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Treasures of the British Museum Marjorie Caygill 9780714150628
RRP: £25.00£17.98The British Museum is the most magnificent treasure-house in the world. The wealth and range of its collections is unequalled by any other national museum. The Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, drawings by Botticelli and... -
I Paint What I Want to See by Philip Guston
RRP: £9.99£7.11Illuminating reflections on painting and drawing from one of the most revered artists of the twentieth century'Thank God for yellow ochre, cadmium red medium, and permanent green light'How does a painter see the world? Philip Guston, one of the most... -
Matisse by Volkmar Essers
RRP: £15.00£11.36The work of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) reflects an ongoing belief in the power of brilliant colors and simple forms. Though famed in particular for his paintings, Matisse also worked with drawing, sculpture, lithography, stained glass, and collage,... -
Celtic and Old Norse Designs by Courtney Davis 9780486412290
RRP: £5.99£4.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486412290Author Courtney DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 23 and 24: Invention of the Barbarian and Greek Art Athina Mitropoulos (Queen's Gate School, London, UK) 9781350020955
RRP: £15.99£14.77This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 23 and 24 from the 'Culture and the Arts' Component Group: Invention of the Barbarian by Alastair... -
The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism by Denise Murrell 9781588397737
RRP: £50.00£40.91A groundbreaking volume resituating the Harlem Renaissance as integral to the development of twentieth-century modernism Beginning in the 1920s, Upper Manhattan became the center of an explosion of art, writing, and ideas that has since become... -
The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums & why we need to talk about it Alice Procter 9781788402453
RRP: £12.99£8.60"Probing, jargon-free and written with the pace of a detective story... [Procter] dissects western museum culture with such forensic fury that it might be difficult for the reader ever to view those institutions in the same way again. " Financial Times ... -
The Brilliant History of Color in Art by Victoria Finlay
RRP: £21.99£18.95This is a irresistible and wonderfully illustrated exploration of the history of colour in art. The history of art is inseparable from the history of colour. And what a fascinating story they tell together: one that brims with an all-star cast of... -
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor
RRP: £16.99£12.28Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined them. Encompassing a grand sweep of human history, A History of the World in 100... -
Unlocking Women's Art: Pioneers, Visionaries & Radicals of Paint by P L Henderson 9781913641368
RRP: £19.99£16.42Who were the pioneering female painters? Who are the best contemporary women painters around today? Offers a perceptive journey through Western art history, highlighting artists from Gentileschi to Kahlo, from Amrita Sher-gil to Jenny Saville,... -
Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to Be Understood by Perry Grayson
RRP: £9.99£7.11'I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art' Lynn Barber, Sunday Times Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he's called this... -
Shadows of Reality: W.G. Sebald's Photographic Materials by W. G. Sebald 9781911343660
RRP: £49.95£34.58The first-ever volume of the photographs of German writer W.G. Sebald, exquisitely designed to shed new light on his creative process, as it chronicles the images and encounters that shaped his writing life. Shadows of Reality presents a unique, fully... -
The Madman's Gallery by Edward Brooke-Hitching
RRP: £30.00£19.81Enter The Madman's Gallery - the perfect gift book for any art lover. Discover an eccentric exploration through the curious history of art, to find the strangest paintings, sculptures, drawings and other artistic oddities ever made. From the author of... -
The Book of Signs by Rudolf Koch 9780486201627
RRP: £8.49£5.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486201627Author Rudolf KochFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)... -
The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture: Greek Sculpture and Modern Art from Winckelmann to Picasso by Elizabeth Prettejohn 9781848859036
£26.43What can modern art have to do with ancient sculpture? Surely the excitement of modern art lies in its utter repudiation of classical example? Elizabeth Prettejohn's important and revisionist new book argues otherwise: that ancient sculpture and modern... -
Earthly Delights: A History of the Renaissance by Jonathan Jones 9780500023136
RRP: £30.00£19.31A Sunday Times Art Book of the Year: written by one of the UK's foremost art critics, this new narrative history of the Renaissance takes in the whole of Europe and its global context. What was the 'Renaissance'? In the nineteenth century this flowering... -
Art History 101: An essential guide to understanding the creative world by Dr John Finlay 9781398832954
RRP: £12.99£9.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398832954Author Dr John FinlayFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons Laura Cumming 9781784708634
RRP: £9.99£7.11**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**Uncovering the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story.'A modern... -
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe by Kate Strasdin 9781529920819
RRP: £12.99£9.09The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life told through her unique scrapbook.In 1838, Anne Sykes was given a diary on her wedding day. Using it to collect snippets of fabric, she created a record of her life and times. Nearly two hundred years later,... -
The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles by Martin Gayford
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles is art critic Martin Gayford's account of the tumultuous nine weeks in which the famous nineteenth century artists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin shared a house in the small French... -
Colours of London: A History Peter Ackroyd 9780711269422
RRP: £25.00£17.38Celebrated novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd paints a vivid picture of one of the world's greatest cities in this brilliant and original work, exploring how the city's many hues have come to shape its history and identity. Think of the... -
Diamonds Across Time: Facets of Mankind Usha R Balakrishnan 9781838048402
RRP: £95.00£60.65Diamonds tell stories that are captivating and timeless. On the one hand, they are just stones, pieces of pure carbon with optical properties that make them glitter and sparkle like stars. On the other, they are mystical entities hypnotically drawing... -
A Life of Picasso Volume I: 1881-1906 John Richardson 9781845951559
RRP: £40.00£29.39From 1950 to 1962, John Richardson lived near Picasso in France and was a friend of the artist. With a view to writing a biography, the acclaimed art historian kept a diary of their meetings. After Picasso's death, his widow Jacqueline collaborated in... -
Venus and Aphrodite by Bettany Hughes
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Lively' THE TIMES'Engrossing' THE SPECTATOR'Stunning' WOMAN & HOME'Marvellous' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINEThrough ancient art, evocative myth, intriguing archaeological discoveries and philosophical explorations, Bettany Hughes takes us on a voyage of... -
J.M.W. Turner Masterpieces of Art by Rosalind Ormiston
RRP: £12.99£9.00The English Romantic painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775-19 December 1851) was a brilliant landscape artist, a watercolourist and printmaker. His style, powerful and fierce, melding the elements with humankind are thought by many to have... -
How to Read Paintings: A Crash Course in Meaning and Method by Liz Rideal
RRP: £14.99£10.95A concise introduction to paintings in the Western European tradition, through the stories of 50 powerful artworks by artists from Van Gogh to da Vinci. How to Read Paintings is a valuable visual guide to Western European painting. Through a gallery... -
The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain by Mary Greensted 9780747807827
£11.75Mary Greensted tells the story of the birth and development of the arts and craft movement in Britain with the help of numerous illustrations showing the buildings, furniture, metalwork, and the people who influenced it. The movement was concerned with... -
Tangled Paths: A Life of Aby Warburg by Hans C Hoenes 9781789148510
RRP: £25.00£17.62Tangled Paths tells the life story of Aby Warburg, one of the most influential historians of art and culture of the twentieth century. It also tells the story of a man who, throughout his life, struggled to assert his place in the world. Charting... -
In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s by Konstantin Akinsha
RRP: £40.00£27.75A major study of Ukrainian art from 1900 to the mid-1930s - with loans from major museums in Ukraine, elsewhere in Europe, the United States (including MoMA) and Israel. How does artistic life flourish during revolution and conflict? Ukraine in the... -
The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age by Simon Schama 9780006861362
RRP: £30.00£21.13This is the book that made Simon Schama's reputation when first published in 1987. A historical masterpiece, it is an epic account of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age of Rembrandt and van Diemen. In this brilliant work that moves far beyond the... -
Magritte: A Life by Alex Danchev
RRP: £30.00£21.35A 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... -
Sister Wendy's 100 Best-loved Paintings by Wendy Beckett
RRP: £26.99£19.94'Sister Wendy's deep and insightful commentaries are utterly unique. You will want this splendid book for yourself but also to give to others.' Delia Smith Hailed by The New York Times in 1997 as 'the most unlikely and famous art critic in the history... -
Arts and Crafts: From William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright by Arnold Schwartzman
RRP: £30.00£19.40A return to Camelot This is the second volume of Arnold Schwartzman's trilogy on the architecture of the late 19th and early 20th Century, in which he focuses on a group of British craftsmen who decided to turn their backs on the mass production of... -
Quentin Blake: Pens Ink & Places by Quentin Blake 9781849766388
RRP: £19.99£15.88FOLLOWING FROM THE ENORMOUS SUCCESS OF WORDS AND PICTURES AND BEYOND THE PAGE , THIS THIRD VOLUME CONTINUES A NARRATIVE OF VISUAL ADVENTURES OF UNUSUAL DIVERSITY. Pens Ink & Places contains a wealth of new material, ranging from touching series of... -
Best Work of Aubrey Beardsley by Aubrey Beardsley 9780486262734
RRP: £12.49£8.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486262734Author Aubrey BeardsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar
RRP: £10.99£7.77FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR'Sparkles with brilliant observations on art and architecture, friendship and loss' Guardian'Everybody should get to spend a month with Mr. Matar, looking at paintings' Zadie Smith, Wall... -
Paul Klee Masterpieces of Art by Susie Hodge
RRP: £12.99£9.32Klee's art appeals to our primary instincts and makes us look beyond the ordinary. A natural draughtsman, master of colour and hugely influential artist, Klee eludes classification, having been variously linked with Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism,... -
Hundred Years War Vol 2: Trial By Fire by Jonathan Sumption
RRP: £30.00£20.70In the second volume of his celebrated history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption examines the middle years of the fourteenth century and the succession of crises that threatened French affairs of state, including defeat at Poitiers and the... -
Art History for Everyone: Learn About Art in a Fun, Easy, No-Nonsense Way by Kristine T G Hardeberg 9781636801643
RRP: £25.99£22.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636801643Author Kristine T G HardebergFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Ethos CollectivePublisher Ethos CollectiveWeight(grams) 535gDimensions(mm)... -
Hidden Hands: The Lives of Manuscripts and Their Makers by Mary Wellesley
RRP: £12.99£8.60'This book is an expression of love... Sublimely conceived and beautifully written' Gerard DeGroot, The Times'Immersive, conversational and intensely visual' Helen...