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In Pursuit of Fashion - The Sandy Schreier Collection by Andrew Bolton 9781588396969
RRP: $45.15$41.72Presenting outstanding costumes and insightful texts about one of the greatest private collections of 20th-century fashion This handsome volume explores the modern discipline of fashion collecting, presenting remarkable works from one of the greatest... -
Gainsborough's Blue Boy: The Return of a British Icon by Christine Riding
RRP: $21.92$18.85This richly illustrated publication explores the lasting influence of Gainsborough's Blue Boy on British art and culture Marking the return of Gainsborough's Blue Boy to the UK exactly 100 years since it left for the United States, this richly... -
Japan: Courts and Culture by Rachel Peat
RRP: $64.44$43.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909741683Author Rachel PeatFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Royal Collection TrustPublisher Royal Collection TrustWeight(grams) 1880g -
The Art Lover`s Guide to Japanese Museums by Sophie Richard
$38.61An indispensable guide to Japan's most fascinating museums and galleriesThe Art Lover's Guide to Japanese Museums is a personal introduction to more than 100 of Japan's most distinctive and inspiring museums. In-depth information is given about each... -
Blackboard Drawings 1919-1924 by Rudolf Steiner 9781855841529
RRP: $51.60$42.80'Did Rudolf Steiner dream these things? Did he dream them as they once occurred, at the beginning of all time? They are, for sure, far more astonishing than the demiurges and serpents and bulls found in other cosmogonies.' - Jorge Luis Borges. ... -
Impressionism and Post-Impressionism - Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art by Jennifer A. Thompson 9780876332894
RRP: $35.48$30.82An engaging and beautifully illustrated overview of one of the finest Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collections in the United States Featuring 90 highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's stellar collection of Impressionist and... -
A Closer Look: Landscape by Erika Langmuir 9781857096279
RRP: $12.89$11.08Landscape is probably the most popular type of painting, but anyone who has ever been disappointed by vacation photographs knows how difficult it is to turn a view into a picture. This book shows how artists in past centuries translated outdoor space... -
Kabuki: Japanese Theatre Prints by Rosina Buckland 9781905267897
RRP: $9.68$8.60In nineteenth century Japan, woodblock prints were a cultural phenomenon, with thousands of designs issued annually. Prints were a cheap and colourful medium of entertainment, much like magazines and posters today. Kabuki is a unique combination of... -
How to Visit an Art Museum: Tips for a Truly Rewarding Visit by Johan Idema
RRP: $20.63$14.10Stop wandering, start acting! Find out how museum guards can be to your advantage. Learn the rule of thumb to distinguish good art from bad art. How to Visit an Art Museum is a short, fun, and rewarding read, full of tips and inspiring illustrations to... -
Making Their Mark: Art by Women in the Shah Garg Collection by Mark Godfrey
RRP: $67.08$47.85A celebration of groundbreaking works by generations of women artists from Joan Mitchell to Julie Mehretu and beyond This book explores the bold vision and vast range of achievements of women artists working predominantly across North America from the... -
Inside the Freud Museums by Joanne Morra 9781780762074
$35.42Sigmund Freud spent the final year of his life at 20 Maresfield Gardens, London, surrounded by all his possessions, in exile from the Nazis. The long-term home and workspace he left behind in Berggasse 19, Vienna is a seemingly empty space, devoid of the... -
Making The Met, 1870-2020 by Andrea Bayer 9781588397096
RRP: $51.60$45.40The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates 150 years by presenting its evolution into one of the world's greatest museums and its vision for the future Published to celebrate the Museum's 150th anniversary, Making The Met examines the institution's... -
The Arts of the Ancient Americas at the Dallas Museum of Art by Michelle Rich
RRP: $64.50$61.73An illustrated compendium of artworks from the ancient Americas Including Indigenous works from the southwestern United States, Mesoamerica, the Isthmo-Colombian Area, and the Andes of South America, this book showcases more than 100 masterpieces of art... -
Ceramics of Iran: Islamic Pottery from the Sarikhani Collection by Oliver Watson
RRP: $64.50$53.73A beautifully illustrated showcase of the rich and varied ceramic tradition of Iran Featuring a broad selection of objects from one of the most distinguished collections of Iranian art, this volume brings together over 1,000 years of Persian Islamic... -
Art in the First Cities of Iran and Central Asia: The Sarikhani Collection by Agnes Benoit
RRP: $45.15$38.15A beautifully illustrated book exploring the art of Iran and Central Asia from the 5th to the 2nd Millennium BC This richly illustrated book explores the art of ancient Iran and Central Asia between the 5th and 2nd millenniums BC, a time that proved to... -
How to Read Greek Sculpture by Sean Hemingway
RRP: $25.74$21.85Featuring decorative, religious, and utilitarian objects from the Geometric period to the Hellenistic Age, this is the ideal introduction to Greek sculpture Introducing eight centuries of Greek sculpture, this latest addition to The Met's compelling and... -
The Royal Academy of Arts: History and Collections by Robin Simon 9780300232073
RRP: $90.30$78.26Published in association with the Royal Academy of Arts, London Animated by an unprecedented study of its collections, this book tells the story of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and illuminates the history of art in Britain over the past two and a... -
Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece by Leah Kharibian
RRP: $12.90$11.09An innovative look at the creation of Leonardo's The Virgin of the Rocks This concise but innovative book, published to accompany an immersive digital exhibition at the National Gallery, London, focuses on a single Leonardo painting, and one of the... -
The Empress and I: How an Ancient Empire Collected, Rejected and Rediscovered Modern Art by Donna Stein
RRP: $49.02$32.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857244341Author Donna SteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1000g -
Out of Chaos: Ben Uri; 100 Years in London by Sarah MacDougall
RRP: $45.15$31.00Marking the remarkable century of Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, from humble beginnings in London's East End in 1915 to a fully-fledged mainstream art museum, under its banner 'Art, Identity and Migration', this publication vividly illustrates rarely-seen... -
Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta - A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Joefnagel by Lee Hendrix 9781606066584
RRP: $96.75$69.03Now back in print, "the ultimate book-lover's gift book" (Los Angeles Times) In 1561-62 the master calligrapher Georg Bocskay (died 1575), imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, created Mira calligraphiae monumenta (Model Book of... -
Merton College Library by Julia C. Walworth
RRP: $19.35$16.83The Merton library is rightly known for its antiquity, its beautiful medieval and early modern architecture and fittings and for its remarkable and important collection of manuscripts and rare books, yet a nineteenth-century plan to tear the medieval... -
Living with Art: The Alexander Walker collection by Catherine Daunt
RRP: $25.80$17.74'A fascinating catalogue, torqued around the notion of a film critic watching moving images by day and then focussing on still ones at night' -- Irish Art ReviewIn 2004 the British Museum received a bequest of 211 modern and contemporary prints and... -
Treasures at Canterbury Cathedral by Sarah Turner
RRP: $10.26$8.53Treasures at Canterbury Cathedral brings the reader up close to some of the most significant and priceless objects on display at Canterbury Cathedral. Each item has been carefully selected from more than half a million objects currently held in... -
Birds in the Barnes Foundation by ,Julie Steiner 9780764359057
RRP: $24.50$16.34A playful room-by-room "bird-watching" guide to the Albert C. Barnes galleries. Rumor has it that Dr. Barnes put a bird in every room of his famed collection. But is this really true, and if so, why? The Barnes Foundation collection offers an astounding... -
Art of India and Beyond by Andrew Topsfield
RRP: $25.80$18.51The Ashmolean is fortunate in having the finest collection of Indian art in Britain outside London, one which includes many works of great beauty and expressive power. For this we are indebted above all to the generosity, knowledge and taste of our... -
Titian: A Fresh Look at Nature by Antonio Mazzotta 9781857095449
RRP: $12.89$11.08Titian (c. 1485-1576) is best known for his portraits and mythological and religious works. Yet his first great achievement was to refashion the portrayal of nature in his own distinctive style. He did this by studying the work of Albrecht Durer, whose... -
Art of the Character: Highlights from the Glenn Close Costume Collection by H. Akou
RRP: $51.60$44.35In 2017 acclaimed film and stage actress Glenn Close donated her costume collection to Sidney and Lois Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design. The Art of the Character: Highlights from the Glenn Close Costume Collection is an exhibition and... -
Marking Time: Objects, People, and Their Lives, 1500-1800 by Edward Town
RRP: $64.50$53.73An engaging, encyclopedic account of the material world of early modern Britain as told through a unique collection of dated objects The period from 1500 to 1800 in England was one of extraordinary social transformations, many having to do with the way... -
Amor Mundi: The Collection of Marguerite Steed Hoffman by Gavin Delahunty
RRP: $154.80$102.57Amor Mundi: The Collection of Marguerite Steed Hoffman delves deep into this remarkable singular collection. Over two volumes, Amor Mundi presents an edited selection of over 400 works of modern and contemporary art from the Collection of Marguerite... -
J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collection by Getty Museum 9781606064498
RRP: $21.92$19.36This book is a revised and fully updated guide to major objects in the collections at the Getty. This gorgeous new edition of The J Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collection features over 350 of the museum's most beloved objects. Updated to include... -
Kifwebe: A Century of Songye and Luba Masks by Francois Neyt 9788874398645
RRP: $122.55$103.42Kifwebe masks are ceremonial objects used by the Songye and Luba societies (Democratic Republic of Congo), where they are worn with costumes consisting of a long robe and a long beard made of plant fibres. As in other central African cultures, the same... -
Imagining the Divine: Art and the Rise of World Religions by Stefanie Lenk
RRP: $32.25$22.42Religion has always been a fundamental force for constructing identity, from antiquity to the contemporary world. The transformation of ancient cults into faith systems, which we recognise now as major world religions, took place in the first millennium... -
Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem by C. Choi
RRP: $41.93$29.18The artists featured in Black Refractions, including Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Nari Ward, Norman Lewis, Wangechi Mutu, and Lorna Simpson, are drawn from the renowned collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem. Through exhibitions, public... -
The Emil Buhrle Collection: History, Full Catalogue and 70 Masterpieces by Lukas Glloor
RRP: $70.95$45.73Paul Cezanne, Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet and many others - between 1936 and 1956 the Swiss industrialist Emil Buhrle (1890-1956) assembled an impressive collection around French Impressionism. As the owner of the largest weapons factory in the country... -
Many Voices: Feminism by Bernardine Evaristo 9781849767163
RRP: $12.90$9.18Tate Britain: Look Again: the National Collection of British Art reimagined for today. Feminism is a powerful new interpretation of British art from an intersectional feminist perspective, from one of Britain's greatest writers. 'Art museums have long... -
Plum Blossom and Green Willow: Japanese Surimono Poetry Prints from the Ashmolean Museum by Clare Pollard
RRP: $19.35$16.72Surimono poetry prints are among the finest examples of Japanese woodblock printmaking of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Consisting of witty poetry combined with related images, surimono were often designed by leading print artists... -
Enriching the V&A: A Collection of Collections (1862-1914) by Julius Bryant
RRP: $51.54$39.10By 1862, just a decade after its launch as a study collection for art and design, the Victoria and Albert Museum had become a reference resource for collectors, scholars and art-market experts. Enriching the V&A, the final volume in a trilogy... -
Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago: Highlights of the Collection by James Rondeau
RRP: $38.70$34.12An updated selection of key paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago, featuring works from around the globe and dating from ancient Egypt to the present day The Art Institute of Chicago, one of the most beloved and important museums in the world,... -
100 Dresses: The Costume Institute / The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Harold Koda
RRP: $32.25$25.63An irresistible look into more than 300 years of fashion through an exquisite collection of designer dresses What woman can resist imagining herself in a beautiful designer dress? Here, for the first time ever, are 100 fabulous gowns from the permanent...