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Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece by William E. Wallace 9780691195490
RRP: $32.25$25.27The untold story of Michelangelo's final decades-and his transformation into one of the greatest architects of the Italian RenaissanceAs he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were... -
Rousseau by Cornelia Stabenow
RRP: $19.35$14.14Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was a clerk in the Paris customs service who dreamed of becoming a famous artist. At the age 49, he decided to give it a try. At first, Rousseau's bright, bold paintings of jungles and exotic flora and fauna were dismissed as... -
The Judgement of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism by Ross King
RRP: $21.92$15.84In 1863, the French painter Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world and the darling of the 'Salon' - that all important public art exhibition held biannually in Paris. Manet, on the other hand, was struggling in obscurity... -
Manet Gilles Neret 9783836535106
RRP: $19.35$14.65Lampooned during his lifetime for his style as much as his subject matter, French painter Edouard Manet (1832-1883) is now considered a crucial figure in the history of art, bridging the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Manet's work combined a... -
Japanned Papier Mache and Tinware c.1740-1940 by Yvonne M. Jones 9781851496860
RRP: $58.05$40.83"a well-written, well-referenced and well-illustrated book. It provides a valuable addition to the literature and our understanding of a previously little-researched facet of the industrial midlands" British Art Journal "Cataloguers now have an... -
The Story of Scottish Art by Lachlan Goudie
RRP: $32.25$21.25The compelling story of over 5,000 years of Scottish art, told by Lachlan Goudie, renowned contemporary Scottish artist, broadcaster and presenter of BBC Four's 'The Story of Scottish Art'. This is the story of how Scotland has defined itself through... -
Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari
RRP: $14.18$10.02Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Great men, and their immortal works, are brought vividly to life, as Vasari... -
Museum Secrets: Hidden Stories from the Ashmolean by Lucy Dawkins
RRP: $19.35$12.64In December 2020, spirits were low. The first tentative visitors had only just made it back through the doors of the Ashmolean after months of isolation, only for another lockdown to come crashing into view. The galleries went dark for a second time in a... -
50 Impressionist Paintings You Should Know by Ines Janet Engelmann
RRP: $19.34$14.64No artistic education is complete without a healthy dose of Impressionism. Here fifty of the most important works from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries are gorgeously reproduced, including the best of Monet, Degas, van Gogh,... -
William Blake - Visionary by Edina Adam
RRP: $38.70$32.15A richly illustrated, comprehensive introduction to the visionary British artist William Blake Celebrated for his boundless imagination and unique vision, William Blake (1757-1827) created some of the most striking and distinctive imagery in art,... -
Hilma af Klint: Notes and Methods by Hilma af Klint
RRP: $51.60$44.62At the turn of the twentieth century, Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) created a body of work that left visible reality behind, exploring the radical possibilities of abstraction years before Vasily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, or Piet Mondrian... -
Laura Knight: A life by Barbara C. Morden
RRP: $19.34$14.87Laura Knight (1877-1970) was one of the most distinguished women artist of the early 20th century with an international reputation. This highly readable and objective biography covers her early years in Nottingham, her relationship with her husband... -
Matisse on Art, Revised edition by Jack Flam
RRP: $32.25$25.79The major writings of Henri Matisse (1869-1954), with the exception of the letters, are collected here along with transcriptions of important interviews and broadcasts given at various stages of Matisse's career. Jack Flam provides a biography, a general... -
The Colour Storm: The compelling and spellbinding story of art and betrayal in Renaissance Venice by Damian Dibben
RRP: $12.89$9.17Discover the 2023 Winner of the Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award - an atmospheric and suspenseful tale of intoxicating art and dizzying ambition, forbidden love and twisted obsession in Renaissance Venice - Damian Dibben's kaleidescopic... -
Dieric Bouts: Creator of Images by Peter Carpreau 9783791377247
RRP: $58.05$41.55This radical new examination of one of the most important Flemish Masters presents Bouts as a maker of images-and considers his oeuvre alongside the work of current-day filmmakers, game creators, and sports photographers.One of the foremost painters of... -
Sensations: The Story of British Art from Hogarth to Banksy Jonathan Jones 9781786272973
RRP: $38.69$26.32The best-selling Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones presents a radical new story of British art. "Sensations is a riveting story of art and science: thoughtful, provocative and persuasive" - The Times "Erudite, impassioned, fascinating" -... -
The Green Man Kathleen Basford 9780859914970
RRP: $25.80$21.90Delightful, oft-reprinted guide to the foliate heads so common in medieval sculpture. This was the first-ever monograph dedicated to the Green Man. The Green Man, the image of the foliate head or the head of a man sprouting leaves, is probably the... -
Faithful and Fearless: Portraits of Dogs by Xavier Bray
RRP: $32.25$25.21This is a wonderful overview of the remarkable range of dog portraits--there are no human sitters--produced over the last 250 years. It features well-known works such as Rosa Bonheur's Brizo, (one of the best-loved portraits in The Wallace Collection),... -
Pop Art by Klaus Honnef
RRP: $19.35$15.43Peaking in the 1960s, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern society, consumer culture, the role of the artist, and of what constituted an artwork. Focusing on... -
How to Read Medieval Art Wendy A. Stein 9781588395979
RRP: $25.74$22.37An enlightening, accessible guide to understanding and appreciating European art from the Middle AgesHow to Read Medieval Art introduces the art of the European Middle Ages through 50 notable examples from the Metropolitan Museum's collection, which is... -
The Collected Letters of Jane Morris Jan Marsh 9781837651382
RRP: $47.72$40.20Presents 570 newly discovered letters from Jane Morris to diverse correspondents, which radically revise the popular view of a silent, discontented invalid and instead portray her as an independent thinker following her own causes. The vast majority of... -
Caravaggio. The Complete Works by Sebastian Schutze 9783836555814
$71.21Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: Violent in temper, precise in technique, a... -
Baroque Naples and the Industry of Painting: The World in the Workbench by Christopher R. Marshall
RRP: $74.18$63.60The second largest city in 17th-century Europe, Naples constituted a vital Mediterranean center in which the Spanish Habsburgs, the clergy, and Neapolitan aristocracy, together with the resident merchants, and other members of the growing professional... -
Romanticism: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Ferber
RRP: $11.60$8.32What is Romanticism? In this Very Short Introduction Michael Ferber answers this by considering who the romantics were and looks at what they had in common -- their ideas, beliefs, commitments, and tastes. He looks at the birth and growth of Romanticism... -
Artist Quarter: Modigliani, Montmartre & Montparnasse Charles Douglas 9781843681533
RRP: $19.34$12.64What were Montmartre and Montparnasse really like in their hey-day, roughly between 1904, when the youthful Picasso had just arrived on the Hill of Martyrs, and 1920, when Amedeo Modigliani, justly called 'the prince of Bohemians', died of consumption... -
The Grammar of Ornament: A Visual Reference of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts - The complete and unabridged full-color edition by Owen Jones 9780691172064
RRP: $54.18$44.69A complete and unabridged full-color edition of the classic sourcebook on ornamental designFirst published in 1856, The Grammar of Ornament remains a design classic. Its inspiration came from pioneering British architect and designer Owen Jones... -
Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743 by Ross King
RRP: $83.85$78.92Every painted work that is on display in the Uffizi Gallery, The Pitti Palace, the Accademia, and the Duomo is included in the book, plus many or most of the works from 28 of the city's other magnificent museums and churches. The research and text are by... -
Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces of Art Michael Kerrigan 9781783612116
RRP: $16.76$11.61Prior to the invention of the printing press, all books had to be written by hand. Manuscripts are the beautiful manifestation of this craft, and the most precious and expensive of such manuscripts were 'illuminated' through the use of brightly coloured... -
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini 9780140447187
RRP: $19.34$14.13Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith - a passionate craftsman who was admired and resented by the most powerful political and artistic personalities in sixteenth-century Florence, Rome and Paris. He was also a murderer... -
Bonnard's Worlds by George T. M. Shackelford 9780300273274
RRP: $58.05$48.54A fascinating journey into Pierre Bonnard's world and the inspiration behind his spatially arresting and intimate paintings Pierre Bonnard's paintings are renowned for their unusual intimacy. Delving into the sensory realms of experience that fueled... -
Van Gogh Paintings: The Masterpieces by Belinda Thomson
RRP: $32.25$22.42This volume is dedicated to 100 of the artist's most beautiful and unforgettable canvases, as well as a rich selection of lesserknown works. It explores the paintings in the context of Van Gogh's short but brilliant career, allying the works to his... -
Understanding Greek Vases - A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques by . Clark 9780892365999
RRP: $21.92$18.85What is a pyxis? Who was the Amasis Painter? How did Greek vases get their distinctive black and orange colours? This volume offers definitions and descriptions of these and many other Greek vase shapes, painters and techniques encountered in museum... -
Art in Vienna 1898-1918: Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele and their contemporaries by Peter Vergo
RRP: $51.54$41.51The artistic stagnation of Vienna at the end of the 19th century was rudely shaken by the artists of the Vienna Secession. Their work shocked a conservative public, but their successive exhibitions, their magazine Ver Sacrum, and their application to the... -
Discourses on Art: New Edition by Sir Joshua Reynolds 9780300073270
$43.85Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Italian Renaissance Altarpiece: Between Icon and Narrative by David Ekserdjian
RRP: $83.85$69.34The comprehensive study of the Italian Renaissance altarpiece from the 13th to the early 17th century The altarpiece is one of the most distinctive and remarkable art forms of the Renaissance period. It is difficult to imagine an artist of the... -
Art and Architecture of Sicily by Julian Treuherz
RRP: $51.54$40.39Art and Architecture of Sicily is the first book to cover the rich artistic heritage of Sicily from prehistory up to the late 20th century. Sicily's strategic position in the centre of the Mediterranean led to settlement or conquest by a succession of... -
Edvard Munch: Magic of the North by Thomas Köhler 9783777442181
RRP: $58.05$39.02Munch's pictorial worlds - the initial impetus for modernism Edvard Munch's radical modernity in painting was a challenge for his contemporaries. This applied in particular to the art scene in Berlin around 1900 which the Norwegian Symbolist artist... -
Out of this Century - Confessions of an Art Addict: The Autobiography of Peggy Guggenheim by Peggy Guggenheim
RRP: $19.34$12.64This is the fascinating autobiography of a society heiress who became the bohemian doyenne of the art world. Written in her own words it is the frank and outspoken story of her life and loves: her stormy relationships with such men as Max Ernst and... -
Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art And Life Of Jozef Czapski by Eric Karpeles
RRP: $20.63$14.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681372846Author Eric KarpelesFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,... -
Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris by Simonetta Fraquelli 9780300273632
RRP: $51.60$43.33Revealing the vital influence of the French artist Marie Laurencin, her visual idiom, and her sexual expression on the modernism of twentieth-century Paris This book offers a long-overdue reassessment of the career of the Parisian-born artist Marie...