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Statues, paintings, and masks-like the bodies of shamans and spirit mediums-give material form and presence to otherwise invisible entities, and sometimes these objects are understood to be enlivened, agentive on their own terms. This book explores how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781624650451Author Luca ZamprioloFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Design Studio PressPublisher Design Studio Press

The love of books in the Jewish tradition extends back over many centuries, and the ways of interpreting those books are as myriad as the traditions themselves. Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink offers the first full survey of Jewish illuminated...

This is the story of the Reeves Collection of botanical paintings, the result of one man's single-minded dedication to commissioning pictures and gathering plants for the Horticultural Society of London. Reeves went to China in 1812 and immediately on...

All the Buildings in London is a love letter to London, told through James Gulliver Hancock s unique and charming drawings of the city s diverse architectural styles and streetscapes. Hancock s offbeat drawing style gives a sense of whimsical and...

Oscar Wilde's fairy tales are some of his most elegant and charming pieces of writing. He produced two books of fairy tales -- THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES, and A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES . They've rarely been collected in one volume -- and never with...

Take a trip down memory lane to witness 22 years (1976-1998) of Mortimer's, one of the most notable restaurant hotspots that ever existed for an international celebrity clientele. Found in these pages is a feast of ephemera, including menus, recipes,...

Espying Heaven presents the first full-scale and full-colour survey of the achievement of Charles Eamer Kempe (1837-1907), the outstanding stained-glass designer of his era, and his Studio. From the start, Kempe gathered around him a close-knit team of...

Magnificent hardcover art books featuring the incredible images and lore of Magic: The Gathering (R)! Step aboard the legendary airship Weatherlight and explore Dominaria, an ancient world whose stories are known throughout the Multiverse. Dominaria has...

This book offers a fresh perspective on the history of birth and infancy by showing a rich array of images and objects ranging from paintings, prints, sculpture, metalwork, jewellery, textiles, ceramics, furniture and woodwork from both the fine and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Dive deep into the history of the world's most popular fantasy RPG livestream with the cast of Critical Role in this definitive guide featuring never-before-seen illustrations and photos.From its unassuming beginnings as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789814068406Author Gretchen LiuFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Editions Didier Millet Pte LtdPublisher Editions Didier Millet Pte LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908853677Author Kelley SwainFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Valley PressPublisher Valley PressWeight(grams) 194g

When is a work of art finished? Can it be complete in a mental sense? And who decides? In this highly original and wide-ranging study, Carel Blotkamp explores the concept and manifestations of 'the end' in art. From the idea of a mortal end to the...

What if you set out to travel the world and got sidetracked in a Himalayan sewing workshop? What if that sidetrack turned out to be your life's path-your way home? Part art book, part memoir, part spiritual travelogue, Threads of Awakening is a...

Expeditions and Endeavours is illustrated with over 100 paintings and drawings created on some of the most significant voyages of natural history discovery undertaken over the past 300 years. Andrea Hart and Paul Martyn Cooper explore how these...

This ground-breaking exhibition focuses on an overlooked strand in British painting of the 1930s. It reveals a small group of figure painters, situated stylistically between the avant-garde abstractionists and the entrenched Edwardian traditions of belle...

Artists and naturalists will master their ability to render lifelike depictions of a wide range of wildlife in a variety of still and action poses in this unique instructional. Amberlyn begins by offering a discourse on animal anatomy, basic animal...

Welcome to Kaladesh a vibrant, beautiful plane where anything is possible. Join the heroic Planeswalkers of the Gatewatch as they explore the Inventors' Fair, and let your imagination soar alongside thopters and airships crafted by the best artificers in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648215691Author Selina FenechFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Fairies and Fantasy Pty LtdPublisher Fairies and Fantasy Pty LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608875436Author James H BaeFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Mandala Publishing GroupPublisher Mandala Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Icons in Time, Persons in Eternity presents a critical, interdisciplinary examination of contemporary theological and philosophical studies of the Christian image and redefines this within the Orthodox tradition by exploring the ontological and aesthetic...

A must-have for Alexander von Humboldt fans and botanic enthusiasts, this gorgeous collection of frameable posters of his studies is filled with natural wonders and meticulous detail. More than two centuries after Alexander von Humboldt established...

To the eye of some viewers, Renoir's Great Bathers are the very picture of female sensuality and beauty. To others, they embody a whole tradition of masculine mastery and feminine display. Yet others find in the bathers a feminine fantasy of bodily...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539043Author Michael TruscelloFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The Mountain of Smoke is a collection of 51 paintings completed in acrylic, ink and pencil by Jeffrey Alan Love. These works are reproduced directly from Jeff's sketchbook, which took him seven months to complete. Jeff is now sharing these personal works...

The links between the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and India go back for two and a half centuries. Surgeons who had studied botany at the Garden laid the foundations of western knowledge of the Indian flora. Supplementing their written plant...

This spellbinding look at the history and development of illusionistic art reveals wide-ranging techniques that have piqued the public's fascination with this medium. Beautifully reproduced, the images featured in the book includes centuries-old work...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683968832Author Anita KunzFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780764167911Author Juan Varela SimoFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint SourcebooksPublisher Sourcebooks

The sketching stage is integral to any piece of art - it forms the foundations that everything else balances on. Sketches can often provide interesting insights into the processes and thinking behind the finished piece as well as showing off technique...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Award for Excellence, Greater Hudson Heritage Network 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780943651453Author Bartholomew F. BlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint...

'Selfies' are everywhere - from Kim Kardashian, queen of the selfie, to the Queen of England photobombing the Australian hockey team's selfie in 2014, you can't open a newspaper, or visit a news website, without seeing one. Recent technology, such as the...

Exciting, unexpected, realistic, impressionistic, abstract. The bunny paintings of celebrated artist Hunt Slonem have something for everyone. A treasury of enchanting paintings that are at once pop culture and fine art, Slonem's bestselling 2012...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692154847Author William Hudson KingFormat HardbackPage Count 190Imprint Genuine Fantasy Press LLCPublisher Genuine Fantasy Press LLCWeight(grams)...

An innovative examination of encounters between humans and lions and representations of these charismatic animals in the visual culture of postrevolutionary France In artistic traditions that stretch back to antiquity, lions have been associated with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780768413229Author Saara TainaFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Destiny Image IncorporatedPublisher Destiny Image IncorporatedWeight(grams) 336g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614040187Author Michael WhelanFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Baby Tattoo BooksPublisher Baby Tattoo Books

Mycenae, in the north-eastern corner of the plain of Argos in Greece, built atop a natural stronghold, became the preeminent centre of the advanced culture that dominated mainland Greece from the C16th BC to the C12th BC. That advanced culture was named...

An attempt to understand human attachment to the canis familiaris in terms of reciprocity and empathy, Melancholia's Dog tackles such difficult concepts as intimacy and kinship with dogs, the shame associated with identification with their suffering, and...