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Vermeer. The Complete Works by Karl Schütz
£54.70His works have prompted a New York Times bestseller; a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth; record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington, DC; and special crowd-control measures at the Mauritshuis, The Hague, where... -
The Art Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained DK 9780241239018
RRP: £19.99£13.63Learn about key movements like impressionism, cubism and symbolism in The Art Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Art in this overview guide to the... -
Art and its Global Histories: A Reader by Diana Newall
RRP: £19.99£14.52The reader Art and its global histories represents an invaluable teaching tool, offering content ranging from academic essays and excerpts, new translations, interviews with curators and artists, to art criticism. The introduction sets out the state of... -
Caravaggio by Gilles Neret
RRP: £15.00£11.36Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of the Italian Baroque, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial, violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on... -
Artemisia by Alexandra Lapierre
RRP: £12.99£9.09Artemisia Gentileschi is one of the most fascinating artists in history. Apprenticed at an early age to her father, the seventeenth-century painter Orazio Gentileschi, she rapidly became more famous than he was, for her rich, dramatic canvases. But her... -
From Invention to Perfection: Masterpieces of Eighteenth Century Decorative Art Sarah-Katharina Andres-Acevedo 9783897904422
RRP: £85.00£56.45One hundred masterpieces of European art and arts and crafts of the eighteenth century form a panorama of innovation, design and expert realisation. In their sumptuous design, the porcelain, furniture, bronzes and silver objects are all miracles of the... -
Bernini: His Life and His Rome by Franco Mormando
RRP: £18.00£15.80Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the great universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy, placed by both contemporaries and posterity in the same exalted company as Leonardo,... -
Velazquez: His Life & Works in 500 Images Susie Hodge 9780754824046
RRP: £16.99£13.88A comprehensive reference book on the life and works of Diego Valazquez, the most important painter in the Spanish Habsburg court of King Phillip IV. Featuring a wonderful gallery of his paintings, accompanied by an expert analysis of each work, and a... -
Frans Hals: The Male Portrait by Leila Packer
RRP: £25.00£19.28This is the first book to concentrate on Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals's highly innovative approach to male portraiture. Frans Hals is one of the greatest portrait painters of all time and, together with Rembrandt, is one of the most eminent... -
Rubens: His Life and Works in 500 Images: An Illustrated Exploration of the Artist, His Life and Context, with a Gallery of 300 Paintings and Drawings by Susie Hodge 9780754832898
RRP: £16.99£13.28Peter Paul Rubens was one of the most productive and exciting painters of his time, noted for his expressive, emotive and sensual paintings which are now instantly recognizable. Indeed, his voluptuous female figures have given rise to the word... -
Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610 by Gauvin Alexander Bailey 9781442610309
£56.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442610309Author Gauvin Alexander BaileyFormat PaperbackImprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams)... -
Anthony Van Dyck and the Art of Portraiture by Christopher White
RRP: £35.00£31.17A beautiful, lively tour through the portraits of one of the most celebrated painters of 17th century Europe In this sumptuously illustrated volume, eminent art historian Sir Christopher White places the portraiture of renowned Flemish painter Anthony... -
The Master Painters of the Dutch Golden Age: Their lives and works in 500 images by Susie Hodge
RRP: £16.99£13.28Named retrospectively, the Golden Age was a period when the new Dutch Republic had become the most prosperous nation in Europe, leading in trade, science and art. From 1600 for almost a century, more than four million paintings were produced there, and... -
Van Dyck and the Making of English Portraiture Adam Eaker 9781913107345
RRP: £35.00£29.57A new account of painting in early modern England centered on the art and legacy of Anthony van Dyck As a courtier, figure of fashion, and object of erotic fascination, Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) transformed the professional identities available to... -
A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 by Jonathan Bober 9780691206516
RRP: £65.00£52.91The legendary splendor of Genoese baroque artGenoa completed its transformation from a faded maritime power into a thriving banking center for Europe in the seventeenth century. The wealth accumulated by its leading families spurred investment in the... -
Caravaggio. The Complete Works by Sebastian Schutze 9783836555814
£55.20Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: Violent in temper, precise in technique, a... -
Rembrandt by Michael Bockemuhl
RRP: £15.00£11.36Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) never left his homeland of the Netherlands but in his massive body of painting, drawing, and etching, he changed the course of Western art. His prolific oeuvre encompasses religious, historical, and secular scenes, as well... -
Caravaggio - The Artist and His Work by Sybille Ebert-Schifferer 9781606060957
RRP: £50.00£44.05This is a fascinating re-evaluation of the life and works of a hugely talented yet controversial artist. The young Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) created a major stir in late-sixteenth-century Rome with the groundbreaking naturalism and... -
Vermeer: The Complete Works by Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.
RRP: £18.99£13.68This study presents the complete works of the great Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer. The text includes a short essay and commentaries on each of the paintings, and incorporates new research on Vermeer's life and extraordinary artistic achievements.Book... -
Art in Theory 1648-1815: An Anthology of Changing Ideas by Charles Harrison 9780631200642
RRP: £32.95£30.74Art in Theory (1648-1815) provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of documents on the theory of art from the founding of the French Academy until the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Like its highly successful companion volumes, Art in Theory... -
The Secret Language of the Renaissance: Decoding the Hidden Symbolism of Italian Art Richard Stemp 9781844839377
RRP: £19.99£13.75We may never know what the Mona Lisa is really smiling about, but we do know that there's much more to the masterpieces of Renaissance art than the beauty that meets the eye. There are layers of significance hidden below the surface of the works of... -
An Elephant in Rome: The Pope and the Making of the Eternal City Loyd Grossman 9781843681939
RRP: £24.99£16.78"A total delight, a brilliant vignette of 17th-century Rome, the Baroque and the Catholic church - warts and all - rolled into an erudite narrative.... with an ease of writing that is rare in art history." - Simon Jenkins By 1650, the spiritual and... -
Velázquez by Norbert Wolf
RRP: £15.00£11.36Court painter to King Philip IV of Spain, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez (June 1599 - August 6, 1660) is not only a leading light of the Spanish Golden Age, but among the most celebrated masters in all Western art history. Monet and Renoir, Corot... -
Rubens: Masters of Art by Michael Robinson
RRP: £9.99£7.11Arguably the greatest artist of the Baroque period, Peter Paul Rubens was an accomplished painter and draughtsman, as well as a valued diplomat. This accessible examination of his life and work looks at every aspect of Rubens's oeuvre; from his... -
Grinling Gibbons: Master Carver by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: £8.99£6.96Master Carver Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) is famous for his breathtakingly delicate, intricate and realistic carvings, both in wood and stone. Tantalising cascades of fruit and flowers, puffy-cheeked cherubs, crowds of figures and flourishes of... -
Rembrandt: Substance and Shadow by Pascal Bonafoux
RRP: £7.95£5.58Supremely successful at the beginning of his life; lonely, bankrupt and virtually ignored at its end, Rembrandt produced some of the most powerful and psychologically penetrating works in the whole of world art.Poverty, illness, the deaths of his wife,... -
Rembrandt by Rosalind Ormiston 9780754823780
RRP: £16.99£13.28An illustrated exploration of the artist, Rembrandt van Rijn, his life and context, with a gallery of 300 of his finest works. This is a fascinating biography that explores his early years, his personal life and the historical context of the early 17th... -
Baroque Naples and the Industry of Painting: The World in the Workbench by Christopher R. Marshall
RRP: £57.50£49.30The second largest city in 17th-century Europe, Naples constituted a vital Mediterranean center in which the Spanish Habsburgs, the clergy, and Neapolitan aristocracy, together with the resident merchants, and other members of the growing professional... -
Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art by Christopher R. Marshall 9780691253886
RRP: £55.00£46.69A new account of the renowned Baroque painter, revealing how her astute professional decisions shaped her career, style, and legacyArt has long been viewed as a calling—a quasi-religious vocation that drives artists to seek answers to humanity’s deepest... -
Rembrandt's Light by Jennifer Scott
RRP: £19.95£15.68A unique picture of Rembrandt's mastery of light and visual storytelling. Rembrandt's Light brings together 35 carefully selected paintings, concentrating on his greatest years from 1639-1658, when he lived in his ideal house at Breestraat in the... -
Rembrandt's Universe: His Art * His Life * His World by Schwartz
RRP: £35.00£24.83Published to coincide with the major exhibition at the National Gallery this autumn, here is the ultimate book on Rembrandt's art and life - his work as an artist, his family, friends and patrons, his place in European culture - by one of the world's... -
Caravaggio: Masters of Art by Stefano Zuffi
RRP: £9.99£7.11Although fewer than eighty of Caravaggio's painted works exist, they represent a critical moment in the development of European painting as the Renaissance style gave way to that of the Baroque. This monograph explores the Italian master's entire life... -
Tiepolo Pink by Roberto Calasso
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Tiepolo: the last breath of happiness in Europe'The eighteenth-century Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo spent his life creating frescoes that are among the glories of Western art, yet he remains shrouded in mystery. Who was he? And what was the... -
Rubens by Gilles Neret
RRP: £15.00£11.36There are over 1,000 catalogued works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), the 16th-century flag bearer for Baroque drama, movement, and sensuality. This essential introduction takes in the most important works from this astonishingly prolific oeuvre to... -
Artemisia Gentileschi by Jonathan Jones
RRP: £12.99£8.60Artemisia Gentileschi was the greatest female artists of the Baroque age. In Artemisia Gentileschi, critic and historian Jonathan Jones discovers how Artemisia overcame a turbulent past to become one of the foremost painters of her day.As a young woman... -
Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood and His Contemporaries by ,Brian,D. Gallagher 9781911282358
RRP: £45.00£34.99WINNER OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC CIRCLE AWARD 2021 A fascinating exploration of the inspiration behind, and development of, classically inspired sculpture and other ornamental wares in black basalt, the famous stoneware perfected by Josiah Wedgwood in... -
Canaletto: Painting Venice: The Woburn Series Charles Beddington 9781843682066
RRP: £35.00£22.43In Venice, on the Grand Tour in 1731, the future fourth Duke of Bedford met with the great art agent, Consul Joseph Smith. The commission he placed resulted in 24 of the greatest and most typical works of Canaletto. First installed in Bedford House... -
Fantastic Ornament, Series Two: 118 Designs and Motifs by A. Hauser 9780486491219
RRP: £6.49£4.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486491219Author A. HauserFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 205gDimensions(mm)... -
Natural Light: The Art of Adam Elsheimer and the Dawn of Modern Science by Julian Bell
RRP: £25.00£15.87A brand-new perspective on early modern art and its relationship with nature as reflected in this moving account of overlooked artistic genius Adam Elsheimer, by an outstanding writer and critic. Seventeenth-century Europe swirled with conjectures and... -
Rubens - Picturing Antiquity Davide Gasparotto 9781606066706
RRP: £35.00£30.57The first study devoted to classical art's vital creative impact on the work of the Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens. For the great Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), the classical past afforded lifelong creative stimulus and the camaraderie of humanist...