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Bees and Their Keepers: From waggle-dancing to killer bees, from Aristotle to Winnie-the-Pooh Frank Perry 9781529405262
RRP: £22.00£12.70A beautifully illustrated and thoroughly engaging cultural history of beekeeping - packed with anecdote, humour and enriching historical detail. The perfect gift."A charming look at the history of beekeeping, from myth and folklore to our practical... -
Raphael, Painter in Rome: A Novel by Stephanie Storey
£14.97Another Fabulous Art History Thriller by the Bestselling Author of Oil and Marble, Featuring the Master of Renaissance Perfection: Raphael! Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling is one of the most iconic masterpieces of the Renaissance. Here, in Raphael,... -
Agnes Martin HC by Briony Fer
RRP: £29.99£21.94Canadian-born Agnes Martin was one of the pre-eminent painters of the second half of the twentieth century, whose work has had a significant influence both on artists of her own time and for subsequent generations. A contemporary of the abstract... -
John Ruskin: An Idiosyncratic Dictionary Encompassing his Passions, his Delusions and his Prophecies by Michael Glover 9781848223745
RRP: £19.99£15.23From Aesthete to Ziffern, Baby-Language to Verbosity, Badgers to Railway Stations: this gloriously serendipitous dictionary presents the life, times and strong opinions of John Ruskin (1819-1900) - art critic, patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, social... -
William Morris Textiles by Linda Parry 9781851777327
RRP: £35.00£26.77William Morris Textiles was the first comprehensive survey of the many hundreds of original, colourful textiles produced by William Morris and the two commercial companies he founded and managed. To this day it remains the authority in the field, and... -
They Drew as They Pleased Vol. 2: The Hidden Art of Disney's Musical Years (The 1940s - Part One) by Didier Ghez
RRP: £25.00£18.74The 1940s ushered in an era of musical experimentation and innovation at the Walt Disney Studios. Artists from all over the world flocked to California to be part of the magic, and their groundbreaking styles influenced such classics as Dumbo and Bambi... -
Rembrandt's Light by Jennifer Scott
RRP: £19.95£15.68A unique picture of Rembrandt's mastery of light and visual storytelling. Rembrandt's Light brings together 35 carefully selected paintings, concentrating on his greatest years from 1639-1658, when he lived in his ideal house at Breestraat in the... -
Emergency Money: Notgeld in the Image Economy of the German Inflation, 1914–1923 by Tom Wilkinson 9780262546805
RRP: £48.00£33.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546805Author Tom WilkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Anatomy of a Nation: A History of British Identity in 50 Documents Dominic Selwood 9781472131898
RRP: £30.00£20.40From an obscure, misty archipelago on the fringes of the Roman world to history's largest empire and originator of the world's mongrel, magpie language - this is Britain's past. But, today, Britain is experiencing an acute trauma of identity, pulled... -
The Art of Elizabeth Blackadder by Duncan Macmillan 9781848226586
RRP: £25.00£18.81Exploring the development of Elizabeth Blackadder's art in all its richness, this revised edition of Duncan Macmillan's 1999 book expands the account of an important artist and her significant body of work. With her oeuvre ranging through still life,... -
Time and Place: Notes on the art of calendars by Alexandra Harris 9781908213808
RRP: £12.00£11.12Dates are invented things. Nothing in nature decrees that today is today. But for millennia humans have divided time into portions, and given those portions names which are shared widely across cultures, creating a common agreement on the date. This... -
Italian Renaissance Courts: Art, Pleasure and Power Alison Cole 9781780677408
RRP: £19.95£13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780677408Author Alison ColeFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams) 930g -
The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making by David Esterly
RRP: £9.99£6.75The highly acclaimed memoir of a renowned artisan with a new introduction by Jenny Uglow, The Lost Carving reveals the inspirational secrets of wood and craft. On a chance visit to St James's church, Piccadilly, David Esterly was awestruck by the... -
Joe Tilson by Marco Livingstone
RRP: £45.00£35.60Joe Tilson RA (b.1928) is one of the great figures in post-war British art and a pivotal artist of the British Pop Art movement during the 1960s. Still working, and still evolving, he has continued to explore many new directions and a great variety of... -
Art of Renaissance Florence: A City and Its Legacy by Scott Nethersole
RRP: £35.00£22.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786273420Author Scott NethersoleFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King Publishing -
In Search of Van Gogh: Capturing the Life of the Artist Through Photographs and Paintings by Gloria Fossi
RRP: £26.00£8.53Follow in the footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh, from his birthplace in Zundert, Netherlands, to his last days in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, and explore the hidden inspirations behind the world-renowned artist's most famous paintings in this beautiful art book... -
The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer by Albrecht Durer 9780486210971
RRP: £29.49£18.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486210971Author Albrecht DuRerFormat PaperbackPage Count 285Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Expanded Edition by Lawrence Weschler 9780520256095
RRP: £28.00£22.20When this book first appeared in 1982, it introduced readers to Robert Irwin, the Los Angeles artist 'who one day got hooked on his own curiosity and decided to live it'. Now expanded to include six additional chapters and twenty-four pages of color... -
The Political Body: Stories on Art, Feminism, and Emancipation in Latin America by Andrea Giunta 9780520344327
RRP: £39.00£30.76How a constellation of Latin American artists explored the body, power, and emancipation-and expanded the meanings of feminist art. In The Political Body, art historian Andrea Giunta explores gender and power in the work of Latin American artists from... -
The Avant-Garde in Georgia: 1900-1936 Nana Kipiani 9789464666632
RRP: £55.00£37.05In the turbulent global context following the fall of the Russian Empire and the October Revolution, Georgia declared its independence in 1918. Between then and the beginning of Soviet rule in 1921, an Avant-Garde creative scene burgeoned. Artists met,... -
Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded by Kristine Stiles) by Kristine Stiles 9780520257184
RRP: £30.00£24.89First published in 1996, this irreplaceable resource has now been updated, revised, and expanded by Kristine Stiles to represent thirty countries and more than one hundred new artists. Stiles has added forty images and a diverse roster of artists,... -
Life and Afterlife in Ancient China by Jessica Rawson
RRP: £40.00£26.95A Prospect Book of the YearAn epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombsThe three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the distinctive elements of... -
TUVAQ: Inuit Art and the Modern World by Ken Mantel 9781906593421
RRP: £29.95£21.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906593421Author Ken MantelFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Sansom & CoPublisher Sansom & CoDimensions(mm) 270mm * 210mm * 20mm -
Modern Art 1851-1929: Capitalism and Representation by Richard Brettell
RRP: £23.49£17.01The period 1851 to 1929 witnessed the rise of the major European avant-garde groups: the Realists, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, Symbolists, Cubists, and Surrealists. It was also a time of rapid social, economic, and political change, encompassing... -
The Book by Design: The Remarkable Story of the World's Greatest Invention P. J. M. Marks 9780712354042
RRP: £40.00£26.15Why does a book look and feel the way it does? What can it tell us about the circumstances of its creation? This is a fascinating exploration of the development of book design through some of the most treasured volumes in the British Library collections... -
Ancient Egyptian Jewelry: 50 Masterpieces of Art and Design by Nigel Fletcher-Jones 9789774169656
RRP: £19.99£16.42Jewelry was worn by ancient Egyptians at every level of society and, like their modern descendants, they prized it for its aesthetic value, as a way to adorn and beautify the body. It was also a conspicuous signifier of wealth, status, and power. But... -
Shades of Black: Assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain by David A. Bailey 9780822334200
RRP: £23.99£21.84In the 1980s-at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities-the Black Arts Movement burst onto the British art scene with breathtaking intensity, changing the nature and perception of British... -
Ravilious in Pictures: 2: War Paintings by James Russell 9780955277740
RRP: £25.00£20.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955277740Author James RussellFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint The Mainstone PressPublisher The Mainstone Press -
A Dog's Guide to Art by Joy Fitzsimmons
RRP: £12.99£8.48A light-hearted look at art through canine eyes. Join dachshunds Ned and Henry for an energetic romp through the world of art, encountering famous paintings and sculptures from a four-legged perspective. ... -
Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 by Lucy R. Lippard
RRP: £29.00£22.54In Six Years Lucy R. Lippard documents the chaotic network of ideas that has been labeled conceptual art. The book is arranged as an annotated chronology into which is woven a rich collection of original documents--including texts by and taped... -
The Effect of Tropical Light on White Men Catherine Lord 9781949484106
RRP: £41.00£26.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949484106Author Catherine LordFormat HardbackPage Count 408Imprint No Place PressPublisher No Place Press -
Women Photographers: From Anna Atkins to Newsha Tavakolian by Boris Friedewald 9783791389578
RRP: £32.00£22.69Now enlarged and updated, this introduction to the greatest and famous women photographers of all time features the most important works of sixty artists, along with in-depth biographical and critical assessments. Since the inception of photography as... -
Goya by Rainer & Rose-Marie Hagen
RRP: £15.00£11.36From court portraits for the Spanish royals to horrific scenes of conflict and suffering, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) made a mark as one of Spain's most revered and controversial artists. A master of form and light, his influence... -
Emerging Iconographies of Medieval Rome: A Laboratory of Images in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries by Annie Labatt
RRP: £108.00£94.71Emerging Iconographies of Medieval Rome examines the development of Christian iconographies that had not yet established themselves as canonical images, but which were being tried out in various ways in early Christian Rome. This book focuses on four... -
King Tut. The Journey through the Underworld. 40th Ed. Sandro Vannini 9783836584234
RRP: £25.00£16.47Buried in the 14th century BC but unearthed by Howard Carter in 1922, the objects entombed with Tutankhamun are an invaluable window into a long-extinct belief system. Seen today, they create an intricate picture of how the ancient Egyptian people viewed... -
Transfixed by Prehistory - An Inquiry into Modern Art and Time by Maria Stavrinaki
RRP: £30.00£23.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942130659Author Maria StavrinakiFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 896gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 154mm * 33mm -
Art in Detail: 100 Masterpieces by Susie Hodge
RRP: £25.00£17.98Great paintings cannot be fully understood in a single encounter; there is always more to be derived from them. Art lovers may revisit and reconsider the masterpieces throughout their lives, but a deeper understanding can only be gained by analysing the... -
RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology by Alona Pardo 9783791379722
RRP: £45.00£32.21Reflecting on a range of themes, from extractive industries to the politics of care, this timely exhibition catalog looks at environmental and gender justice as indivisible parts of a global struggle. A culturally diverse selection of works by Laura... -
Masterpieces: Early Medieval Art Sonja Marzinzik 9780714123202
RRP: £25.00£17.38This beautiful volume explores the lesser-known history of Europe and the Mediterranean, bridging the gap between the Mediterranean and the North of Europe, the Byzantine and Roman empires and the 'barbarian' world of the Dark Ages; a period that saw... -
Talking Prices: Symbolic Meanings of Prices on the Market for Contemporary Art by Olav Velthuis
RRP: £30.00£23.29How do dealers price contemporary art in a world where objective criteria seem absent? Talking Prices is the first book to examine this question from a sociological perspective. On the basis of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, including...