Art and Design

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in twentieth-century classical music cast as long a shadow as Benjamin Britten, and Benjamin Britten 1913–1976: Pictures from a Life stands as...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodWhat does it mean to make art, and where does that primordial urge truly begin? On the Origin of Art is a landmark anthology...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingShe was the most enigmatic star Hollywood ever produced — a woman whose beauty was matched only by...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodBehind every beloved fairy tale, every iconic cartoon, and every magical theme park stands one singular visionary — Walter Elias Disney. Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse...

America gibt uns die Sicht des russischen Immigranten Constantin Boym auf seine neue Heimat: Amerika, sein Lebensstil und seine Landschaften bedeuten fur den Designer und Kunstler eine unerschopfliche Inspirationsquelle -...

The book titled Actors as Artists by the author Jim McMullan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Explore the psychological principles behind why people form emotional attachments to branded products. In The Meaning of Branded Objects, psychologist, professor, and branding expert Dr. Tom Guarriello reveals the powerful...

'A sensational book. Chan roves across her vast subject with confidence and grace, thrilling the reader with one eye-opening insight after another. I will never see art, and hear music,...

Published to accompany the Royal Academy exhibition from 29 June to 13 October 2024, a major study of Ukrainian art from 1900 to the mid-1930s - with loans from major...

Groundbreaking in both its content and its presentation, Art Since 1900 has been hailed as a landmark study in the history of art. Conceived by some of the most influential...

Western art has evolved through a wide range of styles, each characterized by its own unique philosophy and masterpieces. This series is a visual tribute to these formative movements in...

Area_2 is the second volume in the graphics version of Phaidon's award-winning series of curated compendiums, which includes Cream, Fresh Cream, Blink, 10x10, 10x10_2, and Spoon. Covering all manifestations of...

Art? Erotica? Or Pornography? Discussions of what actually constitutes erotic art are incredibly complex and usually highly controversial. The naked body in art has been with us since the earliest...

Cultivate a socially responsible design process with Universal Methods of Ethical Design, the first comprehensive survey of ethically centered design practices. Are you ready to design for good? Join the...

Anselm Kiefer and the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger is a work of cultural history that situates the art works of one of the most important contemporary painters in relation to...

Each of the 18 essays in this collection looks at a different artist within the framework of specific theoretical and historical questions. The art movements covered include Nouveau Realisme in...

More tham 450 stunning photographes taken on expeditions to the South and North Poles with descriptions of the explorations and biographies of the men taking part.

Daniel Boyd (b 1982) is one of Australia's most acclaimed young artists. His practice is internationally recognised for its manifold engagement with the colonial history of the Australia-Great Ocean (Pacific)...

The avant-garde is a twentieth-century phenomenon. By the turn of the nineteenth century, artists were beginning to address a far larger audience than ever before, and it was one on...

Winner of the American Publishers Association's Award for an outstanding Professional and Scholarly title and the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 1996 from the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain.In...

Visuality before and beyond the Renaissance examines the phenomenon of "seeing" through a study of art works from Ancient Mesopotamia, China, Africa, and European works ranging from Antiquity to the...

Marcel Duchamp is a founding figure of 20th-century art and culture, the common source to which many contemporary movements trace their roots. His career has often been celebrated for its...

The book titled Technique Anglaise: Current Trends in British Art by the author Andrew Renton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Pablo Picasso turned the ephemera of everyday life into pioneering cubist collage, and reinvented the paintings of old masters for the 20th century. Does this make him an artistic genius?...

The history of twentieth-century visual arts can no longer be written as a succession of avant-garde movements, contends eminent art historian Bernard Smith in this stimulating book. He argues that...

Streeton's letters express his interests and anxieties about his work, show his development from a romantic youth to a weary old man, and provide an insight into Australian society and...

Briefly traces the development of the city, describes buildings of historic and architectural significance, and includes information about architects and architectural terms and styles.

Featuring breathtaking photographs of masks created by a renowned twenty-first-century craftsman, this book provides a unique perspective into noh and kyogen, two of the oldest surviving forms of theater in...

Though images of women were ubiquitous in the Roman world, these were seldom intended to be taken simply at face value. The importance of marriage, motherhood and political stability was...

*One of The Village Voice 's Favourite Books for 2012* This collection of quotes demonstrates the elegant simplicity of Ai Weiwei's thoughts on key aspects of his art, politics, and...

Around the middle of the nineteenth century, painters, novelists, playwrights, and theorists of architecture seized on the interior as a metaphor for selfhood, vision and spatiality. This book shows how...

'The perfect printed tool for Prada fans everywhere' Wallpaper* With 2.5 million copies in print, each cloth-bound volume in the official and authorized Catwalk series is produced in close collaboration...

A moving account of how war is remembered - and by whom 'Impressive. A hundred individual histories, skillfully assembled, built into a poignant meditation on why they still matter' David...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers in the English language have wielded wit as a weapon quite like Oscar...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodStep back into the storied streets of nineteenth-century Victoria with Historic Melbourne Sketchbook, a richly illustrated tribute to one of Australia's most architecturally magnificent...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the first convict performances on the shores of Sydney Cove in 1788 to the rich theatrical tapestry of the Federation era,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew names in American theatre carry the electric wit and razor-sharp intelligence of George S. Kaufman, and By George: A Kaufman Collection brings together...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWhat separates a truly literary mind from a merely learned one? The Unprosaic Imagination: Essays and Lectures on the Study...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingEric Gill — sculptor, typographer, printmaker, and one of the most provocative Catholic intellectuals of the twentieth century — gathers his final meditations into...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingBefore George Bernard Shaw conquered the theatrical world with his incendiary plays and polemical wit, he spent nearly a decade as one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFor any devotee of the operatic stage, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera stands as the definitive companion to one of the world's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFor craftsmen who seek to master one of woodworking's most rewarding disciplines, The Practical Wood Turner stands as an indispensable guide to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew Australian painters achieved the level of international acclaim that Rupert Bunny did, yet his extraordinary legacy remained...

Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew Australian artists have lived as vividly and painted as fiercely as John Perceval,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the vivid, boundary-defying world of Mousganistan, Belgian-Moroccan photographer Mous Lamrabat constructs an entirely imaginary nation — a utopian land where Islamic culture collides, fuses, and...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn The Bush in Bloom: A Wildflower Artist's Year in Paintings & Words, celebrated Australian botanical artist Kathleen McArthur invites...