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Be inspired by Football Legend, Kylian Mbappe! Discover more about this incredible player's journey from his early career at AS Bondy, coached by his father, to his success at Paris Saint-Germain FC and fulfilling his dream...

This book is the first authorised account of the history of the finest diamond jewellery in the world. It tells the story of the magnificent royal inheritance of diamonds from the time of Queen Adelaide in the 1830s to the present day. Illustrated with a...

The arrival of photography changed the course of painting forever. In this publication, the dynamic relationship between the two mediums is explored through some of the most iconic artworks of recent times. From the expressive paintings of Pablo Picasso...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080462442Author Claire BernardiFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions Flammarion

The definitive volumes celebrating the collections of the Hermitage Museum. For nearly 250 years the State Hermitage has been one of Europe's most palatial museums. It encompasses more than three million works of art and artifacts displayed within a...

A Way of Life has been put together as lovingly as Kettle's Yard itself. It takes the form of a guided tour; you enter the door and venture through the house, taking in the rooms one by one, seeing the light play on glass, china, wood, stone and canvas,...

A beautifully illustrated book that explores William Blake's relationship with Europe against a backdrop of political turmoil. Responding to revolution and war in Europe, enslavement and exploitation in European colonies, and repression and reaction...

The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure edited by Ekow Eshun celebrates flourishing Black artists whose work illuminates the richness, beauty and complexity of Black life. "There is never a time in the future in which we will work out...

A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction "The depths of French anti-Semitism is the stunning subject that Mr. McAuley lays bare. . . . [He] tells this haunting saga...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorDavid Pye OBE (1914-1993) was an architect, industrial designer and craftsman. For many years he was also Professor of Furniture Design at the Royal College of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782370742452Author Francois Saint-BrisFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Editions Skira ParisPublisher Editions Skira ParisWeight(grams) 760g

The Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award is one of Britain’s most prestigious art prizes, and is the leading showcase for artists throughout the world specialising in portraiture. Barbara Walker, Tom Shakespeare and Russell Tovey are among this years...

Front cover image Faces of Rome at Centrale Montemartini Photographs by Luigi Spina Claudio Parisi Presicce & Luigi Spina Not yet printed due - 06/19 9788836642724 Hardback Silvana Editoriale Territory: UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Iceland, Germany,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484715475Author Vanessa HuntFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 1400g

The rural, remote, and wild territories we call "countryside", or the 98% of the earth's surface not occupied by cities, make up the front line where today's most powerful forces-climate and ecological devastation, migration, tech, demographic...

A fascinating record of how London and Londoners were shaped by nearly 700 years of public executions. More frequent in London than in any other city or town in Britain, these morbid spectacles often attracted tens of thousands of onlookers at...

Robert Baden-Powell was Britain's first celebrity. A conflicted character - militarist and pacifist, macho man and drag artist, elitist and socialist - he was one of the 20th century's most influential and, latterly, controversial Englishmen, finding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854882755Author Tom McCarthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Whitechapel GalleryPublisher Whitechapel GalleryWeight(grams) 220g

Gilbert & George's London Pictures are their largest group of works, inspired by a collection of 3,712 newspaper posters amassed by the artists. This catalogue documents the 2024-25 exhibition at The Gilbert & George Centre. Gilbert & George's London...

Reimagining: New Perspectives features more than 120 of the latest acquisitions by the UBS Art Collection, one of the largest and most important corporate collections in the world Inspired by a recent UBS Art Gallery exhibition of the same title, this...

An accessible introduction to American painter Winslow Homer, examining his work through the lens of conflict A fresh exploration of the work of iconic American painter Winslow Homer (1836-1910) through the lens of conflict, a recurring theme in his...

Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) towered above his contemporaries. With his unprecedented technique, scientific knowledge and unparalleled powers of observation, Van Eyck lifted oil painting to previously unseen heights and helped determine...

Exploring Calvin and Hobbesis the catalogue for an exhibit by the same name at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum at Ohio State University, which opened in March 2014. The exhibit is Bill Watterson's personal exploration of how the wonder of Calvin and...

A lively and multi-faceted account of Evelyn and William De Morgan, exploring a unique artistic partnership that spanned several cultural circles including the Pre-Raphaelites and Arts and Crafts movement With a partnership spanning two centuries, the...

This dazzling exploration of contemporary Muslim modest dress, from historic styles to present-day examples, accompanies a major exhibition and reveals the enormous range of self-expression through fashion achieved by Muslim men and women. Filled with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854882748Author Maria FuscoFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Whitechapel GalleryPublisher Whitechapel GalleryWeight(grams) 280g

The National Galleries of Scotland is home to the most important collection of Scottish art in the world. This beautifully illustrated book introduces the collection through 100 works, specially chosen by the curatorial team who care for them. The...

Nina Beier’s internationally acknowledged artistic practice has been presented in a range of environments from museum to public realm. Her work is marked by a considered use of found objects, commodities, social habits and routines, which she deftly...

Fifty-six Irish writers have contributed new short stories, essays and poems to this anthology inspired by art from the National Gallery of Ireland collection. It includes work by acclaimed figures in contemporary Irish literature such as Colm Toibin,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854882762Author Veronica Gerbe BicecciFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Whitechapel GalleryPublisher Whitechapel Gallery

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399906432Author Grayson PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Bristol Museum & Art GalleryPublisher Bristol Museum & Art GalleryWeight(grams) 640g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853323768Author Maja & Reuben FowkesFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Hayward Gallery PublishingPublisher Hayward Gallery PublishingWeight(grams) 728g

An insatiable Hunger for Life Clenched, raw and of a pressing urgentness: Chaim Soutine's expressive paintings are testimonies to a sense of human vulnerability and an existence on the margins of society. Intensely coloured, his meaty impasto portraits...

A visually stunning book devoted to the radical Rossetti generation. The Rossettis' approach to art, love and lifestyles are considered revolutionary. This is explored by a range of short thematic essays containing fresh, and surprising research,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780937108635Author Anita FeldmanFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint San Diego Museum of ArtPublisher San Diego Museum of ArtWeight(grams) 1705g

"Curiously few people think of Britain's cathedrals as being among our most impressive museums. This book should change that." - The Telegraph The cathedrals of England and Wales are remarkable buildings. From the centuries leading up to the Norman...

This beautiful book, of paintings by Alice Mumford and poems by Sue Leigh, brings together exciting new work from the two makers. Collaboration is perhaps not the right word for a project in which paintings and poems sit side by side, each illuminating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633451056Author Paola AntonelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 840g

The Cowboy, Reconsidered: the enduring myth of the cowboy is a richer, more diverse story than most understand. In this survey, some of the most important artists working today take up the cowboy through the lens of queer, Black, Asian, and Latinx...

An important illustrated history of the relationship between Cambridge and the Black Atlantic. Between 1400 and 1900, European powers, not least Britain, colonised the Americas and transported over 12.5 million people from sub-Saharan Africa as...