Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
A History of Art History by Christopher S. Wood
RRP: £28.00£22.20An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicamentsIn this authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher S. Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late middle ages... -
Editing by Design: The Classic Guide to Word-and-Picture Communication for Art Directors, Editors, Designers, and Students by Jan V. White
RRP: £29.99£22.31An Industry Classic, Revised for the Modern Age This classic guide to winning readers for designers, art directors, and editors, has been completely updated to be applicable to both online and print publication design. Because it has truths about... -
Old Stacks, New Leaves: The Arts of the Book in South Asia by Sonal Khullar
RRP: £54.00£53.56A deep dive into the visual forms, material contexts, social lives, and global circulations of booksIn the twenty-first century, debates on the future of books and print culture have intensified with the rise of digital technologies, and the contemporary... -
Faith, Gender and the Senses in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art: Interpreting the Noli me tangere and Doubting Thomas Erin E. Benay 9781138310254
RRP: £45.99£40.53Taking the Noli me tangere and Doubting Thomas episodes as a focal point, this study examines how visual representations of two of the most compelling and related Christian stories engaged with changing devotional and cultural ideals in Renaissance and... -
Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms by Jessica Brantley
RRP: £54.00£46.79In Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, Jessica Brantley offers an innovative introduction to manuscript culture that uses the artifacts themselves to open some of the most vital theoretical questions in medieval literary studies. With nearly... -
London Burning: Portraits from a Creative City by Hossein Amirsadeghi 9780500970713
RRP: £58.00£40.21A new creative sizzle is in the air, establishing the backdrop for a major revival across all of London's creative sectors. Having invented the Swinging '60s, punk rock in the '70s and Cool Britannia in the '90s, London in the 2010s is firing up the... -
A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945 Amelia Jones (University of Manchester) 9781405135429
RRP: £38.95£35.20A Companion to Contemporary Art is a major survey covering the major works and movements, the most important theoretical developments, and the historical, social, political, and aesthetic issues in contemporary art since 1945, primarily in the... -
The King's Painter: The Life of Hans Holbein by Franny Moyle
RRP: £35.00£22.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419749537Author Franny MoyleFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Harry N. AbramsPublisher Harry N. AbramsWeight(grams) 757gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 146mm *... -
The Planetary King: Humayun Padshah, Inventor and Visionary on the Mughal Throne by Ebba Koch
RRP: £49.00£40.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789385360985Author Ebba KochFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Mapin Publishing Pvt.LtdPublisher Mapin Publishing Pvt.LtdWeight(grams) 2277gDimensions(mm)... -
The Claude Glass: Use and Meaning of the Black Mirror in Western Art by Arnaud Maillet 9781890951481
RRP: £20.00£15.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890951481Author Arnaud MailletFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 24mm -
The Independent Group by Anne Massey
RRP: £25.00£21.79This study looks at the artists, designers and writers who formed the Independent Group in the early 1950s including such influential figures as Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Paolozzi, Nigel Henderson, William Turnball, Rayner Banham and Alison and Peter... -
Bon Mots and Grotesques Aubrey Beardsley 9781843681915
RRP: £12.99£8.60'To critics who said that the full-lipped so-called 'Beardsley mouth', which adorned many of his women, was 'inexpressive and ugly', the artist countered, 'Well, let them criticise. It's my mouth and not theirs. I like big mouths. People like the little... -
Anglo-Saxon Art by Leslie Webster 9780801477669
RRP: £31.00£21.78This is the first new introduction to Anglo-Saxon art in twenty-five years and the first book to take account of the 2009 discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard-the largest cache of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found. Written by one of the... -
Painting in Florence and Siena after the Black Death by Millard Meiss
RRP: £45.00£35.32The first extended study of the painting of Florence and Siena in the later 14th century, this book presents a rich interweaving of considerations of connoisseurship, style, iconography, cultural and social background, and historical events.Reviews"The... -
Eyewitness Views - Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe Peter Bjorn Kerber 9781606065259
RRP: £40.00£35.19Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto, Luca Caravarijs, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco Guardi, Hubert Robert-these renowned view painters are perhaps best known for their expansive canvases depicting the ruins of Rome or the canals of Venice. Many of their most... -
Elizabethan Globalism - England, China and the Rainbow Portrait by Matthew Dimmock 9781913107031
RRP: £50.00£43.25A fascinating look at how Elizabethan England was transformed by its interactions with cultures from around the world Challenging the myth of Elizabethan England as insular and xenophobic, this revelatory study sheds light on how the nation's growing... -
Cezanne: The First Modern Painter by Michel Hoog
RRP: £7.95£5.58Paul Cezanne - a solitary genius who overcame opposition from his family, friends and the official Salon - made painting the sole preoccupation of his life. He worked unceasingly to realize his vision of a 'harmony parallel to nature', investigating the... -
The Truth About Art: Reclaiming Quality by Patrick Doorly 9781780998411
RRP: £19.99£16.97'Both knowledge and truth are beautiful things, but the Good is other and more beautiful than they.' - Plato, Republic, 508e. This book traces the multiple meanings of art back to their historical roots, and equips the reader to choose between them. Art... -
Pearls for the Crown: Art, Nature, and Race in the Age of Spanish Expansion by Mónica Domínguez Torres 9780271096810
RRP: £83.95£75.08In the age of European expansion, pearls became potent symbols of imperial supremacy. Pearls for the Crown demonstrates how European art legitimated racialized hierarchies and inequitable notions about humanity and nature that still hold sway today.When... -
Fiona Rae by Martin Herbert 9780992930929
£20.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992930929Author Martin HerbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Timothy Taylor GalleryPublisher Timothy TaylorWeight(grams) 665g -
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II: From the Early Christian Era to the "Age of Discovery", Part 2: Africans in the Christian Ordinance of the World: New Edition by David Bindman
RRP: £88.95£73.16In the 1960s, art patron Dominique de Menil founded an image archive showing the ways that people of African descent have been represented in Western art. Highlights from her collection appeared in three large-format volumes that quickly became... -
The Sinister Side: How left-right symbolism shaped Western art by James Hall
RRP: £18.99£15.32Why does the Mona Lisa have an uneven smile? Was Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon an exploration of Satanism? Why did Michelangelo depict so many left-handed archers? Why did the British Queen look so different when Annie Liebowitz lit her from her left... -
Bauhaus Masterworks: New World View by Flame Tree 9781786645432
RRP: £20.00£15.24Bauhaus inherited the mantle of beauty and craftsmanship from the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th Century but was founded on geometric principles, associated with Art Deco and firmly rooted in the challenge of modern production methods... -
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume I: From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire: New Edition by David Bindman
RRP: £88.95£73.16In the 1960s, art patron Dominique de Menil founded an image archive showing the ways that people of African descent have been represented in Western art. Highlights from her collection appeared in three large-format volumes that quickly became... -
Anatomy of Packaging Structures by SendPoints
RRP: £34.95£20.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887928485Author SendPointsFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint SendPoints Publishing Co., LtdPublisher SendPoints Publishing Co., Ltd -
Medieval Naples: An Architectural & Urban History, 400-1400 by Caroline Bruzelius 9781599102030
RRP: £20.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599102030Author Caroline BruzeliusFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Italica PressPublisher Italica PressWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Gardens of the Renaissance . Kenne 9781606061435
RRP: £16.99£14.61This is a fascinating volume that uses illustrated manuscripts to gain a unique insight into the gardens of the Renaissance. Whether part of a grand villa or an extension of a common kitchen, gardens in the Renaissance were planted and treasured in all... -
German For Artists by Stine Marie Jacobsen 9783943196313
RRP: £10.00£6.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783943196313Author Stine Marie JacobsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Broken Dimanche PressPublisher Broken Dimanche PressWeight(grams) 138g -
Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830-1920 by James Parry 9789774168352
RRP: £45.00£38.35In one of the most remarkable artistic pilgrimages in history, the nineteenth century saw scores of Western artists heading to the Middle East. Inspired by the allure of the exotic Orient, they went in search of subjects for their paintings. Orientalist... -
Rarities of These Lands: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Dutch Republic by Claudia Swan
RRP: £60.00£47.70A vivid account of Dutch seventeenth-century art and material culture against the backdrop of the geopolitics of the early modern worldThe seventeenth century witnessed a great flourishing of Dutch trade and culture. Over the course of the first half of... -
The Surviving Image: Phantoms of Time and Time of Phantoms: Aby Warburg's History of Art by Georges Didi-Huberman 9780271072081
RRP: £83.95£74.53The Surviving Image, originally published in French in 2002, is the result of Georges Didi-Huberman's extensive research into the life and work of foundational art historian Aby Warburg. Warburg envisioned an art history that engaged with anthropology,... -
Grace Pailthorpe's Writings on Psychoanalysis and Surrealism Alberto Stefana 9781032366470
RRP: £29.99£26.64This book gathers the published and unpublished writings of Dr Grace Pailthorpe (1883-1971), English surgeon, specialist in psychological medicine and surrealist artist to provide an in-depth study of her work and legacy.Pailthorpe's theoretical... -
The Lotus Moon: Art and Poetry of the Buddhist Nun Otagaki Rengetsu by John Stevens 9781953225047
RRP: £50.00£41.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953225047Author John StevensFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Floating World EditionsPublisher Floating World EditionsWeight(grams)... -
Problems of Style: Foundations for a History of Ornament by Alois Riegl 9780691655161
RRP: £70.00£54.70Written at the height of the arts and crafts movement in fin-de-siecle Vienna, Alois Riegl's Stilfragen represented a turning point in defining art and understanding the sources of its inspiration. Demonstrating an uninterrupted continunity in the... -
Flashback, Eclipse: The Political Imaginary of Italian Art in the 1960s by Romy Golan
RRP: £32.00£23.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942130505Author Romy GolanFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 668gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 159mm * 27mm -
The Pre-Raphaelites and Science by John Holmes
£35.51This revelatory book traces how the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their close associates put scientific principles into practice across their painting, poetry, sculpture, and architecture. In their manifesto, The Germ, the Pre-Raphaelites committed... -
Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration by Frauke V. Josenhans
RRP: £20.00£17.38A celebration of Houston's Rothko Chapel on its fiftieth anniversary, featuring work by contemporary artists responding to its continuing impact Artists and the Rothko Chapel celebrates the legacy of the Rothko Chapel in Houston and globally,... -
Shamanism in the Contemporary Novel: Stories Beyond Nature-Culture Divide by OEzlem OEgut Yazicioglu 9781498591157
RRP: £73.00£64.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498591157Author OEzlem OEgut YaziciogluFormat HardbackPage Count 190Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington Books -
India's National Security Vision 2030 by R.K. Arora 9789390095032
£43.96It is not only the beginning of 2020 but also the opening of a new decade. Many important issues impacting India as a nation a decade earlier will develop at an accelerated pace in this decade and change our politics, economy and society dramatically. We... -
About Robert Ryman: Critical Texts by Vittorio Colaizzi 9781905464098
RRP: £59.95£37.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905464098Author Vittorio ColaizziFormat HardbackPage Count 383Imprint RidinghousePublisher Ridinghouse