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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789461617057Author Exhibitions InternationalFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Snoeck PublishersPublisher Snoeck PublishersWeight(grams) 1424g

A fresh and surprising overview of N. C. Wyeth's career that considers the full range of the multifaceted artist's oeuvre N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) was widely renowned for his iconic images of characters such as King Arthur, Robin Hood, and Robinson Crusoe...

A fascinating view of the career of Bridget Riley, one of the most significant living artists, through her personal archive of her own works on paper Devoted exclusively to the artist's works on paper, Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist's Studio...

With Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Andreas Gursky, and Jeff Wall, the exhibition spotlights four master photographers whose visual constructions call into question the possibilities and limits of human perception and the photographic medium. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756243379Author PIE BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint PIE BooksPublisher PIE Books

Though little known outside her native country, Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) is one of Finland's best-loved artists. Her career, which stretched from the late 1870s to the end of the Second World War, encompassed both Impressionism and Modernism. This...

This vibrant reference guide profiles 50 major artists alongside their representative works. The entries are presented in an eye-catching format that includes brief biographies and critical analyses, alongside illustrations of the artists' most famous...

All royalties, a minimum of GBP2.50 from the sale of each book, will be paid to NHS Charities Together (registered charity no. 1186569) to fund vital projects. When the UK went into lockdown in March 2020 to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus,...

A celebration of the National Gallery’s history of collaborating with contemporary artists, with a particular focus on David Hockney This book celebrates how artists have responded in a host of ways to the Gallery’s collection over the last 200 years. A...

This comprehensive survey of the career of Edward Bawden (1903-89) accompanies a major exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery and brings together his most significant work in watercolour, printmaking, design and illustration. Bawden began his career in...

A sweeping retrospective of Philip Guston's influential work, from Depression-era muralist to abstract expressionist to tragicomic contemporary master A Wall Street Journal 2020 holiday gift guide pick Philip Guston-perhaps more than any other...

British realist art of the 1920s and 1930s is visually stunning - strong, seductive and demonstrating extraordinary technical skill. Despite this, it is often overshadowed by abstract art. This book presents the very first overview of British realist...

Published to coincide with the first UK exhibition of these masterworks at The Wallace Collection, Forgotten Masters celebrates the work of a series of extraordinary Indian artists. As the East India Company extended its sway across India in the late...

In exhibitions, illustrated art books, and classrooms, artworks or their photographic reproductions are arranged as calculated ensembles that have their own importance. In this volume, Felix Thurlemann develops a theory of this type of image use,...

Chen Chong Swee is acknowledged as one of the earliest artists to have explored depicting Southeast Asian scenes within the medium of traditional Chinese ink painting. Published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition at National Gallery Singapore,...

The National Trust looks after one of the largest and most significant holdings of fine-art and heritage objects in the world. As well as internationally famous works of art, the collections also contain many remarkable but far less familiar objects with...

This book aims to tell the story of social history through Money. Money and Art have shared a long history. Both words are metaphors derived from Latin terms used over 2,000 years ago. The word Money derives its modern meaning as the general term for all...

A selection of around fifty paintings traces the evolution of Impressionism and takes us on a journey along the river, from Paris to Le Havre, passing through Argenteuil, Vetheuil and Giverny. hroughout the nineteenth century, artists painted the...

The perfect compact reference guide for all would-be art buffs. Art historian Susie Hodge takes you on a whistle-stop international tour of all the major artistic cultures, movements, phases, developments, artists and themes, from Prehistoric art to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857251431Author Mark VeldhuysenFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1760g

From black cats to iconic snowscapes, Maud Lewis paints our waking dreams.One of Canada's most beloved folk artists, Maud Lewis was famous in her lifetime for her brightly coloured and endearing paintings of rural Nova Scotia. Working from her tiny,...

An elegant gift book, celebrating the joys (and sometimes the travails) of the winter season through art, spanning several centuries and featuring a variety of artists from J.M.W. Turner and John Everett Millais, to Barbara Hepworth, Cy Twombly, Andy...

An expansive look at more than a century of Pan-Africanist art and the ways it embodies the movement's principles and global ambitions Since the term Pan-Africanism was coined around 1900, the movement's promise has been to foster liberation and...

A beautifully produced, pocket-sized near-facsimile edition of J.M.W. Turner's illuminating 'Wilson' sketchbook. Turner's sketchbooks were private things which he kept to himself. They might live for some time in his coat pockets or travel bags, to...

The short intermezzo between the Great War and World War II and especially the "roaring twenties" with their a thrill of speed were a period of radical social change and artistic development, and of vibrant metropolitan life and. Born into a merchant...

Cornelia Parker's art is about destruction, resurrection and transformation. Always driven by curiosity, she reconfigures familiar objects to question our relationship with the world, and engage with the important issues of our time, be it violence,...

The natural world as seen through the eyes of British artists including Eric Ravilious, Clare Leighton, and John Piper Since its publication in 1789, Gilbert White's Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne has inspired generations of artists,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884023180Author Clive FossFormat PaperbackPage Count 65Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research Library &...

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

Coinciding with the major exhibition of the same name, Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads traces the footsteps of the artist through the armouries of the Wallace Collection, where he encountered 'objects of power' that profoundly influenced his work for the...

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...

How Kahlo collected, celebrated and depicted Mexican folk arts in both her painting and her persona The visionary and supremely self-fashioning artist Frida Kahlo (1907-54) drew inspiration throughout her career from arte popular-painted ceramics,...

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...

This career-spanning exhibition catalog reveals the enormous artistic achievements-both individual and shared-of two of the greatest pioneers of twentieth-century modernism. Featuring more than two hundred and fifty works, including paintings,...

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