Art

A phenomenological investigation into new media artwork and its relationship to history What does it mean to live in an era of emerging digital technologies? Are computers really as antihistorical as they often seem? Drawing on phenomenology's...

Empires of Vision brings together pieces by some of the most influential scholars working at the intersection of visual culture studies and the history of European imperialism. The essays and excerpts focus on the paintings, maps, geographical surveys,...

Classic stories retold in exciting graphic novel format. Each title includes high-quality artwork, simple text, discussion questions and writing prompts.About the AuthorVictor Hugo was born February 26, 1802, in Besancon, France. As a child, Hugo's...

In the early 1950s, Willem de Kooning's Woman I and subsequent paintings established him as a leading member of the abstract expressionist movement. His wildly impacted brushstrokes and heavily encrusted surfaces baffled most critics, who saw de...

Almost thirty years ago, W. J. T. Mitchell's Iconology helped launch the interdisciplinary study of visual media, now a central feature of the humanities. Along with his subsequent Picture Theory and What Do Pictures Want?, Mitchell's now-classic work...

How to Rule at Photography features 50 bite-size tips and tricks to help you improve your photo skills with your phone's camera. Creating brilliant photos with your phone isn't as hard as you might think, and the easy-to-follow advice in this book goes...

The "Draw 50" series has sold more than 3 million copies. It is aimed at children aged 5 and upwards. "Draw 50 Animal 'Toons" teaches aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following simple, step-by-step instructions. Celebrated author Lee J. Ames...

The first investigation of how race and gender shaped the presentation and marketing of Modernist decor in postwar AmericaIn the world of interior design, mid-century Modernism has left an indelible mark still seen and felt today in countless...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506721903Author Michael Dante DiMartinoFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

The first monograph on a beloved American ceramicist who has been making joyful and original work for nearly 80 years Born in 1931, and living in New York, Alice Mackler today is still pushing forward not only her own art but also the boundaries of...

Imperial Leather chronicles the dangerous liaisons between gender, race and class that shaped British imperialism and its bloody dismantling. Spanning the century between Victorian Britain and the current struggle for power in South Africa, the book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506713571Author Way NetflixFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923) painted pictures that critics praised for their ability to exude the fragrance of field flowers and glow with the plumage of birds. Raised in Salem and long residing in Connecticut, she maintained a studio in New York City,...

The collections of twentieth-century paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, have developed largely through the generosity of individuals. Notable among these in the early decades of the century were Frank Hindley Smith and Mrs W F R Weldon, while...

Learn to create vividly realistic colored pencil drawings in just a few lessons!A Beginner's Guide to Colored Pencil Drawing provides instructions for creating brilliantly realistic drawings featuring rich shadows, bright highlights, smooth gradients,...

A new approach to the work of self-taught artist James Castle that focuses on how his drawings and practice resonate with earlier masters Drawing on the collections of the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and the James Castle Collection and Archive, this...

Timed for the 60th anniversary, the iconic and influential first issue of the Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, deconstructed by award-winning designer Chip Kidd; with text by novelist Walter Mosley, Marvel editor Tom Brevoort, and historian...

An investigation of conceptual artist Hanne Darboven's artistic practice and her highly personal mark-making as a form of marking time on paper Hanne Darboven (1941-2009) is best known for her immersive installations of individually framed sheets...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782839920674Author Brooke HolmesFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Fondation DESTE pour l'art ContemporainPublisher Fondation DESTE pour l'art Contemporain

In this beautifully illustrated and closely argued book, a completely updated and much expanded third edition of his magisterial survey, Curl describes in lively and stimulating prose the numerous revivals of the Egyptian style from Antiquity to the...

- First textbook to cover sound art in a single volume that can be used as the primary text in a college course- Offers balanced overview of the field, including coverage of both practical and theoretical aspects, and perspectives from both art and music...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614040187Author Michael WhelanFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Baby Tattoo BooksPublisher Baby Tattoo Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912685820Author Andrew DewdneyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Goldsmiths, Unversity of LondonPublisher Goldsmiths, Unversity of London

The first-ever monograph on Reynaud-Dewar, one of today's most celebrated multimedia artists French artist Lili Reynaud-Dewar creates environments and situations in which she uses her own body to examine the dual experience of vulnerability and...

The Andean Hybrid Baroque is the first comprehensive study of the architecture and architectural sculpture of Southern Peru in the late colonial period (1660s-1820s), an enduring and polemical subject in Latin American art history. In the southern Andes...

The first biography of Robert Frank, one of the world's greatest and most influential photographers, by the author of the acclaimed James Brown biography The One.About the AuthorR.J. Smith has been a senior editor at Los Angeles Magazine, a contributor...

The first NFT book that tells of the beginning of Crypto Art with 50 of the best artists in the movement. In the last year, crypto art has overwhelmed the world of digital art and beyond, involving collectors, museums, and auction houses, creating a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789461616937Author Davy DepelchinFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Snoeck PublishersPublisher Snoeck PublishersWeight(grams) 782g

How does the production of performance engage with the fundamental issues of our advanced neo-capitalist age? Andre Lepecki surveys a decade of experimental choreography to uncover the dual meaning of 'performance' in the twenty-first century: not just...

Mycenae, in the north-eastern corner of the plain of Argos in Greece, built atop a natural stronghold, became the preeminent centre of the advanced culture that dominated mainland Greece from the C16th BC to the C12th BC. That advanced culture was named...

This book offers a renewed look at Emma Hamilton, the eighteenth-century celebrity who was depicted by many major artists, including Angelica Kauffman, George Romney, and Elisabeth Vigee-Le Brun. Adopting an art historical and feminist lens, Ersy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865653788Author John E. BowltFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Vendome PressPublisher Vendome Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486830254Author Ken HultgrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm)...

American artist Nancy Spero (b.1929) concentrates on the depiction of women: mythological women, movie women, tortured women. Inspired by classical and modern sources, she collages and imprints her contemporary goddesses on to long, papyrus-like friezes...

The characteristics of watercolour naturally complement botanical art and this beautiful book shows you how to make the most of this versatile medium. It starts by guiding you through the complexities of painting flowers, with advice on materials and...

Pablo Picasso's modest yet revolutionary cardboard and sheet metal Guitar sculptures (1912 and 1914, respectively) bracket an incandescent period of structural, spatial and material experimentation for the artist. In October 1912, while in what he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788876242649Author Rudy ChiappiniFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1600g

Over the past century, The Huntington has collected more than 12,000 drawings and watercolors by British artists from the late 16th to mid-20th century. Excursions of Imagination showcases 100 stunning works on paper from this "hidden museum", many of...

An enticing history of food and drink in Western art and cultureEating and drinking can be aesthetic experiences as well as sensory ones. The Hungry Eye takes readers from antiquity to the Renaissance to explore the central role of food and drink in...

Maya Deren (1917-1961) was a Russian-born American filmmaker, theorist, poet, and photographer working at the forefront of the American avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Influenced by Jean Cocteau and Marcel Duchamp, she is best known for her seminal...