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Barbican Centre by Harry Cory Wright
RRP: £12.95Booksplease Price: £9.24The Barbican Centre in the City of London is the largest multi-disciplinary arts centre in Europe. Designed by Chamberlin, Powell & Bon as part of the Barbican Estate and to provide homes for both... -
Drawing Masterclass: 100 Creative Techniques of Great Artists Guy Noble 9780500298534
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.25Analyses the visual approaches and techniques of 100 great artists, and shows you how to weave some of this magic into your own drawings. Drawing Masterclass analyses some of the most fascinating... -
A Field Guide to Winter: Play and Learn in Nature Gabby Dawnay 9780500653548
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02The latest addition to the charming series inspired by the Forest School movement, teaching young children how to engage with nature from season to season. A Field Guide to Winter is a pocket-sized... -
Rodin by Bernard Champigneulle 9780500200612
Booksplease Price: £2.97Auguste Rodin, the greatest sculptor of the 19th century, is also widely considered to be the greatest since Michelangelo, whose genius was a lifelong inspiration to him. Though the astonishingly... -
Earth Works: Houses by Byoung Cho Byoung Cho 9780500029367
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £39.80A new monograph on Korea's most important architect, offering an exclusive look at his rarely published houses. Earth Works: Houses by Byoung Cho offers a unique glimpse into the residential... -
Mythology: An Illustrated Journey into Our Imagined Worlds by Christopher Dell
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £19.20Myths in every culture explain our origins, the earth's creation, gods and monsters, demons, the afterlife and the underworld. This compelling account, newly available in paperback, gathers together... -
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Primitivism and Modern Art by Colin Rhodes 9780500202760 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.95Booksplease Price: £2.96A fascination with the 'primitive' lies at the heart of some of the most influential developments in Western art between 1890 and 1950 - a time that witnessed both the 'heroic' period of modern art... -
What Makes a Masterpiece?: Encounters with Great Works of Art by Christopher Dell 9780500238790
RRP: £24.95Booksplease Price: £19.18In this exploration of the idea of the masterpiece, over fifty world masterpieces, from cave paintings to Cezanne, are brought to life by internationally acclaimed writers, scholars and artists.Many... -
Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us by Paul Koudounaris
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.40A macabre, spectacular and thought-provoking survey of human remains used in decorative, commemorative or devotional contexts across the world today, from the author of Heavenly Bodies and The Empire... -
Sexuality in Western Art by Edward Lucie-Smith 9780500202524
RRP: £32.95Booksplease Price: £23.90Sexuality in its many guises has preoccupied Western artists from Michelangelo to Picasso, Rubens to Robert Mapplethorpe. Almost every form of the subject has been portrayed, whether covert or overt,... -
Tom Stuart-Smith: Drawn From the Land Tim Richardson 9780500030882
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £27.30Now in a compact edition, the first major overview of the UK's leading garden designer, Tom Stuart-Smith. Landscape architect and designer Tom Stuart-Smith began his practice in London in 1998... -
Yves Saint Laurent Catwalk: The Complete Haute Couture Collections 1962-2002 by Suzy Menkes 9780500022399
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £46.25'A photographic encyclopaedia of one of the 20th century's greatest creators' The Business of FashionFounded by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge in 1961, shortly after the young couturier left his... -
Is Capitalism Working?: A primer for the 21st century Jacob Field 9780500293676
RRP: £12.95Booksplease Price: £9.26The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsIs Capitalism Working? is a highly relevant question today - not least to a generation coming of age in a world... -
Textiles: The Art of Mankind by Mary Schoeser
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £48.88This major new work comprises more than 1,000 images that highlight the beauty, subtlety, simplicity or complexity of textiles created around the world. The juxtaposition of historical and... -
The Magic of M.C.Escher by 9780500290736
Booksplease Price: £29.44As beautiful and rigorous as an Escher work itself, this book is the classic study of a great maverick who so memorably linked the world of imagemaking with geometry and paradox. Escher's works, from... -
This Book Thinks You're an Inventor: Imagine * Experiment * Create by Harriet Russell
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.02This activity book helps children to think like an inventor by introducing key engineering concepts in a highly visual and entertaining way. Through fun activities and Harriet Russell's playful... -
Gainsborough by William Vaughan
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.90Gainsborough is one of the most appealing artists of the eighteenth century. Renowned for such elegant portraits as The Blue Boy and Countess Howe, he also pioneered a new form of landscape with a... -
Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day by Philip Matyszak
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40Here is an informative and entertaining guide to everything that any tourist needs for a journey back in time to ancient Rome in AD 200. You need only pack your imagination and a toothbrush - this... -
Mine Eyes Have Seen: Bearing Witness to the Struggle for Civil Rights by Bob Adelman 9780500543481
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.06This searing collection of photographs by LIFE photographer Bob Adelman takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through Americas Civil Rights Movement. These unforgettable photographs of Americas... -
The Emperors of Byzantium Kevin Lygo 9780500297995
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26A compelling and vivid narrative history of one of the founding civilizations of the modern world, the Byzantine empire, evocatively told through the lives of its 92 emperors. Based in the great... -
Colour: Making and Using Dyes and Pigments by Francois Delamare 9780500301029
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02Colour is all around us; we take it for granted as a naturally occurring aspect of all things. Yet colours are also manufactured, and the science of pigments, hues and dyes has an ancient and... -
Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters by David Hockney
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £23.70The book that turned the art world on its head, now with new and exciting discoveries. Hockney takes his thesis further, demonstrating how Renaissance artists used mirrors and lenses to develop... -
The Surreal Visions of Hernan Diaz Alonso/HDA-X by Hernan Diaz Alonso
Booksplease Price: £45.82Hernan Diaz Alonso is one of the most influential and innovative architects working today. Director of one of the leading architecture schools in the USA, his visionary schemes span all scales, from... -
Coco Chanel: An Essence of Mystery by Isabelle Fiemeyer 9780500027318
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.38An updated authorized edition of Isabelle Fiemeyer's literary biography of Coco Chanel, which demystifies the legendary designer's life. Coco Chanel was an emancipated fashion revolutionary. Raised... -
The Financial History of Cambridge University by Robert Neild 9780857285157
Booksplease Price: £15.81The University of Cambridge, having suffered hard times before and after the First World War, prospered during the post-war years up until the 1970s. During that period British governments were... -
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Being Human: Enigmatic Images of People by Unknown Photographers by Robert Flynn Johnson 9780500543726 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £4.33Anonymous photography has a magic all of its own. The intriguing images assembled here by collector and curator Robert Flynn Johnson are all mysterious, but their appeal is undeniable. Richly... -
RHS The Gardener's Book of Patterns: A Directory of Design, Style and Inspiration by Jack Wallington
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £10.54* Packed with inspiring photographs of gardens, borders and features, this book provides a wealth of ideas for adapting schemes to fit the area being planted. * Includes patterns for 'natural'... -
Modern Art in Detail: 75 Masterpieces by Susie Hodge
RRP: £24.95Booksplease Price: £18.95Great works of art cannot be fully understood in a single encounter: to revisit and reconsider art again and again throughout one's life is to be richly rewarded with an ever-deepening appreciation... -
Vivienne Westwood Jewellery Alexander Fury 9780500028438
RRP: £50.00Booksplease Price: £37.07The first book dedicated to Vivienne Westwood's jewellery creations, published in close collaboration with the house and written by fashion - and Westwood - expert Alexander Fury. This lavish survey... -
Our Islands Yuval Zommer 9780500653685
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.24A voyage of discovery to our world's most remarkable islands by award-winning and bestselling author Yuval Zommer. On this island-hopping adventure, readers will come face-to-face with incredible... -
Tibetan Yoga: Principles and Practices Ian A Baker 9780500298664
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.90A visual presentation of the origins, principles and practices of Tibetan yoga, the hidden treasure at the heart of the Tibetan Tantric Buddhist tradition. Tibetan yoga is the hidden treasure at... -
Remarkable Plants by Helen Bynum 9780500026427
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £12.95A glorious celebration of the beauty, diversity, importance and sheer wonder of plants, with exquisite illustrations from the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Plants feed us, clothe... -
Givenchy Catwalk: The Complete Collections by Alexandre Samson 9780500024904
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £47.65The first and only comprehensive overview of Givenchy's collections, presented through catwalk photography and published in collaboration with the celebrated fashion house. Founded by the dashing... -
The History of Thame and Its Hamlets, Including the Abbey of Thame, Prebend, Free School, Etc. by Harry Lupton 9781241604752
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £15.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241604752Author Harry LuptonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint < -
The Fashion Resource Book: Research for Design by Robert Leach
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £14.55Interviews with leading contemporary designers, including Paul Smith, Stephen Jones, and Maria Cornejo and education professionals, including Willie Walters, Course Director at Central St Martins,... -
Walter Crane by Jenny Uglow
RRP: £18.95Booksplease Price: £12.41Jenny Uglow narrates the story of Walter Crane, an intriguing and most prolific figure not only in illustration, but in political culture more broadly. Uglow expertly weaves a fascinating study of... -
Portugal: The Monocle Handbook: A manual for everyone from holidaymakers to hoteliers by 9780500978542
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £24.48From the team at Monocle, the first in a new series of practical travel guides. Following in the footsteps of the hugely successful Monocle Book of Italy and The Monocle Book of the Nordics,... -
William Morris by Anna Mason
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £45.75William Morris's interests were wide-ranging: he was a poet, writer, political and social activist, conservationist and businessman, as well as a brilliant and original designer and manufacturer... -
Furnitecture: Furniture That Transforms Space by Anna Yudina 9780500297568
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.68A compact sourcebook of ideas for innovative furnishing, interior environments and small-scale architectural interventions. As the definition of 'designer' expands and architects today create... -
1001 Ants by Joanna Rzezak
RRP: £12.95Booksplease Price: £9.54We're on an adventure with 1,001 ants! Visit the ants in their home, meet their queen, and see how ants look after their colony. Then join them on a walk through the countryside, discovering plants,...