Art

First study of the role of architecture in the work of Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting. At the height of his career as the leader of the Hudson River School of American landscape painting, Thomas Cole listed...

The immediate physical presence of color is central to Katharina Grosse's creative endeavor. Through an open-ended creative process in which painting takes on the form of a performance, color embodies movement, making its emotional potential tangible...

The strong God of Exodus. The ancient poetry of the Psalms, and the eternal teachings of Proverbs. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and the mystical beauty of John. The new heaven and earth of Revelation. Bible verses-an enduring source of guidance, peace, and...

When Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) painted Vision After the Sermon in the summer of 1888 he was a mature artist who had travelled, exhibited and worked in a variety of media. Today the painting is considered a masterpiece, helping to assure Gauguin's fame the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506711041Author UbisoftFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Since the last century, the relationship between vanguard and self-taught artists has been defined by contradiction. The established art world has been quick to make clear distinctions between trained and untrained artists, yet at the same time it has...

Paul Cezanne, Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet and many others - between 1936 and 1956 the Swiss industrialist Emil Buhrle (1890-1956) assembled an impressive collection around French Impressionism. As the owner of the largest weapons factory in the country...

"... visually stunning and mentally stimulating."-Scientific American"...the author of What Painting Is (1998) has written a fascinating new book filled with gorgeous illustrations that would inspire us 'to learn to see anything.' It's a tall order, to...

Joanna Cannon's scholarship and teaching have helped shape the historical study of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italian art; this essay collection by her former students is a tribute to her work. The essays collected here form a tribute to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620331392Author Matthew RunfolaFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Interweave Press IncPublisher Interweave Press IncWeight(grams) 1179g

Learn how to draw with easy, stress-free lessons designed to build a solid foundation for drawing in just 15 minutes. Starting with pencil techniques and warm-up exercises,15-Minute Drawing: Getting Started guides you in exploring the basics of drawing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857250083Author Donna WingateFormat HardbackPage Count 225Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1640g

Saddle up for some creative fun!The pure beauty and spirit of horses makes them a favorite subject for artists. With the friendly instruction in this book, rendering these magnificent animals is both achievable and fun, even for beginners. Step by step,...

Leo Steinberg was one of the most original art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking interpretive risks that challenged the profession by overturning reigning orthodoxies. In essays and lectures ranging from old masters to contemporary...

J. A. Green (1873-1905) was one of the most prolific and accomplished indigenous photographers to be active in West Africa. This beautiful book celebrates Green's photographs and opens a new chapter in the early photographic history of Africa. Soon after...

Fascinating pavement chalk art by a master of the craft, now with new art. "Beever's mastery and unbridled humour are on full display in these dazzling drawings, each accompanied by a description that details artistic techniques, discusses challenges...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867198751Author Jon B. CookeFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633450332Author Cornelia ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 880g

Pieter Brugel the Elder - Fall of the Rebel Angels argues that many of the hybrid falling angels are carefully composed of naturalia and artificialia, as they were collected in art and curiosity cabinets of the time. Bruegel's much noted emulation of...

Design beautiful, professional-level animated effects with these detailed step-by-step tutorials from former Disney animator and animated effects expert Joseph Gilland. Filled with beautiful, full-color artwork, Elemental Magic, Volume II, breaks down...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789609931489Author Elad LassryFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Kentro SynchronisPublisher Kentro Synchronis

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906958602Author Spencer KansaFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Mandrake of OxfordPublisher Mandrake of OxfordWeight(grams) 426g

The first reference work to cover all engravers working on copper in Britain and Ireland 1714-1820 This biographical dictionary of engravers working on copper encompasses both those who produced fine art prints, and also those who engraved book...

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters, was also a theorist and exponent of the movement. His writing articulated the intent of the New York school - Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb,...

This is the first full-scale monograph of the life and work of the remarkable British artist Merlyn Evans (1910-73). Deeply affected by the poverty and violence that he witnessed in Glasgow during the depressed years of the late 1920s and early 1930s,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913231033Author Junior TomlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Velocity PressPublisher Velocity Press

This title offers solid and in-depth instruction from a watermedia expert and top author. It includes tips and techniques for developing a personal style. Quiller is a well established name is the art world. He has sold over 100, 000 books worldwide.Join...

Now available in a fully revised and updated second edition, this accessible and insightful introduction outlines the central theories and ongoing debates in the philosophy of art. Covers a wide range of topics, including the definition and...

The book depicts the abandoned and crumbling Prime Minister's mansion in Beirut and the lives connected to it and interwoven into its fabric for over a century. The photographs of the rich and famous at the house in its heyday at its opulent best,...

Unique in style, Chinese furniture has long been celebrated for its elegant, artistic lines and strong, durable structure. Ranging from pieces designed simply to display the beauty and texture of natural woods to magnificent pieces decorated with lavish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982127145Author Lee DurkeeFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 230mm...

A fresh and surprising overview of N. C. Wyeth's career that considers the full range of the multifaceted artist's oeuvre N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) was widely renowned for his iconic images of characters such as King Arthur, Robin Hood, and Robinson Crusoe...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626402201Author Darrel RooneyFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Angel City Press,U.S.Publisher Angel City Press,U.S.

The only book available on Scottish painting, this book is now in its third edition with a new introduction and final chapter that brings the book up to date with the latest developments in Scottish painting (Richard Wright's win of the Turner Prize...

Sean Scully (* 1945 in Dublin) is considered one of the most significant abstract painters of our time. For decades he has produced a wealth of variations on his core theme of lines and stripes, creating works with a fascinating range of tone and...

Chibis are the cute, miniature characters and creatures of Japanese comics. Chibis appear in all genres of manga, from the serious to the broadly comedic, which is why they enjoy such a high recognition factor among manga readers. And because chibis are...

Italian court culture of the fifteenth century was a golden age, gleaming with dazzling princes, splendid surfaces, and luminous images that separated the lords from the (literally) lackluster masses. In Brilliant Bodies, Timothy McCall describes and...

With this widely acclaimed work, Fried revised the way in which eighteenth-century French painting and criticism were viewed and understood."A reinterpretation supported by immense learning and by a series of brilliantly perceptive readings of paintings...

Stanislavsky and Race is the first book to explore the role that Konstantin Stanislavsky's "system" and its legacies can play in building, troubling and illuminating today's anti-racist theatre practices.This collection of essays from leading figures in...

Speaking Out of Turn is the first monograph dedicated to the forty-year oeuvre of feminist conceptual artist Lorraine O'Grady. Examining O'Grady's use of language, both written and spoken, Stephanie Sparling Williams charts the artist's strategic use of...