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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...

The first-ever history of the representation of dreams in Western painting, illustrated with works by more than 130 artists Organized by period, from the Middle Ages to the present, this engaging book shows how the idea of the dream, and its...

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

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

Lupente showcases five outstanding contemporary artists in an elegant and absorbing package. This volume-the first in our ongoing Flesk Artist Showcase series-features Julia Blattman, a premier visual-development artist working in the animation...

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...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578521244Author DoulieFormat HardbackPage Count 38Imprint Pedrito RousePublisher Pedrito RouseWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 6mm

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140042436Author David K. RubinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925422047Author Nikk Nakk DesignsFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Westminster DesignsPublisher Westminster DesignsWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781797938547Author Ur ColoringFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm)...

Thomas Kinkade Studios Perpetual Calendar with Scripture features inspirational Bible verses and beautiful full-color paintings by Thomas Kinkade Studios. Thomas Kinkade Studios carries on Thomas Kinkade's legacy of creating and sharing beautiful images...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781791926212Author Eden ColorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781533237408Author SmossFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781548914233Author Gary GerathsFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

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...

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 9781899262441Author Claudia MyattFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Golden Duck (UK) LtdPublisher Golden Duck (UK) Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462087569Author Hans MulderFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers)

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781727321524Author E LawrenceFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947243651Author Creative ColoringFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Creative ColoringPublisher Creative ColoringWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456338206Author Michael MalottFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Artist's Guide to World Wildlife continues a rich tradition of animals in art and provides basic information on art materials, fundamental mechanics of drawing, species and locale-specific details, and process instructions so that beginners will feel...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781530553822Author Robert NortmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

For anyone who wants their children to understand and love the art of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, this guide has questions and answers about thirty amazing objects. Anticipating how children will react to artifacts ranging from a...

Tommy Kane brings together, for the first time, a collection of contemporary vegan artists whose works grapple with one of the biggest issues of our century and confront our conflicted relationship with animals. With diverse contributions, Vegan Art...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804189767Author George W. BushFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

When first-time author and artist Deborah Paris stepped into Lennox Woods, an old-growth southern hardwood forest in northeast Texas, she felt a disruption that was both spatial and temporal. Walking the remnants of an old wagon trail past ancient stands...

Beautifully illustrated book on one of the UK's leading portrait and figure painters. Paints royalty and well-known public figuresBook InformationISBN 9781911408536Author Peter DaviesFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Sansom & CoPublisher Sansom &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739647773Author Alex CfFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Earth Island BooksPublisher Earth Island BooksWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592644841Author Adam S CohenFormat HardbackPage Count 381Imprint Toby Press LtdPublisher Toby Press LtdWeight(grams) 1588gDimensions(mm) 269mm * 211mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781794219243Author Eden ColorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)...