actors: kings and slaves, artists and writers, merchants and craftsmen, courtesans and commoners... -
The Great Exhibition, 1851: A Sourcebook by Jonathon Shears
RRP: $38.98$34.75The Great Exhibition, 1851 is the first anthology of its kind. It presents a comprehensive array of carefully selected primary documents, sourced from the period before, during and after the Exhibition in Hyde Park in 1851. Drawing on contemporary... -
Turkish Art and Architecture: from the Seljuks to the Ottomans by Giovanni Curatola
RRP: $132.58$127.26Illustrated with some 250 attractive and well-chosen colour photographs, Turkish Art and Architecture is fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in Turkey, and an essential reference for any student of Islamic art and architecture. The Anatolian... -
A Memoir of George Stubbs by Ozias Humphry
RRP: $19.48$6.59The only contemporary account of the life and work of George Stubbs, unavailable since it was privately printed over 125 years ago. George Stubbs (1724-1806) was one of the most original artists Britain has produced. Far from being merely a horse... -
The League of Regrettable Sidekicks: Heroic Helpers from Comic Book History by Jon Morris
RRP: $44.85$34.13Batman has Robin. Captain America has Bucky. And Yankee Doodle has Dandy. Being a superhero is hard work, which is why so many comics characters rely on a sidekick- someone to watch the hero's back, help the hero search for clues, or, if nothing else,... -
SEEING THINGS: the small wonders of the world according to writers, artists and others by julian rothenstein 9781739597627
RRP: $38.90$33.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739597627Author julian rothensteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Redstone PressPublisher Redstone Press -
Masters of British Comic Art by David Roach
RRP: $77.98$56.65"The definitive educational title to bring readers through the journey of comic strips from the perspective of British history... a whole new world of information and staggeringly beautiful art." - Comic BeatThis wildly entertaining and educational tome... -
Arts of Japan by Anne Nishimura Morse 9780878467143
RRP: $42.90$35.43The MFA's holdings of Japanese art make up the finest and most comprehensive collection outside of Japan. This stunning overview features many of the collection's best-known and most beloved works, including such rare paintings as the eighth-century... -
Ruth Asawa: Life's Work by Tamara Schenkenberg
RRP: $68.25$59.61"Doing is living. That is all that matters."-Ruth Asawa Throughout her long and prolific career American artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) developed innovative sculptures in wire, a medium she explored through increasingly complex forms using craft-based... -
Islamic Art and Visual Culture: An Anthology of Sources by D. Fairchild Ruggles 9781405154024
RRP: $52.55$45.69Islamic Art and Visual Culture is a collection of primary sources in translation accompanied by clear and concise introductory essays that provide unique insights into the aesthetic and cultural history of one of the world's major religions. Collects... -
Creative Haven Wild Animal Designs Coloring Book by Arkady Roytman
RRP: $12.66$10.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486807591Author Arkady RoytmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Children'sPublisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 224gDimensions(mm)... -
Rare Treasures: From the Library of the Natural History Museum by Judith Magee 9780565094447
RRP: $39.00$27.98Each book presented here has been chosen for its scientific and artistic merit, and each one is accompanied by an essay from a museum expert, explaining its role in the development of natural history. The books featured include the oldest book in the... -
Visions of Heaven: Dante and the Art of Divine Light by Martin Kemp
RRP: $87.75$66.30Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the greatest European writers, whose untrammelled imaginative capacity was matched by a remarkable knowledge of the science of his era. His poems also paint compelling visual images. In Visions of Heaven, renowned... -
The Soul of a Nation Reader by Mark Godfrey
RRP: $68.23$46.84A comprehensive compendium of artists and writers confronting questions of Black identity, activism and social responsibility in the age of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers, based on the landmark traveling exhibition A New York Magazine 2021 holiday... -
The Battleship Builders: Constructing and Arming British Capital Ships by Johnston, Ian 9781399092043
RRP: $38.98$27.85The launch in 1906 of HMS _Dreadnought_, the worlds first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete, but at the same time it wiped out the Royal Navy's numerical advantage, so expensively maintained for decades. Already locked... -
Kevin Smith's Secret Stash: The Definitive Visual History (Classic Movies, Film History, Cinema Books) by Kevin Smith
RRP: $107.25$83.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683830993Author Kevin SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions -
Landscape Collage Techniques: Impressionistic collage paintings, step-by-step by Elizabeth J St Hilaire 9780578925653
RRP: $62.40$36.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578925653Author Elizabeth J St HilaireFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Elizabeth St. Hilaire ArtPublisher Elizabeth St. Hilaire ArtWeight(grams)... -
10 Step Drawing: Manga: Draw Over 30 Manga Images in 10 Easy Steps by Chie Kutsuwada
RRP: $19.48$13.71CREATE BEAUTIFUL MANGA PEOPLE AND ANIMALS IN 10 SIMPLE STEPS If you love drawing manga but don't know where to start, this is the book for you! 10 Step Drawing: Manga will help you turn simple shapes into beautiful manga drawings in just 10 steps... -
Seeing the Sacred in Samsara: An Illustrated Guide to the Eighty-Four Mahasiddhas by Donald S. Lopez, Jr
RRP: $52.65$37.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611804041Author Donald S. Lopez, JrFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The Writings Of Marcel Duchamp by Marcel Duchamp 9780306803413
$35.28In the twenties, Surrealists proclaimed that words had stopped playing around and had begun to make love. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the writings of Marcel Duchamp, who fashioned some of the more joyous and ingenious couplings and uncouplings... -
Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism by Fredric Jameson
RRP: $31.18$28.55Now in paperback, Fredric Jameson's most wide-ranging work seeks to crystalize a definition of "postmodernism". Jameson's inquiry looks at the postmodern across a wide landscape, from "high" art to "low" from market ideology to architecture, from... -
Marlene Dumas: The Image as Burden by Marlene Dumas
RRP: $87.75$57.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938922541Author Marlene DumasFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Tate Publishing & EnterprisesPublisher Tate Publishing & EnterprisesWeight(grams)... -
well I just kind of like it: Art in the home and the home as art by Wendy Erskine 9781916150935
RRP: $29.25$24.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916150935Author Wendy ErskineFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Paper Visual Art JournalPublisher Paper Visual Art Journal -
Developing the Higher Education Curriculum: Research-Based Education in Practice by Brent Carnell 9781787350885
RRP: $29.25$26.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787350885Author Brent CarnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 520g -
Japanese Style Watercolor Portraits: Learn to Paint Lifelike Portraits in 48 Easy Lessons (With Over 400 Illustrations) by Hiroko Shibasaki
RRP: $33.13$21.04The ability to capture a realistic likeness requires expert guidance!Japanese Style Watercolor Portraits provides the professional guidance and all of the expert tips and techniques you need to succeed at creating beautiful, realistic watercolor... -
Bulgari Serpenti: The Power of Metamorphosis by Alba Cappellieri 9788836649471
RRP: $68.25$43.74Metamorphosis is a central theme of contemporary creativity, investigated by artists, stylists, designers, philosophers and craftsmen who have crossed the exclusive fences of their respective disciplines in search of the changing inclusiveness of... -
Art & Place: Site-Specific Art of the Americas by Adrian Locke 9780714865515
RRP: $97.40$84.98Art & Place is an extraordinary collection of outstanding art destinations in the Americas, visited by millions of people every year.The book features hundreds of powerful and spectacular art works, all created by an artist specifically for their... -
Arts of Nigeria in Private French Collections by Toyin Falola 9788874395811
RRP: $81.90$58.09Nigerian art has long been sought after by art collectors in France. Accompanying an important exhibition, Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections explores Nigeria's rich artistic production through a collection of beautiful works, including many... -
Modern Art and the Death of a Culture by H. R. Rookmaaker
RRP: $27.28$19.01This groundbreaking classic, now reissued, gives a brilliant perspective on the cultural turmoil of the radical sixties and its impact on today's world, as reflected in the art of the time. It describes the social, historical and philosophical context of... -
Dom Sylvester Houedard by Andrew Hunt
RRP: $68.25$46.86The aim of this book is to reinstate the Benedictine monk and artist Dom Sylvester Houedard as an important figure within the countercultural and transnational art movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, especially as regards kinetic and concrete poetry. ... -
Color Me Positive: Coloring Book by Candi Parker 9780692564479
RRP: $11.10$10.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692564479Author Candi ParkerFormat PaperbackImprint Parker House PublishingPublisher Parker House PublishingWeight(grams) 141g -
The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857 by Margot Finn 9781787350298
RRP: $58.50$53.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787350298Author Margot FinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 538Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 1080g -
Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art since Pollock by Kirk Varnedoe 9780691126784
RRP: $107.25$86.79"What is abstract art good for? What's the use--for us as individuals, or for any society--of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or prints or drawings that do not seem to show anything except themselves?" In this invigorating account of... -
Groundwork: A History of the Renaissance Picture by David Young Kim
RRP: $107.25$83.67An illuminating look at a fundamental yet understudied aspect of Italian Renaissance paintingThe Italian Renaissance picture is renowned for its depiction of the human figure, from the dramatic foreshortening of the body to create depth to the subtle... -
Thomas Hennell: The Land and the Mind by Jessica Kilburn
RRP: $117.00$79.85Thomas Hennell (1903-45) said his aim was to 'surprise his subject' - to capture the transient quality of the moment. In watercolour he found his perfect medium, producing work which was, as his fellow artist Edward Bawden said, 'fully expressive and... -
Empire and Art: British India by Renate Dohmen 9781526122940
RRP: $48.75$35.72The book explores British art in relation to British India. It examines the aesthetic interactions initiated by the Anglo-Indian colonial encounter across the disciplines of painting, print-making, design, photography and architecture. It also considers... -
Toward the Not-Yet: Art as Public Practice by Jeanne van Heeswijk
RRP: $35.08$23.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542500Author Jeanne Van HeeswijkFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Self-portrait by Carla Lonzi
RRP: $27.28$17.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916425088Author Carla LonziFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Divided PublishingPublisher Divided Publishing