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Surrealism and Magic: Enchanted Modernity by Peggy Gugenheim Collection
RRP: £39.99£30.78Like no other 20th-century movement, Surrealism was keenly inspired by tropes of magic, myth and the occult. In their engagement with the irrational and the unconscious, numerous of its members looked to magic as a poetic and deeply philosophical... -
Why Art Photography? Lucy Soutter 9781138282636
RRP: £31.99£28.33The second edition of Why Art Photography? is an updated, expanded introduction to the ideas behind today's striking photographic images. Lively, accessible discussions of key issues such as ambiguity, objectivity, fiction, authenticity, and... -
Things that Talk: Object Lessons from Art and Science by Lorraine J. Daston
RRP: £22.00£16.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890951443Author Lorraine J. DastonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Scottish Skies by Scott Naismith 9781911148005
£35.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911148005Author Scott NaismithFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint D & M Heritage PressPublisher D & M Heritage Press -
Florence: A Traveller's Reader Edward Chaney 9781472141293
RRP: £12.99£8.60'The best conceivable guide to the city' - an essential cultural history for all visitors of FlorenceThe rich and glorious past of one of the best loved cities in the world, Florence, is brought vividly to life for today's visitor in this collection... -
Where's Warhol? by Catherine Ingram
RRP: £12.99£9.00Andy Warhol-Top of the Pops, devout Catholic, silver-wig wearer and now the star of Where's Warhol? Spot Warhol in the corridors of the Bauhaus or the Sistine Chapel as he and his famous friends pop up in 12 spectacles of art history. Expand your art... -
Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court by Simon Thurley
RRP: £10.99£7.25The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark, Holland and Spain to England. Life in the court of the House of Stuart has been... -
Hogarth: Life in Progress by Jacqueline Riding 9781788163484
RRP: £12.99£9.09THE SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR A Sunday Times Best Paperback of 2022 Christie's Best Art Books of the Year 'Deft and richly detailed ... rescues the artist from John Bull caricature' - Michael Prodger, Sunday Times 'Marvellous ... a... -
Open Questions: Thirty Years of Writing about Art by Helen Molesworth 9781838666057
RRP: £29.95£22.39'Molesworth remains a rare breed: a curator who can actually write.' - Art in America An illustrated reader featuring a collection of essays from trailblazing curator and writer Helen Molesworth - the first book of her collected writings Over the past... -
Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art by Robert Rosenblum
RRP: £70.00£54.30The importance of the late 18th century in the genesis of modern art emerges in these four essays on various aspects of the art and architecture of a neglected period.About the AuthorRobert Rosenblum (1927-2006) was professor of modern European art at... -
Pop-Up Surrealism by Gérard Lo Monaco 9780500027738
RRP: £20.00£13.35Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Albert and the Whale by Philip Hoare
RRP: £10.99£7.25A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BEST ART BOOK OF 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022 'This is a wonderful book. A... -
Artemisia Gentileschi by Jonathan Jones
RRP: £12.99£8.60Artemisia Gentileschi was the greatest female artists of the Baroque age. In Artemisia Gentileschi, critic and historian Jonathan Jones discovers how Artemisia overcame a turbulent past to become one of the foremost painters of her day.As a young woman... -
Keats by Sir Andrew Motion
RRP: £18.99£13.23First published in 1997, Keats was the first major biography of this tragic hero of Romanticism for some thirty years, and it differs from its predecessors in important respects. The outline of the story is well known - has become, in fact, the stuff of... -
Leonardo: Revised Edition by Mr Martin Kemp 9780199583355
RRP: £19.99£14.64This fascinating exploration of Leonardo da Vinci's life and work identifies what it was that made him so unique, and explains the phenomenon of the world's most celebrated artistic genius who, 500 years on, still grips and inspires us. Martin Kemp... -
Euan Uglow: The Complete Paintings by Catherine Lampert 9780300123494
RRP: £95.00£81.20British artist Euan Uglow (1932-2000) maintained a lower profile than others of his generation, yet his beautiful, intelligent, humane, and often witty landscapes, still lifes, and figure studies are today gaining the recognition they so clearly deserve... -
Art of the Northern Renaissance: Courts, Commerce and Devotion by Porras Stephanie
RRP: £24.99£16.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786271655Author Stephanie PorrasFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King Publishing -
Art in Theory: The West in the World - An Anthology of Changing Ideas Paul Wood (Research Associate, Open University) 9781444336313
RRP: £34.95£32.43A ground-breaking new anthology in the Art in Theory series, offering an examination of the changing relationships between the West and the wider world in the field of art and material culture Art in Theory: The West in the World is a ground-breaking... -
After-Affects After-Images: Trauma and Aesthetic Transformation in the Virtual Feminist Museum by Griselda Pollock
RRP: £24.00£17.64Do artists travel away from or towards trauma? Is trauma encrypted or inscribed in art? Or can aesthetic practices (after-images) bring about transformation of trauma, personal trauma or historical traumas? Can they do this in a way that does not imply... -
50 Paintings You Should Know by Kristina Lowis
RRP: £14.99£11.35Spanning seven centuries, this selection of fifty iconic paintings offers readers a crash course in art history while presenting gorgeous color reproductions that are a pleasure to contemplate. Starting with Giotto's Arena Chapel frescoes and continuing... -
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies by Ross King
RRP: £18.99£13.61Claude Monet's water lily paintings are among the most iconic and beloved works of art of the past century. Yet these entrancing images were created at a time of terrible private turmoil and sadness for the artist. The dramatic history behind these... -
Still Life with a Bridle by Zbigniew Herbert 9781907903496
RRP: £12.00£9.72A gathering of artful essays by one of Poland's most translated post-war writers is here brought to a new audience. Poet and essayist Zbigniew Herbert takes an intriguing look at the cultural, artistic, and aesthetic legacy of 17th-century Holland. These... -
Chinoiserie by Richard Hayman
RRP: £8.99£6.96Chinoiserie, a decorative style inspired by the art of the Far East, gripped Britain from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. Despite taking its name from the French word for 'Chinese', the style also incorporated influences from other... -
A History of Armenia by Vahan M Kurkjian 9781604449112
£20.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604449112Author Vahan M KurkjianFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint Indoeuropeanpublishing.comPublisher Indoeuropeanpublishing.comWeight(grams)... -
What Painting Is James Elkins 9781138319882
RRP: £36.99£32.53In this classic text, James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history. Alchemy provides a strange language to explore what it is a painter really does in the studio-the smells, the mess, the struggle... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance by Gordon Campbell
RRP: £23.49£18.04The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it include? Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centred upon fifteenth-century Italy, views... -
The Pensive Image: Art as a Form of Thinking by Hanneke Grootenboer 9780226829449
RRP: £20.00£19.40Grootenboer considers painting as a form of thinking in itself, rather than a subject of philosophical and interpretive thought. While the philosophical dimension of painting has long been discussed, a clear case for painting as a form of visual... -
A Closer Look: Conservation of Paintings David Bomford 9781857094411
RRP: £9.99£8.59A Closer Look is the new series title for the updated and refreshed National Gallery Pocket Guide range. The series has been enhanced with a stronger format, attractive design, new photography, and additional information. The philosophy of modern... -
The Allure of Chanel by Euan Cameron 9781805330219
RRP: £12.99£8.56The story of Coco Chanel in her own words, as told by her to Paul Morand Told in her own words, Coco Chanel's memories offer a rare glimpse into the mind of one of the most influential women in fashion history. During a visit to St. Moritz at the... -
Louis Comfort Tiffany Masterpieces of Art Susie Hodge 9781783611409
RRP: £12.99£9.32Louis Comfort Tiffany was highly skilled in jewellery design, ceramics, enamels, and metalwork but he is best known for his beautiful stained-glass designs. Using opalescent glass in a variety of colours and textures, he created a stunning range of... -
Mathematics and Art: A Cultural History by Lynn Gamwell 9780691165288
RRP: £52.00£42.01This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have long been on a quest to understand the physical world they see before them and the abstract objects they know by thought alone. Taking... -
Representations of War in Ancient Rome by Sheila Dillon
RRP: £36.99£30.73War suffused Roman life to a degree unparalleled in other ancient societies. Through a combination of obsessive discipline and frenzied (though carefully orchestrated) brutality, Rome's armies conquered most of the lands stretching from Scotland to... -
Raphael: Revolution in Tapestry Design Katja Schmitz-von Ledebur 9789464666595
RRP: £55.00£37.05The spectacular beauty of Raphael's tapestries as you have never seen it before In 1515, Pope Leo X commissioned the Italian painter Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520), now generally known as Raphael in English, to make the cartoons for a series of ten... -
John Piper's Brighton Aquatints by Alan Powers 9780957666566
RRP: £35.00£29.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957666566Author Alan PowersFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint The Mainstone PressPublisher The Mainstone Press -
Viking Art (World of Art) by James Graham-Campbell
RRP: £14.99£9.80This book distils a lifetime's study of Viking art. Written by a leading authority, it introduces all the intricate and beautiful art styles of the Viking age. It ranges in time from the first major Viking expeditions overseas around AD 800 to the... -
Mona Lisa: The People and the Painting by Mr Martin Kemp 9780198749905
RRP: £28.99£20.68Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again. For the world's greatest cultural icon still has secrets to reveal - not the silly secrets that the 'Leonardo loonies' continue to advance, but previously unknown facts... -
The Meaning of Art: Faber Modern Classics by Herbert Read
RRP: £10.99£7.12Since its first appearance in 1931 Herbert Read's introduction to the understanding of art has established itself as a classic of its kind. It provides a basis for the appreciation of paintings, sculpture and art-objects of all periods by defining the... -
The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts by Mary Wellesley
RRP: £30.00£18.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541675087Author Mary WellesleyFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 553gDimensions(mm) 243mm * 154mm * 31mm -
George Little: The Ugly Lovely Landscape by Peter Wakelin 9781914595660
RRP: £40.00£14.29No artist has been more committed to recording and interpreting such environments than George Little. Born in the east end of Swansea in 1927 he grew up next to the abandoned copper works, slag heaps and still-busy docks of Dylan Thomas's 'ugly, lovely... -
Giotto Francesca Flores d'Arcais 9780789212665
RRP: £31.99£22.21Vasari famously wrote that Giotto "recovered the true method of painting, which had been lost for many years before him," and indeed, he is traditionally considered a founder of the Italian Renaissance. Producing a series of commissioned works...