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In Search of Van Gogh: Capturing the Life of the Artist Through Photographs and Paintings by Gloria Fossi
RRP: €30.94€14.03Follow in the footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh, from his birthplace in Zundert, Netherlands, to his last days in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, and explore the hidden inspirations behind the world-renowned artist's most famous paintings in this beautiful art book... -
Ben Nicholson: Writings and Ideas by Lee Beard 9781848222410
RRP: €41.65€31.75Throughout his life, Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) was a prolific and creative writer. Correspondent to many, his unpublished letters, selected and extracted here for the first time (along with published writings), reveal fascinating insight into significant... -
Women in Italian Renaissance Art: Gender, Representation, Identity by Paola Tinagli
RRP: €23.79€17.28This richly illustrated books tells the story of the different ways in which women were represented in Italian Renaissance painting. It is clearly arranged into four distinct areas that relate to the function of the art work: marriage furniture,... -
On Jewellery Liesbe den Besten 9783897903494
RRP: €38.08€25.00Reprint of this bestselling title on contemporary jewelry. An introduction into art jewelry in light of current trends in contemporary fine art and society On Jewellery offers a comprehensive overview of the trends and role of contemporary international... -
Concrete Poetry: Post-War Modernist Public Art by Simon Phipps 9781910463123
RRP: €23.80€16.36Concrete Poetry is the first photographic survey of Modernist sculpture within the Brutalist context.About the AuthorSimon Phipps is a photographer and sculptor. He is the creator of the New Brutalism collection on Tumblr and Instagram (30,000 followers)... -
The Hidden Mod in Modern Art: London, 1957-1969 Thomas Crow 9781913107130
RRP: €29.75€25.37An investigation of the outsized influence of the Mod subculture on key figures of the 1960s London art scene Bonding over matters of taste and style, the 'Mods' of late 1950s London recognised in one another shared affinities for Italian-style suits,... -
The Great Ballets Russes and Modern Art: A World of Fascinating Art and Design in Theatrical Arts by Hiroshi Unno
RRP: €59.50€39.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756252876Author Hiroshi UnnoFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Pie International Co., Ltd.Publisher Pie International Co., Ltd. -
The Vanished Collection: Stolen masterpieces, family secrets and one woman's quest for the truth Pauline Baer de Perignon 9781803280912
RRP: €13.08€9.25A charming and heartfelt story about war, art, and the lengths a woman will go to find the truth about her family. 'As devourable as a thriller... Incredibly moving' Elle 'Pauline Baer de Perignon is a natural storyteller - refreshingly honest,... -
The History of Graphic Design: 1890-1959: 1 by Jens Muller 9783836563079
RRP: €71.40€71.38A Visual History of Graphic Design - A comprehensive look at hundreds of landmark projects, industry leaders profiles, and illustrated timelines for each decade. History is a complex business. Fortunes boom and bust, empires wax and wane, and... -
The World in Prints: The History of Advertising Posters from the Late 19th Century to the 1940s David Rymer 9788854415355
RRP: €35.70€25.94The lowly placard, a quick and efficient device used to spread news or advertise goods, ascended to the level of a respected art form in the late 1800's in France. The 'art poster' was born at the convergence of new aesthetic movements, technological... -
Up Your Ass: Or From the Cradle to the Boat Or The Big Suck Or Up from the Slime Valerie Solanas 9783956796050
€14.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956796050Author Valerie SolanasFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 85gDimensions(mm) 180mm *... -
Gillian Carnegie by Barry Schwabsky 9781848222694
RRP: €59.49€21.13The singular paintings of British artist Gillian Carnegie (b.1971) have been exhibited and discussed extensively for nearly two decades but this is the first substantial publication on her work.Carnegie's work is explicitly analytical, systematic yet... -
Decoding the Bayeux Tapestry: The Secrets of History's Most Famous Embriodery Hiden in Plain Sight by Arthur Wright 9781526741103
RRP: €29.75€21.44The story of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry is arguably the most widely-known in the entire panoply of English history, and over the last 200 years there have been hundreds of books portraying the Tapestry... -
Expressionism by Ashley Bassie
€18.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683259220Author Ashley BassieFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, Limited -
Rembrandt: Masters of Art by Stefano Zuffi
RRP: €11.89€8.46Celebrated for his penetrating portraits, richly detailed landscapes and evocative narrative paintings, the seventeenth century artist Rembrandt is generally considered one of Europe's greatest painters and printmakers, and the master of the Dutch School... -
Robert Rauschenberg Carolyn Lanchner 9780870707674
RRP: €8.27€5.93Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns each made a tremendous impact on modern art in the 20th century. As pioneers of revolutionary movements such as Abstract Expressionism and Pop art, they are key figures in the... -
Art and Artists by Emily Fragos
RRP: €11.89€8.46Painting and sculpture have inspired great poetry, but so also have photography, calligraphy, tapestry and folk art. Included here are poems celebrating Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa', Monet's 'Waterlilies' and Grant Wood's 'American Gothic'; well-known... -
Making it Modern: Essays on the Art of the Now Linda Nochlin 9780500293706
RRP: €41.65€27.88A selection of key essays by one of the most influential voices in art history, including seven previously unpublished pieces. This illustrated, edited collection of essays brings together for the first time some of the pioneering art historian Linda... -
Art Day by Day by Alex Johnson
RRP: €20.22€12.84Art Day by Day presents snapshots of the most exciting, unusual and noteworthy art events from around the world and throughout history through direct testimonies, eyewitness accounts and contemporary chroniclers. Each day has its own section, starting... -
Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age by John C. McEnroe
RRP: €28.55€24.80Ever since Sir Arthur Evans first excavated at the site of the Palace at Knossos in the early twentieth century, scholars and visitors have been drawn to the architecture of Bronze Age Crete. Much of the attraction comes from the geographical and... -
Art and Experience in Classical Greece by Jerome Jordan Pollitt 9780521096621
RRP: €41.64€35.81An account of the development of Greek art in the Classical period (about 480-320 BC) which places particular emphasis on the meaning and content of Greek sculpture, architecture and painting. Professor Pollitt reminds us that the visual arts in Greece,... -
British Posters of the Second World War by Richard Slocombe 9781904897927
RRP: €11.89€8.40Keep calm and carry on. In 1939, Britain s Ministry of Information produced this now-ubiquitous reminder to its citizens in the event of widely predicted air attacks. But in the six consecutive years before Germany s surrender to Allied forces, the... -
Venice and the Doges: Six Hundred Years of Architecture, Monuments, and Sculpture by Toto Bergamo Rossi, Toto
RRP: €119.00€83.54A feast for the eyes and an entertaining, erudite read, this book opens with an illustrated survey of the 120 doges who led the Venetian Republic before continuing with a detailed survey of the incredible array of sculptures and monuments that... -
Temple of Science: The Pre-Raphaelites and Oxford University Museum of Natural History John Holmes 9781851245567
RRP: €41.65€35.19Built between 1855 and 1860, Oxford University Museum of Natural History is the extraordinary result of close collaboration between artists and scientists. Inspired by John Ruskin, the architect Benjamin Woodward and the Oxford scientists worked with... -
Picturing Women in Late Medieval and Renaissance Art by Christa Grossinger 9780719041105
RRP: €23.79€21.21This extensively illustrated book discusses the representation of women in the art of the late Middle Ages in Northern Europe. Drawing on a wide range of different media, but making particular use of the rich plethora of woodcuts, the author charts how... -
Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World Daniela Bleichmar (University of Southern California, USA) 9781119217343
RRP: €28.56€25.47Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World presents a collection of 12 original essays that examine the circulation of objects across global regions and cultures from the 16th to 18th centuries. * Features essays that represents an extremely wide... -
The Visitors' Book: In Francis Bacon's Shadow: The Lives of Richard Chopping and Denis Wirth-Miller Jon Lys-Turner 9781472121677
RRP: €15.46€10.23Denis Wirth-Miller and Dicky Chopping were a couple at the heart of the mid-twentieth century art world, with the visitors' book of the Essex townhouse they shared from 1945 until 2008 painting them as Zeligs of British society. The names recorded inside... -
Christina Rossetti: Poetry in Art by Susan Owens
RRP: €38.68€33.97The first art book to explore Rossetti's art and poetry together, including her own artworks, illustrations to her writing, and art inspired by her Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) is among the greatest of English Victorian poets. The intensity of her... -
Women Artists Together: Art in the Age of Women's Liberation by Amy Tobin 9780300270044
RRP: €41.65€40.35A fresh perspective on collaboration, collectivity, and conflict in the women's art movement of the 1970s Women Artists Together is a thought-provoking study of how the women's liberation movement galvanized a generation of women artists. It offers a... -
Art Nouveau: Art, Architecture and Design in Transformation Dr Charlotte Ashby (Programme Director and Associate Lecturer, Birkbeck University of London, UK) 9781350061149
RRP: €30.93€25.25Art Nouveau presents a new overview of the international Art Nouveau movement. Art Nouveau represented the search for a new style for a new age, a sense that the conditions of modernity called for fundamentally new means of expression. Art Nouveau... -
Visual Culture Richard Howells (King's College London) 9781509518784
RRP: €22.60€20.08This is a book about how to read visual images: from fine art to photography, film, television and new media. It explores how meaning is communicated by the wide variety of texts that inhabit our increasingly visual world. But, rather than simply... -
Wartime London in Paintings by Suzanne Bardgett 9781912423118
RRP: €23.79€17.92During World War II, London was at its most perilous moment since the Great Fire of 1666. Districts were transformed at night by falling bombs, fires, and searchlights. During the day, when the results of the previous night's bombing were laid bare,... -
Movements in Art Since 1945 by Edward Lucie-Smith
RRP: €20.17€14.17This standard introduction to visual art since 1945 has been revised, updated and redesigned for the first time since 2001. Movements, trends and individual artists from abstract expressionism to the present day are summarized, with detailed coverage of... -
The Vanished Collection: Stolen masterpieces, family secrets and one woman's quest for the truth Pauline Baer de Perignon 9781803280905
RRP: €23.80€20.97A charming and heartfelt story about war, art, and the lengths a woman will go to find the truth about her family. 'As devourable as a thriller... Incredibly moving' Elle 'Pauline Baer de Perignon is a natural storyteller - refreshingly honest,... -
This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer by Richard Holmes
RRP: €11.89€4.18'A masterly performance by the greatest literary biographer of his generation' Oldie In this kaleidoscope of stories spanning art, science and poetry, award-winning writer Richard Holmes travels across three centuries, through much of Europe... -
Modern Art in Detail: 75 Masterpieces by Susie Hodge
RRP: €29.69€21.36Great works of art cannot be fully understood in a single encounter: to revisit and reconsider art again and again throughout one's life is to be richly rewarded with an ever-deepening appreciation and insight. Similar benefits come from analysing a work... -
Futurism & Europe: The Aesthetics of a New World by Fabio Benzi 9780300272406
RRP: €59.50€49.56A new, expansive study on Futurism which explores for the first time its relationships with other European avant-gardes during 1912 to 1939Futurism & Europe: The Aesthetics of a New World examines for the first time the many interconnections between... -
Black Bodies, White Gold: Art, Cotton, and Commerce in the Atlantic World by Anna Arabindan-Kesson
RRP: €27.36€24.29In Black Bodies, White Gold Anna Arabindan-Kesson uses cotton, a commodity central to the slave trade and colonialism, as a focus for new interpretations of the way art, commerce, and colonialism were intertwined in the nineteenth-century Atlantic world... -
History of Modern Design Third Edition David Raizman 9781529419764
RRP: €53.55€36.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781529419764Author David RaizmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Spanish Painting: From the Golden Age to Modernism by Norbert Wolf 9783791379463
RRP: €117.81€83.19Beautifully packaged, this lavish volume is certain to become the definitive study of one of the most significant periods in European art history. Coinciding with the rise of the Habsburg dynasty and the expansion of the Spanish Empire, the Spanish...