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Red: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau 9780691172774
RRP: £35.00£28.74A beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color red throughout the ages The color red has represented many things, from the life force and the divine to love, lust, and anger. Up through the Middle Ages, red held a place of privilege... -
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 -
Living with Leonardo by Martin J. Kemp
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Kemp is a natural storyteller... This book leads you on a journey through the life, work and legacy of one of history's most intriguing figures.' The TimesIn an engaging personal narrative interwoven with historical research, Martin Kemp discusses a... -
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... -
The First Book of Fashion: The Book of Clothes of Matthaeus and Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg by Ulinka Rublack
£51.36"Quite simply the most fascinating record of a '[fashion] victim' one could hope for." The Spectator This captivating study reproduces arguably the most extraordinary primary source documents in fashion history. Providing a revealing window onto the... -
Eric Ravilious: Artist and Designer by Alan Powers
RRP: £29.99£22.37More popular than ever, the work of Eric Ravilious (1903-42) is rooted in the landscape of pre-war and early wartime England. This best-selling book by Alan Powers, the established authority on Ravilious, provides the most comprehensive overview to date... -
Saints, Shrines and Pilgrims by Roger Rosewell
RRP: £8.99£6.96In the Middle Ages, it was thought that praying at the right shrine could save you from just about anything, from madness and famine to false imprisonment and even shipwreck. Kingdoms, cities, and even individual trades had patron saints that would... -
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 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... -
The Ugly Renaissance by Alexander Lee
RRP: £12.99£9.09Featuring the beauties of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, combined with the dark and hidden side of the Renaissance, by an acclaimed historian and expert in the period.Renowned as an age of artistic rebirth, the Renaissance is cloaked with an aura of... -
The Geometries of Afro Asia: Art beyond Solidarity by Joan Kee
RRP: £30.00£23.69A groundbreaking method for writing art history, using the language of geometry. How do we embark on a history of art from the assumption of a global majority, outside of essentializing categories like race or hollow proclamations of solidarity? With... -
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 -
Fauvism by Sarah Whitfield
RRP: £12.99£8.60Les Fauves (the wild beasts) was the nickname given in 1905 to a group of painters led by Henri Matisse. Today, their paintings are among the most popular of all twentieth-century art. Yet when Matisse and his friends - Derain, Vlaminck, Marquet, Dufy... -
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... -
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 -
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... -
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 -
Hands: A Pictoral Archive from Nineteenth-century Sources by Jim Harter 9780486249599
RRP: £10.99£7.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486249599Author Jim HarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm)... -
The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present Eric Kandel 9781400068715
RRP: £50.00£33.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400068715Author Eric KandelFormat HardbackPage Count 656Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1168gDimensions(mm) 243mm *... -
Peter Kennard: Visual Dissent by Peter Kennard
RRP: £29.99£19.80This fully illustrated anthology showcases key images from Peter Kennard's work as Britain's foremost political artist over the last fifty years. The book centres around Kennard's images, photomontages and illustrations from protests, year by year,... -
Art Record Covers by Francesco Spampinato 9783836540292
RRP: £50.00£38.12Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Luigi Russolo's 1913 Futurist manifesto L'Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp's 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th... -
A History of Ideas: The most intriguing, relevant and helpful concepts from the story of humanity by The School of Life
RRP: £22.00£15.51A collection of humanity's most inspiring ideas throughout time, bringing perspective to the challenges and wonders of being alive. This is an unusual sort of history book: a history of ideas - and not just any old ideas, ideas from across time and... -
What is Painting? by Julian Bell
RRP: £24.95£16.75At the turn of the twenty-first century, many felt sceptical or confused about painting's on-going cultural relevance. In this context, Julian Bell's What is Painting? provided an accessible and inspired account of artistic thinking and practice, and of... -
History of Russia: A Captivating Guide to Russian History, Ivan the Terrible, The Russian Revolution and Cambridge Five by Captivating History 9781950922130
RRP: £19.97£14.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950922130Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Ch PublicationsPublisher Ch PublicationsWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The Collector: The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces by Natalya Semenova
RRP: £12.99£11.46A fascinating life of Sergei Shchukin, the great collector who changed the face of Russia's art world Sergei Shchukin was a highly successful textiles merchant in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but he also had a great eye for beauty. He was... -
Medieval Wall Paintings in English and Welsh Churches Roger Rosewell 9781843834847
RRP: £29.99£25.23The first major illustrated study of this unique medieval art form for almost half a century, surveying the images and iconography that made the medieval church a riot of colour. Highly Commended in the Best Archaeological Book category of the 2008... -
Moon Knight Vol. 2: Too Tough To Die by Jed MacKay 9781804910665
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804910665Author Jed MacKayFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Panini BooksPublisher Panini Publishing Ltd -
Art Unpacked: 50 Works of Art: Uncovered, Explored, Explained by Matthew Wilson 9780500025673
RRP: £30.00£21.00A down-to-earth, visual guidebook that shows how to 'read', understand and get the most out of art. For beginners, art history might seem a daunting subject with complex rules and impenetrable technical language. Even for more seasoned art lovers the... -
Gabriele Muenter: Painting to the Point by Isabelle Jansen 9783791379845
RRP: £35.00£24.69Filled with the vibrant color that is the hallmark of Mu nter's oeuvre, this dynamic consideration of the German painter offers a lively and detailed analysis of her life, work, and contributions to modern painting. While Mu nter is most often linked... -
Labyrinth: Knossos Myth and Reality by Andrew Shapland
RRP: £25.00£16.47Crete was famous in Greek myth as the location of the labyrinth in which the Minotaur was confined in a palace at somewhere called 'Knossos'. From the Middle Ages travellers searched unsuccessfully for the Labyrinth. A handful of clues that survived,... -
Standing in the Sun: A Life of J.M.W. Turner by Anthony Bailey 9781849761925
£18.46A revealing new portrait of J.M.W. Turner and the man behind the art, uncovering fresh material and shedding new light on this complicated and secretive artistic figure. Joseph Mallord William Turner is arguably Britain's greatest and most... -
The Basilica of Saint John Lateran to 1600 by L. Bosman 9781108813709
RRP: £36.99£34.55The Archbasilica of St John Lateran is the world's earliest cathedral. A Constantinian foundation pre-dating St Peter's in the Vatican, it remains the seat of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope, to this day. This volume brings together scholars of topography,... -
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,... -
Weight of the Earth: The Tape Journals of David Wojnarowicz by David Wojnarowicz
RRP: £15.99£11.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635900170Author David WojnarowiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher Semiotext (E)Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 13mm -
Ravilious in Pictures: 4: Travelling Artist by James Russell 9780955277788
RRP: £25.00£20.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955277788Author James RussellFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint The Mainstone PressPublisher The Mainstone Press -
Dadaism by Dietmar Elger
RRP: £15.00£11.36Emerging amid the brutality of World War I, the revolutionary Dada movement took disgust with the establishment as its starting point. From 1916 until the mid-1920s, artists in Zurich, Cologne, Hanover, Paris, and New York launched a radical assault on... -
Master of Shadows: The Secret Diplomatic Career of the Painter Peter Paul Rubens by Mark Lamster 9780307387356
RRP: £14.99£11.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307387356Author Mark LamsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289g