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Impressionism by Ingo F. Walther
RRP: £20.00£15.29It was a dappled and daubed harbor scene that gave Impressionism its name. When Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet was exhibited in April 1874, critics seized upon the work's title and its loose stylistic rendering of light and motion upon water to... -
Shadows: The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art by E. H. Gombrich
RRP: £14.99£13.43In this intriguing book, E.H. Gombrich, who was one of the world's foremost art historians, traces how cast shadows have been depicted in Western art through the centuries. Gombrich discusses the way shadows were represented-or ignored-by artists from... -
Yayoi Kusama by Yayoi Kusama
RRP: £28.00£20.62Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) is arguably Japan's most famous living artist. Her originality, innovation and powerful desire to communicate have propelled her through a career that has spanned six decades. During this time, Kusama has explored... -
Images of Mithra by Philippa Adrych
RRP: £89.00£88.54With a history of use extending back to Vedic texts of the second millennium BC, derivations of the name Mithra appear in the Roman Empire, across Sasanian Persia, and in the Kushan Empire of southern Afghanistan and northern India during the first... -
Lyotard and Politics by Stuart Sim
RRP: £27.99£26.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474456524Author Stuart SimFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press -
Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography by Gail Levin
RRP: £25.00£20.18New York Times Notable BookLos Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistWall Street Journal-One of Five Best Artist Biographies Edward Hopper's canvasses are filled with stripped-down spaces and unrelenting light, evocative landscapes, and the lonely aspects of... -
Van Dyck and the Making of English Portraiture Adam Eaker 9781913107345
RRP: £35.00£29.57A new account of painting in early modern England centered on the art and legacy of Anthony van Dyck As a courtier, figure of fashion, and object of erotic fascination, Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) transformed the professional identities available to... -
Little by ,Edward Carey
RRP: £9.99£7.39LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA... -
Manet/Degas by Stephan Wolohojian 9781588397638
RRP: £50.00£36.74The first publication on the personal and professional relationship between Manet and Degas, two giants of nineteenth-century French art Friends, rivals, and at times antagonists, Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas maintained a pictorial dialogue throughout... -
The American Stamp: Postal Iconography, Democratic Citizenship, and Consumerism in the United States by Laura Goldblatt 9780231208246
RRP: £30.00£23.29More than three thousand different images appeared on United States postage stamps from the middle of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Limited at first to the depiction of a small cast of characters and patriotic images, postal... -
Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art & Artists by Marina Warner
RRP: £25.00£16.78Art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues Marina Warner. In this new anthology of some of her most compelling work, she captures the visual experience of the work of several... -
The Cleghorn Collection: South Indian Botanical Drawings 1845 to 1860 by Henry J. Noltie
RRP: £20.00£14.71The Cleghorn Collection reproduces more than 200 of the drawings from the Cleghorn Collection in colour, for the first time. These include drawings from nature, copies based on European prints, and Nature Prints made from herbarium specimens. They are... -
Austin Osman Spare: The Life and Legend of London's Lost Artist: Revised Edition Phil Baker 9781913689650
RRP: £23.00£15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689650Author Phil BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
Art in Theory 1648-1815: An Anthology of Changing Ideas by Charles Harrison 9780631200642
RRP: £32.95£30.74Art in Theory (1648-1815) provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of documents on the theory of art from the founding of the French Academy until the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Like its highly successful companion volumes, Art in Theory... -
Redouté. Roses by H. Walter Lack 9783836595711
RRP: £15.00£10.96The revered tradition of botanical illustration dates back to the Renaissance. It emerged from the desire to catalog nature in its unpredictable splendor, and the process demanded the most precise and talented of artists.With a remarkable skill that... -
50 Art Ideas You Really Need to Know by Susie Hodge
RRP: £9.99£6.80In a series of 50 accessible essays, Susie Hodge introduces and explains the central concepts that underpin Western art and design.From Romanesque to Realism, Pop Art to Pluralism, 50 Art Ideas is a complete introduction to the most important art... -
Dandy in the Underworld by Sebastian Horsley
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Like Salvador Dali's confessions, only far funnier and more self-deprecating, Dandy in the Underworld entertains as much as it revolts, is as tender as it is shocking, and as genuine as it is false.' IndependentSure to shock and surprise, Sebastian... -
No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami
RRP: £9.99£7.11A Sunday Times Book of the Year Winner of the Polari Prize 'A book about love, identity, acceptance and the freedom to write, paint, compose and wear corduroy breeches with gaiters. To swear, kiss, publish and be damned. It is vastly entertaining and... -
Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece by William E. Wallace 9780691195490
RRP: £25.00£19.59The 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... -
Tate British Artists: Ben Nicholson by Virginia Button
RRP: £14.99£9.53Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) was one of the greatest British artists of the twentieth century, first coming to international prominence with his famous 'white reliefs' of the 1930s. A pioneer of abstract art in Britain, he played a significant role in the... -
The Judgement of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism by Ross King
RRP: £16.99£12.28In 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... -
Still Life: Timeless Beauty Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 9783775751148
RRP: £38.00£24.24They fascinate us today as they did 500 years ago: elaborate compositions of exotic fruits or platters with oysters, floral arrangements and skulls, exquisitely decorated musical instruments and scientific instruments. Magical things testify to exuberant... -
A History of Art in 21 Cats: From the Old Masters to the Modernists, the Moggy as Muse: an illustrated guide by Nia Gould
RRP: £12.99£8.73Art history has been given a fun feline makeover. Discover the basics of important art movements through a host of beautifully illustrated cats, each one inspired by a specific period in art history. From Surrealism to Cubism, Abstract Expressionism to... -
Alphonse Mucha Gift & Creative Paper Vol 114 by Pepin van Roojen 9789460091360
RRP: £14.99£12.05PEPIN Gift & Creative Paper Books all contain 4 introductory pages and 12 large sheets of very high-quality paper. These sheets can be easily removed from the books by tearing them along the perforated line. The sheets are folded to fit into the book;... -
Art Deco by Norbert Wolf 9783791382418
RRP: £40.00£30.79The Art Deco style is so recognisable and widespread that its original impact on the culture in which it emerged has been all but lost in the clutter of imitation. This book draws our attention back to the birth of Art Deco-a period between two... -
A Companion to Museum Studies Sharon Macdonald (University of Manchester) 9781444334050
RRP: £38.95£35.20A Companion to Museum Studies captures the multidisciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society. Collects first-rate original essays by leading figures from a range of disciplines and... -
Egypt by Rose-Marie Hagen
RRP: £15.00£10.96From the Land of the Pharaohs. The finest treasures from Ancient Egypt. The art of ancient Egypt that has been handed down to us bears no names of its creators, and yet we value the creations of these unknown masters no less than the works of later... -
Sicily: culture and conquest Dirk Booms 9780714122892
RRP: £30.00£21.00Sicily's central location and natural resources have meant that various peoples have sought to conquer, control and settle on the island throughout its 3000-year history. Its Italian identity, with which we are familiar today, emerges only comparatively... -
Soviet Visuals by Varia Bortsova
RRP: £12.99£9.09A funny, nostalgic and strange glimpse at life behind the Iron Curtain - from the hit social media account with over 1 million followers WELCOME TO THE USSR PARADE in the latest fashions! MARVEL at the wonders of the space race! DELIGHT in... -
Keith Haring by Simon Doonan
RRP: £12.99£8.60Keith Haring was a revolutionary artist, who transformed the art world during his short but impactful life. Brought to life by Simon Doonan, Creative Director for Barneys New York, this new pocket-sized biography tells his inspirational story... -
The Story of Looking by Mark Cousins
RRP: £20.00£15.17In The Story of Looking, Mark Cousins takes us on a lightning-bright tour - in words and images - through how our looking selves develop over the course of a lifetime, and the ways that looking has changed over the centuries. From great works of art to... -
Resilient Stitch: Wellbeing and Connection in Textile Art by Claire Wellesley-Smith
RRP: £22.95£15.27Following on from her textile hit Slow Stitch, author Claire Wellesley-Smith considers the importance of connection and ideas around wellbeing when using textiles for individuals and communities, including practical ideas around... -
Crafting: Transforming Materials & the Maker by Bernard Graves
RRP: £29.95£21.32In its far-ranging and comprehensive scope, Crafting: Transforming Materials & the Maker is at once both a manual and a manifesto for crafters and craft enthusiasts the world over. A must-have for any craft and educational library, it is a volume that... -
Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari
RRP: £10.99£7.77Beginning 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... -
The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512-1570 Keith Christiansen 9781588397300
RRP: £50.00£44.05Portraits, an inherently personal subject, provide an engaging entry point to an exploration of the politics, patronage, and power in Renaissance Florence The Medici family ruled Florence without interruption between 1434 and 1494, but following their... -
Prisse d'Avennes. Egyptian Art by Salima Ikram
RRP: £20.00£15.29A lifelong devotee of ancient Egyptian and Oriental culture, the French author, artist, and scholar Achille-Constant-Theodore-Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) is famed as one of the most influential Egyptologists, long before the discipline was even... -
Museum Secrets: Hidden Stories from the Ashmolean by Lucy Dawkins
RRP: £15.00£9.80In 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... -
Italic Letters: Calligraphy & Handwriting by Inga DuBay 9780982776216
RRP: £15.95£11.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982776216Author Inga DuBayFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Handwriting Success, LLCPublisher Handwriting Success, LLCWeight(grams)... -
Look Again: Girlhood by Claire Marie Healy 9781849768634
RRP: £10.00£7.12Experiences of girlhood are shaped by art and visual culture as much as they are represented by them. Claire Marie Healy explores this relationship, guiding us through the making and meaning of girlhood in Britain's national collection of art. She traces... -
50 Impressionist Paintings You Should Know by Ines Janet Engelmann
RRP: £14.99£11.35No 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,...