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The monograph on Egon Schiele edited by Rudolf Leopold in 1972 forms the basis for Egon Schiele's world fame. This important document of art-historical literature has long been out of print, but it is now available once more in a revised edition with an...

From Bacon and Burroughs to Halley and Lucas: the art collection of Damien Hirst This unique publication presents a varied selection of works from Damien Hirst's personal collection, including early pieces by Haim Steinbach, paintings by Francis...

This beautifully illustrated book, with numerous essays by an international roster of leading art historians, examines Jacopo Tintoretto's masterpiece Angel Foretelling the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, painted between 1560 and 1570...

An intimate study of the friendship and creative dialogue between two artists, offering an in-depth understanding of their work and the upheavals of 1960s New YorkIrrational Judgments examines the close friendship and significant exchange of ideas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788412010794Author Blanca Pons-SorollaFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint El CroquisPublisher El Croquis

Told in classic comic-book form, this graphic biography invites a new audience to learn about Banksy-and uses a pitch-perfect medium to convey the artist's message that art is for the people. Banksy is arguably the most well-known street artist of all...

The Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594) is an ambiguous figure in the history of art. Critics and writers such as Vasari, Ruskin and Sartre all placed him in opposition to the established artistic practice of his time, noting that he had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782381620060Author Raul RuizFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dis VoirPublisher Dis Voir

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783905829563Author Susan HillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint JRP RingierPublisher JRP RingierWeight(grams) 380g

Albers in Mexico reveals the profound link between the magnificent art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica and Albers's abstract works on canvas and paper. `Mexico is truly the promised land of abstract art', Josef Albers once wrote to Vassily...

thickly woodedThe Derwent flows through a landscape offering unrivalled beauty and variety. Rising in high moorland it tumbles along a steep sided valley dropping a thousand feet in six miles to reach a series of reservoirs in conifer-clad valleys. There...

Discover art that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when artists take tradition and rip it up. ArtQuake tells the stories of 50 pivotal works that shook the world, telling the fascinating stories...

A definitive look at the life of legendary filmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky and his many wild creative ventures throughout his 90 years on earth.A journey through Jodo's personal life, his life in the theater, his rebirth as a 70s cinematic cult figure and...

Impressionism took its name from the title of a painting that Claude Monet (1840-1926) exhibited in 1874. More than any other artist, Monet was the creator of the Impressionist vision, which has so forcefully shaped the way in which he habitually see...

This compelling book chronicles 75 of the most influential artists from the dawn of the 20th century to the present, and from around the world. Each entry provides a fascinating insight into the artist and his or her vision of what they were trying to...

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was an intrepid artist and scientist who defied the conventions of her time to pursue her passion for documenting the natural world in all its glorious, and sometimes ferocious, detail.Between 1699-1701, she travelled to...

Gerhard Richter is one of the most important and popular artists of the postwar era. For decades he has sought innovative ways to make painting more relevant, often through a multifaceted dialogue with photography. Today Richter is most widely recognized...

The Art of Winold Reiss brings to light the creative and forward-thinking work of this German-born artist. Winold Reiss (1886-1953) arrived in New York in 1913, the year of the ground-breaking Armory Show. The exhibition shook the American art scene to...

Trevor Paglen is an American artist, geographer, and author. What I want from art," says Paglen, "is to help see the historical moment we live in." His photographs make visible things we're not meant to see; he regards this invisibility as emblematic of...

A vibrant collection of paintings and drawings of the landscape and wildlife of the Thames, following the river as it flows from the rural countryside of Gloucestershire, meandering past fields, villages and towns, through the heart of metropolitan...

In the decades bracketing the turn of the twentieth century, Charles M. Russell depicted the American West in a fresh, personal, and deeply moving way. To this day, Russell is celebrated for his paintings and sculptures of cowboys at work and play, his...

Works by the artist of Luther Arkwright and The Tale of One Bad Rat. From illustrations and covers to comics, Talbot presents his best.Book InformationISBN 9781561635122Author Bryan TalbotFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint NBM Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782914563253Author Raul RuizFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dis VoirPublisher Dis Voir

Salvador Dali (1904-89) was one of the most controversial and paradoxical artists of the twentieth century. A painter of considerable virtuosity, he used a traditional illusionistic style to create disturbing images filled with references to violence,...

Salvador Dali (1904-89) was one of the most controversial and paradoxical artists of the twentieth century. A painter of considerable virtuosity, he used a traditional illusionistic style to create disturbing images filled with references to violence,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646991419Author Alexei Fiodorov-DavydovFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA,...

The work of seminal contemporary artist Chris Burden, insightfully contextualized around major themes, illuminates a practice that is as unique as it is influential. For four decades, Chris Burden's work has redefined the boundaries of the sculptural...

Modern art begins with Goya. He was the first to create works of art for their own sake, and he lived in a time of incredible cultural and social dynamism when the old concepts of social hierarchy were being shaken by the new concept of equality for all...

The Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte redefined the way we think about art. Famous for his men in bowler hats, Magritte's witty and provocative work inspired generations of later artists, from Andy Warhol to Jasper Johns. In this illuminating new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143133827Author Johanna BasfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 253mm * 257mm...

Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art and Objecthood, at Nahmad Contemporary, this book will illuminate the role of found objects and unconventional materials in the Jean- Michel Basquiat's oeuvre. Basquiat, whose...

J.M.W. Turner is probably the greatest painter Britain has ever produced. Both profoundly original and astonishingly prolific, he helped transform landscape painting into an expressive art form of enormous range and power. This book reveals the extent to...

Peter Le Vasseur's art depicts the beauty of the world and the pressure that humankind exerts upon it. Not content with merely creating highly researched nature art, his work carries an ecological message often ahead of its time. Unusually for an artist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861713469Author L.M. PooleFormat HardbackPage Count 268Imprint Crescent Moon PublishingPublisher Crescent Moon PublishingWeight(grams) 591gDimensions(mm)...

A major new book about Doris Lee, one of the top female artists - indeed among the top figurative artists, regardless of gender - in the American art world from the mid-1930s through the 1950s. Simple Pleasures presents the first major critical...

A retrospective monograph of Alistair MacLennan's performance art practice, its influence on the Belfast art scene, and its relationships with wider art histories. This new book is the most comprehensive and complete legacy monograph about Alastair...

An essential, inspiring collection of quotations about creativity, social justice, and more from musician, producer, artist, and designer Pharrell WilliamsRising to global fame with his hit single "Happy," Pharrell Williams has influenced every corner of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916153707Author Adam RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 243Imprint A Nos AmoursPublisher A Nos AmoursWeight(grams) 493gDimensions(mm) 225mm * 150mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781792304514Author Allan R BanksFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Abbey BrookePublisher Abbey BrookeWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 11mm

During Law's stay at St Ives in the late 1950s, the artist developed a series of Field drawings that reduced elements observed in the surrounding landscape - the sun, trees and clouds - into a set of abstract signs held within a rhomboid frame. The...