Art

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912567188Author Nicky GloverFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint The Harris Meltzer TrustPublisher Karnac BooksWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

Banned soon after its first midnight screenings, the prints seized and the organizers arrested, Jack Smith's incendiary Flaming Creatures (1963) quickly became a cause celebre of the New York underground. Championed and defended by Jonas Mekas and Susan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788417173227Author Tomas LlorensFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Fundacion Coleccion Thyssen-BornemiszaPublisher Fundacion Coleccion...

For decades, we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Mason doesn't sugarcoat or...

In the late 18th century, as a wave of English nationalism swept the country, the printseller John Boydell set out to create an ambitious exhibition space, one devoted to promoting and fostering a distinctly English style of history painting. With its...

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,...

The first monograph showcasing the pop and glossy universe of young Hollywood's favorite photographer Considered young Hollywood's favorite photographer, Vijat Mohindra has created a unique and colorful style that he's brought to the covers of the...

The world of Naruto explodes in full color! ; Experience Naruto in full, vibrant color!; Experience the art of Naruto!Relish Masashi Kishimoto's artwork in all its colorful glory in this new hardbound collection of images from the Naruto manga! Naruto,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506735221Author Rick BarbaFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams) 567g

Performance Art in practice - pedagogical approaches opens up a variety of philosophies that explore, explain and challenge Performance art and introduces a range of practices used in higher level education. The book is a collection of nine...

This book examines key sculptural motifs and cinematic sculpture in film history through a series of case studies and through an extensive reference gallery of 150 different films.Book InformationISBN 9781474431705Author Steven JacobsFormat PaperbackPage...

This book features a masterwork in the field of conservation published in English for the first time. In the decades since its initial publication in German in 1978, Polychrome Sculpture has come to be widely regarded as a watershed text on the making...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982409046Author Scott BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Soberscove PressPublisher Soberscove Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908211880Author Patrick PotterFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Pro-Actif Communications

Get Rolling on Your Most Inventive Artwork Ever! What lurks in the shadows of your imagination? This book takes you deep into the dusty corners and dark recesses where your most original ideas lie in wait, showing you how to lure them out into daylight,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2013 2013.Book InformationISBN 9780262536554Author Linda Dalrymple HendersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 760Imprint MIT...

Formed by Harvey S. Shipley Miller, trustee of the Judith Rothschild Foundation, and given to MoMA in 2005, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection was conceived to be a broad survey of contemporary drawing practice, and it more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506703558Author Will EisnerFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910010068Author Michael HamptonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint UniformbooksPublisher Uniformbooks

Menesunda Reloaded marks the first-ever presentation outside of Argentina of the legendary work, La Menesunda, first envisioned by Marta Minujin and Ruben Santantonin in 1965. Over the past 60 years, Minujin (born 1943), a pioneering Argentinian artist,...

Pencil and Ink is a new collection of Frank Cho's personal works that focuses primarily on his exceptional pencil and ink drawings. Filled with over 120 pieces from the last two decades, it contains works not published in Frank's previous book, The Art...

A guide to the Freer/Sackler's richly diverse collection of Buddhist art fromJapan, China, and Korea, as well as Indian/South Asia. Paths to Perfection: Buddhist Art at the Freer Sackler introduces readers to Buddhist art through the celebrated...

The Medieval Calendar Year celebrates the pictorial convention known as "The Labors of the Months" and the ways it was used in the Middle Ages. Richly illustrated and elegantly presented, it provides valuable insights into prevailing social attitudes and...

A nostalgic celebration of the glamour of warm-weather destinations in the Caribbean and Florida, from the great estates of ambitious patrons to the most exclusive resorts of the mid-twentieth century. Through iconic photography capturing the cultural...

Over the past twenty-five years, photography has moved to centre-stage in the study of visual culture and has established itself in numerous disciplines. This trend has brought with it a diversification in approaches to the study of the photographic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611805437Author Kazuaki TanahashiFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

In 1921/22 Edouard Vuillard created a cycle of six paintings for the entrance hall of the Villa Bauer in Basel. Four large-format pictures show exhibition rooms in the Louvre from Antiquity to French Rococo painting. Two overdoors provide an intimate...

What makes you happy? Whatever it is, draw it, with the help of Christopher Hart, the world's top-selling author of art instruction books! Whether it's an adorable pet, the trip of a lifetime, or an everyday moment to savor (like your morning cup of...

Based on the highly successful course at the School of Visual Arts developed by the author, this book provides a comprehensive approach to the critical understanding of photography through an in-depth discussion of fifteen photographs and their contexts...

Elaine Mayes was a young photographer living in San Francisco's lively Haight-Ashbury District during the 1960s. She had photographed the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and, later that year, during the waning days of the Summer of Love, embarked on a set...

Winners of the annual international Graphis Design AwardsImmerse in a powerful visual journey through the eyes of over 500 award-winning graphic designers from around the globe. In one of the most coveted industry award competitions, Graphis Design 2023...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689360Author D. Graham BurnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press

A momentous publication that opens the doors to the Donald B. Marron Collection and celebrates the collector's enduring legacyOver six decades, American financier and entrepreneur Don Marron acquired more than 300 modern and contemporary masterworks...

The first monograph on the indefatigable explorer of relationships between people, technology, and environmental issues. Book InformationISBN 9780714878324Author Carol BeckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Phaidon Press LtdPublisher Phaidon...

Said to have come from the Benedictine abbey church of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany, this statue by Tilman Riemenschneider (c. 1460 - 1531), dated to c. 1495, depicts the church father Saint Jerome as he removes a thorn from the paw of a lion, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867197372Author Mark RydenFormat HardbackPage Count 68Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.Weight(grams) 1168g

An accessible, clothbound compendium of leading artists in Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia Filling a noticeable void in art publishing, SEA: Contemporary Art Practices in Southeast Asia presents...

The personality of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890),a 19th-century combination of dropout, rebel, and genius,and the source of his enormous achievement continue to fascinate people as deeply as his vivid, wildly painted canvasses of sunflowers, peasants, and...

"In this book, many of the depictions of what a girl gang is are not the most admirable. They are often belligerent, rude, violent, and lewd. But it sure does make for great art and entertainment. However, if you can overlook the vices of the girl gang,...

The idea of authenticity - deliciously vague and as ubiquitous as Starbucks - has hit the spot in almost every sector of 21st-century life. But can we trust the authentic image of Nigel 'man-of-the-people' Farage, Sarah 'hockey mom' Palin or Gwyneth...