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Monsters: What Do We Do with Great Art by Bad People? by Claire Dederer 9781399715072
RRP: £10.99£7.40'How rare and nourishing this sort of roaming thought is and what a joy to read' MEGAN NOLAN, Sunday Times'An exhilarating, shape-shifting exploration of the perilous boundaries between art and life' JENNY OFFILLPablo Picasso beat his partners. Richard... -
The Art Spirit by Robert Henri 9780486826738
RRP: £10.99£7.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486826738Author Robert HenriFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Create Dangerously by Albert Camus
RRP: £3.00£2.49'To create today is to create dangerously'Camus argues passionately that the artist has a responsibility to challenge, provoke and speak up for those who cannot in this powerful speech, accompanied here by two others.Penguin Modern: fifty new books... -
Inclusions: Aesthetics of the Capitalocene by Nicolas Bourriaud
RRP: £19.50£14.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956795862Author Nicolas BourriaudFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm) 178mm *... -
Beauty: A Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton
RRP: £8.99£6.45Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction the renowned... -
The Work Of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing by Adam Moss 9780593297582
RRP: £40.99£27.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593297582Author Adam MossFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Activism by Afonso Dias Ramos 9780854883141
RRP: £18.95£13.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780854883141Author Afonso Dias RamosFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Whitechapel GalleryPublisher Whitechapel GalleryWeight(grams) 580g -
Art History: A Critical Introduction to its Methods by Michael Hatt
RRP: £15.99£11.80Art History: A critical introduction to its methods provides a lively and stimulating introduction to methodological debates within art history. Offering a lucid account of approaches from Hegel to post-colonialism, the book provides a sense of art... -
Ray's A Laugh: A Reader by Liz Jobey 9781915743367
RRP: £18.00£17.15This reader delves into the history of Richard Billingham’s landmark photobook Ray’s A Laugh (1996), tracing its complex history of development and dissemination in the art world of the 1990s.Book InformationISBN 9781915743367Author Liz JobeyFormat... -
Bad Taste: Or the Politics of Ugliness by Nathalie Olah 9780349702261
RRP: £18.99£12.75TATE BOOK OF THE MONTH 2023 A timely critique of consumer culture which captures this image-obsessed moment in history, perfect for fans of Zadie Smith's Feel Free and Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror.This book is not a taste, nor an anti-taste, manual. This... -
Sandfuture by Justin Beal
RRP: £23.00£15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543095Author Justin BealFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Galois Theory: Lectures Delivered at the University of Notre Dame by Emil Artin (Notre Dame Mathematical Lectures, Number 2) by Emil Artin 9780486623429
RRP: £5.99£5.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486623429Author Emil ArtinFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc. -
The Colour Bible: The definitive guide to the history, use and meaning of colours by Laura Perryman
RRP: £26.00£17.38"The Colour Bible is one to return to again and again." - Elephant"This definitive guide...will no doubt inform many future colour choices." - House & Garden An essential source for graphic designers, artists, interior designers, fashion designers,... -
William Blake's Universe by David Bindman 9781781301272
RRP: £35.00£27.73A 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... -
Art on My Mind: Visual Politics by Bell Hooks
RRP: £12.99£10.98"As erudite and sophisticated as hooks is, she is also eminently readable, even exhilarating." -BooklistIn Art on My Mind, bell hooks, a leading cultural critic, responds to the ongoing dialogues about producing, exhibiting, and criticizing art and... -
Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death by Laura Cumming
RRP: £25.00£18.02**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024****SHORTLISTED FOR THE WRITERS' PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**'A wonderful read (or a great present) for anyone who loves stories and art' Nina Stibbe, author of Love, NinaA beautifully illustrated... -
Ways of Seeing by John Berger 9780141035796
RRP: £9.99£7.11Based on the BBC television series, John Berger's Ways of Seeing is a unique look at the way we view art, published as part of the Penguin on Design series in Penguin Modern Classics.'Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it... -
Interaction of Color: New Complete Edition by Josef Albers
RRP: £13.99£12.25The 50th anniversary edition of a classic text, featuring an expanded selection of color studies Josef Albers's Interaction of Color is a masterwork in art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this... -
Still Life with Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy by Distinguished Writer Mark Doty 9780807066096
RRP: £17.00£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807066096Author Mark DotyFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 125gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 6mm -
How to Be an Artist by Jerry Saltz
RRP: £12.00£8.00The New York Times Bestseller "I wish I had read these rules forty years ago and carried them around like a bible. By chance or design I've followed most of them at some point but it took me a lifetime as an artist to find what worked. They are the... -
Slow Spatial Reader by Carolyn F Strauss 9789492095978
RRP: £25.00£18.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789492095978Author Carolyn F StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint ValizPublisher ValizWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 160mm * 28mm -
Inhabiting the Negative Space by Jenny Odell
RRP: £12.50£9.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956795817Author Jenny OdellFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 179mm * 116mm *... -
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin 9780141036199
RRP: £7.99£5.79One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly - and what the troubling social and political... -
Unlicensed by Ben Schwartz 9789493246294
RRP: £25.00£17.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493246294Author Ben SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint ValizPublisher ValizWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 180mm * 114mm * 33mm -
Without Model – Parva Aesthetica by Theodor W. Adorno
RRP: £19.99£15.72Essays by Adorno on art and cinema, available in English for the first time. In Without Model, Theodor W. Adorno strikingly demonstrates the intellectual range for which he is known. Taking the premise of the title as his guiding principle, that... -
Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto by Legacy Russell
RRP: £9.99£8.17The divide between the digital and the real world no longer exists: we are connected all the time. How do we find out who we are within this digital era? Where do we create the space to explore our identity? How can we come together and create... -
Women in the Picture: Women, Art and the Power of Looking by Catherine McCormack
RRP: £10.99£7.32'Incisive and provocative ... a sensitive and probing critique' The New York Times'Essential reading ... gripping, inspirational, beautifully written and highly thought-provoking' Dr Helen Gorrill, author of Women Can't PaintA bold reconsideration of... -
New Essential Guide to Hong Kong Movies by Rick Baker 9781648210167
RRP: £18.99£13.15Extensively revised and expanded, The New Essential Guide to Hong Kong Movies includes over 670 film reviews, a poster gallery, and a look at the key studios that made Hong Kong cinema so amazing, along with insights into the Hong Kong movie industry... -
The Vast Extent: On Seeing and Not Seeing Further by Lavinia Greenlaw 9780571355631
RRP: £20.00£13.58'Remarkable . . . People will be inspired by it to look again at the world and its mysteries.' CELIA PAULAn expansive, wonder-filled collection exploring art, science and travel From the celebrated poet, novelist and memoirist, The Vast Extent is a... -
Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters by David Hockney
RRP: £30.00£21.80The book that turned the art world on its head, now with new and exciting discoveries. Hockney takes his thesis further, demonstrating how Renaissance artists used mirrors and lenses to develop perspective and chiaroscuro - radically challenging our... -
Blue Mythologies: Reflections on a Colour by Carol Mavor
RRP: £18.00£12.96The sea, the sky, the veins of your hands, the earth when photographed from space--blue sometimes seems to overwhelm all the other shades of our world in its all-encompassing presence. The blues of Blue Mythologies include those present in the world's... -
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles
RRP: £12.99£9.09'I always keep a copy of Art & Fear on my bookshelf' JAMES CLEAR, author of the #1 best-seller Atomic Habits 'A timeless cult classic ... I've stolen tons of inspiration from this book over the years and so will you' AUSTIN KLEON, NYTimes... -
Art is Life: Icons & Iconoclasts, Visionaries & Vigilantes, & Flashes of Hope in the Night Jerry Saltz 9781781578889
RRP: £25.00£16.78"We benefit from Saltz's rare ability to articulate the mysterious alchemy of great art." - New York Times"An entertaining, informative, and, at times, profoundly affecting read." - Canberra Times"The most famous, most lionized, and arguably the most... -
Impressionism Karin H. Grimme 9783836536974
RRP: £15.00£9.76Discover how scenes of daily life and delicate dabs of color shocked the art world establishment. In this TASCHEN Basic Art introduction to Impressionism, we explore the artists, subjects, and techniques that first brought the easel out of the studio... -
What Good are the Arts? by John Carey 9780571226030
RRP: £12.99£8.56From one of the country's most eminent reviewers and academics, a delightfully sceptical and devastatingly intelligent assessment of the true value of art.What Good are the Arts? by John Carey is a provocative, entertaining and devastatingly intelligent... -
What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye by Will Gompertz
RRP: £14.99£11.54What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? Join Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever. From Monet's water lilies to Van Gogh's sunflowers, from... -
Living the Artist's Way: An Intuitive Path to Creativity by Julia Cameron 9781800817982
RRP: £18.99£14.01'Without The Artist's Way, there would be no Eat, Pray, Love' - ELIZABETH GILBERT WATKINS TOP 100 MOST SPIRITUALLY INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2023 How can we tap into the wisdom inside ourselves? LIVING THE ARTIST'S WAY is a Six-Week Artist's Way... -
Aesthetics of the Margins / The Margins of Aesthetics: Wild Art Explained by David Carrier
RRP: £33.95£32.15"Wild Art" refers to work that exists outside the established, rarified world of art galleries and cultural channels. It encompasses uncatalogued, uncommodified art not often recognized as such, from graffiti to performance, self-adornment, and beyond... -
The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters by Benjamin Moser 9780241586457
RRP: £30.00£21.35The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer turns his eye to the seventeenth-century Dutch Golden Age Twenty years ago, Benjamin Moser followed a love affair to an ancient Dutch town. In order to make sense of this new place, he threw himself into the Dutch... -
A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar
RRP: £10.99£7.77FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR'Sparkles with brilliant observations on art and architecture, friendship and loss' Guardian'Everybody should get to spend a month with Mr. Matar, looking at paintings' Zadie Smith, Wall...