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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
RRP: £14.99£10.95WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE AND THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION'Endlessly fascinating and enjoyable' Neil MacGregor'A marvellous book' David Attenborough'Full of delights' Tom StoppardAn extraordinary exploration of the medieval world - the... -
National Treasures: Saving The Nation's Art in World War II by Caroline Shenton
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Geeks triumph over the forces of darkness: nothing could have given me greater pleasure. Combining an exciting story with scrupulous research, Caroline Shenton has done her unlikely heroes proud' - Lucy WorsleyAs Hitler prepared to invade Poland during... -
The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution by Dan Hicks
RRP: £12.99£8.60New York Times 'Best Art Books' 2020 'Essential' - Sunday Times 'Brilliantly enraged' - New York Review of Books 'A real game-changer'- Economist Walk into any Western museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind... -
The Book in the Cathedral: The Last Relic of Thomas Becket by Christopher de Hamel
RRP: £9.99£7.11From the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts, a captivating account of the last surviving relic of Thomas Becket The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 is one of the most famous events in... -
A Closer Look: Frames by Nicholas Penny
RRP: £9.99£8.59Frames often catch the eye and arouse the curiosity of visitors to galleries and museums, yet labels and catalogues rarely comment on them. Nicholas Penny conveys his interest in the history of frames, the design and techniques of frame-making, what... -
The Secrets of Art: Uncovering the mysteries and messages of great works of art by Debra N. Mancoff
RRP: £22.00£17.47Discover the secrets, mysteries, hidden meanings and stories behind famous works of art. A book full of surprises, discoveries, forgotten treasures and lost tales, The Secrets of Art takes us on a journey through the art world's mysteries to reveal that... -
The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club by Christopher de Hamel 9780241304372
RRP: £40.00£27.55The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature. We are dazzled by them and recognize their crucial role in the transmission of knowledge. But we generally think much less about the countless men... -
Frame Work: Honour and Ornament in Italian Renaissance Art by Alison Wright
RRP: £57.50£49.30"My husband Jan finished me on 17 June 1439. . . . My age was 33 years." So speaks Margaret van Eyck from the frame of her portrait. This painted inscription honors its maker Jan van Eyck, even as it blurs the distinction between living subject and... -
The Museum Curator's Guide: Understanding, Managing and Presenting Objects by Nicola Pickering
RRP: £24.95£18.78The Museum Curator's Guide is a practical reference book for emerging arts and heritage professionals working with a wide range of objects (including fine art, decorative arts, social history, ethnographic and archaeological collections), and explores... -
Museum Environment by Garry Thomson 9780750620413
RRP: £84.99£74.25The Museum Environment is in two parts; Part I: intended for conservators and museum curators and describes the principles and techniques of controlling the environment so that the potentially damaging effects of light, humidity and air pollution on... -
The Curator's Handbook: Museums, Commercial Galleries, Independent Spaces by Adrian George
RRP: £20.00£13.75The Curator's Handbook is the essential practical handbook for curators and curatorial students, mapping out every stage of the exhibition-making process from initial idea to final installation. In his introduction, Adrian George traces the history of... -
Second Self by Chloë Ashby
RRP: £16.99£11.54'Almost hypnotically perfect prose' Kate Sawyer'A thoughtful, tender and delicate consideration of life's choices' Huma Qureshi 'Ashby handles her material lightly and atmospherically' Rowan Hisayo BuchananThis absorbing second novel from the author of... -
An Introduction to Materials and Chemistry: Book 1 by Joyce H. Townsend 9781032200088
RRP: £32.99£29.16This new edition of An Introduction to Materials and Chemistry, book 1 in the updated Science for Conservators series, provides conservators and conservators-in-training with a very basic introduction to the language of chemistry and to the scientific... -
Historical Perspectives in the Conservation of Works of Art on Paper by Margaret Holben Ellis 9781606064320
RRP: £60.00£50.71This book is the seventh in the Readings in Conservation series, which gathers and publishes texts that have been influential in the development of thinking about the conservation of cultural heritage. The present volume provides a selection of more than... -
Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else by David Balzer
RRP: £9.99£7.16*Winner of the ICA Book of the Year, 2015* Now that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture? 'Curate' has become a buzzword, applied to everything from music festivals to artisanal cheese. Inside... -
Who Owns History?: Elgin's Loot and the Case for Returning Plundered Treasure by Geoffrey Robertson
RRP: £20.00£14.16The biggest question in the world of art and culture concerns the return of property taken without consent. Throughout history, conquerors or colonial masters have taken artefacts from subjugated peoples, who now want them returned from museums and... -
Conservation of Easel Paintings by Joyce Hill Stoner 9780367547646
RRP: £68.99£61.92Conservation of Easel Paintings, Second Edition provides a much-anticipated update to the previous edition, which has come to be known internationally as an invaluable and comprehensive text on the history, philosophy and methods of the treatment of... -
National Treasures: Saving The Nation's Art in World War II by Caroline Shenton 9781529387438
RRP: £16.99£11.54LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN 2022'Vigorously researched and highly entertaining' - Daily Telegraph'Geeks triumph over the forces of darkness: nothing could have given me greater pleasure. Combining an exciting... -
Cave Temples of Mogao at Dunhuang by Roderick Whitfield 9781606064450
RRP: £26.00£22.10This book offers a revised and expanded look at a world-renowned artistic treasure and its conversation. The Mogao grottoes in China, situated near the town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, constitute one of the world's most significant sites of... -
The Art of Tapestry by Helen Wyld
RRP: £45.00£36.72Extensively illustrated, this is the first accessible publication on the history of tapestry in over two decades. Woven with dazzling images from history, mythology and the natural world, and breath-taking in their craftsmanship, tapestries were among... -
Provenance - An Alternate History of Art by Gail Feigenbaum 9781606061220
RRP: £35.00£29.97This is a fascinating re-examination of the importance and legacy of provenance in the history of art. This book goes beyond the narrow definition of the term provenance, which addresses only the bare facts of ownership and transfer, to explore ideas... -
A Closer Look: Conservation of Paintings by David Bomford 9781857094411
RRP: £9.99£8.59A Closer Look is the new series title for the updated and refreshed National Gallery Pocket Guide range. The series has been enhanced with a stronger format, attractive design, new photography, and additional information. The philosophy of modern... -
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M Edsel 9781599951508
RRP: £21.99£13.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599951508Author Robert M EdselFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Center StreetPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
Stone Conservation - An Overview of Current Research by Eric Doehne 9781606060469
RRP: £30.00£25.25This is a detailed and informative overview of the latest research and development in stone conservation. Petra, Angkor, Copan, Venice, Lascaux, Easter Island - all are examples of irreplaceable cultural heritage built in stone and now slowly... -
Petrichor by Mat Collishaw 9781842468005
RRP: £15.00£10.96The book showcases these unique artworks in their different mediums as they are exhibited in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art. Serving as a guide and keepsake, Petrichor is the perfect takeaway from Collishaw's exciting exhibition... -
Paolo Veronese and the Practice of Painting in Late Renaissance Venice by Diana Gisolfi
RRP: £55.00£48.09One of the premier artists of Renaissance Venice, Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) enjoyed a successful career creating splendid and sophisticated paintings for an elite clientele. Focusing on Veronese's materials, workshop organization, and remarkably varied... -
Roy Lichtenstein: Outdoor Painted Sculpture by Julie Wolfe
RRP: £35.00£29.57Vibrant colour was essential to the paintings of the American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), and when he began exploring outdoor sculpture in the late 1970s, vivid hues-often achieved through the use of recently developed industrial paints and... -
Innovative Technology in Art Conservation: Original Appearance and Viewer Perception by W. (Bill) Wei 9781032109374
RRP: £49.99£43.50Innovative Technology in Art Conservation provides one of the first ever critical assessments of innovation in conservation science and questions what role it should play in conservation and conservation ethics.Written in language understandable for the... -
Peterborough Cathedral 2001-2006: From Devastation to Restoration by Michael Bunker 9781903470558
£35.25Peterborough Cathedral - one of the finest Romanesque cathedrals in Northern Europe - was ravaged by fire on 22 November 2001. The first part of this book is a personal account of the process of restoring the Cathedral after that devastating event,... -
Men from the Ministry: How Britain Saved Its Heritage by Simon Thurley
£13.03Between 1900 and 1950 the British state amassed a huge collection of over 800 historic buildings, monuments, and sites and opened them to the public. This engaging book explains why the extraordinary collecting frenzy took place, locating it in the... -
100 Animal Wonders by Jaime Gamboa 9789930503041
RRP: £49.95£30.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789930503041Author Jaime GamboaFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint Pucci PublishingPublisher Pucci PublishingWeight(grams) 1170gDimensions(mm) 260mm *... -
Productive Archiving: Artistic Strategies, Future Memories & Fluid Identities by Ernst Van Alphen
RRP: £25.00£18.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493246164Author Ernst Van AlphenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint ValizPublisher ValizWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 238mm * 168mm * 24mm -
Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural History by Caroline Dakers 9781787350465
RRP: £60.00£53.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787350465Author Caroline DakersFormat HardbackPage Count 428Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 1130g -
The Science For Conservators Series: Volume 2: Cleaning by Conservation Unit Museums and Galleries Commission
RRP: £43.99£38.44For more than ten years, the Science for Conservators series has been the key basic texts for conservators throughout the world. Scientific concepts are basic ot the conservation of artefacts of every type, yet many conservators have little or no... -
Rene Magritte: The Artist's Materials by Catherine Defeyt 9781606068007
RRP: £35.00£29.57Rene Magritte (1898-1967) is the most famous Belgian artist of the twentieth century and a celebrated representative of the Surrealist movement. Much has been written about his practices, artistic community, and significance within the history of... -
Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest by Laura Raicovich
RRP: £16.99£11.47In an age of protest, culture and museums have come under fire. Protests of museum funding (for example, the Metropolitan Museum accepting Sackler family money) and boards (for example, the Whitney appointing tear gas manufacturer Warren Kanders)--to say... -
Collecting the New: Museums and Contemporary Art by Bruce Altshuler
RRP: £28.00£21.36Collecting the New is the first book on the questions and challenges that museums face in acquiring and preserving contemporary art. Because such art has not yet withstood the test of time, it defies the traditional understanding of the art museum as an... -
Take Heart: Encouragement for Earth's Weary Lovers by Kathleen Dean Moore
RRP: £18.95£12.41Humans have faced urgent crises over the past two years, and in the midst of those we still have the threat of climate change and other big, systemic problems facing our world. In this time of chaos and crisis, how do activists find the strength to carry... -
Conserving Canvas by Cynthia Schwarz 9781606068243
RRP: £80.00£66.61In 2019 Yale University, with the support of the Getty Foundation, held an international conference, where nearly four hundred attendees from more than twenty countries gathered to discuss a vital topic: how best to conserve paintings on canvas. It was... -
Experimental Preservation by Thordis Arrhenius 9783037784921
RRP: £25.00£17.62Old things, historic things, smelly dirty things, all the things that were considered the very opposite of "contemporary," have suddenly irrupted forcefully into architecture and art, blurring their bound- aries. This book takes stock of the emerging...