Art

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957438149Author Shaky KaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Breakdown Press LtdPublisher Breakdown Press Ltd

The rich history of blue paper, from the late fifteenth to the mid-eighteenth centuries, illuminates themes of transcultural interchange, international trade, and global reach. Through the examinations of significant works, this volume investigates...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952251047Author Felicia ChiaoFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Paragon PressPublisher Paragon Press

In this important volume, Jay Sanders and J. Hoberman explore the vibrant underground performance art scene of 1970s New York. Focusing on little-known and long-forgotten works, which were often performed in live/work lofts, storefronts, and alternative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945430770Author Igor GorewiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Triglav PublishingPublisher Triglav PublishingWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971078697Author Jerry WennstromFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Sentient PublicationsPublisher Sentient PublicationsWeight(grams) 472g

During the 10,000-day Vietnam war Australia had agreed with the United States to have a team of Australian Army Special Air Services (SAS) soldiers conduct covert missions into Cambodia. The SAS soldiers would be bivouacked in Thailand. With their...

Interviewing nearly 30 of the Aldermaston potters, many of whom have written some fascinating submissions about this incredible workshop. The book features a wonderful, previously unpublished, account from Geoffrey Eastop's memoirs, about how he came to...

Dubbed the Cathedral of France and first church of French Christendom, the Gothic cathedral of Reims was the coronation site of more than two dozen French kings-and a target of German bombardment in World War I. Before 1914 its medieval stained glass had...

This is the first in a series of books in which one of the most influential of contemporary art theorists revised from within the conceptions underlying the history of art. The author's basic idea is that the rigor of linear perspective cannot encompass...

Pastels are an extremely versatile and immediate medium. These characteristics can lead to bold, exciting and impromptu paintings. However, their responsive, flexible nature can also be used to create subtle, gentle colour with little or no texture. ...

In 1764, Johann Joachim Winckelmann published a key early instance of art-historical thinking, his "Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums", here translated into English for the first time. Dazzled by the sensuous and plastic beauty of recently excavated...

In Mimesis Across Empires, Natasha Eaton examines the interactions, attachments, and crossings between the visual cultures of the Mughal and British Empires during the formative period of British imperial rule in India. Eaton explores how the aesthetics...

This is an in-depth primer on the tools and techniques used by top sequential artists. It uses detailed instruction and step-by-step examples to teach key artistic methods. It is based on SCAD's world-famous sequential arts curriculum with examples of...

This book collects the best artwork from the first five years of "Bad Dads," an annual exhibition of art inspired by the films of Wes Anderson. Curated by Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco, "Bad Dads" has continued to grow and progress and has featured...

Treasures at Canterbury Cathedral brings the reader up close to some of the most significant and priceless objects on display at Canterbury Cathedral. Each item has been carefully selected from more than half a million objects currently held in...

Since the rediscovery of British Surrealism at the Children of Alice exhibition at Marcel Fleiss's Galerie 1900-2000 in Paris in 1982, there has been a major revival of interest in Surrealism outside France. Surrealism in Britain is the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506706627Author Square EnixFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams) 1956gDimensions(mm)...

A nostalgic celebration of the glamour of warm-weather destinations in the Caribbean and Florida, from the great estates of ambitious patrons to the most exclusive resorts of the mid-twentieth century. Through iconic photography capturing the cultural...

When Marcel Duchamp shipped Constantin Brancusi's sculpture Bird in Space to Edward Steichen in 1926, New York customs officials refused to accept that it was a work of art, instead levying the standard import tariff for a manufactured object. A legal...

You will find in this workbook lots of examples with plenty of space for you to write. You can learn the basics of hand lettering step by step and get started straight away. You will find a number of sayings, which you can use according to the motto...

In Minor China Hentyle Yapp analyzes contemporary Chinese art as it circulates on the global art market to outline the limitations of Western understandings of non-Western art. Yapp reconsiders the all-too-common narratives about Chinese art that...

The first book to consider the importance of commercial art and design for Ed Ruscha's work Ed Ruscha (b. 1937) emerged onto the Los Angeles art scene with paintings that incorporated consumer products, such as Spam and Sun-Maid raisins. In this...

"I've ordered a few books about home over the past year [...] But none brought me more joy than a slim book [...] Artists in Residence, written by Melissa Wyse and illustrated by Kate Lewis." -Vanity Fair This charmingly illustrated book invites readers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581152036Author Thomas McEvilleyFormat HardbackPage Count 768Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 1021gDimensions(mm)...

Create physically realistic 3D Graphics environments with this introduction to the ideas and techniques behind the process. Author David H. Eberly includes simulations to introduce the key problems involved and then gradually reveals the mathematical and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688151584Author Annette KowalskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Thoughtful Images demonstrates that there is a rich tradition of illustrations of philosophy that originated in Ancient Greece, spread throughout Europe, thrived in twentieth century America, and continues to this day. It is the first book to isolate...

Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the 20th century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial - often derided as a whole, but also vigorously celebrated,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389136784Author Roda AhluwaliaFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Niyogi BooksPublisher Niyogi BooksDimensions(mm) 280mm * 230mm * 30mm

An enticing history of food and drink in Western art and cultureEating and drinking can be aesthetic experiences as well as sensory ones. The Hungry Eye takes readers from antiquity to the Renaissance to explore the central role of food and drink in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635901610Author Serge DaneyFormat HardbackPage Count 600Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher Semiotext (E)

Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation - the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923 - this fascinating volume examines the history of the visual production of the...

This eloquent examination of Innes's most important paintings illuminates the artist's philosophical and religious preoccupations. It provides an overview of his life and situates Inness within the contexts of key issues in American history, such as the...

Recent discussions about the culture of images have focused on issues of identity - sexual, racial, national - and the boundaries that define subjectivity. In this context Victor Burgin adopts an original critical strategy. He understands images less in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756253927Author PIE InternationalFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Pie International Co., Ltd.Publisher Pie International Co., Ltd.

"This visual - and artistically beautiful - format differentiates Einstein: The Man And His Mind from all previous books about him" - Amazon reader review "Gary Berger and Michael DiRuggerio's photographic exploration of Einstein is a indubitably a...

Taking the Noli me tangere and Doubting Thomas episodes as a focal point, this study examines how visual representations of two of the most compelling and related Christian stories engaged with changing devotional and cultural ideals in Renaissance and...

Since the nineteenth century, when art history became an established academic discipline, works of art have been 'read' in a variety of ways. These different ways of describing and interpreting art are the methodologies of artistic analysis, the divining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368021951Author Maggie ElliottFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Disney EditionsPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.