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Francisco de Goya and the Art of Critique by Anthony J. Cascardi
RRP: £35.00£28.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942130697Author Anthony J. CascardiFormat HardbackPage Count 376Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 982gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 167mm *... -
Mary Cassatt: A Life by Nancy Mowll Mathews 9780300077544
RRP: £22.50£22.08One of the few women Impressionists, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) had a life of paradoxes: American born, she lived and worked in France; a classically trained artist, she preferred the company of radicals; never married, she painted exquisite and beloved... -
Drawing Under Fire: War Diary of a Young Vietnamese Artist Pham Thanh Tam 9780953783939
RRP: £14.99£9.80Diary of A Young Artist is a beautiful reproduction of the diary notes and sketches of Vietnamese war artist Pham Thanh Tam, created in the Vietminh trenches while on the front line of the decisive battle of Dien Bien Phu.About the AuthorPham Thanh Tam,... -
The Art of Denis Williams by Evelyn A. Williams 9781845231934
RRP: £27.99£19.68Written by his daughter, Evelyn A. Williams, The Art of Denis Williams is a long-overdue illustrated guide to the work of a man praised worldwide, including by the likes of Wyndham Lewis, Henry Moore and Salvador Dali. In the 1940s, Denis Williams was... -
Lino Tagliapietra: Sculptor in Glass by Glenn Adamson
RRP: £39.95£29.78The most comprehensive monograph available on the greatest living glassblower, Lino Tagliapietra. Lino Tagliapietra has been described as the world's greatest glassblower, a figure born from the five-hundred-year-old culture of Venetian glass, but one... -
Desire Unlimited: The Cinema of Pedro Almodovar by Paul Julian Smith 9781781681770
£22.86In the last decade, Spanish film auteur Pedro Almodovar has grown from critical darling of the film circuit scene to mainstream success. Frequently comic, often deadly serious, always visually glorious, his recent films range from the Oscar award-winning... -
Rome, 1630: The Horizon of Early Baroque and Other Essays Yves Bonnefoy 9780857425966
RRP: £30.00£25.25Velazquez. Poussin. Carvaggio. Bernini. Despite their disparate backgrounds, these greats of European Baroque art converged at one remarkable place in time: Rome, 1630. In response to the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church turned to these... -
I Should be in Charge: Bob and Roberta Smith by Bob Smith 9781907317262
£35.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907317262Author Bob SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Black Dog Publishing London UKPublisher Black Dog PressWeight(grams) 1559g -
How to Draw Sci-Fi Heroes and Villains: Brainstorm, Design, and Bring to Life Teams of Cosmic Characters, Atrocious Androids, Celestial Creatures and Much, Much More! by Prentis Rollins
RRP: £19.95£15.81From a renowned illustrator of DC and Marvel comic books, an engaging full-color instruction book for teens and adults alike This is an art instruction book filled with original, full-color art and step-by-step instructional texts, teaching burgeoning... -
Museums, Society, Inequality by Richard Sandell
RRP: £37.99£33.38Museums, Society, Inequality explores the wide-ranging social roles and responsibilities of the museum. It brings together international perspectives to stimulate critical debate, inform the work of practitioners and policy makers, and to advance... -
Artworld Prestige: Arguing Cultural Value by Timothy Van Laar 9780199913985
£39.79Artworld Prestige examines the ways in which cultural arguments about value develop: the processes by which some practices, artists, and media in the artworld win and others lose. Timothy Van Laar and Leonard Diepeveen argue that the concept of prestige,... -
Burmese Silver from the Colonial Period by Alexandra Green
RRP: £60.00£57.56This stunning catalogue presents an exceptional collection of rare Burmese silver. Accompanied by detailed photographs and explanatory texts, this ground-breaking book proposes a new way of looking at Burmese silver. Names, dates, places, and stories... -
Sculpture and Coins: Margarete Bieber as Scholar and Collector by Carmen Arnold-Biucchi 9780674428379
RRP: £25.95£24.28This volume addresses the question of the relation between sculpture and coins-or large statuary and miniature art-in the private and public domain. It originates in the Harvard Art Museums 2011 Ilse and Leo Mildenberg interdisciplinary symposium... -
Art + Science Now: How scientific research and technological innovation are becoming key to 21st-century aesthetics Stephen Wilson 9780500289952
RRP: £19.95£14.33Art + Science Now is a groundbreaking overview of the art being made at the cutting edge of scientific research. The first illustrated book in its field, it shows how some of the world's most dynamic art is being produced not in museums, galleries and... -
British Black Art: Debates on the Western Art History by Sophie Orlando 9782914563765
RRP: £24.00£15.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782914563765Author Sophie OrlandoFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dis VoirPublisher Dis Voir -
The Art of Philosophy: Visual Thinking in Europe from the Late Renaissance to the Early Enlightenment by Susanna C. Berger 9780691172279
RRP: £62.00£49.82The first book to explore the role of images in philosophical thought and teaching in the early modern period Delving into the intersections between artistic images and philosophical knowledge in Europe from the late sixteenth to the early eighteenth... -
Modern Art in Egypt: Identity and Independence, 1850-1936 by Fatenn Mostafa
RRP: £70.00£53.88Following a spectacular surge in interest for Egyptian masters, Modern Art in Egypt fills the void in Egyptian art history, chronicling the lives and legacies of six pioneering artists working under the British occupation. Using Western-style academic... -
Small Scale, Big World: History, Culture, and Memory Hidden in Mini Crafts by Gingko Press
RRP: £36.99£27.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783943330212Author Gingko PressFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Gingko PressPublisher Gingko Press -
Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King
RRP: £13.99£11.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593312728Author Rax KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 132mm *... -
Fantasy Art Expedition by Finlay Cowan 9781440303876
RRP: £16.99£7.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440303876Author Cowan, FinlayFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint IMPACT BooksPublisher F&W Publications IncWeight(grams) 520gDimensions(mm) 280mm *... -
Colors by Andrew Berardini 9781945649677
RRP: £12.99£8.63"The most elegant of all art critic cowboys" -Spike Art MagazineColor beams at us from the everyday, but within each of the ten million shades are hidden our best and worst stories. Colors is a collection of lush short stories about the many different... -
Oxford in Prints: 1675-1900 Peter Whitfield 9781851242467
RRP: £25.00£21.92For more than three centuries Oxford has been the subject of fine illustrated books and engraved prints. These exquisitely made illustrations have become part of the historical record, showing how Oxford's identity is rooted in the past and tracing a... -
Cult Musicians: 50 Progressive Performers You Need to Know by Robert Dimery
RRP: £12.99£9.80WHAT MAKES A CULT MUSICIAN? Whether pioneering in their craft, fiercely and undeniably unique or critically divisive, cult musicians come in all shapes and guises. Some gain instant fame, others instant notoriety, and more still remain anonymous until a... -
The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope: How Renaissance Linear Perspective Changed Our Vision of the Universe by Samuel Y. Edgerton
RRP: £20.99£18.37In The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope, Samuel Y. Edgerton brings fresh insight to a subject of perennial interest to the history of art and science in the West: the birth of linear perspective. Edgerton retells the fascinating story of how... -
Cecily Brown: Shipwreck Drawings by Cecily Brown
RRP: £30.00£19.80These extraordinary works by Cecily Brown, of wrecked ships, frantic and prone bodies, carefully illuminate the tensions between the past and the present. Taking inspiration from Delacroix's shipwreck paintings, as well as one of the most feted paintings... -
Set in Stone: Lithography in Paris, 1815-1900 Christine Giviskos 9783777429946
RRP: £36.00£24.03In the early 19th century, artists and printers embraced the new medium of lithography, an innovative method to mass - produce and distribute images. Known for its collection of French prints and posters, the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University... -
Tim Pitsiulak Drawings and Prints from Cape Dorset by Leslie Boyd 9780764981777
RRP: £15.99£12.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780764981777Author Leslie BoydFormat HardbackPage Count 84Imprint Pomegranate Communications Inc,USPublisher Pomegranate Communications Inc,USWeight(grams)... -
Mary Wykeham: Surrealist out of the Shadows by Silvano Levy 9781848225572
RRP: £45.00£34.00Original and idealistic, Mary Wykeham (1909-1996), to date neglected in the histories of surrealism, is brought centre stage in this first study of her remarkable pursuit of art - a creative impulse that witnessed her crossing Europe and finding success... -
Living Room Wars: Rethinking Media Audiences Ien Ang (University of Western Sydney, Australia) 9780415128018
RRP: £38.99£35.58Living Room Wars brings together Ien Ang's recent writings on television audiences, and , in response to recent criticisms of cultural studies, argues that it is possible to study audience pleasures and popular television in a way that is not naively... -
The Haight by Joel Selvin
RRP: £25.00£21.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647220525Author Joel SelvinFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions -
Practical Jewellery-Making Techniques: Problem Solving by Stephen O'Keeffe
RRP: £25.00£20.28The ultimate guide to core jewellery-making techniques, packed with unique (and money-saving) tips. This book gives you an overview of core jewellery-making techniques and helps you to achieve the same results as traditional methods with easier and... -
The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: An Illuminated Edition by Yuko Shimizu 9781948886017
RRP: £70.99£48.56Oscar Wilde's fairy tales are some of his most elegant and charming pieces of writing. He produced two books of fairy tales -- THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES, and A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES . They've rarely been collected in one volume -- and never with... -
Banksy Myths and Legends Volume II by Liza Kirwin
RRP: £5.95£5.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908211316Author Marc LevertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Carpet Bombing CultureWeight(grams) 108gDimensions(mm)... -
Looking In: The Art of Viewing by Mieke Bal
RRP: £34.99£32.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789057011122Author Mieke BalFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint G&B Arts InternationalPublisher Gordon and BreachWeight(grams) 657g -
Timing for Animation, 40th Anniversary Edition by Harold Whitaker
RRP: £44.99£40.75Timing for Animation has been one of the pillars of animation since it was first published in 1981. Now this 40th anniversary edition captures the focus of the original and enhances this new edition with fresh images, techniques, and advice from... -
Summer of Love: Art, Fashion, and Rock and Roll by Jill D'Alessandro 9780520294820
RRP: £55.00£47.20Featuring a wide array of iconic rock posters, period photographs, music memorabilia and light shows, "out-of-this-world" clothing, and avant-garde films, this catalogue celebrates San Francisco's rebellious and colorful counterculture that blossomed in... -
Social Dissonance by Mattin
RRP: £16.99£12.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913029814Author MattinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Urbanomic Media LtdPublisher Urbanomic Media Ltd -
Climate Change and the New Polar Aesthetics: Artists Reimagine the Arctic and Antarctic by Lisa E. Bloom
RRP: £21.99£19.19In Climate Change and the New Polar Aesthetics, Lisa E. Bloom considers the ways artists, filmmakers, and activists engaged with the Arctic and Antarctic to represent our current environmental crises and reconstruct public understandings of them. Bloom... -
Modernism and the Mediterranean: The Maeght Foundation by Dr. Jan K. Birksted
RRP: £49.99£43.50Situated in a Mediterranean landscape, the Maeght Foundation is a unique Modernist museum, product of an extraordinary collaboration between the architect, Jose Luis Sert, and the artists whose work was to be displayed there. The architecture, garden... -
Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play by Shirley M Mueller MD 9780999652275
RRP: £32.00£29.14Collecting objects gives enormous pleasure to approximately one third of the population, providing such benefits as intellectual stimulation, the thrill of the chase, and leaving a legacy. On the other hand, the same pursuit can engender pain; for...