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The first publication to consider the relationship between these two major artists of the High Renaissance Through most of Michelangelo's working life, one of his closest colleagues was the great Venetian painter Sebastiano del Piombo (1485 -1541). The...

Sexually explicit sculptures may be found on a number of medieval churches in France and Spain. This fascinating study examines the origins and purposes of these sculptures, viewing them not as magical fertility symbols, nor even as idols of ancient...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857247908Author Iftikhar DadiFormat PaperbackPage Count 532Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1440g

Diagnosed with schizophrenia in the 1950s, writer and artist Unica Zurn produced a wealth of remarkable textual and visual material while in psychiatric institutions across Germany and France. While Zurn is often discussed in relation to her partner, the...

Elvis Presley and Karlheinz Stockhausen. The Beatles and Andy Warhol. Terry Riley and Ken Kesey. What all these artists have in common is that loops have played a significant role in their work. The short sequences of sounds or images repeated using...

In this widely acclaimed work, James Ackerman considers in detail the buildings designed by Michelangelo in Florence and Rome-including the Medici Chapel, the Farnese Palace, the Basilica of St. Peter, and the Capitoline Hill. He then turns to an...

This book completes the survey of the Indian scene, begun by the various exhibitions held in Paris, London, New York and Tokyo, which were devoted to contemporary urban art and its world renowned stars, such as Subodh Gupta and Bharti Kher. The Indian...

French-born Jean Prouve (1901-1984) was the 20th century's leading construction designer, a self-declared constructeur and member of the jury who oversaw the design of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. As a designer, he captured the midcentury spirit of...

A fascinating, richly illustrated study of the role and significance of ancient statues in Egyptian history and beliefWhy do ancient Egyptian statues so often have their noses, hands, or genitals broken? Although the Late Antiquity period appears to have...

From Carolyn Turgeon, editor in chief of Enchanted Living and author of The Faerie Handbook and The Mermaid Handbook, comes this exquisitely illustrated and beautifully designed lifestyle compendium, a complete guide to the world of unicorns covering...

Investigating the central role that theories of the visual arts and creativity played in the development of fascism in France, Mark Antliff examines the aesthetic dimension of fascist myth-making within the history of the avant-garde. Between 1909 and...

After the Bible, the Passover haggadah is the most widely read classic text in the Jewish tradition. More than four thousand editions have been published since the late fifteenth century, but few are as exquisite as the Washington Haggadah, which resides...

Salvador Dali is one of the most popular artists in the world, known for his lavish lifestyle, gravity-defying moustache and bizarre art. This book tells the story of Dali's life and explores the meaning of his Surrealist paintings. It goes beyond his...

An in-depth exploration into the immense popularity of William-Adolphe Bouguereau's work in America throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries Seeking to bring Gallic sophistication and worldly elegance into their galleries and drawing rooms,...

A comprehensive volume-overseen by the artist himself-on one of the most renowned living artists today, Takashi Murakami. Takashi Murakami is celebrated the world over for his deft blurring of high and low art. In this volume, accompanying a major...

The first book to chart Scott Burton's performance art and sculpture of the 1970s. Scott Burton (1939-89) created performance art and sculpture that drew on queer experience and the sexual cultures that flourished in New York City in the 1970s. David J...

Plans included: Burnham Yacht Harbour (1:12 500) River Crouch continuation to Battlesbridge (1:35 000) River Roach continuation to Rochford (1:35 000)About the AuthorImray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd was formed in 1904 when three private chart publishing...

In 1832, Eugene Delacroix accompanied a French diplomatic mission to Morocco, the first leg of a journey through the Maghreb and Andalusia that left an indelible impression on the painter. This comprehensive, annotated English-language translation of his...

Women Art Dealers brings together fascinating case studies of galleries run by women between the 1940s and 1980s. It marks a departure from other work in the field of art markets, challenging male-dominated histories by analyzing the work of female...

This volume examines the cultural importance of the coastline in Britain during a time of vast change.Book InformationISBN 9781474435741Author Matthew InglebyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University...

Over the last three decades, Jacqueline Humphries (b.1960) has, through an innovative painterly process, challenged the limits of abstraction. She has produced a body of work that reaches beyond modernism, Abstract Expressionism, and abstraction as we...

Figuration is one of the oldest art forms, but it continually evolves, along with our changing understanding of human identity. The artists featured here often source imagery from the Internet, and draw on aesthetics developed in Internet-first channels...

Explore William Kentridge's remarkable performance piece, The Head & The Load, and discover how music, dance, writing, and fine art are combined to tell the haunting story of Africans during WWI.For over thirty years, William Kentridge has been combining...

How did the Victorians engage with the ancient world? Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity is a brilliant exploration of how the ancient worlds of Greece and Rome influenced Victorian culture. Through Victorian art, opera, and novels, Simon Goldhill...

In Courtly Mediators, Leah R. Clark investigates the exchange of a range of materials and objects, including metalware, ceramic drug jars, Chinese porcelain, and aromatics, across the early modern Italian, Mamluk, and Ottoman courts. She provides a new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692472453Author Katherine BarichFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint Nadel Und Faden Press LLCPublisher Nadel Und Faden Press LLCWeight(grams) 1334g

Exhibiting the mastery of the gem-engraver from prehistory to the present, Masterpieces in Miniature offers a survey of the finest products of the gems craft over millennia. The creation of miniature intaglios - or incised carvings - which could be...

America is haunted. Ghosts from its violent history-the genocide of Indigenous peoples, slavery, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and traumatic wars-are an inescapable and unsettled part of the nation's heritage. Not merely in the realm of metaphor...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783420025Author Desmond MorrisFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint Red Lemon PressPublisher Red Lemon PressWeight(grams) 1383gDimensions(mm) 260mm * 32mm...

The ninth edition of Marketing Concepts and Strategies has been fully updated to reflect the latest marketing themes, together with the authors' real-life practitioner expertise. The marketing world has gone digital as consumers rely on social media; new...

This pioneering study argues that the concept of 'empire' belongs at the centre, rather than in the margins, of British art history. Recent scholarship in history, anthropology, literature and post-colonial studies has superseded traditional definitions...

The studies in this volume all deal with images and texts that relate to the veneration of the saints in Byzantium after the 9th century. Some papers are devoted to the church calendar and the annual commemorations of hundreds of saints through...

This vibrant examination of Paul Gauguin's life and work features more than fifty pieces from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek collection in Copenhagen, including paintings, wood carvings, and ceramics along with Oceanic art and Gauguin's works on paper from...

Pop Art by the BBC's Alastair Sooke - an essential but snappy new guide to our favourite art movementPop Art is the most important 20th-century art movement. It brought Modernism to the masses, making art sexy and fun with coke cans and comics. Today, in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910213995Author J.-K. HuysmansFormat PaperbackPage Count 313Imprint Dedalus LtdPublisher Dedalus Ltd

A wide-ranging look at surrealist and postsurrealist engagements with the culture and imagery of childhood We all have memories of the object-world of childhood. For many of us, playthings and images from those days continue to resonate. Rereading a...

In the context of an environmental crisis, photography and its related practices can be part of an emancipatory project, challenging techno-utopian solutions and envisioning alternative possibilities for sustaining life on this planet. This anthology...

Based partly on the original importers' catalogues and partly on the wide range of pieces handled by the author Bryan Catley, a leading specialist in the subject, this book covers a comprehensive range of art deco figures. Between the wars, an entirely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634502511Author Andrew Graham-DixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm)...

This new survey covers the rich and varied history of participatory art, from early happenings and performances to current practices that demand audience interaction. As the internet mindset - browsing, sharing, collecting, producing - increasingly...