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How to Read a Modern Painting: Understanding and Enjoying the Modern Masters by Jon Thompson
RRP: £19.95£13.60Modern art, filled with complex themes and subtle characteristics, is a wonder to view, but can be intimidating and baffling to the casual observer. In this accessible, practical guide, Jon Thompson analyses more than 200 works of modern art, describing... -
Jean Dubuffet: Anticultural Positions by Mark Rosenthal 9780847858514
RRP: £45.00£34.21The catalogue to a groundbreaking exhibition of Dubuffet's seminal Art Brut and including historic essays by the artist published for the first time. This is the first book to be published on Dubuffet's early work in painting and sculpture in more than... -
Wilhelm Sasnal Brian Dillon 9780847868650
RRP: £85.00£61.53Renowned for his powerful portrayals of our collective culture and history, Wilhelm Sasnal draws on found images from his surroundings, newspapers and magazines, billboards, and the Internet, creating works of art that act as an archive to the mass of... -
Bob Ross' New Joy of Painting: A Collection of His Recent Favourites by Annette Kowalski 9780688151584
RRP: £22.99£17.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688151584Author Annette KowalskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
“Don’t think, but look!” (Bilingual edition): A View of Painting over Seven Centuries by Jens Neubert 9783775756396
RRP: £54.00£37.23Showing What Cannot Be Explained Along the three major themes of technique, art epochs, and pictorial genres, art history can delve into the smallest details. "Don't think, but look!" concern is diametrically opposed. Foregoing any commentary text, this... -
Master Pieces: The Curator's Game by Thomas Hoving 9780393328387
RRP: £15.99£13.82As Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a decade, Thomas Hoving brought art to a new level of public awareness by pioneering such blockbuster shows as the King Tut exhibit. Early in his career, Hoving was introduced to the "curator's game."... -
David Reed by Richard Shiff
RRP: £42.50£31.10Since the outset of his career, David Reed s central preoccupation has been to challenge and reinvent how to make a painting. Consistently, his paintings present a compelling tension between the gestural and the impersonal; in recent times this has been... -
Groundwork: A History of the Renaissance Picture by David Young Kim
RRP: £55.00£42.91An illuminating look at a fundamental yet understudied aspect of Italian Renaissance paintingThe Italian Renaissance picture is renowned for its depiction of the human figure, from the dramatic foreshortening of the body to create depth to the subtle... -
Dana Schutz: Between Us by Dana Schutz 9788793659643
RRP: £45.00£31.16With a vast selection of works from the last two decades and Polaroids of the artist's studio, this mid-career catalog provides unique perspective on Schutz's oeuvre and methods Dana Schutz is one of the great figurative painters of our time-an... -
Sean Scully: La Deep Sean Scully 9780947830908
RRP: £33.00£21.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947830908Author Sean ScullyFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Lisson GalleryPublisher Lisson GalleryWeight(grams) 550g -
The Analysis of Beauty by William Hogarth
RRP: £12.49£8.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486795256Author William HogarthFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Painting Florals with Gouache: An Introduction to Creating Beautiful Botanical Artwork by Vidhi Khandelwal
RRP: £15.99£12.53Vidhi Khandelwal takes readers step-by-step through the process she uses to create her beautiful signature floral illustrations. Brighter and more vibrant than watercolours, gouache is easy to work with, especially for beginners, and provides a quick,... -
Watermedia Painting With Stephen Quiller by Stephen Quiller
RRP: £22.99£15.57This title offers solid and in-depth instruction from a watermedia expert and top author. It includes tips and techniques for developing a personal style. Quiller is a well established name is the art world. He has sold over 100, 000 books worldwide.Join... -
Every Colour of You: The gorgeous, heart-warming love story readers can't stop talking about by Amelia Mandeville
RRP: £12.99£6.32How can one person change everything?'It truly broke my heart and put it back together again' Reader review'This story is beautiful, it has touched my soul and has lit up my heart' Reader review'You literally feel every emotion on the spectrum along with... -
Paint Landscapes in Acrylic: With Lee Hammond by Lee Hammond 9781600613098
RRP: £18.99£16.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600613098Author Lee HammondFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint North Light BooksPublisher F&W Publications IncWeight(grams) 601gDimensions(mm) 280mm *... -
Pop Painting by Camilla D'Errico
RRP: £18.99£13.75A unique behind-the-scenes guide to the painting process of one of the most popular artists working in the growing, underground art scene of Pop Surrealism. Painting superstar Camilla d'Errico opens up her studio and offers readers an insider scoop on... -
In the Garden of My Dreams: The Art of Nathalie Lete by Nathalie Lete 9781579657215
£28.05Named a Best Gift Book by InStyle Nathalie Lete is the rare artist whose work is so distinctive and widely appealing that she has become a global brand, having garnered a cultlike following for her unique pop- and folk-art aesthetic. Lete's iconic work... -
Looking at Paintings - A Guide to Technical Terms, Revised Edition by Tiarna Doherty
RRP: £16.99£14.61Fully revised and updated, here is a concise and authoritative guide to the technical terms most commonly used in painting. What is tempera? What is foreshortening? What is fresco? These are just some 100+ terms that are explained and illustrated in this... -
Painting Better Landscapes M Kessler 9780823035762
RRP: £21.99£14.96In fifteen easy-to-follow lessons from renowned art instructor Margaret Kessler, learn what contributes to good landscape painting and how to critique your own work. Learn about visualizing and planning the scene, creating depth, overall tonality and... -
A Closer Look: Pictorial Space Nicholas Penny 9781857096163
RRP: £9.99£8.59For more than six centuries, European painters have been ambitious to depict objects as if they possessed volume, placing them in a space that seems equivalent to the real space of our world. This "fiction" was central to the artist's purpose... -
Ken White: Muralist and Painter by Angela Atkinson
RRP: £15.99£10.85Ken White's career spans an impressive six decades. He is perhaps best known for his murals, sited in a wide variety of locations. To date, he has painted over one hundred murals. For over twenty years Ken was the personal artist to Virgin boss... -
Problem Pictures: Women and Men in Victorian Painting Pamela Gerrish Nunn 9781859281529
RRP: £135.00£117.28During the Victorian period there developed a new anxiety about male-female relations and roles in modern society, as described by a member of the Athenaeum in 1858, 'the distinction of man and woman, their separate as well as their joint rights, begins... -
Early Netherlandish Painting from Rogier van der Weyden to Gerard David by Otto Pacht 9781872501840
£93.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872501840Author Otto PachtFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Harvey Miller PublishersPublisher Brepols N.V.Weight(grams) 1465g -
In the Footsteps of the East London Group The Nunnery Gallery 9781849949354
RRP: £20.00£13.92Based on an exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery held in autumn 2024, In the Footsteps of the East London Group brings together 30 original paintings by members of the East London Group, paired with 20 new interpretations and responses from contemporary... -
Anselm Kiefer by Anselm Kiefer 9791254630365
RRP: £37.50£24.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9791254630365Author Anselm KieferFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Marsilio EditoriPublisher Marsilio EditoriWeight(grams) 260g -
149 Paintings You Really Need to See in North America: (So You Can Ignore the Others) by Julian Porter 9781459739352
£30.69Tour North America's greatest museums and galleries in the company of two incomparable guides. This lively companion highlights the essential paintings, by some of the world's greatest painters, from Giotto to Picasso, on display in North American... -
Thin Skin by Jennifer Higgie 9781922979087
RRP: £32.99£28.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922979087Author Jennifer HiggieFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 1000g -
Album of American Traditions: Folk Art Paintings of Carol Dyer by Carol Dyer
RRP: £50.00£35.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939510955Author Carol DyerFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint Mystic Seaport MuseumPublisher Mystic Seaport MuseumWeight(grams) 1461g -
Fire and Light: A Method of Painting for Artists Who Love Color by Julie Hanson 9780764352171
RRP: £22.99£15.05For artists interested in using color in a new way, this two-part book offers a fresh, comprehensive approach to understanding color in painting. Part one starts with the basics and teaches, rung by rung, many concepts including color, value, and the use... -
Watercolor the Easy Way: Step-by-Step Tutorials for 50 Beautiful Motifs Including Plants, Flowers, Animals & More by Sara Berrenson 9780764359828
RRP: £22.99£15.05Step-by-step instructions for 50 beautiful paintings including plants, flowers, animals, & more! Love the look of watercolors but think you lack the skill? Think again! With Watercolor the Easy Way, you will paint beautiful masterpieces... -
Painting For The Gods: Art & Aesthetics of Yoruba Religious Murals by Bolaji Campbell 9781592214389
RRP: £29.95£19.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592214389Author Bolaji CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 390g -
The Geometry of the Last Supper: Leonardo da Vinci’s Hidden Composition and its Symbolism by Raphaël Mouterde 9781803137612
RRP: £24.99£17.61Have you ever stopped to consider what goes into a painting beyond what you can see? Welcome to a fascinating journey of discovery... The Geometry of the Last Supper skilfully blends the worlds of Renaissance art, geometry and symbolism, allowing the... -
Life of David Hockney: A Novel by Catherine Cusset
RRP: £9.99£7.16"Catherine Cusset's book caught a lot of me. I recognised myself" DAVID HOCKNEY"A perfect short expose of Hockney's life as seen through the eyes of an admiring novelist" Kirkus Reviews"Hers is an affirming vision of a restless talent propelled by... -
Haircuts Of Hackney by Daniel Frost 9781910566008
RRP: £12.95£8.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910566008Author Daniel FrostFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini PressWeight(grams) 237g -
Dynamic Symmetry: The Foundation of Masterful Art by Tavis Leaf Glover 9781733761208
RRP: £93.00£70.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733761208Author Tavis Leaf GloverFormat PaperbackPage Count 506Imprint Ipox StudiosPublisher Ipox StudiosWeight(grams) 1379gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm... -
Painting out of the Ordinary: Modernity and the Art of Everday Life in Early Nineteenth-Century England by David H. Solkin 9780300140613
RRP: £45.00£40.03At the height of the Napoleonic Wars, a new generation of painters led by the precociously talented David Wilkie took London's art world by storm. Their novel approach to the depiction of everyday life marked the beginning a trajectory that links the art... -
Stafford Paintings of a County Town by Joan Anslow
RRP: £12.99£2.91This delightful collection of pictures is a valuable record of many of the historically important buildings of the town of Stafford, a town which boasts a history of over 1000 years. William the Conqueror thought so highly of it he put his Standard... -
Complete Color Mixing Guide for Acrylics, Oils, and Watercolors: 2,400 Color Combinations for Each by John Barber
RRP: £18.99£15.98Take the guesswork out of color mixing!With just 25 common paint colors, you can make 2,400 different hues, and they are all illustrated in this comprehensive guide. That's 2,400 hues for each medium-oils, acrylics, and watercolors-with each hue visually... -
The Political Theory of Painting from Reynolds to Hazlitt: "The Body of the Public" by John Barrell 9780300063554
£32.90What is the function of painting in a commercial society? John Barrell discusses how British artists and writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including Sir Joshua Reynolds, William Blake, and James Barry, attempted to answer... -
Painting, History and Meaning: Sites of Time by Craig Staff
RRP: £37.00£32.66This compelling new study considers contemporary painting's relationship with time and with events, ideas and paintings from the past. Following French philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard's determination of painting as entailing a series of temporal sites,...