Art and Design

This standard introduction to visual art since 1945 has been revised, updated and redesigned for the first time since 2001. Movements, trends and individual artists from abstract expressionism to the...

A collection of Penguin covers from Britain and around the world, Seven Hundred Penguins is a celebration of jackets that remain visually distinctive and addictive to us today, from the...

Art Nouveau was a phenomenon with many faces. Between 1890 and 1910, artists developed a variety of styles from the plant-like forms of the Belgian-French Art Nouveau to the ornamentation...

In this collection of essays Martha Rosler embarks on a broad inquiry into the economic and historical precedents for today's soft ideology of creativity, with special focus on its elaborate...

Bad New Days

A new edition, completely redesigned and including new photographs, of the classic account of Russell Page...s garden designs. Perhaps the greatest garden designer of the twentieth century, Russell Page (1906...85)...

The wars that have been an unrelenting feature of the past hundred years have left an enduring legacy in the art they have provoked. Here Betty Churcher, one of our...

Samella Lewis has brought African American Art and Artists fully up to date in this revised and expanded edition. The book now looks at the works and lives of artists...

John Constable is one of the greatest painters of the English weather. His depictions of the sky are essential components of all his landscape paintings, from famous works such as...

Painting is a continually expanding and evolving medium. The radical changes that have taken place since the 1960s and 1970s - the period that saw the shift from a modernist...

In the 21st century photography has come of age as a contemporary art form. Almost two centuries after photographic technology was first invented, the art world has fully embraced it...

The book titled Stan Douglas by the author Christine Van Assche. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In Women Artists in Midcentury America , readers embark on a journey spanning two decades, delving into the evolving social and artistic landscapes through the lens of all-women exhibitions. These...

Asphalt Renaissance is a brilliant account of the rebirth and re-imagining of the art of street painting by top artist Kurt Wenner. He revolutionized this tradition by creating a technique...

Unleash the Myth and Magic of Yokai with 160 Enchanting Stickers of Japan's Most Fascinating Creatures! Japanese yokai come in every imaginable shape, colour and size. These supernatural creatures all...

In the early 1960s, American printmaking experienced a dynamic resurgence that placed it at the heart of artistic practice. Such was the medium's attraction that by 1970 virtually every major...

This is the first book, painstakingly researched from many scattered sources, to identify the key elements of what in our own time has become a popular and collectable area of...

The Art of Titanfal l will take readers on a no-holds barred look at Respawn Entertainment's hugely anticipated multiplayer shooter featuring exclusive concept and development art, showcasing the all-out warfare...

Stunning photographs offer a visual journey through London's Art Deco style--from factories and underground stations to theaters and private residences This richly illustrated book offers a fascinating and detailed look...

Roman Imperialism and Provincial Art focuses on the art works created in the provinces of the Roman Empire. Heretofore marginalized, or at best understood in terms of emulations of the...

Sketch, draw and illustrate your own maps using this uniquely creative guide. From transit maps to mind maps, and from maps of journeys to maps of the human body, Hand-Drawn...

Stunningly updated, totally redesigned, practical, and ready to use This new edition of Michael Doyle's classic Color Drawing is the ultimate up-to-date resource for professionals and students who need to...

Internet meme meets classical art in Svetlana Petrova's brilliant Fat Cat Art. Featuring her 22-pound, ginger-colored cat Zarathustra superimposed into some of the greatest art works of all time, Petrova's...

For one-/two-semester courses in Art History Survey. Designed to guide students through the often disorienting experience of taking a first art history class, this text addresses all aspects of that...

First Choice Second Edition is a continuing opportunity to learn how the world's top designers approach and evaluate their work. In an attempt to demonstrate the broad parameters of design,...

Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl Earring is almost as famous as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa . And yet the life and work of the painter remains as enigmatic as...

Hiroshige is one of the most important artists of the Japanese woodblock print and is considered a master of "ukiyo-e," the "pictures of the floating world." His evocative illustrations show...

The book titled Camille: Life of Camille Claudel, Rodin's Muse and Mistress by the author Reine-Marie Paris. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

New edition of Van Gogh in the popular Masterpieces of Art series. Part of a new series of beautiful gift art books, Van Gogh Masterpieces of Art features all of...

No artist has rivalled John Constable (1776-1837) in his powers to express the beauties of the British countryside, especially the scenery of his native East Anglia. He sought above all...

Despite his posthumous fame as a painter of flowers, still-lifes, gardens, landscapes and city scenes, during his lifetime Vincent van Gogh believed that his portraits constituted his most important works....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBehind every legendary voice lies an extraordinary life — and few voices of the twentieth century were as luminous, or...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of poetry and music lies one of Western art's most intimate and searching forms —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before digital cameras and smartphone apps democratised the moving image, mastering the craft of film making demanded...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of ancient spiritual tradition and modern artistic expression stands A Myriad of Dreaming:...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEvery year, the vast red heart of Australia pulses with creative energy as Indigenous artists from remote communities...

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