Art

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851627038Author Peter WastallPage Count 64Imprint Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers LtdPublisher Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486432083Author Joseph D'AmelioFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

This book, newly available in paperback, is the definitive survey of Greek vases by the outstanding world authority on classical archaeology and art. In it, John Boardman sketches the stylistic history of Greek vases and goes on to explore the many other...

In John Mellencamp: American Paintings and Assemblages, a survey of the artist s large-scale oil portraits and mixed-media pieces documents America s heart and soul, revealing unsettling but beautiful truths with a kind of anti-establishment frown and a...

Comprehensive view and new research on the fascinating painter of New Objectivity. The German-Swedish painter Lotte Laserstein (1898-1993) is one of the most exciting rediscoveries of recent years. The richly illustrated book with essays on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953691156Author Curtis CuffieFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Blank Forms EditionsPublisher Blank Forms EditionsWeight(grams) 815gDimensions(mm)...

'There's no grandstanding or showmanship, just solid, honest instructions and demonstrations that produce solid, worthwhile results.' Artbookreview.net Paint convincing watercolour mountain scenes using just 3 colours, 3 brushes, a palette and a pad...

In the 1980s-at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities-the Black Arts Movement burst onto the British art scene with breathtaking intensity, changing the nature and perception of British...

This book addresses one of the most exciting and innovative developments within higher education: the rise in prominence of the creative arts and the accelerating recognition that creative practice is a form of research. The book considers how creative...

Between the ninth and seventh centuries BC the small kingdom of Assyria in northern Iraq expanded through conquest to dominate the region from Egypt to Iran. The power of the Assyrian kings was reflected in the creation of a series of magnificent palaces...

In Birds, devout birder and ornithologist Roger J. Lederer celebrates the heyday of avian illustration in 40 artists' profiles, beginning with the work of Flemish painter Frans Snyders in the early 1600s and continuing through to contemporary artists...

This is a fascinating re-evaluation of the life and works of a hugely talented yet controversial artist. The young Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) created a major stir in late-sixteenth-century Rome with the groundbreaking naturalism and...

Stained glass has been one of the chief glories of Britain's churches since Norman times. Stained glass windows developed through the middle ages, as new techniques were introduced, and the art of storytelling in glass reached ever greater heights...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646091218Author Square EnixFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Square EnixPublisher Square Enix

Complete with 12 geometric designs of majestic, colourful unicorns, Sticker Mosaics: Rainbow Unicorns is the natural addition to a line of exciting guided stickering books. Enchanting illustrations and brightly colored stickers create an upbeat,...

Now with brand new, easy to use perforated color chip technology, The New Munsell Student Color Set, 6th Edition, is a complete learning package that offers opportunities for experimenting with color effects using paint, paper, and computers. A...

Pack up your materials, leave your painting inhibitions behind and step outside with Barry Herniman, ready to sketch. Fun, friendly and practical, this handbook is jam-packed with tips and brimming with answers to questions such as: What should I...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945803383Author Beth IngriasImprint Team of Light Media LLCPublisher Team of Light Media LLCWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 2mm

Learn how to confidently draw the human form from head to toe with this comprehensive, richly illustrated guide. Expert drawing instructor and storyboard artist Tom Fox knows exactly how to capture the figure in poses that are both dynamic and true to...

A landmark publication tracing the final months of Van Gogh's life. Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that Vincent van Gogh created during the last seventy days of his...

Griselda Pollock reintroduces an important feminist forerunner in this new, full-colour setting of Helen Rosenau's 1944 book Woman in Art Helen Rosenau (1900-1984) was part of the influential migration of European Jewish intellectuals who fled to...

A New Statesman Book of the Year 2021. A White Review Book of the Year 2021. In this remarkable first collection, Parwana Fayyaz evokes events in the lives of Afghan women, past and present - their endurance and achievements, told from their points...

Patrick Caulfield was a student at the Royal College of Art between 1960-63 alongside David Hockney and Allen Jones. His subject matter draws more from the masters of modern art such as Braque and Gris than from the consumer culture that preoccupied his...

Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) was one of the most influential artists working in the genre of ukiyo-e, `pictures of the floating world', in late eighteenth-century Japan, and was widely appreciated for his prints of beautiful women. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913134792Author Qing Chao MaFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 250mm * 250mm * 30mm

'Intensely moving, vital and artful' - Guardian'A dizzying ride . . . both timely and beguiling' - Sunday TimesFrom the award-winning author of Crudo, this is an exhilarating and eminently readable study of the long struggle for bodily freedom - from gay...

A gloriously illustrated overview of angels across art, religion, and literatureIneffable, invisible, inscrutable-angels are enduring creatures across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and human experiences of the divine as mediated by spiritual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486790183Author John AlvesFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Children'sPublisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 225gDimensions(mm) 250mm *...

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for GCSE Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers the Thematic Study Component 12 and all three Literature and Culture options (Components 21-23): Thematic Study:...

Drawing and painting realistic flowers is achievable! Create a wide variety of blooms and greenery using an easy step-by-step method, then add watercolor for gorgeous effects. In Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers, discover how to draw flowers such...

Be inspired by this fun compilation sketchbook of four favorite volumes from Quarry Books' 20 Ways series!Designed to offer artists, designers, and doodlers a fun and sophisticated collection of illustration fun, each spread features 20 inspiring...

See the world in a whole new way! Acclaimed illustrator Julia Rothman combines art and science in this exciting and educational guide to the structure, function, and personality of the natural world. Explore the anatomy of a jellyfish, the inside of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907598777Author Geoff DyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick Press

High on Life is a hilarious, surreal adventure set in a world where alien invaders have enslaved Earth ... so they can use us as recreational drugs. Armed with a pre-loved bounty hunter suit and a bizarre arsenal of talking weaponry, it's your mission to...

Thinking of getting a Japanese-style tattoo? Want to avoid a permanent mistake? Japanese Tattoos is an insider's look at the world of Japanese irezumi (tattoos).Japanese Tattoos explains the imagery featured in Japanese tattoos so that readers can avoid...

This book provides a brief, clear account of the main developments in the history of the Greek, Etruscan and Roman architecture, from the earliest times to the foundation of Constantinople. It contains 135 drawings and 24 plates. Professor Robertson has...

Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was, with Calder, Noguchi and David Smith, one of the great American sculptors of the 20th century. She created extraordinary work, from room-size installations composed of boxes to gnarled and majestic steel structures. Her...

'art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake' In Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), a diffident Oxford don produced an audacious and...

Monet's dazzling depictions of flowers, sunsets, fields, and oceans, in which line and shape are suggested through pure colour, changed the way we perceive our natural surroundings. His numerous series, in which he depicts the same object at varying...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525577096Author Christine ChitnisFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale