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Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern by Charles Dellheim
RRP: £32.00£28.15The story of dealers of Old Masters, champions of modern art, and victims of Nazi plunder. Since the late-1990s, the fate of Nazi stolen art has become a cause celebre. In Belonging and Betrayal, Charles Dellheim turns this story on its head by... -
Hildegard Von Bingen: In the Heart of God Sara Salvadori 9788857246598
RRP: £28.00£18.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857246598Author Sara SalvadoriFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1280g -
Principles of Art History: The Problem of the Development of Style in Later Art Heinrich Wolfflin 9780486202761
RRP: £12.49£7.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486202761Author Heinrich WolfflinFormat PaperbackPage Count 253Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Designing the V&A: The Museum as a Work of Art (1857-1909): 2017 by Julius Bryant
RRP: £39.95£31.31The building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, begun in 1857, is the most elaborately designed and decorated museum in Britain. This book is the first to consider the V&A as a work of art in itself, presenting drawings, watercolours and historic... -
How Photography Became Contemporary Art: Inside an Artistic Revolution from Pop to the Digital Age by Andy Grundberg
£35.22A leading critic's inside story of "the photo boom" during the crucial decades of the 1970s and '80s "Grundberg . . . is a vibrant, opinionated, authoritative guide to the medium's past and present."-Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times, "Best Books of... -
The Wonders of Florence by Dario Cestaro 9788831719216
RRP: £20.00£13.58The first pop-up book on Florence. Dario Cestaro's spectacular drawings and paper architecture reveal Florence and its treasures in a pop-up book telling the city's history with straightforward texts and interesting facts. This fascinating journey in... -
The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture by Jerrilynn D. Dodds 9780300142143
£22.68A dynamic vision of medieval Castilian culture and the Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin strands that are woven into its fabric Named a Book of the Year by the Times Literary Supplement, this lavishly illustrated work explores the vibrant interaction among... -
Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism by Dita Amory 9781588397652
RRP: £40.00£29.51In the summer of 1905, the French painters Henri Matisse and Andre Derain changed the course of art history with their radical color experiments During the summer of 1905, Henri Matisse and Andre Derain went on holiday in Collioure, a modest French... -
Miss Cranston: Patron of Charles Rennie Mackintosh by Perilla Kinchin
RRP: £14.99£12.55Miss Kate Cranston opened four Glasgow Tea Rooms at the end of the 19th century/beginning of the 20th, including the famous Willow Tea Rooms. Ahead of her time, Miss Cranston ensured that her Rea Rooms were designed and furnished by talented young... -
A Closer Look: Colour David Bomford 9781857094428
RRP: £9.99£8.59A Closer Look is the new series title for the updated and refreshed National Gallery Pocket Guide range. The series has been enhanced with a stronger format, attractive design, new photography, and additional information. It is self-evident that colour... -
Mary Kelly: Volume 20 by Mignon Nixon
RRP: £23.00£16.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262529327Author Mignon NixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm -
DC Comics Cover Art by Nick Jones
RRP: £25.00£20.01"Story hook, tragic moment, poster, or outrageous character, the covers lured us in." - Paul Levitz, president of DC Comics 2002-2009From the trailblazing works of Bob Kane, to the photorealistic stylings of Adam Hughes and quirky humour of Amanda... -
The Dream Colony: A Life in Art by Walter Hopps
RRP: £30.00£23.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632865298Author Walter HoppsFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 663g -
An Introduction to Rag Rugs - Creative Recycling by Jenni Stuart-Anderson
RRP: £14.99£10.95Making is good for you. Exploring crafts can be relaxing and therapeutic : the projects in this book are accessible to anyone who is inspired to recycle old clothes and textiles into unique, decorative, useful projects. Our forbears improvised tools to... -
Time to Heal: Tales of a Country Doctor by Michael Dixon 9781911397762
RRP: £16.99£12.11Time to Heal tells the story of the colourful life of a country doctor towards the end of his career. In turn shocking, sad and funny, they describe a doctor who feels poorly served by the conventional medicine of his time and finds new ways to relieve... -
Eric Gill: Lust for Letter & Line by Ruth Cribb
RRP: £9.99£6.80Eric Gill (1882-1940) is one of the twentieth century's most controversial artists. This illustrated introduction focuses on the clarity of Gill's drawn and cut line. It explores his genius as a letter cutter, wood engraver, sculptor and typographer in... -
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
RRP: £14.99£12.32Somewhere in Brooklyn, a little boy dreams of being a famous artist, not knowing that one day he would make himself a king.Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything... -
Artrage!: The Story of the BritArt Revolution by Elizabeth Fullerton
RRP: £12.99£8.13The Young British Artists (YBAs) stormed on to the contemporary art scene in 1988 with their attention-grabbing, ironic art, exploding art-world conventions with brazen disdain. Dismissed as trivial gimmickry and praised for its witty energy, their art... -
Industry and Ingenuity: The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew by Hugh Roberts
RRP: £75.00£52.90The first comprehensive study of William Ince and John Mayhew's famous eighteenth-century cabinetmaking partnership, complemented by high-quality photographs of their work. The partnership of William Ince (1737-1804) and John Mayhew (1736-1811) ran... -
My Grandfather's Gallery: A Family Memoir of Art and War by Anne Sinclair 9781250074775
RRP: £17.00£11.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250074775Author Anne SinclairFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 127mm * 20mm -
Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence by Andrew Butterfield 9780691233086
RRP: £70.00£54.30A comprehensive survey of the work of this most influential Florentine artist and teacherAndrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435-1488) was one of the most versatile and inventive artists of the Italian Renaissance. He created art across media, from his... -
Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1985-2001 by Van Burnham
RRP: £39.99£28.55The long-awaited sequel to Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984, the first book to illustrate the videogame phenomenon... In the years since the original Supercade was first published, the next generation of gamers have come... -
Matisse and Picasso: The Story of Their Rivalry and Friendship by Jack Flam
£19.16Matisse and Picasso achieved extraordinary prominence during their lifetimes. They have become cultural icons, standing not only for different kinds of art but also for different ways of living. Matisse, known for his restraint and intense sense of... -
'Black but Human': Slavery and Visual Art in Hapsburg Spain by Prof Carmen Fracchia 9780198881063
RRP: £32.49£29.81'Black but Human' is the first study to focus on the visual representations of African slaves and ex-slaves in Spain during the Hapsburg dynasty. The Afro-Hispanic proverb 'Black but Human' is the main thread of the six chapters and serves as a lens... -
Henry Scott Tuke Paintings from Cornwall by Catherine Wallace
RRP: £34.99£22.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841147055Author Catherine WallaceFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
Artist's Mind: The Creative Lives and Mental Health of Famous Artists by Kathryn Vercillo
RRP: £22.99£15.05How does art reflect and affect mental wellness? What's behind the idea that "madness" is linked to creativity? Does having an artistic temperament mean that creative people operate in a mental state different from the "norm"? And why is art often used... -
Fashion in the Middle Ages by Margaret Scott
RRP: £15.99£14.22From the costly velvets and furs worn by kings to the undyed wools and rough linens of the peasantry, the clothing worn by the various classes in the Middle Ages played an integral role in medieval society. In addition to providing clues to status,... -
Matheus Rocha Pitta: For the Winners the Potatoes Bethanien Kunstlerhaus 9783862066605
RRP: £20.00£13.35The KfW Foundation and the cultural centre Kunstlerhaus Bethanien are collaborating on a studio programme offering a twelve month residency in Berlin to young artists from Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Verlag Kettler presents the artistic... -
Goodbye, Old Man: Matania's Vision of the First World War by Gosling In Association With Mary Evans Picture Library, Lucinda
RRP: £9.99£7.55For the first half of the twentieth century, the artist Fortunino Matania captured some of the world's most memorable and iconic moments. From the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 to the coronations of three British monarchs, this Italian-born illustrator... -
M to M of M/M (Paris) by Emily King
RRP: £50.00£34.75A 528-page monograph -- conceived as a reschuffled alphabetical dictionary that starts with the letter 'M' on page 311 -- that presents for the first time twenty years of works by M/M (Paris), one of the most emblematic and influential design practices... -
A Little History of the Royal Academy by Peter Sawbridge
RRP: £8.95£6.18From the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, the Royal Academy of Arts in London has occupied a prominent, occasionally controversial and always individual position in the art world. Its Annual Exhibitions, now known as the Summer Exhibitions, have... -
Memories of a Pre-Raphaelite Youth Ford Madox Ford 9781843680857
RRP: £7.99£5.60" ... The author's personal, beautiful, and discursive style will appeal to enthusiasts of art and English literature." Library Journal One of the greatest literary artists in history, Ford Madox Ford's childhood is brought to life in this collection... -
Notelets of Filth: A Companion Reader to MLM's Emilia by Laura Kressly
RRP: £34.99£30.85This collection of short, accessible essays serves as a supplementary text to Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's play, Emilia. Critically acclaimed and beloved by audiences, this innovative and ground-breaking show is a speculative history, an imaginative... -
The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection by Jerry Brotton
RRP: £10.99£4.11Set against the backdrop of war, revolution, and regicide, and moving from London to Venice, Mantua, Madrid, Paris and the Low Countries, Jerry Brotton's colourful and critically acclaimed book, The Sale of the Late King's Goods, explores the formation... -
Portrait of a Muse: Frances Graham, Edward Burne-Jones and the Pre-Raphaelite Dream by Andrew Gailey
RRP: £25.00£16.78'You haunt me everywhere.' So wrote Edward Burne-Jones to Frances Graham, his muse for the last 25 triumphant years of his life: 'I haven't a corner of my life or my thoughts where you are not'. He drew her obsessively, included her in some of his most... -
The Pantheon: From Antiquity to the Present by Tod A. Marder
RRP: £30.99£26.63The Pantheon is one of the most important architectural monuments of all time. Thought to have been built by Emperor Hadrian in approximately AD 125 on the site of an earlier, Agrippan-era monument, it brilliantly displays the spatial pyrotechnics... -
Color Theory: A Critical Introduction Aaron Fine 9781350027305
RRP: £34.99£29.02Giving an overview of the history of color theory from ancient and classical cultures to contemporary contexts, this book explores important critical principles and provides practical guidance on the use of color in art and design. Going beyond a... -
The British Paintings Judy Egerton 9781857091700
RRP: £75.00£74.33The National Gallery's collection of British paintings is small, but contains some of the most famous and best-loved paintings in the country. This readable catalogue includes the results of fresh examination of each work by the Gallery's Conservation... -
Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art since Pollock by Kirk Varnedoe 9780691126784
RRP: £55.00£44.51"What is abstract art good for? What's the use--for us as individuals, or for any society--of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or prints or drawings that do not seem to show anything except themselves?" In this invigorating account of... -
Inigo Jones by John Summerson 9780300082449
£19.17Inigo Jones, the first English classical architect, was famous in his own time and was the posthumous sponsor of the Palladian movement of the eighteenth century. This authoritative and elegantly written book, first published in 1966, reassessed Jones's...