Artists, Architects, Photographers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781727164Author Sue HubbardFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 4mm

Deborah Solomon's biography sets Jackson Pollock in his time and portrays him as a shy, often withdrawn person, full of insecurities and self-doubts, and frequently unable to express himself about his art or its meaning. Solomon interviewed two hundred...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635421705Author Anka MuhlsteinFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Other Press LLCPublisher Other Press LLC

Few musicians shaped Iberian jazz more than pianist Vicenc "Tete" Montoliu i Massana (1933-97). Fascinated by the modernist aesthetics of mid-century jazz, Montoliu was known for a carefully crafted mix of lyricism and dissonance, a penchant for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846826498Author Catherine WynneFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press LtdWeight(grams) 368g

The formation and career of the first major woman artist of the RenaissanceSofonisba Anguissola (ca. 1535-1625) was the daughter of minor Lombard aristocrats who made the unprecedented decision to have her trained as a painter outside the family house...

Benvenuto Cellini is an artist-craftsman, one of the greatest sculptors in the renaissance, passionately devoted to art, the worshipper and frequenter of the great men of his time, the 'divine' Michelangelo, who came to his studio, the 'marvellous'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524711221Author Duncan HannahFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint VintagePublisher VintageWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 26mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593765897Author David KarashimaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher Soft Skull Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804169868Author Bob ColacelloFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

The lively and revealing correspondence that Vincent van Gogh maintained with his art-dealer brother Theo is famous as a source of insight into the mind of one of the most celebrated artists of all time. But what of Anna, Lies and Willemien van Gogh,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865651593Author Edmonde Charles-RouxFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Vendome PressPublisher Vendome PressWeight(grams) 1814gDimensions(mm) 267mm *...

Many people know that Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) was a 19th-century Dutch artist, a leading light of the Post-Impressionist movement who painted 'Sunflowers' and cut off his own ear. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he sold, in his lifetime, only...

Mina Loy was born in London in 1882, became American, and lived variously in New York, Europe, and finally, Aspen, Colorado until she died in 1966. Flamboyant and unapologetically avant-garde, she was a painter, poet, novelist, essayist,...

Matisse and Picasso achieved extraordinary prominence during their lifetimes. They have become cultural icons, standing not only for different kinds of art but also for different ways of living. Matisse, known for his restraint and intense sense of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789550733Author John HockneyFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Legend Press LtdPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 563g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789550733Author John HockneyFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Legend Press LtdPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 563g

The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense. 'A genius book about a bookish genius' Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events ...

Follow the journey of David Hockney's exceptional life in a unique graphic novel format.From his childhood in Bradford and early years making it as an artist, to his sun-drenched Los Angeles period, his triumphal return to the UK and his recent iPad...

Denis Wirth-Miller and Dicky Chopping were a couple at the heart of the mid-twentieth century art world, with the visitors' book of the Essex townhouse they shared from 1945 until 2008 painting them as Zeligs of British society. The names recorded inside...

A unique insight into the life and art of Sean Scully, an internationally celebrated artist and creative practitioner at the height of his powers. Sean Scully's paintings of brushy stripes and blocks of sumptuous colour are critically acclaimed and...

This is a groundbreaking examination of one of the most important artists in the Western tradition by one of the leading art historians and critics of the past half-century. In his first extended consideration of the Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo...

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The landmark survey of Judd's iconic spaces, featuring new drawing details, archival materials and more This second expanded edition presents an unprecedented visual survey of the living and working spaces of the artist Donald Judd in New York and...

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...

"This is a way of putting my life out there, because if I were to write a memoir, there'd be five volumes before I got to The Beatles. So I'm going at it this way, through photographs and quotes. And this is, I feel, a better way for me to do it." -...

'Make It Happen reminds us that people of any age can create change in their communities. From finding allies to setting goals, everyone who wants to contribute to a better future can learn from Amika's book.' Malala Yousafzai ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958259016Author Elli MilanFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Cloud Road PublishingPublisher Cloud Road PublishingWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm)...

The story of an innovative designer and farsighted art entrepreneur and the important role he played in the dissemination of 19th-century Aestheticism This book follows the phenomenal rise of Daniel Cottier (1838-1891) from an apprentice coach painter in...

The first-ever biography in English of Pina Bausch: perhaps the most influential performer and choreographer of the 20th century. Meyer has written an accessible, readable account, with a clear journalistic approach that penetrates the mystique and...

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was among the great artists of the Baroque period of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Considered one of the founders of modern painting, he is famous for creating a radically new kind of realistic art. He painted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080203793Author Catherine GrenierFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 630g

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), sculptor, architect, painter, and playwright, was the most influential artist of seventeenth-century Rome and, indeed, one of the leading creative forces in European art for most of that century. He is universally...

'Properly analytical ... always entertaining' TIME OUT'Should tempt both those generally familiar with Andy Warhol and, even more, young people who have trouble imagining how popular art can challenge the status quo' L A TIMESPainter, filmmaker,...

Albert Speer remains the most mysterious character of the leadership of the Nazi regime. He was the chief architect of the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler's confidant. Speer built the "Reichskanzlei" (official offices), discovered the "Lightdome" and was...

George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) was a titanic figure in nineteenth-century British art. The father of British Symbolism and portrait painter of his age, he forged a controversial career that spanned the reign of Queen Victoria. This book, the first...

An action-packed memoir that takes readers on the road with rock and roll's hardest-working photographer Bob Gruen is one of the most well-known and connected photographers in rock and roll. For almost 50 years, he has documented the music scene in...

'Tim Burton came in and commented, "Great, but how do they get in the car? There aren't any doors!" Sadly, I hadn't thought of that.'*What do *On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Great Muppet Caper have in common?**Terry...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423648789Author Adele CygelmanFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc

Judy Chicago is America's most dynamic living artist. Her works comprise a dizzying array of media from performance and installation to the glittering table laid for thirty- nine iconic women in The Dinner Party (now permanently housed at the Brooklyn...