Art

This fully illustrated anthology showcases key images from Peter Kennard's work as Britain's foremost political artist over the last fifty years. The book centres around Kennard's images, photomontages and illustrations from protests, year by year,...

Dating from 1917 to the end of the Cold War, the posters in this book feature the work of groundbreaking Russian artists such as El Lissitzky and Alexander Rodchenko, as well as extraordinary anonymous work. Presented in full colour and printed on heavy...

The star pieces from fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent's art collection - including works by Cezanne, Picasso, Mondrian and Matisse - have been unveiled in the Grand Palais, Paris, ahead of what auctioneers have dubbed the art 'sale of the century...

In 32 entrancing paintings, Susan Herbert opens up an unsuspected world of Shakespeare interpreted by cats with all their winning ways. Painting in her familiar and highly popular style, this imaginative artist presents an irresistible array of...

Part manifesto, part artistic joke, Fillippo Marinetti's Futurist Cookbook is a provocative work about art disguised as an easy-to-read cookbook. Here are recipes for ice cream on the moon; candied atmospheric electricities; nocturnal love feasts;...

Chiang Yee's Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique remains the classic introduction to Chinese calligraphy. In eleven richly illustrated chapters, Chiang explores the aesthetics and the technique of this art in which rhythm,...

From the pencil to the puppet to the drone--the humanities and the social sciences continue to ride a wave of interest in material culture and the world of things. How should we understand the force and figure of that wave as it shapes different...

The first extended study of Frank Auerbach's remarkable portrait drawings reveals their complexity and ambition as works of graphic art This book offers an original approach to one of Britain's leading artists: Frank Auerbach (b. 1931). It looks in...

Comprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete story of how Aliens was made, featuring new interviews with some of the cast and production crew, and including many rarely seen photos and illustrations from the Fox archives. As one of the...

The first monograph on Richard Smith, a key figure in the development of British art. Richard Smith (1931-2016) was one of the most original painters of his generation, and one of the most underrated. As Barbara Rose said of Smith's major Tate Gallery...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789189069114Author Kurt AlmqvistFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Stolpe PublishingPublisher Stolpe PublishingWeight(grams) 1820g

THE TIMES AND WATERSTONES BEST ART BOOK OF 2023 'Marvellous . . . intimate and insightful . . . reads like a novel by Samuel Beckett' Paul Theroux A portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest sculptors from one of our most eminent art...

As a follow-up to the bestseller Visual Thinking and the second book Visual Doing, the author is releasing two workbooks. These books are great tools to help you kick-start your visual journey and gain the confidence to produce amazing, compelling...

Bring your cosplay dreams to life with your own two hands! The Best Cosplay Tutorial Guide Ever! Get ready to impress ordinary mortals with your superhuman costume-making skills. You can do it no matter what your experience level with this, the...

'The Medieval World Complete' re-creates one of the great ages of European civilization through a sequence of spectacular images accompanied by a lively, informed commentary. Ingeniously organized by topic and thoroughly cross-referenced, this...

The central argument of "Chromophobia" is that a chromophobic impulse - a fear of corruption or contamination through colour - lurks within much Western cultural and intellectual thought. This is apparent in the many and varied attempts to purge colour,...

Curated from the luscious Kodachrome stock of the 1940s, renowned preservationist David Wills presents a dazzling Hollywood collection as never before printed. Drawn from Wills' vast collection of first-generation negatives and prints, meticulously...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941815472Author KinfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint KinfolkPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578435244Author Marta DeckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Eleanor Martha DeckerPublisher Eleanor Martha DeckerWeight(grams) 349g

Ever wanted to illustrate a book? Now you can. 'There goes the great Mr. Toad! And that's the gallant Water Rat, and yonder comes the famous Mr. Mole!' The Wind in the Willows follows the adventures of Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger. Their stories of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641522106Author Joanna Mu ozFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

An accessible, comprehensive, freshly-updated celebration of the vast range of human artistry from 28,000 BC to today Brought completely up to date for this revised edition and now available in a compact new format, this new edition of Phaidon's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956769005Author Catherine V HolmesFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Library Tales PublishingPublisher Library Tales PublishingWeight(grams)...

In 2024, Dulwich Picture Gallery will present Soulscapes, a major exhibition of landscape art that will expand and redefine the genre. Published to coincide with this revelatory exhibition, this book features over 30 contemporary artworks, spanning...

Written by a long-time expert on drawing and painting human anatomy, Classic Human Anatomy in Motion offers artists everything they need to realistically draw the human figure as it is affected by movement. Written in a friendly style, the book is...

An absorbing group biography revealing how exiles from war-torn France brought Surrealism to America, helping to shift the centre of the art world from Paris to New York and spark the movement that became Abstract Expressionism. In 1957 the American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916041691Author Isabella SmithFormat HardbackImprint Eiderdown BooksPublisher Eiderdown Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780950706283Author Rudolf KutzliFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Hawthorn PressPublisher Hawthorn PressWeight(grams) 410gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486483597Author Frank J. LohanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

An illustrated exploration of the artist, Rembrandt van Rijn, his life and context, with a gallery of 300 of his finest works. This is a fascinating biography that explores his early years, his personal life and the historical context of the early 17th...

Fictioning in art is an open-ended, experimental practice that involves performing, diagramming or assembling to create or anticipate new modes of existence. In this extensively illustrated book containing over 80 diagrams and images of artworks, David...

This beautiful volume explores the lesser-known history of Europe and the Mediterranean, bridging the gap between the Mediterranean and the North of Europe, the Byzantine and Roman empires and the 'barbarian' world of the Dark Ages; a period that saw...

In March 2020, Mark Kistler received a call that his son's school was going virtual for the remainder of the school year. He began holding daily livestreams, leading half hour drawing sessions for what became hundreds of thousands of kids over two...

Classic stories retold in exciting graphic novel format. Each title includes high-quality artwork, simple text, discussion questions and writing prompts.About the AuthorSince 1986, Martin Powell has been a freelance writer. He has written hundreds of...

A beautifully designed celebration of the 40th birthday of the Barbican Arts Centre, in the heart of the City of London. It is the largest multi-arts centre in Europe, encompassing an art gallery, theatres, concert halls, cinemas and a much-loved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506721705Author Michael Dante DiMartinoFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint 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 9780679434481Author Audrey GeiselFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 607gDimensions(mm) 283mm...

Artists are creative workers who drive growth in the creative and cultural industries. Managing artistic talent is a unique challenge, and this concise book introduces and analyses its key characteristics.Artist Management: Agility in the Creative and...

With over 500 brilliant color photographs, this book highlights the work of 100 innovative ceramic artists who still use the labor intensive, and sometimes unpredictable, process of wood-firing. Throughout the book, artists share several examples of...

In December 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. It is the most famous story about any artist in history. But what really happened on that dark winter night?In Van Gogh's Ear, Bernadette Murphy reveals the truth. She takes us on an extraordinary...