Art

Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was the foremost wood engraver not only of his generation, but of all subsequent generations, and the quality of his work has remained unsurpassed. His extraordinary woodcuts of animals and birds made him famous, and he...

By the time of his death in 1904, critics, arts reformers, and government officials were near universal in their praise of Art Nouveau designer Emile Galle (1846-1904), whose works they described as the essence of French design. Many even went so far as...

The alphabet, fantastically illustrated by the philosophical work of Damien Hirst From A is for Anatomy to Z is for Zebra, discover British artist Damien Hirst's painting, sculpture, and much more on every page of this fantastically illustrated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993614507Author Omar Nizam UddinFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Omar Uddin CalligraphyPublisher Omar Uddin CalligraphyWeight(grams)...

In 1643/4 the once-famous Francis Cleyn painted the unhappy young heir of Corfe Castle, John Bankes, and his tutor, Dr Maurice Williams. The painter is now almost forgotten,the painting much neglected, and the sitters themselves have left little to mark...

This 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906690496Author Philip KellewayFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalstarPublisher Halsgrove

Art of the Cut provides an unprecedented look at the art and technique of contemporary film and television editing. It is a fascinating "virtual roundtable discussion" with more than 50 of the top editors from around the globe. Included in the discussion...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565239661Author Editors of Imaginefx MagazineFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Fox Chapel PublishingPublisher Fox Chapel PublishingWeight(grams)...

A major new biography of legendary art collector and philanthropist Isabella Stewart GardnerIsabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924) assembled an extraordinary collection of art from diverse cultures and eras-and built a Venetian-style palazzo in Boston to...

The perfect introduction to the life and work of Jackson PollockAbout the AuthorHelen A. Harrison is the Director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center. She has written numerous exhibition catalogues and articles in popular and scholarly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941701553Author Alice MichelFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint David ZwirnerPublisher David ZwirnerWeight(grams) 80g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927987070Author Janine VangoolFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint UPPERCASE publishing incPublisher UPPERCASE publishing inc

Curating in a Time of Ecological Crisis reaffirms the relevance and impactful role of art, revealing how contemporary art exhibitions can capture the zeitgeist and advance new and collaborative approaches to a more sustainable inhabitation of Earth. The...

'I always thought I would get into painting, but I got waylaid by rock 'n' roll. Finally, I thought, "Now's the time." As soon as I was in a situation where I could be alone and paint without any interruptions, I just couldn't stop.' - Chrissie Hynde ...

Americans, on average, spend between six and ten seconds with individual artworks in museums or galleries-hardly time enough. But how, in our culture of distraction, might we extend attention? Slow Art models sustained ways of looking, through encounters...

"Drawing from Your Imagination" shows anyone who draws and paints how to successfully tap into a vast resource for their work: the envisaged and remembered scenes that form their own imagination.Renowned illustrator Ron Tiner leads readers through a...

Hardly any other epoch in art history has been marked by as many profound changes as the Late Gothic was in the fifteenth century. Inspired by Netherlandish role models, depictions of light and shadow, body and space, became increasingly more realistic...

A detailed, information and interesting book on the stained glass of Oxford's colleges, chapels and churchesBook InformationISBN 9781912584925Author Dominic PriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Chris Andrews Publications LtdPublisher Chris Andrews...

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was the greatest artist of the Northern European Renaissance. Durer's virtuoso woodcuts and engravings ensured his fame throughout the Continent during his own lifetime. Yet he also produced an extraordinary output in other...

The Chinese are famed as the first to have discovered and mastered the techniques needed to produce porcelain. Yet carefully crafted ceramics are valued not only for their beauty, but also as precious cultural artifacts shedding light on the period in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869928988Author Eric RatcliffeFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Mandrake of OxfordPublisher Mandrake of OxfordWeight(grams) 776g

Art in Britain 1660-1815 presents the first social history of British art from the period known as the long 18th century, and offers a fresh and challenging look at the major developments in painting, drawing, and printmaking that took place during this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941701799Author John RuskinFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint David ZwirnerPublisher David ZwirnerWeight(grams) 170g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636811048Author Stanley WhitneyFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Distributed Art PublishersPublisher Distributed Art Publishers

In this second volume of his classic essays on the Renaissance, E H Gombrich focuses on a theme of central importance: visual symbolism. He opens with a searching introduction ('The Aims and Limits of Iconology'), and follows with detailed studies of...

An evocative chronicle of the power of solitude in the natural worldI'm often asked, but have no idea why I chose Iceland, why I first started going, why I still go. In truth I believe Iceland chose me.-from the introductionContemporary artist Roni Horn...

While critically recognized and praised, Bluhm's work has never received the level of attention that some of other contemporaries, like Joan Mitchell and Sam Francis. In part, this is the result of Bluhm's unwillingness to cater sufficiently to those in...

Michael Gericke is one of the most influential graphic designers in the world today. This much anticipated monograph covers four decades of work by the acclaimed graphic designer and Pentagram partner. Lavishly illustrated throughout at close to...

7 Deaths of Maria Callas is an opera project created by Marina Abramovic premiering at the Bayerische Staatsopera in Munich 2020. In collaboration with an all star creative team and through a mix of narrative opera and film, Abramovic re-creates seven...

Film noir, one of the most intriguing yet difficult to define terms in cinema history, is usually associated with a series of darkly seductive Hollywood thrillers from the 1940s and 50s - shadowy, black-and-white pictures about private eyes, femme...

Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction offers a fresh and revealing assessment of the artist's prolific and innovative painterly career. The comprehensive exhibition and accompanying catalogue will feature approximately seventy paintings and works on...

The first major exhibition catalogue to focus on Jacques Louis David's drawings and their crucial role in his iconic history paintings made before, during, and after the French Revolution "A superb survey . . . a first-rate catalog . . . [a] cornucopia...

Today Michelangelo's painting and sculpture is seen most often in museums, while his archi-tectural designs have been left incomplete or modified by others so that some are barely recognizable. But his art was made to be viewed in churches, homes and...

A playful room-by-room "bird-watching" guide to the Albert C. Barnes galleries. Rumor has it that Dr. Barnes put a bird in every room of his famed collection. But is this really true, and if so, why? The Barnes Foundation collection offers an astounding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037645871Author Louisa GagliardiFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint JRP RingierPublisher JRP Ringier

From internationally recognized master penman Michael R. Sull comes an incredible volume of advanced techniques in several forms of penmanship. In Sull's Manual of Advanced Penmanship, this second offering from author and master penman Michael R. Sull...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423654056Author Cynthia BennettFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646042432Author Lauren FitzmauriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374168285Author Edmund de WaalFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...