Art

In an era of climate change, deforestation, melting ice caps, poisoned environments, and species loss, many people are turning to the power of the arts and humanities for sustainable solutions to global ecological problems. Introduction to the...

Complex, innovative and thought-provoking, Iranian art in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries offers fresh insight into a culture and society that have been much misunderstood in the West and elsewhere. In this new, comprehensive study, featuring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646992188Author Grigori SternineFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506726595Author Blizzard EntertainmentFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Widely acknowledged as a major turning point in the history of visual depictions of war, Francisco de Goya's renowned print series The Disasters of War remains a touchstone for serious engagement with the violence of war and the questions raised by its...

In the rereleased edition of Trout of the World, fans of James Prosek's unique painting talent will revel in the addition of 30 new fish paintings and a newly penned preface. First released in 2003, Trout of the World features original watercolors of...

Each volume in this series contains 48 sheets with drawings printed on professional drawing paper in very light grey lines, encouraging you to trace and vary and to add colour. The images are a mix of detailed drawings and basic templates that leave...

A trove of primary source materials, From Postwar to Postmodern, Art in Japan 1945-1989 is an invaluable scholarly resource for readers who wish to explore the fascinating subject of avant-garde art in postwar Japan. In this comprehensive anthology, an...

Nina Möntmann's timely book extends the decolonisation debate to the institutions of contemporary art. In a thoughtfully articulated text, illustrated with pertinent examples of best practice, she argues that to play a crucial role within increasingly...

From the late 1950s to the late 1960s the word Pop described art, film, photography and architectural design which engaged with the new realities of mass production and the mass media. Unlike books which present Pop art in isolation, this is a...

Examines both the art-historical framework of Tomma Abts's painting as well as its deep philosophical and psychological dimensions With a rigorous approach and self-imposed limitations to both scale and composition, Tomma Abts (b. 1967) has reinvigorated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840900767Author Steve DobellFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Hermes HousePublisher Anness Publishing

This book deals with the theme of landscape in a transversal way, by presenting a set of important works by Gustave Courbet (mainly from the collections of the Gustave Institute and the Courbet d'Ornans Museum) and other 19th century artists -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633450066Author David VelascoFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 420g

An intimate reflection on culture and tradition, creativity and power, that draws on a lifetime's commitment to aesthetic encounter The playwright, poet, essayist, novelist, and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is also a longtime art collector. This book of...

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The official Star Trek: Discovery art book. Star Trek: Discovery, the newest chapter in the Star Trek Universe, follows the exploits of Vulcan-raised science officer Michael Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery as they boldly go where no one...

Between Afrofuturism, fantasy and postcolonialism: the most comprehensive monograph to date on the fantastical worlds of Wangechi Mutu Wangechi Mutu takes viewers on journeys of material, psychological and sociopolitical transformation; this volume...

This book is a celebration of trees, with beautiful botanical art at its centrepiece, accompanied by an entertaining and informative text. The paintings by Japanese artist Masumi Yamanaka illustrate the oldest and finest trees growing at the Royal...

Aby Warburg's Mnemosyne Atlas (1925-1929) is a prescient work of mixed media assemblage, made up of hundreds of images culled from antiquity to the Renaissance and arranged into startling juxtapositions. Warburg's allusive atlas sought to illuminate the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830853724Author Philip RykenFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 188gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869890148Author Rudolf KutzliFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Hawthorn PressPublisher Hawthorn PressWeight(grams) 512gDimensions(mm) 296mm * 210mm *...

Though long recognized as one of the most beautiful works from the second half of the thirteenth century, the magnificent sculptural program of the reverse facade at Reims Cathedral has received little in the way of scholarly attention. Interpreting the...

The last twenty years have seen a rise in the production, circulation, and criticism of new forms of socially engaged art aimed at achieving social justice and economic equality. In Wages Against Artwork Leigh Claire La Berge shows how socially engaged...

This is the workbook companion to Katja Haas's `Brush Lettering and Watercolour'. It offers plenty of space for your own lettering and watercolour creations, as well as a compact overview of the basics of brush lettering and instructions for writing and...

'Dance, theatre, music, sculpture, painting, all of these different modes of art-making are encapsulated into my practice, which is why I chose film as a medium for making my work.' - Isaac Julien Celebrated for his compelling lyrical films and video...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913245405Author Meilyr SionFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Atebol CyfyngedigPublisher Atebol Cyfyngedig

In the heart of Tuscany, Piero della Francesca became a painter and mathematician at the dawn of the Renaissance, revealing his innovative mind in some of the best known images from that period, and in his unusual writings on geometry. Yet as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916515000Author Jeanette WintersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Eiderdown BooksPublisher Eiderdown Books

From his first compositions to the colorful flower images of his late years, Vincent van Gogh repeatedly painted still lifes. In this genre, he could try out various pictorial techniques - from depicting space through light and shadow to experimentation...

A sophisticated examination of today's contemporary art market from an art dealer's point of view, this new book focuses on recent changes in the quickly evolving market. With an emphasis on how the market responded to the global recession that began in...

Edward Burne-Jones, member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood is renowned for his beautiful but usually melancholy evocations of a mythical, literary, ancient or medieval world, as well as his life-long friendship with William Morris. It will surprise...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932476002Author Donald DinwiddleFormat HardbackPage Count 362Imprint Serindia Publications, IncPublisher Serindia Publications, IncWeight(grams) 3484g

Matthew Krishanu's paintings explore topics including childhood, race, religion, art history, family, grief and love. His subjects - frequently Brown people, especially children - are realised with a shallow pictorial depth, delicate washes of colour,...

Tattoos have played an important role in human culture for thousands of years. Ideal for the tattoo artist, anthropologist, or tattoo fan, this visual lexicon covers tattoos from hundreds of different cultures and lists meanings, reasons for wearing, and...

Including over 100 illustrations from mainstream film to independent film, video art, performance and the visual arts, this important and original book explores how technology has affected artists' abilities and forms to express themselves.From analogue...

Since the beginning of China's economic boom in the late 1980s and its ever-increasing influence on globalized society, the country's burgeoning contemporary art scene has attracted great attention around the world. However, despite the Chinese art...

The historiography of timekeeping is traditionally characterized by a dichotomy between research that investigates the evolution of technical devices on the one hand, and research that is concerned with the examination of the cultures and uses of time on...

From millennia-old cave art to world-famous internet sensations, dogs have inspired artists to strive to capture their loyal personalities and antics for as long as they've been our furry friends. This joyous collection celebrates dogs in art,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493246126Author Liisa-Ravna FinbogPage Count 256Imprint ValizPublisher ValizWeight(grams) 171g