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This is the first complete study and reappraisal of the remarkable collection of Japanese art at the Cincinnati Art Museum. It features a wealth of artifacts, including paintings and ceramics, metal objects and weaponry, screens, masks, cloisonne enamel,...

Is there such a thing as Latin American Art? Does it need this label in a global art world? It is, of course, clear that there is no such thing, just as there is no African nor European art. It would be interesting though to include Caribbean art...

The fruits of sixteen years of discriminating acquisition on the international art market, Robert Smith's is one of the most important collections of European bronzes in private hands today. The collection embraces the Renaissance in Italy and northern...

The artist Enrique Martinez Celaya and the collector couple Gudrun and Martin Fritsch have shared the same passion for decades: enthusiasm for and preoccupation with the work of Kathe Kollwitz. While the Berlin collector couple built up the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912520305Author Antony GormleyFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint Royal Academy of ArtsPublisher Royal Academy of ArtsWeight(grams) 2132gDimensions(mm)...

In 2019, Wolfgang Laib entered into a dialogue with masterpieces by Fra Angelico, Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi and Benozzo Gozzoli in his philosophical and poetic installations of pollen and beeswax. The publication documents impressively...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854882472Author Lydia YeeFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Whitechapel GalleryPublisher Whitechapel GalleryWeight(grams) 1080g

Museum Gallery Interpretation and Material Culture publishes the proceedings of the first annual Sackler Centre for Arts Education conference at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. The conference launched the annual series by addressing the...

The renowned artist Ed Ruscha was born in Nebraska, grew up in Oklahoma, and has lived and worked in Southern California since the late 1950s. Beginning in 1956, road trips across the American Southwest furnished a conceptual trove of themes and motifs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606064849Author Elena & Lampert, Catherine CrippaFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint Getty PublicationsPublisher Getty Trust Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782869251762Author Fabrice HyberFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporainPublisher Fondation Cartier pour l'art...

Alexander Calder's monumental vision comes to life in this book, shedding light on the artist's extraordinary ability to transform space with art. "He has taken a given space and, by molding beautiful elements of steel around it, caused it to become...

This significant catalog is a highly detailed look at the world s most celebrated collection of red and white quilts. Like the Log Cabin or Baltimore-style, the red and white quilt is a hugely popular genre of quilting. Colorfast Turkey red dye became...

The art and culture of Spain significantly influenced many of America's most renowned 19th- and 20th-century artists. Mary Cassatt visited the country early in her career and first garnered the attention of the French Impressionists with her paintings of...

Face to Face presents a selection of portraits of artists by three of the most prominent portrait artists of our time. Bringing together the diverse and distinctive work of Tacita Dean, Brigitte Lacombe, and Catherine Opie, this book forms an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753302713Author Nanette SnoepFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

The Scottish National Gallery’s outstanding collection of French paintings is described fully in this two-volume illustrated catalogue. Underpinned by extensive scholarly research, this comprehensive work includes many of the great names, including...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788417173227Author Tomas LlorensFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Fundacion Coleccion Thyssen-BornemiszaPublisher Fundacion Coleccion...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262043892Author Kevin LoteryFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789068327519Author Janneke van DijkFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint KIT PublishersPublisher KIT PublishersWeight(grams) 560g

Towards a New Social Contract Ars Electronica 2023 is dedicated to the complex questions of truth and the concept of ownership in this digital age. In doing so, the festival navigates the central questions of our time. The focus is on how our...

This is a stunningly illustrated examination of nearly two-hundred of the most important pieces in the J. Paul Getty Museum's Antiquities Collection. The antiquities collection at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles contains more than fifty thousand...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578446929Author Phil WeidmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Animal Media Group LLCPublisher Animal Media Group LLC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969120415Author Terry R MyersFormat HardbackPage Count 56Imprint Dr. Cantz'sche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KGPublisher Dr. Cantz'sche...

A beautifully illustrated introduction to the Philadelphia Museum of Art's encyclopedic collection Philadelphia Museum of Art Highlights presents more than 500 remarkable works from the museum's collection, featuring superb reproductions with concise...

Brazil unites some of the most creative manifestations of popular art in the world. By presenting works by the legendary Mestre Vitalino and other artists from Pernambuco, the Jequitinhonha Valley and Niteroi An Art of Resilience fosters awareness of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741741612Author Justin PatonFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Art Gallery of New South WalesPublisher Art Gallery of New South WalesWeight(grams) 1180g

Munnu: Vision & Passion traces the creativity and vivacity of the late Munnu Kasliwal. Kasliwal's magical designs put The Gem Palace, his family's jewellery house, and India on the fashion map of the jewellery world. The book follows the design...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857252261Author Cecile GirardeauFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 960g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854883073Format PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Whitechapel GalleryPublisher Whitechapel GalleryWeight(grams) 280g

The Museum Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp is a house full of art. The museum today is internationally renowned as the home of the famous Dulle Griet ('Mad Meg') by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. For the locals living in Antwerp, the museum is above all a...

A critical investigation of Adam Pendleton’s deep engagement with abstraction. Adam Pendleton’s exploration of abstraction—through painting, drawing, screen printing, sculpture, language, book arts, and film—over the past five years constitutes the core...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588346056Author David C. WardFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910133057Author Yair MeshoulamFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint TambarPublisher Tambar

When the survival of the Catholic Church was threatened during the Republic and Catholic shelter churches were not allowed to be recognisable from the street, what was not allowed to be shown on the outside was compensated for on the inside. In the 17th...

The Book of Optics, written by the Arab scholar Ibn al Haytham in 1021 AD, formed the conceptual framework of the Public Art Program of EXPO 2020 in Dubai. Eleven renowned artists were invited to create newly commissioned, permanent artworks in public...

The Potato Eaters is one of Vincent van Gogh's most famous works. The artist himself described it in 1887 as 'after all the best thing I did'. He completed it in the spring of 1885 while living with his parents in Nuenen after his brother Theo had asked...

The reception of Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy from its origins to its appearances in contemporary visual culture reveals how its popularity was achieved and maintained by diverse audiences and in varied venues. Performative manifestations resulted in...

The Artangel Trust has been credited with providing artists with all the money and logistics they need to create one-off dream projects. An independent art commissioning agency based in London, it has operated since 1985 and is responsible for producing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789394501423Author Claire BettinelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Mapin Publishing Pvt.LtdPublisher Mapin Publishing Pvt.LtdWeight(grams)...