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Victoria Crowe is one of the world's most vital and original figurative painters. Her instantly recognisable work is represented in a large number of public and private collections. This extensively illustrated new book looks in depth at some of her own...

Due to the technological advances of the nineteenth century, an abundance of black drawing media exploded onto the market. Charcoal, conte crayon, and fabricated black chalks and crayons; fixatives; various papers; and many lifting devices gave rise to...

This book collects the best artwork from the first five years of "Bad Dads," an annual exhibition of art inspired by the films of Wes Anderson. Curated by Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco, "Bad Dads" has continued to grow and progress and has featured...

To celebrate the Neue Galerie's twentieth-anniversary year, an exhibition will be presented of selections from the collection of its co-founder. The accompanying book continues with the theme of the tenth anniversary exhibition. Whereas the earlier...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782869251724Author Sally GaboriFormat HardbackPage Count 268Imprint Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporainPublisher Fondation Cartier pour l'art...

Contemporary art is often obsessed with the new, but it has recently begun to turn to projects centering on research and delving into archives, all in the name of seeking and questioning historical truth. From filmmakers to sculptors to conceptualists,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956733412Format HardbackPage Count 184Imprint A & R Marketing LimitedPublisher A & R Marketing Limited

Roelant Savery (1578-1639) was among the large group of Flemish artists who arrived in the Northern Netherlands around 1600, during the Eighty Years' War. There, they were at the cradle of the great flowering of art in the 17th century. Savery was a...

In Collecting Shakespeare, Stephen H. Grant recounts the American success story of Henry and Emily Folger of Brooklyn, a couple who were devoted to each other, in love with Shakespeare, and bitten by the collecting bug. Shortly after marrying in 1885,...

A timely and expansive survey of a groundbreaking American art movement that overturned aesthetic hierarchies in a riot of color and ornamentation The Pattern and Decoration movement emerged in the 1970s as an embrace of long-dismissed art forms...

This generously illustrated book presents highlights from the National Gallery's display of Italian Renaissance painting, one of the richest collections of its kind in the world. Duccio to Leonardo focuses on Italian masterpieces made between 1250 and...

How do you keep the cracks in Starry Night from spreading? How do you prevent artworks made of hugs or candies from disappearing? How do you render a fading photograph eternal--or should you attempt it at all? These are some of the questions that...

Torsion and tension are characteristic of the vessels created by the exceptional Japanese ceramicist Shozo Michikawa (b. 1953), whose works are reminiscent of rock strata and lava flows. Michikawa is known for his unique technique, for turning edgy,...

This book celebrates Nash?s year-long exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Stunning colour photography documents the exhibition in its entirety, allowing outdoor works to be appreciated against a changing seasonal background and showcasing new...

"Her language for exploring [history] is at once serious and exuberant." -Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times Over the last 15 years, Firelei Baez has created artwork that delves into the historical narratives of the Atlantic Basin. She draws on the...

The French Hospital for poor French Protestants and their descendants residing in Great Britain was incorporated in 1718. Affectionately known as La Providence, it was one of the earliest foundations to cater for London's needy immigrants, and one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788189995737Author Rahaab AllanaFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Mapin Publishing Pvt.LtdPublisher Mapin Publishing Pvt.Ltd

Detailed biographies describe the lives of twelve collectors of tribal art in Britain, active between 1770 and 1990. These men were rarely field collectors and only occasional travellers, but they were vigorous hunters, for whom the pursuit, handling and...

On the occasion of his 85th birthday the famous international German artist Georg Baselitz (*1938) has donated a collection of works on paper to both the Albertina Museum in Vienna and the Morgan Library in New York. The publication combines the 100...

A new appraisal of intriguing and meditative figural works by one of the 19th century's great masters of landscape The women painted by Camille Corot (1796-1875) read, dream, and gaze at the viewer, conveying an independent spirit and a sense of their...

The extraordinary life of a captivating American artist, beautifully illustrated with his dreamlike drawings Much of Joseph Elmer Yoakum's story comes from the artist himself-and is almost too fantastic to believe. At a young age, Yoakum (1891-1972)...

The Wiener Werkstatte, founded by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, and Fritz Waerndorfer, was an artists' and craftsmen's collective that existed in Vienna from 1903 until 1932. The artists' goal was to bring high-quality design and craft into all areas of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782869251502Author Bernie KrauseFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporainPublisher Fondation Cartier pour l'art...

An astute exploration of the most outrageous shoe designs of the 21st century This fabulously illustrated book explores western culture's fascination with extravagant and fashionable shoes. Over the past decade, shoe design has become increasingly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909741324Author Anna ReynoldsFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Royal Collection TrustPublisher Royal Collection TrustWeight(grams) 1270g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782362220623Author Ouvrage collectif sous la direction de Fabrice BiasinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Exhibitions InternationalPublisher Exhibitions...

This book tells the fascinating story of the rhinoceros Miss Clara, the most famous animal of the eighteenth century. It accompanies the fi rst ever major loan exhibition devoted to Clara and celebrity pachyderms in the UK and will off er a signifi cant...

Shahzia Sikanderis one of the most influential artists working today. This lively volume presents her powerful early work (1987 to 2003) from South Asian, West Asian, and Western perspectives, illuminating new understandings for a wide audience...

The exhibition Expressionism in Art and Film aims to shed new light on Expressionism across traditional genre boundaries and to show the mutual influences between the arts of painting, graphics and film. In painted and moving images, the exhibition shows...

On Curating, Carolee Thea's second volume of interviews with ten of today's leading curators, explores the intellectual convictions and personal visions that lay the groundwork for the most prestigious and influential exhibitions in the world today...

The COVID-19 pandemic has made the fragility of the human body painfully perceptible. Through essays and contributions of international artists and activists, this anthology poses the question of how and by whom a body is defined as healthy or sick. At...

Female View puts the focus on women fashion photography. Although this medium has been shaped by female photographers for decades, a large number of publications or exhibitions have focused primarily on the male gaze of the female body. Numerous female...

A timely exploration of the allusive, sculptural fiber work of an important contemporary South African artist The book presents an early career survey of the work of Cape Town-based artist Igshaan Adams (b. 1982), showcasing his multimedia practice since...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692116173Author Latoya NicoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Precise Publishing Inc.Publisher Precise Publishing Inc.Weight(grams)...

The Swiss National Museum is Switzerland's most frequently visited museum of cultural history. At its three sites in Zurich, Prangins and Schwyz, it presents Swiss identities from prehistory to the twenty-first century. At its Collection Centre, it...

A large scale publication accompanying a major exhibition celebrating the monumental art of Emily Kam Kngwarray. One of the twentieth century's most significant painters, Emily Kam Kngwarray (c.1914-1996) translated her lived experience and cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906257453Author Dr Thierry MorelFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint FontankaPublisher Fontanka

Tracing the correspondence and careers of four artists blazing a path for Korean modern art across the globe Published with Tina Kim Gallery. From the birth of Korean Informal to the emergence of Dansaekhwa, this book is the first comprehensive...

A large scale publication accompanying a major exhibition celebrating the monumental art of Emily Kam Kngwarray. One of the twentieth century's most significant painters, Emily Kam Kngwarray (c.1914-1996) translated her lived experience and cultural...

A chronological journey through the Museo del Prado collection comprising masterpieces by some of the greatest figures in art history. The Museo Nacional del Prado, Spain's national art museum, features one of the world's finest collections of European...