Art and Design

Masterpieces by Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain, Domenichino, Giambattista Tiepolo and Francesco Guardi feature in this detailed catalogue of Baroque and later paintings in the Ashmolean Museum. The collection of Italian,...

The Militant Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose educational, philosophical and literary backgrounds...

Here, in over 1,000 specially drawn illustrations, is the most comprehensive and detailed history and sourcebook of children's costume ever published. John Peacock charts the development of every kind of...

Hokusai created sublime works during the last thirty years of his life, right up to his death at the age of ninety. Publications have hitherto presented his long career as...

As artists push further and further beyond their, and our, comfort zones, this book aims to help decipher the bizarre and often intimidating aspects of modern and contemporary art by...

Trash talk like Deadpool with this hilarious authorized book that contains the best insults from the Deadpool comics, allowing you to create thousands of snarky comebacks worthy of the fast-talking...

Humans did not discover fire--they designed it. Design is not defined by software programs, blueprints, or font choice. When we create new things--technologies, organizations, processes, systems, environments, ways of thinking--we...

Everything around us is designed and the word 'design' has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about it? Fifty Hats That Changed the World...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew artistic traditions rival the breathtaking elegance and philosophical depth of Japan's visual heritage, and Japanese Art: 110 Full Colour Illustrations presents a stunning...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerWhat happens when two irreverent wits are let loose among the greatest masterpieces of Western art? Captions Courageous, or Comments...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerSteeped in the charm of one of England's most historically distinctive spa towns, David Peacock's Tunbridge Wells...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerWhat does it truly mean to experience joy? A Book of Joy answers that timeless question through a...

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Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor anyone eager to master the art and science of capturing light, An Introduction to Photography by George L. Wakefield serves as...

Step into the rarefied world of haute couture, where fashion transcends clothing and becomes an art form — Haute Couture: Fashion in Detail presents an extraordinary visual journey through the...

This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in...

A re-creation of the glorious and seductive visual world of eighteenth-century Europe through the life of one of its most notorious figures. In 18th-century Europe, the shape-shifting libertine Giacomo Casanova...

The book titled Carrington: A Life of Dora Carrington, 1893-1932 by the author Gretchen Gerzina. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: pp105-108 looseA life spent among books, paintings, and music is a life richly examined, and The...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor decades, John Cargher was the irreverent, passionate, and brilliantly entertaining voice of classical music and opera on Australian radio, and There's Music in...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the sun-drenched landscapes of colonial Australia to the grand galleries of Europe, Comedy of Life chronicles the remarkable journey of Sir...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor lovers of wit, wordplay, and Victorian theatrical genius, The Savoy Stories presents a charming retelling of the beloved Gilbert and Sullivan operas, transformed...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: price clipped dj; some marks and specks on the board; 76 pages of plates...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the intersection of artistry and industry, the decades between 1860 and 1914 gave rise to one of the most spectacular chapters in decorative...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedA treasure trove for naturalists and art lovers alike, Sketches of Bird Life presents the extraordinary observational genius of C.F. Tunnicliffe R.A., one of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn an era when women were expected to remain firmly within domestic confines, Marianne North defied every convention — picking up her paintbrushes and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodThere is a rhythm to the countryside that most modern lives have forgotten — A Countryman's Year by Alan C. Jenkins restores it, guiding...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor the craftsman who demands both artistry and precision, The Mitchell Beazley Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Working in Wood stands as the definitive reference for...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the vast red plains of the outback to the misty blue ridges of the Great Dividing Range, A Treasury of Australian Landscape Painting...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA breathtaking celebration of Australia's extraordinary avian life, Masterpieces of Australian Bird Photography presents a curated collection of stunning images that capture the raw...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodAt the end of the nineteenth century, a revolution in Australian art transformed the colonial landscape into something radical, luminous, and distinctly national — The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodCondition remarks: **FRENCH TEXT ONLY**Long before the camera captured Paris in its eternal light, the engraver's burin did —...

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The lives, loves and works of key British Surrealists revealed by one of the last surviving members of this movement, bestselling author and artist Desmond Morris. Feted for their idiosyncratic...

The book titled Andy Warhol: The Factory Years, 1964-67 by the author Nat Finkelstein. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodStep back in time to the sunlit shores of Port Phillip Bay, where Williamstown — one of Victoria's oldest and most storied maritime townships —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodA razor-sharp satirical romp through the corridors of broadcast power, White on the Media is a wickedly observed collection of cartoons and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodLondon's streets, squares, and parks are home to some of the world's most powerful works of public sculpture — and The Immortals: London's Finest Statues brings...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Price Clipped inside front of dust jacketRising in monolithic splendour from the red heart of Australia, Uluru — known to the...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerLong before photography captured the raw, sun-scorched reality of colonial Australia, one man's pen and brush did it with startling wit and...

Few names in the history of Western civilisation carry the weight of Leonardo da Vinci — painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. This...

An exploration of colourful collages influenced by autism and the natural world by award-winning environmental artist James Owen Thomas. Foreword by Monty Don. James creates bold, engaging collages and montages...