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Joe Brainard's Art by Yasmine Shamma 9781474436663
RRP: $185.25$169.36This collection offers the first place for the importance of Brainard's poetry, collaborations and art to be recognised for their contribution and influence, all in one place.Book InformationISBN 9781474436663Author Yasmine ShammaFormat HardbackPage... -
The Park Avenue Cubists: Gallatin, Morris, Frelinghuysen and Shaw by Robert S. Lubar 9781138719293
RRP: $214.50$185.46This title was first published in 2002. The Park Avenue Cubists explores the work of a group of American artists committed to the belief that American abstraction could make a unique contribution to the evolution of the visual experiments begun by the... -
Institutions and Imaginaries by Stephanie Smith 9780982879863
RRP: $29.25$29.00Socially engaged art, by means of its transformative practice, is shaping today's institutions and the very culture of now. And in a city famous for both its physical and political structures, few creative communities are as deeply intertwined with a... -
Mathias Poledna: Substance by Mathias Poledna 9780941548670
RRP: $66.30$56.84In 2015 the Renaissance Society presented an exhibition of newly commissioned works by Los Angeles-based artist Mathias Poledna. Coinciding with the museum's centennial, it marked the final show in the institution's first hundred years. For this project... -
The Most Special Day Of My Life by Christian Clayton 9780867195729
RRP: $77.90$51.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867195729Author Christian ClaytonFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.Weight(grams) 1190g -
Dirtypilot.com Year 1 Rewind: The Art of Dirty Pilot by Alan Bortman 9780867197129
RRP: $38.90$26.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867197129Author Alan BortmanFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.Weight(grams) 620g -
Contemporary Art of the Southwest by E. Ashley Rooney 9780764345432
RRP: $79.93$53.96The stark beauty of the Southwest mountains and deserts have attracted numerous artists working in many media. Painters, sculptors, potters, jewelers, and photographers study and work in this region, which is steeped in rich heritage and natural beauty... -
100 Bton Artists by Chawky Frenn 9780764344039
RRP: $79.93$53.96This beautiful and engaging book provides a stunning visual tour of the vibrant world of Boston arts. It is a testament to the creativity and nobility of the human spirit manifest in the work of artists who channel their creative energies into works that... -
Painted Sky: 106 Artists of the Rocky Mountain West by E. Ashley Rooney 9780764349614
RRP: $89.68$59.90The works of 106 contemporary artists provide a fresh look at the artistic vibrancy of the Rocky Mountain West region of the United States. More than 600 photos of these artists' works--in sculpture, mixed media, paint, photography, and other... -
Stars and Stripes: The American Flag in Contemporary Art by E. Ashley Rooney 9780764349225
RRP: $62.38$40.95Through 349 images, celebrate America in all her glory. Whether it's a piece to hang on a wall, to be worn, or for marketing propaganda, see how sixty-four artists have represented the American flag and other patriotic symbols in their work. The American... -
100 Artists of the Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin by Ashley Rooney 9780764341052
RRP: $79.93$52.79This expansive book takes a fresh look at 100 living artists from the Midwest, their personal stories and inspirations, along with several examples of their works. A wealth of urban settings, wide plains, flourishing cities, rushing rivers, and placid... -
100 Artists of Washington, D.C. by F. Lennox Campello 9780764337789
RRP: $89.68$58.73The Greater Washington, D.C., capital region is not only home to some of the best art museums in the world, hundreds of art galleries, non-profit art spaces, alternative art venues, and art organizations, but it also supports one of the best visual art... -
100 Artists of New England by E. Ashley Rooney 9780764336652
RRP: $79.93$52.79One hundred artists have come together to share the distinctiveness of New England. Oil paintings, glass and metal sculptures, and works in wood offer a fresh look at this region's long, rolling hills and famous autumn colors. Learn histories of the art... -
100 Artists of the West Coast II by Tina Skinner 9780764332715
RRP: $72.13$46.76Explore the creative minds of artists up and down the American West Coast, enjoying paintings and mixed-media art that runs the stylistic gamut from abstract to landscape. A mix of emerging, mid-career, and established artists makes this a valuable tool... -
Esther Pressoir: A Modern Woman’s Painter by Suzanne M. Scanlan 9781848226005
RRP: $68.25$52.03Esther Pressoir: A Modern Woman’s Painter situates Esther Estelle Pressoir’s body of work within the effervescent art scene of the early 20th century, both in America and abroad. The first book to present the wide-ranging oeuvre of this American... -
American Decorative Arts by Gerald W R Ward 9780878466986
RRP: $34.13$24.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780878466986Author Gerald W R WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Museum of Fine Arts,BostonPublisher Museum of Fine Arts,Boston -
Circulation by Francois Brunet 9780932171610
RRP: $37.05$36.86As a category in art history, circulation is rooted in the contemporary context of Internet culture and the digital image. Yet circulation, as a broader concept for the movement of art across time and space in vastly different cultural and media... -
American Art: Selections from the Yale University Art Gallery by Yale University Art Gallery 9780300269710
RRP: $78.00$74.47A tour through the Yale University Art Gallery’s holdings of American art, one of the most exceptional museum collections of its kind This volume presents an engaging selection of highlights and introduces readers to the richness and diversity of the... -
The Medicine of Art: Disease and the Aesthetic Object in Gilded Age America by Elizabeth Lee 9781501346873
$182.21In 1901, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens proclaimed in a letter to Will Low, "Health-is the thing!" Though recently diagnosed with intestinal cancer, Saint-Gaudens was revitalized by recreational sports, having realized mid-career... -
Munch's Ibsen: A Painter's Visions of a Playwright by Joan Templeton 9780295987767
$91.63Drawing on printed and archival sources, including Munch's extensive unpublished writings, Munch's Ibsen provides a comprehensive account of the connection between the two great Norwegian modernists. Situating the interlocking careers of Edvard Munch and... -
Thaddeus Strode: Absolutes and Nothings by Sabine Eckmann 9780936316246
RRP: $43.88$43.06Thaddeus Strode's vibrant large-scale paintings are universes unto themselves: wild mash-ups of California surf and skateboard culture, Zen philosophy, rock music, literature, film, and comic books. "Absolutes and Nothings" marks the artist's... -
Elizabeth Catlett: An American Artist in Mexico by Melanie Anne Herzog 9780295985459
RRP: $58.48$49.20Elizabeth Catlett, born in Washington, DC, in 1915, is widely acknowledged as a major presence in African American art, and her work is celebrated as a visually eloquent expression of African American identity and pride in cultural heritage. But this is... -
Intermedia: Volume 6 by Ursula Frohne 9780932171702
RRP: $39.00$37.83The history of innovative intermedia art practices in America. In 1965, American artist and Fluxus cofounder Dick Higgins stated that much of the best art being made at the time fell between media. He linked the dismantling of divisions among media to... -
The Great American Paint In Project: 2020-2022 by William C. Weinaug 9781788841962
RRP: $68.25$43.74"We are living history right now. I believe we need to do more to document this unique moment in America, and who better to convey the emotions we're all feeling than the country's great artists? In 50 years, art history classes will pull this book... -
Off the Pedestal: New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent by Holly Pyne Connor 9780813536972
RRP: $78.00$68.97Pictures of women portrayed as professional, athletic, and intellectual seem common to us today, but until the late nineteenth century, such representations of strong, self-reliant women were virtually, if not completely, absent from the visual arts and... -
Early Ironwork of Charleston by Alston Deas 9780941936385
RRP: $40.93$26.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941936385Author Alston DeasFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Craven Street BooksPublisher Craven Street Books -
Masters of Light: Selections of American Impressionism from the Manoogian Collection by Jennifer A. Bailey 9780977636815
$66.14Americans were introduced to Impressionism by the French in the 1880s. They explored its expressive potential and debated its merits in the 1890s, and by the turn of the 20th century, American painters had seized the style for their own. Included here... -
Remaking Race and History: The Sculpture of Meta Warrick Fuller by Renee Ater 9780520385375
RRP: $58.50$45.42This beautifully written study focuses on the life and public sculpture of Meta Warrick Fuller (1877-1968), one of the early twentieth century's few African American women artists. To understand Fuller's strategy for negotiating race, history, and visual... -
Art AIDS America by Jonathan David Katz
RRP: $78.00$65.89Art AIDS America is the first comprehensive overview and reconsideration of 30 years of art made in response to the AIDS epidemic in the United States. This book foregrounds the role of HIV/AIDS in shifting the development of American art away from the... -
Support Networks by Abigail Satinsky
RRP: $29.25$29.00When artists break boundaries of traditional forms and work outside of institutionalized systems, they often must create new infrastructures to sustain their practices. Support Networks looks to Chicago's deeply layered history of artists, scholars, and... -
Tempests and Romantic Visionaries: Images of Storms in European and American Art by Hardy S. George
$65.38Tempests and Romantic Visionaries examines the many ways artists have portrayed both turbulent and calm weather conditions in marine and landscape paintings, drawings, and prints. Emphasis is placed on the artist's observation and experience of weather... -
Louise Nevelson: Light and Shadow by Laurie Wilson
RRP: $48.65$36.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500297377Author Laurie WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Thames & HudsonPublisher Thames & Hudson -
Unleashed by Catherine Eaton Skinner
$90.95Unleashed is a visual anthology of works by Catherine Eaton Skinner, portraying her passion not only for the animals of this world, but her relationship among them. Whether painting the human figure, various animal forms, or the changing landscape, each... -
Nelson Sandgren: An Artist's Life by Roger Hull
RRP: $42.88$38.20The Oregon artist Nelson Sandgren (1917-2006) worked in three distinct media - oil painting, watercolor, and lithography - distinguishing himself in each of these modes throughout his sixty-five-year career. Nelson Sandgren: An Artist's Life is the first... -
The Park Avenue Cubists: Gallatin, Morris, Frelinghuysen and Shaw by Robert S. Lubar
RRP: $64.33$56.86This title was first published in 2002. The Park Avenue Cubists explores the work of a group of American artists committed to the belief that American abstraction could make a unique contribution to the evolution of the visual experiments begun by the... -
Leeteg: Babes, Bars, Beaches, and Black Velvet Art by Cj Cook
RRP: $116.90$81.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Biography/Autobiography) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780998422428Author Cj CookFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint South Pacific... -
The Civil War Paintings of Mort Künstler Volume 3: The Gettysburg Campaign by Mort Kunstler
RRP: $56.53$37.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684428427Author Mort KunstlerFormat HardbackImprint Turner Publishing CompanyPublisher Turner Publishing Company -
Hilda Morris by Bruce Guenther
RRP: $50.68$45.81One of the premier sculptors of her generation in the Northwest, Hilda Morris (1911-1993) lived her artistic life in the center of the region's circle of avant-garde painters, sculptors, poets, and musicians. This is the first book to document her... -
An American Artist in Tokyo: Frances Blakemore, 1906-1997 by Michiyo Morioka
$70.75Northwest artist Frances Blakemore had a lifelong love affair with Japan. She first went to Japan in 1935 and spent most of her adult life in Tokyo. Her experience with Japan encompassed the entire period from pre–World War II militarism to postwar... -
Tyree: Artist of the South Pacific by Cj Cook
RRP: $77.98$59.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Biography) 2018 and Benjamin Franklin Award (Cover Design (Large)) 2018.Book InformationISBN 9780998422404Author Cj CookFormat...