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Kokoschka's Doll by Afonso Cruz
RRP: £10.00£6.80"A novel par excellence that is destined to become a classic' of almost byzantine splendour . . . At its best worthy of comparison with Gabriel Garcia Marquez" Catherine Taylor, Irish Times"Afonso Cruz is one of the strongest voices in contemporary... -
Fantastic Ornament, Series Two: 118 Designs and Motifs by A. Hauser 9780486491219
RRP: £6.49£4.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486491219Author A. HauserFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 205gDimensions(mm)... -
Natural Light: The Art of Adam Elsheimer and the Dawn of Modern Science by Julian Bell
RRP: £25.00£15.87A brand-new perspective on early modern art and its relationship with nature as reflected in this moving account of overlooked artistic genius Adam Elsheimer, by an outstanding writer and critic. Seventeenth-century Europe swirled with conjectures and... -
The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece by Edward Dolnick 9780060531188
RRP: £14.99£9.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060531188Author Edward DolnickFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 286g -
A Companion to Romanticism Duncan Wu (St Catherine's College, Oxford) 9780631218777
RRP: £40.95£36.89The Companion to Romanticism is a major introductory survey from an international galaxy of scholars writing new pieces, specifically for a student readership, under the editorship of Duncan Wu.About the AuthorDuncan Wu is Professor of English... -
King Tut. The Journey through the Underworld Sandro Vannini 9783836571463
RRP: £50.00£38.12Buried 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... -
Ancient Mythological Images and their Interpretation: An Introduction to Iconology, Semiotics and Image Studies in Classical Art History by Katharina Lorenz
RRP: £23.99£20.77When we try to make sense of pictures, what do we gain when we use a particular method - and what might we be missing or even losing? Empirical experimentation on three types of mythological imagery - a Classical Greek pot, a frieze from Hellenistic... -
Via Dolorosa by David Hare
RRP: £9.99£9.25'My whole life, it's been assumed, Western civilisation is an old bitch gone in the teeth. And so people say, go to Israel. Because in Israel at least people are fighting. In Israel, they're fighting for something they believe in.' Via Dolorosa. In... -
Encounters with Artists by Richard Cork 9780500025109
RRP: £25.00£15.87Leading art critic and writer Richard Cork tells the stories of his personal encounters with some of the world's most influential modern and contemporary artists. Richard Cork draws on his impeccable skills as a critic and writer to tell the story of... -
10,000 Years of Art by Larry Ball 9780714849690
£5.8710,000 Years of Art is a compact guide to world art, offering a fresh perspective on the whole of art history from 8,000 BC to the present day. Organized in chronological order, the 500 works of art presented here cover all cultures (not just western)... -
The Armada Portrait by Christine Riding
RRP: £12.99£8.99The Armada Portrait is perhaps the most immediately recognisable depiction of Elizabeth I and, arguably, of any British monarch. It captures both the drama of a pivotal moment in Britain's history - the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 - and the... -
The Colossal Statue of Ramesses II Anna Garnett 9780714151090
RRP: £6.00£4.40One of the largest pieces of Egyptian sculpture in the British Museum, the upper part of the colossal statue of Ramesses II, also known as the 'Younger Memnon', was perhaps the first piece of Egyptian sculpture to be recognized as a work of art by... -
How to Survive Modern Art by Susie Hodge
RRP: £12.99£9.49Modern art arouses many different responses: suspicion, controversy and misunderstanding are among the most frequent. But it doesn't need to be like that. To help out, here is a clear, accessible, fully illustrated introduction to what can otherwise seem... -
The Rome of Paul III (1534-1549): Art, Ritual and Urban Renewal Guido Rebecchini 9781912554430
RRP: £85.00£80.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912554430Author Guido RebecchiniFormat HardbackPage Count 259Imprint Harvey Miller PublishersPublisher Brepols N.V.Weight(grams) 1451gDimensions(mm)... -
Blue: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau 9780691181363
RRP: £35.00£28.74A beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color blue throughout the agesBlue has had a long and topsy-turvy history in the Western world. The ancient Greeks scorned it as ugly and barbaric, but most Americans and Europeans now cite it... -
Paris Moderne: 1914-1945 Jean-Louis Cohen 9782080421944
RRP: £55.00£36.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080421944Author Jean-Louis CohenFormat HardbackPage Count 356Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 1400g -
Charleston: Past and Present: The Official Guide to One of Bloomsbury's Cultural Treasures by Professor Quentin Bell 9780156167734
RRP: £14.95£10.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156167734Author Professor Quentin BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 197mm *... -
The lady in Gold by Anne-Marie O'Connor
RRP: £15.99£11.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101873120Author Anne-Marie O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm)... -
Lady of the Beasts: The Goddess and Her Sacred Animals by Buffie Johnson
RRP: £29.00£12.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892815234Author Buffie JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and... -
50 Art Nouveau Works of Art You Should Know by Susie Hodge
RRP: £14.99£10.95The heyday of the Art Nouveau style was relatively short, spanning the decades immediately before and after 1900. However it was a tremendously important period, not only for its radical shift away from the academic and romantic movements of the late... -
A Mary Newcomb: Drawing from Observation: 2018 by Tessa Newcomb 9781848222953
RRP: £39.99£31.33On New Year's Day 1986, encouraged by her dealer Andras Kalman, artist Mary Newcomb, then aged 64, began to keep a diary. She wrote in its opening pages: 'I wanted ... to remind ourselves that - in our haste - in this century - we may not give time to... -
Magritte: A Life by Alex Danchev 9781781250785
RRP: £20.00£14.29A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'The first significant biography of the artist' Michael Prodger, The Times' 'Best art books of 2021' 'Exemplary ... a scintillating read' Alastair Sooke, Daily Telegraph 'For those who love Magritte and those who... -
Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love and Rivalry in 1920s Paris Mark Braude 9781529300482
RRP: £20.00£13.35***One of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2022******One of The New York Time's 100 Notable Books of 2022***'Exuberantly entertaining' NYT Book Review'Mark Braude's writing and subject make this book irresistible, as was Kiki herself.' Jim Jarmusch'A... -
Roman Roads: New Evidence - New Perspectives by Anne Kolb 9783110763348
RRP: £26.50£21.30This volume aims to present the current state of research on Roman roads and their foundations in a combined historical and archaeological perspective. The focus is on the diverse local histories and the varying degrees of significance of individual... -
Key Moments in Art Lee Cheshire 9780500293621
RRP: £10.95£7.38Key Moments in Art describes fifty pivotal moments - some famous, others unfamiliar - from the Renaissance to the present day. Vivid, colourful vignettes capture the excitement of their times: when Michelangelo's David or Marcel Duchamp's Fountain were... -
Artists' Lives by Michael Peppiatt
RRP: £25.00£16.38Engaging encounters, personal anecdotes and jargon-free critical insights into some of the liveliest creative minds in modern art, by an international art world insider. Praised by the Art Newspaper as 'the best art writer of his generation', Michael... -
The Snail that Climbed the Eiffel Tower and Other Work by John Minton: The Graphic Work of John Minton: 2017 by Martin Salisbury 9780957666535
RRP: £40.00£30.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957666535Author Martin SalisburyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint The Mainstone PressPublisher The Mainstone PressDimensions(mm) 300mm * 240mm * 30mm -
Calder: The Conquest of Space: The Later Years: 1940-1976 by Jed Perl 9780451494115
RRP: £50.00£15.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451494115Author Jed PerlFormat HardbackPage Count 688Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf -
The Mission of Art: 20th Anniversary Edition by Alex Grey
RRP: £17.99£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806755Author Alex GreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The History of Greek Vases: Potters, Painters and Pictures by John Boardman
RRP: £24.95£17.35This book, newly available in paperback, is the definitive survey of Greek vases by the outstanding world authority on classical archaeology and art. In it, John Boardman sketches the stylistic history of Greek vases and goes on to explore the many other... -
Understanding Modern Art Sam Phillips (Royal Academy of Arts, UK) 9781912217205
RRP: £9.99£7.11An updated edition of the pocket-sized guide to the 'isms' of modern art. This is a handy guide to the art 'isms' of the modern day. From Impressionism and the birth of modern art to street art and Internationalism of the 21st century, it gives you a... -
Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement by Whitney Chadwick
RRP: £20.00£13.75This pioneering book stands as the most comprehensive treatment of the lives, ideas and art works of the remarkable group of women who were an essential part of the Surrealist movement. Frida Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim and Dorothea Tanning, among many... -
The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 Molly Peacock 9781608196975
RRP: £14.99£11.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608196975Author Molly PeacockFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Bloomsbury PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 625g -
History of the Patchwork Quilt by S. Gwinner 9780887401367
RRP: £15.99£10.88The origins, traditions and symbolism of patchwork in clothing and quilts are explored from multi-national examples over the past 500 years. This classic book now in its first English edition traces quilts across Europe and Asia and through the growing... -
The Mind's Eye: Art and Theological Argument in the Middle Ages by Jeffrey F. Hamburger 9780691124766
RRP: £50.00£46.35The Mind's Eye focuses on the relationships among art, theology, exegesis, and literature--issues long central to the study of medieval art, yet ripe for reconsideration. Essays by leading scholars from many fields examine the illustration of theological... -
Oceanic Art by Nicholas Thomas
RRP: £12.95£8.58The dazzling colours and patterns of the art of the Pacific Islands have long entranced Western audiences, not least artists such as Gauguin and Picasso. The tendency has been to regard Oceanic art as 'primitive', mysterious and shrouded in taboo, but... -
Edward Burra by Jane Stevenson 9781848220904
RRP: £49.99£38.65Edward Burra (1905-76) was an English painter who is best known for his paintings of the seedy underworld of urban life. Yet, as this fascinating new monograph on his work reveals, his interests were much broader, incorporating landscape and still-life... -
Rubens - Picturing Antiquity Davide Gasparotto 9781606066706
RRP: £35.00£30.57The first study devoted to classical art's vital creative impact on the work of the Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens. For the great Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), the classical past afforded lifelong creative stimulus and the camaraderie of humanist... -
Rene Magritte: Newly Discovered Works: Catalogue Raisonne Volume VI: Oil Paintings, Gouaches, Drawings by Sarah Whitfield
RRP: £35.00£31.17Rene Magritte (1898-1967) was a surrealist artist whose thought-provoking works used ordinary objects to challenge how viewers perceived reality. His extensive oeuvre was documented in a comprehensive five-volume project, led by distinguished art critic... -
Surrealism by Amy Dempsey
RRP: £10.95£7.38Surrealism was launched as a literary and artistic movement by French poet Andre Breton in 1924, and by the time of his death in 1966 had become one of the most popular art movements of the 20th century. Its very name has entered everyday usage as a...