Art

Only twenty-five at the time of his death in 1828, young Richard Parkes Bonington nevertheless was a seminal figure in the development of modernism in nineteenth-century French painting. This catalogue raisonne of his oil and watercolor paintings...

The youth uprising, now simply called "The Sixties," was fed by one of the greatest booms in publishing history. The Underground Press Syndicate (UPS) began as a loose confederation of five papers in 1966, and within a few years swelled to over 500...

'One of the very few necessary and inevitable utterances of the century.' William Morris, in the Preface. The Nature of Gothic started life as a chapter in Ruskin's masterwork, The Stones of Venice. Ruskin came to lament the 'Frankenstein monsters' of...

This catalogue contains all the sculptures on display in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, undoubtedly the most important collection of ancient Greek sculptures in the world. Each entry is supplemented by a full bibliography and is written...

In a visual feast, hundreds of vibrant images showcase the work of South Africa's most influential graffiti artists, which will entertain and inspire graffiti enthusiasts and art fanatics all over the world. Selective interviews with major graffiti...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857204192Author Enzo Di MartinoFormat HardbackPage Count 488Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 3860g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683966548Author John Kenn MortensenFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Reveals how American art in the 1930s-intertwined with the political, social, and economic tumult of an era not so unlike our own-engaged with the public amid global upheaval This publication examines the search for artistic identity in the United...

In this study, Luba Freedman examines the revival of the twelve Olympian deities in the visual arts of sixteenth-century Italy. Renaissance representations of the Olympians as autonomous figures in paintings, sculpture and drawing were not easily...

From the opening of The Louvre to the launch of Tate Modern and beyond, this accessible and succinct publication traces the development of the museum concept - encompassing curatorial, scholarly, political and cultural spheres - and its evolving role...

Artists are makers of things. Yet it is a measure of the disembodied manner in which we generally think about artists that we rarely consider the everyday items they own. This innovative book looks at objects that once belonged to artists, revealing not...

About the AuthorLeon Wieseltier is the editor of Liberties. Celeste Marcus is the managing editor of Liberties. Martha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago and author most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440339738Author Maria FabrizioFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint How Design BooksPublisher F&W Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633450554Author Salah M. HassanFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 290g

From the 1860s through to the early 20th century the rise of Japonisme and the Art Nouveau movement meant that few could ignore or resist the obsession with all things Japanese. Superbly crafted and often highly decorated Japanese objects - lacquer,...

"The rising star's ethereal work is filled with transcendent imagery that allows the viewer to peek beyond the veil of earthly existence." - Naomi Rea, Artnet News In her paintings, Zvavahera gives form to emotions that manifest from other realms and...

The ultimate guide to 25 years of contemporary art, as seen through the filter of the world's leading contemporary art magazine frieze A to Z of Contemporary Art charts the dynamic, changing landscape of the contemporary art and culture of the past...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991558575Author Edit DeAkFormat PaperbackPage Count 678Imprint Primary InformationPublisher Primary InformationWeight(grams) 1111g

New sculptures and installations that critically examine the formal, social and linguistic roles of live models Over the past three decades, Iranian-born, German-based artist Nairy Baghramian (born 1971) has created sculptures and installations that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780722351543Author Sue GoodchildFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Arthur H.Stockwell LtdPublisher Andrews UK Limited

Surrealist artist Max Ernst defined collage as the "alchemy of the visual image." Students of his work have often dismissed this comment as simply a metaphor for the transformative power of using found images in a new context. Taking a wholly different...

Tracey Emin has undergone an extraordinary metamorphosis from a young, unknown artist into the 'bad girl' of the Young British Art (YBA) movement, challenging the complacency of the art establishment in both her work and her life. Today she is arguably...

This collection of 13 dragons is loaded with sketches, drawings, anatomical studies, detailed diagrams, brief natural histories and step-by-step colour art demonstrations for each animal showing the process of making dragon images from start to finish. A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647224929Author Iain McCaigFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

Christian Rex van Minnen's art is challenging, intriguing, and disturbing. His provocative paintings depict the dynamic attraction and repulsion of mankind, often leaving the viewer deep in contemplative euphoria. Since his first solo exhibition in...

An investigation of the depiction of the story of Theophilus in both its original texts, and images. The legend of Theophilus stages an iconic medieval story, its widespread popularity attesting to its grip on the imagination. A pious clerk refuses a...

From Edison's invention of the phonograph through contemporary field recording and sound installation, artists have become attracted to those domains against which music has always defined itself: noise, silence, and environmental sound. Christoph Cox...

Herculaneum, located on the picturesque Bay of Naples, was buried in the same volcanic eruption as its larger neighbour, Pompeii. But while Pompeii was covered by a relatively shallow layer of loose volcanic ash, Herculaneum was submerged in deep flows...

The first comprehensive look at the origins and diffusion across Europe of the etched print during the late 15th and early 16th centuries The etching of images on metal, originally used as a method for decorating armor, was first employed as a...

Merchants of Style explores the accelerating convergence of art and fashion, looking at the interplay of artists and designers - and the role of institutions, both public and commercial - that has brought about this marriage of aesthetic industries...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938221217Author John CageFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Siglio PressPublisher Siglio Press

A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers For decades, African nations have fought for the return of countless works of art stolen during the colonial era and placed in...

Vincent van Gogh used art to express his intensely emotional response to the world around him. Enraptured by the beauty of nature and tormented by the sorrows of human existence, he produced in his tragically short life some of the most powerfully...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910862582Author Helen ElliottFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

A comprehensive overview on the French artist who has transformed cities worldwide with his epic portraits of their inhabitants Over the past two decades, French artist JR has massively expanded the impact of public art through his ambitious projects...

The Military History of Late Rome 565-602 provides a fresh analysis of the Roman Empire from the reign of Phocas (602-10) until the death of Heraclius (610-41). This was an era of unprecedented upheavals which is usually considered to have resulted in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486793849Author George ToufexisFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Children'sPublisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 328gDimensions(mm)...

Learn the skills to set any scene or capture any mood. With this book, your manga drawings will spring to life and leap off the page!Drawing Action Scenes and Characters is most suited to digital artists, but the tips and techniques in this book are...

Offsetted traces the emergence of the valuation of nature. The book by the artist duo Cooking Sections unpacks forms of dispossession that are becoming more common through the protection - not only destruction - of natural environments. Through a...

With the rise of museums in the 19th century, including the formation in 1824 of the National Gallery in London, as well as the proliferation of widely available published reproductions, the art of the past became visible and accessible in Victorian...