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A richly illustrated celebration of the paintings of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama From the moment of their unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in early 2018, the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have become two of the...

A tribute to the groundbreaking drag elders who helped pave the way for the queens of todayDrag has officially transcended the underground and exploded into the mainstream. Queens have more media representation than ever-in film, television, music,...

"Neural networks do not understand what optical illusions are." - Technologyreview.com "Some pictures tell a thousand lies." - hplyrikz.com An optical illusion confuses the eye by pretending to be something it isn't. It both misleads and deceives the...

Renowned paleoartist John Gurche brings the traditional techniques of figure drawing and anatomical art to the portrayal of our hominin ancestors. The result is a visual record of the evolving human form that feels alive in a way no scientific...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986249853Author Drake Bear StephenFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Wisdom Weaver PressPublisher Wisdom Weaver PressWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm)...

In a world flooded with images designed to create memories, validate perceptions and influence others, botanical illustration is about creating technically accurate depictions of plants. Reproductions of centuries-old botanical illustrations frequently...

Starting with the groundbreaking drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, this lavishly illustrated book chronicles the remarkable history of anatomical illustration from the Renaissance to the digital 'Visible Human' project today. Its survey of five and a half...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683963707Author Matt FurieFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Publishers Weekly starred review A Best Book of 2018 in Religion, Publishers Weekly Reading great literature well has the power to cultivate virtue, says acclaimed author Karen Swallow Prior. In this book, she takes readers on a guided tour through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399581977Author K McleodFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Watson-GuptillPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams) 838gDimensions(mm)...

Monochrome collects the platinum prints of celebrated photographer Peter Dazeley. These images of plants, animals, and flowers are produced by hand and made with the original Platinotype method devised by William Willis in 1876. Platinum prints have a...

A thought-provoking combination of visually powerful imagery and comment *Includes 260 stunning photographs by more than 50 international contributors *Keynote essay by Patricia Macdonald *Features an interview with Dan Bailey and George Monbiot ...

In 2008, as the storms of the financial crash blew, Isabelle Fremeaux and Jay Jordan deserted the metropolis and their academic jobs, traveling across Europe in search of post-capitalist utopias. They wanted their art activism to no longer be uprooted. ...

Appreciate the Adornment of BirdsFeathers-possibly the most amazing body covering in the entire animal kingdom. No other covering does all that feathers do. From the delicate down feathers that keep birds warm to the sturdy flight feathers that allow...

Trompe-l'oeil, a French term meaning to trick, the eye, describes a painting that deceives the spectator into thinking that the objects in it are real, not merely represented. To successfully fool the eye of the viewer, trompe-l'oeil artists choose...

The early Christian period, especially the time between the third and sixth centuries, is one of the most fascinating in church history. The Christianity which developed into a state church in the Roman empire during the fourth century gave new content...

An intriguing and richly illustrated analysis of the symbolic imagery found in gardens throughout history, this work features dedicated mailing to targeted art and gardening related media and organisations. This superbly illustrated volume presents...

The Botanical Illustrator's Handbook takes a closer look at how to accurately portray the riches of the botanical world. It tackles and explains many of the difficulties that artists encounter so they can extend and expand their choice of subject matter...

This curated survey of more than 600 images shows how graphic designers have pushed the classic traditions of nude figure painting and drawing in to new realms via magazine covers, film and theater posters, book jackets, advertisements, and other forms...

This title is a superbly illustrated and insightful guide to the symbols of power in Western art. This latest volume in the acclaimed "Guide to Imagery series" examines the way that sovereign rulers have employed well-defined symbols, attributes and...

A national pantheon of the greatest names in British history and culture, the Collection of the National Portrait Gallery contains more than 11,000 paintings, sculptures and works on paper and over a quarter of a million photographs. There are kings and...

How can the arts witness to the transcendence of the Christian God? It is widely believed that there is something transcendent about the arts, that they can awaken a profound sense of awe, wonder, and mystery, of something "beyond" this world...

This stunning series of pocketbooks from Kew offers a snapshot into the diverse and beautiful world of plants and fungi. Each book lavishly showcases choice examples from different groups or collections.About the AuthorThe Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a...

Fruit. The word itself conjures up mouthwatering memories of crunchy apples, luscious strawberries, sweet bananas, succulent melons and juicy pineapples, to which we can add the splendid tropical fruits on our supermarket shelves. They are one of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802818164Author Nicholas WolterstorffFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143109884Author Maira KalmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 186mm * 156mm *...

Sarnath has long been regarded as the place where the Buddha preached his first sermon and established the Buddhist monastic order. Excavations at Sarnath have yielded the foundations of temples and monastic dwellings, two Buddhist reliquary mounds...

Stunning art and illustration from the Japanese-inspired fantasy realms of Rokugan, setting for the famed Legend of the Five Rings series of games.For more than a quarter of a century, Rokugan has provided the setting for one of tabletop gaming's most...

From Another Kingdom: The Amazing World of Fungi introduces the fungi and their importance in sustaining all life on Earth. People have had intimate associations with fungi for millennia. Nevertheless, most of us are unaware how heavily we rely on fungi...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646996674Author Nikodim Pavlovich KondakovFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, Limited

See the vehicles of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in unparalleled detail with this newest addition to the Star Wars Incredible Cross-Sections series. Twelve breathtaking artworks bring the new craft to life, showing all of the weapons, engines, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989241151Author Tulasi ZimmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Crystal Moon PublishingPublisher Crystal Moon PublishingWeight(grams)...

Virtually all the masterpieces of Islamic art-the Alhambra, the Taj Mahal, and the Tahmasp Shahnama-were produced during the period from the Mongol conquests in the early thirteenth century to the advent of European colonial rule in the nineteenth. This...

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) created many of the most beautiful and important drawings in the history of Western art. Many of these were anatomical and became the yardstick for the early study of the human body. From their unique perspectives as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899262441Author Claudia MyattFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Golden Duck (UK) LtdPublisher Golden Duck (UK) Ltd

The Wisdom and Power of the Cross is the fifth and final entry in Richard Viladesau's well-regarded series on the theology of the cross, from the historical crucifixion of Jesus to the present day. Continuing his analysis of theological history through...

An introduction to the theology of art and the art of theology.Book InformationISBN 9780567291882Author Jeremy S. BegbieFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint T.& T.Clark LtdPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams) 399g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565239661Author Editors of Imaginefx MagazineFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Fox Chapel PublishingPublisher Fox Chapel PublishingWeight(grams)...

For much of early modern history, the opportunity to be immortalized in a portrait was explicitly tied to social class: only landed elite and royalty had the money and power to commission such an endeavor. But in the second half of the 16th century,...

A kaleidoscopic celebration of the USDA's pomological collection, offering an engaging, biophillic meditation upon the sweetest of the earth's produce The United States Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection encompasses 7,497...