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Borrowed Landscapes: China and Japan in the Historic Houses and Gardens of Britain and Ireland by Emile de Bruijn 9781781300985
RRP: £35.00£25.53A beautifully illustrated exploration of the impact of Chinese and Japanese material culture on the historic houses and gardens of Britain and Ireland. The art and ornament of China and Japan have had a deep impact in the British Isles. From the... -
European Art of the Seventeenth Century by Rosa Giorgi
RRP: £21.99£19.55The seventeenth century was an era of absolute monarchs, the Habsburgs of Spain and Louis XIV of France, whose patronage of the arts helped furnish their opulent palaces. But it was also the beginning of a new era of commercialism, in which artists... -
Renaissance Patterns for Lace and Embroidery by Federico Vinciolo 9780486224381
RRP: £9.99£7.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486224381Author Federico VincioloFormat PaperbackPage Count 93Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Understanding Photojournalism Jennifer Good 9781526612236
RRP: £27.99£24.28Understanding Photojournalism explores the interface between theory and practice at the heart of photojournalism, mapping out the critical questions that photojournalists and picture editors consider in their daily practice and placing these in context... -
Black Art: A Cultural History by Richard J. Powell
RRP: £16.99£11.94The African diaspora - a direct result of the transatlantic slave trade and Western colonialism - has generated a wide array of artistic achievements, from blues and reggae, to the paintings of the pioneering African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner... -
Communist Posters by Mary Ginsberg
RRP: £30.00£20.95One of the common features of communist regimes is the use of art for revolutionary means. Posters in particular have served as beacons of propaganda - vehicles of coercion, instruction, censure and debate - in every communist nation. They have promoted... -
I Want to Be A Machine: Andy Warhol and Eduardo Paolozzi by Keith Hartley 9781911054306
RRP: £7.95£5.58Through the early works of Andy Warhol and Eduardo Paolozzi, this book traces the development of their deep obsession with the machine. Looking at the way that both artists began in the late 1940s and the years following, the book illustrates their... -
From Beasts to Souls: Gender and Embodiment in Medieval Europe by E. Jane Burns 9780268022327
RRP: £29.99£26.50The Middle Ages provides a particularly rich trove of hybrid creatures, semi-human beings, and composite bodies: we need only consider manuscript pages and stone capitals in Romanesque churches to picture the myriad figures incorporating both human and... -
A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art Linda Walsh (Independent scholar; formerly of The Open University, UK) 9781118475515
RRP: £35.95£31.67A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art offers an introductory overview of the art, artists, and artistic movements of this exuberant period in European art, and the social, economic, philosophical, and political debates that helped shape them. Covers both... -
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... -
American Secret Projects 4: Bombers, Attack and Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1945-1974 by Tony Buttler 9781910809907
RRP: £27.50£20.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809907Author Tony ButtlerFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Art =: Discovering Infinite Connections in Art History by The Metropolitan Museum of Art 9780714879420
RRP: £59.95£46.99A fresh and unconventional approach to exploring 6,000 years of art history through 800 masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Featuring more than 800 artworks from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this groundbreaking... -
Living as Form: Socially Engaged Art from 1991-2011 by Nato Thompson
RRP: £25.00£16.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262534390Author Nato ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 254mm * 187mm * 25mm -
Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola and the Battle for the Soul of Man by Paul Strathern
RRP: £14.99£10.95Lorenzo de' Medici: The embodiment of Florence's most powerful family, a brutal man who ruled the city with an iron fist, whilst protecting it from the shifting mire of Italian politics.Fra Girolamo Savonarola: An unprepossessing provincial monk whose... -
13 Artists Children Should Know: Impressionism by Florian Heine
RRP: £10.99£8.17In this beautifully produced volume, young readers are given the opportunity to study masterpieces of Impressionist work in great detail. From Monet's Impression, Sunrise, which is attributed to starting the movement, to Seurat's pointillist masterpiece,... -
Renoir: An Intimate Biography by Barbara Ehrlich White 9780500239575
RRP: £24.95£16.75The joy that permeates Renoir's paintings was created by a complicated person. Even close friends and family members were often baffled by the multi-faceted and contradictory artist. Having known Renoir for over twenty years, Camille Pissarro complained... -
Post-Punk Then and Now Gavin Butt 9781910924266
RRP: £10.99£7.40What were the conditions of possibility for art and music-making before the era of neoliberal capitalism? What role did punk play in turning artists to experiment with popular music in the late 1970s and early 1980s? And why does the art and music of... -
Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe: Signing the Land by Richard Bradley
RRP: £43.99£38.44Along the Atlantic seaboard, from Scotland to Spain, are numerous rock carvings made four to five thousand years ago, whose interpretation poses a major challenge to the archaeologist. In the first full-length treatment of the subject, based largely on... -
Europe and the Sea Dorlis Blume 9783777430164
RRP: £36.00£24.63The history and culture of Europe has been decisively shaped by the exploration and use of the seas surrounding Europe. This catalogue book reflects the significance of the sea as a space of rule and trade for Europeans, as bridge and border, as ... -
Making Renaissance Art by Kim W. Woods
RRP: £25.00£21.92This book explores key themes in the making of Renaissance painting, sculpture, architecture, and prints: the use of specific techniques and materials, theory and practice, change and continuity in artistic procedures, conventions and values. It also... -
Ashes, Images, and Memories: The Presence of the War Dead in Fifth-Century Athens by Nathan T. Arrington 9780199369072
RRP: £100.00£70.36Ashes, Images, and Memories argues that the institution of public burial for the war dead and images of the deceased in civic and sacred spaces fundamentally changed how people conceived of military casualties in fifth-century Athens. In a period... -
Looking at Manet by Emile Zola 9781843681588
RRP: £9.99£6.80"I recall the long hours I sat for him... From time to time, as I posed, half-asleep, I looked at the artist standing at his easel, with features drawn, clear-eyed, engrossed in his work. He had forgotten me, he no longer knew I was there, he simply... -
The Bloomsbury Look by Wendy Hitchmough 9780300277913
RRP: £22.50£18.95A landmark study of how the famed Bloomsbury Group developed their distinct aesthetic “[Fascinating and wide-ranging. . . . Will be enjoyed by both Bloomsbury aficionados and newcomers alike.”—Lucinda Willan, V&A Magazine The Bloomsbury Group was one of... -
The Art of Science: Artists and artworks inspired by science Heather Barnett 9781787394568
RRP: £30.00£21.00Art and science - they may seem like opposites, but throughout history there have been visionaries who have brought together these contrasting subjects.The Art of Science explores the work of 40 such artists and artist-scientists, uncovering how these... -
Frank Kunert: Wunderland by Thilo von Debschitz
RRP: £18.00£12.14Something strange is going on in the photographs by Frank Kunert (*1963 in Frankfurt am Main): the table set for two has been so cleverly built around a corner that neither of the diners has to see the other, yet they can both watch their own television... -
Modern Cambridge Map: Guide to modern architecture in Cambridge Harriet Thorpe 9781912018185
RRP: £9.50£7.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912018185Author Harriet ThorpeImprint Blue Crow MediaPublisher Blue Crow MediaDimensions(mm) 148mm * 210mm * 5mm -
Rossetti: His Life and Works by Evelyn Waugh
RRP: £10.99£7.77Evelyn Waugh's first book: a portrait of one of the greatest artists of the nienteenth century, from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth'Biography, as books about the dead are capriciously catalogued, is still very much in the mode'This is a... -
Ithell Colquhoun: Genius of The Fern Loved Gully by Amy Hale
RRP: £23.00£14.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907222863Author Amy HaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
Everything is Personal: Notes on Now by Laurie Stone 9781732932821
RRP: £18.00£11.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732932821Author Laurie StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Scuppernong EditionsPublisher Scuppernong EditionsWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm)... -
Louise Nevelson: Art is Life by Laurie Wilson
RRP: £24.95£17.35Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was, with Calder, Noguchi and David Smith, one of the great American sculptors of the 20th century. She created extraordinary work, from room-size installations composed of boxes to gnarled and majestic steel structures. Her... -
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Selections by Finlay 9780520270596
RRP: £23.00£18.10This volume surveys the life and work of the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, who is best known for his extraordinary garden, Little Sparta, a unique 'poem of place' in which poetry, sculpture, and horticulture intersect. This book directs sustained... -
Van Gogh: in 50 works by John Cauman
RRP: £20.00£14.34A captivating and highly illustrated introduction to Vincent Van Gogh, told through 50 major works. This new book presents all you need to know about Vincent Van Gogh's turbulent and prolific creative life, featuring... -
Understanding Architecture: An Introduction to Architecture and Architectural History by Hazel Conway
RRP: £45.99£40.53A comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history and exceptional in its approach, this book explores architecture as a current practice in relation to history and in relation to the wider context of cultures, conservation and the... -
Georgia O'Keeffe, Photographer by Lisa Volpe
RRP: £40.00£35.99A groundbreaking introduction to the photographic work of an iconic modern artist The pathbreaking artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is revered for her iconic paintings of flowers, skyscrapers, animal skulls, and Southwestern landscapes. Her... -
Conrad Marca-Relli (Bilingual edition): Il Maestro Irascibile (The Irascible Master) Emilie Ryan 9788857247328
RRP: £30.00£19.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857247328Author Emilie RyanFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 700g -
By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500-1800 by Eve Straussman-Pflanzer
RRP: £30.00£26.45A brand new look at the extraordinary accomplishments of early modern Italian women artists This generously illustrated volume surveys a sweeping range of early modern Italian women artists, exploring their practice and paths to success within the... -
Adam Dant's Political Maps by Adam Dant
RRP: £30.00£20.88A timely, large-format collection of fine art maps from Adam Dant, looking at the fractious world of politics. Adam Dant's Political Maps is an all-new collection of this highly regarded artist's intricate, absorbing and beautiful maps, this time... -
Sex on Show: Seeing the Erotic in Greece and Rome Caroline Vout 9780714122786
RRP: £25.00£17.38The Greeks and Romans were not shy about sex. Drinking cups, oil-lamps and walls were decorated with scenes of seduction and sexual intercourse which make the modern viewer blush; models of penises were worn around the neck or hung from doorways. In... -
The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting Norbert Wolf 9783791384061
RRP: £99.00£72.41The Golden Age in Holland and Flanders roughly spanned the 17th century and was a period of enormous advances in the fields of commerce, science-and art. Still lifes, landscape paintings, and romantic depictions of everyday life became valued by the... -
Raphael: A Passionate Life by Antonio Forcellino 9780745644127
RRP: £14.99£10.95Craving pleasure as well as knowledge, Raphael Sanzio was quick to realize that his talent would only be truly appreciated in the liberal, carefree and extravagantly sensual atmosphere of Rome during its golden age under Julius II and Leo X. Arriving...