Art

A new examination of the history of ceramic art, spanning ancient to modern times, emphasizing its traditions, materials, and methods of makingConcise but comprehensive, Ceramic Art brings together the voices of art historians, conservators, and artists...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857245584Author Sandro MillerFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 2840g

From YouTube's Head of Culture and Trends, a rousing and illuminating behind-the-scenes exploration of internet video's massive impact on our world What we watch, create, upload, follow, subscribe to and share matters - It reveals more about ourselves...

A Legendary Artist Revisited Unknown to many, Niko Pirosmani is revered as a legend in his native Georgia. Conveying a sense of poignant empathy, his portraits, animal paintings, landscapes and scenes from everyday life painted around 1900 in a...

"The undisputed American master of Japanese garden scholars."--New York Times, Dominique Browning Matching some 400 color photographs to brief, informed observations, renowned garden designer Marc Peter Keane walks us through 100 Japanese gardens,...

What is the place of materiality the expression or condition of physical substance in our visual age of rapidly changing materials and media? How is it fashioned in the arts or manifested in virtual forms? In Surface, cultural critic and theorist...

In the past few decades, Western studies of Afrofuturism have grown to encompass examples deriving from multiple sites across the diaspora, as well as from the African continent. However, an increasing number of Africans and Africanists have voiced their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732294110Author A. S. HamrahFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint n+1 ResearchPublisher n+1 Research

A prolific social critic, Paul McCarthy is best known for his work in performance, installation, film, and sculpture. His works reference American cultural archetypes such as Disneyland, B movies, soap operas, comic books, and contemporary politics. His...

All the Buildings in London is a love letter to London, told through James Gulliver Hancock s unique and charming drawings of the city s diverse architectural styles and streetscapes. Hancock s offbeat drawing style gives a sense of whimsical and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262545280Author Sam ThorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

A timely re-examination of European engagements with indigenous art and the presence of indigenous art in the contemporary art world. The arts of Africa, Oceania and native America famously inspired twentieth-century modernist artists such as Picasso,...

They're strong, they're fierce, they're changing the world--and you get to hang out with them! Color in Beyonce, Meryl Streep, Serena Williams, and Malala. Try your pencils on Ruth Badar Ginsburg, Adele, Cleopatra and Amy Poehler. Then dress a Hillary...

What happens when white people look at non-whites? What happens when the gaze is returned? Looking for the Other responds to criticisms leveled at white feminist film theory of the 1970s and 1980s for its neglect of issues to do with race. It focuses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143135241Author Mari AndrewFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 655gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 171mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683960270Author Robert WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 450Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Martin's work is characterised by a unique freedom, expressed through the possibilities of her chosen canvas - a piece of paper or textile, a sculptural surface, wall or screen. She interrogates 'who we are at the core, as people', and since her...

Sheffield born silversmiths and designers working in the Arts and Crafts movement The Art and Crafts period is perennially fashionable A fascinating history of history of one of the most successful silversmithing collaborations of the 20th Century Major...

The Kunstmuseum Bern owns one of the most important art collections in Switzerland. Since the foundation of the Staatliche Kunstsammlung in Bern in 1809 and the opening of the first museum building in 1879 the collection has grown continuously and has...

Spread the inspirational artwork and words of wisdom of Bob Ross with this colorful, one-of-a-kind magnet collection. Set includes:* 15 original magnets featuring Bob Ross artwork, inspirational quotes, and iconic images related to the painter.* Unique...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908970299Author Eleanor PinfieldFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Art / BooksPublisher Art / BooksWeight(grams) 760g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857242477Author Andrea Di LorenzoFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1220g

Museums of Language and the Display of Intangible Cultural Heritage presents essays by practitioners based in language museums around the world. Describing their history, mission, and modes of display, contributors demonstrate the important role...

Art history traditionally classifics works of art by country as well as period, but often political borders and cultural boundaries are highly complex and fluid. Questions of identity, policy, and exchange make it difficult to determine the "place" of...

Book of Desmond Morris' surrealist art worksBook InformationISBN 9781911408703Author Silvano LevyFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Sansom & CoPublisher Sansom & Co

A major new book about Doris Lee, one of the top female artists - indeed among the top figurative artists, regardless of gender - in the American art world from the mid-1930s through the 1950s. Simple Pleasures presents the first major critical...

Between Art and Anthropology provides new and challenging arguments for considering contemporary art and anthropology in terms of fieldwork practice. Artists and anthropologists share a set of common practices that raise similar ethical issues, which the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857242804Author Chika Okeke AguluFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1320g

What can we learn about nationalism by looking at a country's cultural institutions? How do the history and culture of particular cities help explain how museums represent diversity? Artifacts and Allegiances takes us around the world to tell the...

A systematic transnational investigation of post-war literary experiments in Europe and the Americas Clarifies concepts, provides a well-defined methodology and presents a wide array of international case studies Introduces the reader to major...

An essential reference that provides new understanding of the thought processes of one of the most radical artists of the late twentieth century. Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) has never been an easy artist to categorize or to explain. Although trained...

Drawing Processes of Life is the product of biologists, philosophers, and artists working together to formulate new ways of representing our new approach to life. It is a mutualistic symbiosis, where identities are transformed, information and nutritive...

Ellen Harvey's inspiring guerilla art project feels fresher and more relevant than ever Between 1999 and 2001, small old-fashioned landscapes painstakingly executed in oil started to appear on graffiti sites across New York City. The paintings were...

Over the course of his three-decade career, Thomas Ruff has taken up many approaches to photography in his investigation into the status of the image in contemporary culture.In Thomas Ruff, the artist presents new work that continues his ongoing probe...

When you need a pick-me-up, Jess Sharp, creator of @jessrachelsharp on Instagram, shares 100 illustrated messages of encouragement for your most difficult days. This chunky mini book is the perfect gift to say "You've got this!"About the AuthorJess...

LETTERING & CALLIGRAPHY WINNER OF THE CREATIVE BOOK AWARDS 2023 Providing oodles of inspiration and hours of fun, this is the go-to book for fans of hand-lettering and calligraphy. Beginners can start right from the basics and follow step-by-step...

Many of the greatest avant-garde artists of the early twentieth century were Ukrainians or came from Ukraine. Whether living in Paris, St. Petersburg or Kyiv, they made major contributions to painting, sculpture, theatre, and film-making. Because their...

A celebration of Houston's Rothko Chapel on its fiftieth anniversary, featuring work by contemporary artists responding to its continuing impact Artists and the Rothko Chapel celebrates the legacy of the Rothko Chapel in Houston and globally,...

Hone your skills every step of the way with short tutorials and editable rigs that accompany each chapter. (17+ rigs!!).Read "Tina's 10 Rules of Rigging" and build the foundational knowledge needed to successfully rig your characters.Visit the companion...

Visionary illustrator and author SIMON STALENHAG (THE ELECTRIC STATE, TALES FROM THE LOOP) presents a tense, dark tale of ruin and vengeance set among a stunning sci-fi apocalypse like you've never seen before.An eight-wheeled vehicle trundles across...