Art

A presentation of Eric Kennington's powerful, poignant and unforgettable portraits of soldiers of the Second World War in charcoal and pastel. The work he produced in this period established Kennington as 'among the most capable draughtsmen' of the...

Few have heard of the Shakespeare Head Press, although it ranks alongside William Morris's Kelmscott, Emery Walker and Cobden-Sanderson's Doves, Eric Gill's Golden Cockerel and St John Hornby's Ashendene. Its origins date to the 1860s, when a young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606060285Author Elizabeth MorrisonFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Getty PublicationsPublisher Getty Trust PublicationsWeight(grams)...

The foundations for a world-class public art collection in Berlin were laid in 1821: This was the year the Kingdom of Prussia acquired on behalf of the museum to be established in Berlin the painting collection of English merchant Edward Solly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781624650277Author Lorin WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Design Studio PressPublisher Design Studio Press

This spectacular collection of nearly 200 jewelled weapons and priceless accoutrements from the Indian subcontinent was assembled over many decades by Sheikh Nasser and Sheikha Hussah al-Sabah for The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait. Produced for...

A heavily illustrated classic on the evolution of the handloom. The handloom-often no more than a bundle of sticks and a few lengths of cordage-has been known to almost all cultures for thousands of years. Eric Broudy places the wide variety of...

A gorgeous, scientifically up-to-date exploration of the prehistoric world, written and illustrated by leading palaeontologists. An elegant factual guide to the prehistoric world of Hell Creek from the successful indie survival game Saurian. A...

Chronicling the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and journeying from the Piazza San Marco to the villas of the Veneto, this vivid and authoritative survey of architecture, sculpture, and painting offers a rich perspective on the history and artistic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262548809Author Jack BurnhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 454g

Formerly a British colony, the island of Cyprus is now a divided country, where histories of political and cultural conflicts, as well as competing identities, are still contested. Cyprus provides the ideal case study for this innovative exploration,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955266720Author Fred YatesFormat HardbackPage Count 108Imprint White Lane PressPublisher White Lane Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Winner of the 2009 Frank Jewett Mather Award given by the College Art Association (CAA). 2009.Book InformationISBN 9780262518680Author Boris GroysFormat...

The remarkable autobiography of a Holocaust escapee. "Go on, my son. Maybe you will survive..." Aron Goldfarb was fifteen years old when he was ripped from his bed in Poland and forced to enter a Jewish work camp. Watching helplessly as Nazis...

Andrew Forge was an English painter and a teacher of painting (Yale University 1975-1994), renowned and respected on both sides of the Atlantic. But he was also known for his writing on the arts, spanning almost fifty years, which was admired for the...

Overcome your creative blocks and fears and start painting with confidence with Your Year in Art: Watercolor! Filled with weekly art challenges, step-by-step watercolor lessons, helpful tips and techniques, and gorgeous artwork, this follow-up to the...

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is without doubt the most famous Latin-American painter of the 20th century and a fundamental figure in Mexican art. Her work has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions, and by...

A multipart installation on the island of Hydra exploring mythic themes of earth and sky In 2019, multidisciplinary artist Kiki Smith (born 1954) was invited to present a site-specific project at the DESTE Foundation Project Space in Hydra, a former...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909631380Author Ornan RotemFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Sylph EditionsPublisher Sylph Editions

Beginning in October 2019, Chile was convulsed by protests and political upheaval, as what began as civil disobedience transformed into a vast resistance movement. Throughout, one of the most striking aspects of the protests was the murals, graffiti, and...

The practice of Chelsea School of Art and Goldsmiths College graduate Greg Rook (b.1971, London) explores the rich visual history, curious cultural politics and often complex ideologies of those who seek to start a new life or wish to lead alternative...

An essential overview as well as a theoretical critique for all students of design history. Walker studies the intellectual discipline of Design History and the issues that confront scholars writing histories of design. Taking his approach from a...

A one-stop resource containing everything artists need to know to sell their work. This best-selling guide provides all the advice you need to sell your work in today's competitive market. This fantastic new edition has been updated with essential...

Landscape has been a key theme in world archaeology and trans-cultural art history over the last half century, particularly in the study of painting in art history and in all questions of human intervention and the placement of monuments in the natural...

Make your first steps in watercolor fun and rewarding! Watercolor's vivid colors and fresh, direct brush strokes make it the most exciting way to paint. "But," you think, "Learning to paint must be hard and frustrating." Not with Cathy Johnson as your...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683839590Author Insight EditionsFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 91mm *...

The Loft Generation: From the de Koonings to Twombly; Portraits and Sketches, 1942-2011 is an invaluable account by an artist at the center of a landmark era in American art. Edith Schloss writes about the painters, poets, and musicians who were part of...

This is the first systematic and truly methodical study of de Kooning's idiosyncratic working methods and use of materials. This in-depth study of the paintings of Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Dutch-born American abstract expressionist painter, from...

The Sketch Workshop - Fantasy Characters is 3dtotal's answer to the question: 'Why can't I draw like fantasy characters that?' Designed for beginners and hobbyists alike, it's a fun and innovative way for people of all ages to find the inspiration to...

Kerry James Marshall is one of America's greatest living painters. History of Painting presents a groundbreaking body of new work that engages with the history of the medium itself. In Kerry James Marshall: History of Painting, the artist has widened his...

What is Chinese painting? When did it begin? And what are the different associations of this term in China and the West? In Chinese Painting and Its Audiences, which is based on the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts given at the National Gallery of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950323470Author Rae AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Leaning Rock Press LLCPublisher Leaning Rock Press LLCWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)...

"When I was young I wanted art that would lift off - that would levitate, gyrate, bring together different - perhaps contradictory aspects of my being" Gustav Metzger Gustav Metzger(1926-2017) was one of the foremost figures of the post-war avant-garde...

Starting with the groundbreaking drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, this lavishly illustrated book chronicles the remarkable history of anatomical illustration from the Renaissance to the digital 'Visible Human' project today. Its survey of five and a half...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989371872Author Andreas MarksFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Books & ProjectsPublisher Books & ProjectsWeight(grams) 1928g

John Alvin's movie poster art is among the most iconic of the last 40 years, from Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast and Pinocchio, to Empire of the Sun, The Goonies, Blazing Saddles, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars Celebration posters. This book not...

For Kristeva, in a world immersed in readymade images, art or aesthetic experience is a practice that constitutes both a subject (a sense of self) and an object that is able to transform meaning and consciousness. 'Kristeva Reframed' examines key ideas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854882960Author Lydia YeeFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Whitechapel GalleryPublisher Whitechapel GalleryWeight(grams) 1400g

What do we see when we observe? What do we see when we observe a photograph? Ghirri's work is distinguished by the tension between the object and its representation, and there is nothing that he loves more than those situations in which...

This is a study of Enlightenment in Edinburgh like no other. Using data and models provided by urban studies theory, it pinpoints the distinctive features that made Enlightenment in the Scottish capital possible.Book InformationISBN 9781474416603Author...