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Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life (new edition) by Roxana Robinson
RRP: £25.00£18.62This is without question the best book ever written on O'Keeffe' New Yorker Born on a wheat farm in Wisconsin in 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia O'Keeffe had her eyes wide open to the beauty of nature from the very beginning, and by her... -
Titian's Touch: Art, Magic and Philosophy by Maria Loh 9781789140828
RRP: £17.95£13.32At the end of his long, prolific life, Titian was rumored to paint directly on the canvas with his bare hands. He would slide his fingers across bright ridges of oil paint, loosening the colors, blending, blurring, and then bringing them together again... -
Thrust: A Spasmodic Pictorial History of the Codpiece by Michael Glover 9781644230244
RRP: £8.95£7.91A laugh-out-loud visual history of the strangest piece of men's clothing ever created: the codpiece.The codpiece was fashioned in the Middle Ages to close a revealing gap between two separate pieces of men's tights. By the sixteenth century, it had... -
Global Art and the Cold War John J. Curley 9781786272294
RRP: £29.99£20.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786272294Author John J. CurleyFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King Publishing -
Gustav Klimt: The Interiors by Tobias G. Natter 9783791379784
RRP: £39.99£28.78Interior design was supremely important to Gustav Klimt, and many of his paintings were created for specific settings or spaces. This aspect of Klimt's practice comes beautifully to life in this book that illustrates how some of the artist's most... -
Short Life in a Strange World: Birth to Death in 42 Panels by Toby Ferris
RRP: £20.00£13.74Sure to be hailed alongside H is for Hawk and The Hare with Amber Eyes, an exceptional work that is at once an astonishing journey across countries and continents, an immersive examination of a great artist's work, and a moving and intimate... -
The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age by Cynthia W. Shelmerdine
RRP: £34.99£28.78This book is a comprehensive up-to-date survey of the Aegean Bronze Age, from its beginnings to the period following the collapse of the Mycenaean palace system. In essays by leading authorities commissioned especially for this volume, it covers the... -
Helnwein: Sleep of Reason by Beate Reifenscheid 9788836648092
£31.04Gottfried Helnwein is known for his hyper-realistic images and his photo portraits of celebrities such as Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Andy Warhol, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marilyn Manson and the band Rammstein. In his provocative images, he articulates... -
Stereophonica: Sound and Space in Science, Technology, and the Arts by Gascia Ouzounian
RRP: £38.00£29.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262044783Author Gascia OuzounianFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 76 by Colin M. Whiting
RRP: £104.95£83.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024927Author Colin M. WhitingFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research... -
Renaissance Art in Venice: From Tradition to Individualism by Tom Nichols
£23.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780678511Author Tom NicholsFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams) 830g -
Strolling through Florence: The Definitive Walking Guide to the Renaissance City by Mario Erasmo 9781780762142
RRP: £14.99£13.53To walk through Florence is to step into one of the most remarkable histories of any European city. From its establishment by Julius Caesar in the first century BC, through its Golden Age at the epicentre of the Italian Renaissance, to its position as an... -
The Future of the Image by Jacques Ranciere
RRP: £11.99£11.95In The Future of the Image, Jacques Ranciere develops a fascinating new concept of the image in contemporary art, showing how art and politics have always been intrinsically intertwined. He argues that there is a stark political choice in art: it can... -
Michelangelo and Beyond by Eva Michel 9783791377162
RRP: £45.00£31.75Michelangelo's nude drawings are celebrated for their depiction of the heroic figure. Emanating exceptional strength, monumentality, and vigorous emotions, his nudes became the standard bearers for centuries of figure drawing. This book examines the... -
Andy Warhol by Gregor, Yilmaz Muir, Dziewior
RRP: £25.00£12.20As an underground art star, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was the antidote to the prevalent abstract expressionist style of 1950s America. He introduced popular everyday subjects into his practice and openly acknowledged the wide-ranging influences on his... -
Tarr by Wyndham Lewis
RRP: £10.99£7.77'The nearest the general run get to art is Action: sex is their form of art: the battle for existence is their picture.' Tarr tells the blackly comic story of the lives and loves of two artists, played out against the backdrop of Paris before the... -
Canaletto: Painting Venice: The Woburn Series Charles Beddington 9781843682066
RRP: £35.00£22.43In Venice, on the Grand Tour in 1731, the future fourth Duke of Bedford met with the great art agent, Consul Joseph Smith. The commission he placed resulted in 24 of the greatest and most typical works of Canaletto. First installed in Bedford House... -
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. ... -
Renoir, My Father by Dorothy Weaver
RRP: £23.00£15.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940322776Author Dorothy WeaverFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
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... -
Abstract Art by Stephanie Straine
RRP: £10.95£6.98This lively introduction tells the ever-evolving story of abstract art, tracing its history from the early 1900s right up to the present day. Emerging out of western movements such as Cubism and Expressionism, abstract art quickly became a global... -
Frida Kahlo: The Gisele Freund Photographs by Gerard De Cortanze
RRP: £18.99£13.68In 1950, photographer Gisele Freund embarked on a two-week trip to Mexico, but she wouldn't leave until two years later. There she met the legendary couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Welcomed into their home, she immersed herself in their private... -
Surrealists in New York: Atelier 17 and the Birth of Abstract Expressionism by Charles Darwent
RRP: £25.00£15.87An absorbing group biography revealing how exiles from war-torn France brought Surrealism to America, helping to shift the centre of the art world from Paris to New York and spark the movement that became Abstract Expressionism. In 1957 the American... -
A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works by Kelly Grovier
RRP: £25.00£15.87A new way of appreciating art that puts the artwork front and centre, brought to us by one of the freshest and most exciting voices in cultural criticism. What makes great art great? Why do some works pulse in the imagination, generation after... -
Holbein: Capturing Character Anne T. Woollett 9781606067475
RRP: £48.00£41.03Nobles, ladies, scholars, and merchants were the subjects of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98-1543), an inventive German artist best known for his dazzling portraits. Holbein developed his signature style in Basel and London amid a rich culture of... -
Medieval Tiles by Hans van Lemmen 9780747804635
RRP: £6.99£5.87During the Middle Ages decorative floor tiles were used in abbey churches, royal palaces, parish churches and the homes of wealthy citizens. Tiles were durable and hygienic and added a new decorative element to the interior. Despite their simple tools... -
Thelwell's Sporting Prints by Thelwell 9780413619006
RRP: £7.99£6.64This is a collection of sporting prints lampooning the work of expert draughtsmen such as Stubbs, Rowlandson, Fernley and Pollard. Thelwell, the creator of the cartoon character Penelope, has a superb eye for detail and for the relationship between... -
Art Nouveau by Norbert Wolf
RRP: £35.00£26.69The Art Nouveau movement became an international phenomenon at the beginning of the twentieth century that ushered in the era of modernity in almost every aspect of cultural life. For decades critics have argued that Art Nouveau was not an artistic... -
Asmara: Africa's Secret Modernist City by Edward Denison 9781858943824
RRP: £24.95£19.78Asmara, the capital of the small East African country of Eritrea, bordering the Red Sea, is one of the most important and exciting architectural 'discoveries' of recent years. Built almost entirely in the 1930s by the Italians, who transformed it into a... -
Paul Klee on Modern Art: Introduction by Herbert Read by Paul Klee 9780571066827
RRP: £12.99£8.56Paul Klee on Modern Art, with an introduction by Herbert Read, represents the essential collection of thinking about art from one of the last century's most influential artists.Paul Klee on Modern Art, with an introduction by Herbert Read, represents the... -
The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present by Shumon Basar
RRP: £14.99£10.95Planet Earth needs a self-help book, and this is itThe future is happening to us far faster than we thought it would and this book explains whyFifty years after Marshall McLuhan's ground breaking book on the influence of technology on culture The Medium... -
Making the Renaissance Man: Masculinity in the Courts of Renaissance Italy by Timothy McCall 9781789147858
RRP: £25.00£17.62Making the Renaissance Man explores the images, objects and experiences that fashioned men and masculinity in the courts of fifteenth-century Italy. Across the peninsula, Italian princes fought each other in fierce battles and spectacular jousts; they... -
A Place Apart: The Artist's Studio 1400 to 1900 by Caroline Chapman 9781911397687
RRP: £25.00£17.30Exotic lair, freezing garret or convivial rendezvous, artists' studios reflect their personalities, the way they work, their dreams and obsessions. Some are battlegrounds where hopes are dashed and original concepts fail dismally in their execution. A... -
Introduction to Design Theory: Philosophy, Critique, History and Practice Michalle Gal 9781032106182
RRP: £35.99£31.69Introduction to Design Theory introduces a comprehensive, systematic, and didactic outline of the discourse of design. Designed both as a course book and a source for research, this textbook methodically covers the central concepts of design theory,... -
The Flemish Masters From Van Eyck to Bruegel Matthias Depoorter 9783775754149
RRP: £40.00£27.75Occasionally, when something seems very familiar you lose sight of what makes it so special: Flemish Masters. From van Eyck to Bruegel sets out to counteract this effect and opens our eyes once again to the revolution that took place in the Low Countries... -
Imaginary Animals: The Monstrous, the Wondrous and the Human by Boria Sax
RRP: £22.00£16.02Tales throughout the world generally place fabulous beasts in marginal locations - deserts, deep woods, remote islands, glaciers, ocean depths, mountain peaks, caves, swamps, heavenly bodies and alternate universes. Legends tell us that imaginary... -
To Hell With Culture by Herbert Read
RRP: £12.99£11.94Herbert Read was a maverick character in the cultural life of the twentieth century. A radical leader of the avant garde in the 1930s, and an anarchist revolutionary during the war years, by the time of his death in 1968 he had become a key figure at the... -
Japanese Optical and Geometrical Art Hajime Ouchi 9780486235530
RRP: £16.99£11.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486235530Author Hajime OuchiFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Hegel's Aesthetics: Volume 2 by G. W. F. Hegel 9780198244998
RRP: £42.99£28.95This is the first of two volumes of the only English edition of Hegel's Aesthetics, the work in which he gives full expression to his seminal theory of art. The substantial Introduction is his best exposition of his general philosophy of art. In Part I... -
Griselda Pollock on Gauguin by Griselda Pollock 9780500027721
RRP: £12.99£8.60Griselda Pollock, feminist art historian and longstanding advocate of gender and racial inclusivity, unpacks the racist, sexist and imperialist underpinnings of works by Gauguin and others as they competed for pre-eminence in the European avant-garde of...