Art & Photography Books
Jbe Books Raphaël Barontini We Could Be Heroes
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£28.50
Yvon Lambert Distances Vol.II
Book SynopsisRomain Laprade is a French photographer. After his studies, he first worked at Vogue Paris magazine as a graphic designer and then at Holiday magazine, but his passion for photography, which has inspired him since the age of 15, finally led him to make it his job. The photographs of Romain Laprade evolved in a few years into a subtle and intriguing visual signature. His style stands out by focusing on banal details that he transforms into iconic images. His warm tones, his sense of composition and his solar work also interest brands in the constant quest for novelties and help to make them recognised through various publications. (Aesop, Rimowa, Mr Porter, Hermes, Isabel Marant, ...). Romain Laprade freezes lines and surfaces through his own aesthetic and photographic vocabulary, often drawn from modernist architecture. The anodyne details, minimalist compositions, marked lights, which he accumulated over the last 5 years in many photographs, are capable of providing an exquisite and p
£27.55
Edition Skylight My Favourite Top Models
£48.75
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Circle Square Progress
Book SynopsisThey were reviled, ridiculed, and ignored. Today, the Zurich Concretists along with Dada are considered the most important art movement originating from Switzerland. Circle! Square! Progress! tells the story of the city's avant-garde movement, which is rooted in the Bauhaus and renewed the formal language of art, shaped design and architecture, and also positioned itself politically. It traces its relations to the heroes of ConstructivistConcrete art, such as Johannes Itten, Piet Mondrian, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Theo van Doesburg, and Georges Vantongerloo, and looks at the influences that came from graphic art and advertising, jazz music and dance, colour theory, and mathematics.Max Bill, Camille Graeser, Verena Loewensberg, and Richard Paul Lohse a group incidentally thrown together rather than true conspirators formed the centre of gravity of a milieu that wrestled with critics, institutions, and authorities. Lavishly illustrated, the book explores Z
£33.75
Taschen GmbH Peter Lindbergh. Untold Stories
Book SynopsisThe first-ever exhibition curated by Peter Lindbergh himself, shortly before his untimely death, Untold Stories at the Düsseldorf Kunstpalast served as a blank canvas for the photographer's unrestrained vision and creativity. Given total artistic freedom, Lindbergh curated an uncompromising collection that sheds an unexpected light on his colossal oeuvre. This book offers an extensive, firsthand look at the highly personal collection. Renowned the world over, Lindbergh's images have left an indelible mark on contemporary culture and photo history. Here, the photographer experiments with his own oeuvre and narrates new stories while staying true to his lexicon. In both emblematic and never-before-seen images, he challenges his own icons and presents intimate moments shared with personalities who had been close to him for years, including Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman, Robin Wright, Jessica Chastain, Naomi Campbell, Charlotte Rampling and many more.This volume pre
£13.94
Onomatopee Greenhouse Stories: A Critical Re-Examination of
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£20.90
Blacksmith Books The Ink Trail
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£16.19
White Goat Press Yiddish A Global Culture
£43.95
Yale University Press The Pocket
Book SynopsisA New York Times Best Art Book of 2019Trade Review“What particularly interests Burman and Fennetaux is the way in which women of all classes have historically used these tie-on pockets as a supplementary body part to help them negotiate their way through a world that was not built to suit them”—Kathryn Hughes, Guardian"In this riveting book, the authors take advantage of the pockets' frequent survival in textile museums, private collections and family holdings across Britain, tracing their presence in art, literature, political satire, domestic organization and court records."—Roberta Smith, New York Times "Best Art Books of 2019"'The authors' careful research is enthralling . . . a very handsome illustrated book'—Libération'A fascinating book'—Le Monde"Occupying the hinterland between dress and underwear, the pocket has been discounted as rather too private and individual to yield universal truth, yet that is exactly what Burman and Fennetaux have done with this remarkable new study."—Selvedge“[T]his is not just a book about pockets as a material artefact, but a rich social and cultural history of women and their lives.”—Elizabeth Spencer, Cultural and Social History“From its very beginning, the book invites the readers to immerse themselves into the fascinating world of the pocket and cleverly presents stories of objects that illuminate a range of practices related to the daily life, whether in material,textual, or visual form.”—Alicia Mihalic, The Journal of Dress History“Beautifully designed and wonderfully illustrated…This kind of focused and revolutionary study opens a bright destiny for interdisciplinary research in the Humanities.”—Dr. Axel Moulinier, Kunst Chronik"Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux demonstrate the riches to be found in a unique gendered accessory – the tie-on pocket. They illuminate centuries of British women’s history through their deep knowledge of material culture, showcasing women’s priorities and embodied experiences. Omnipresent, though often hidden, pockets evoked fashion and female virtues. Recovered histories of pockets, their embellishment and persistent usage, reveal vital features of women’s lives"– Professor Beverly Lemire, Henry Marshall Tory Chair at the University of Alberta"The extensive archival research and thoughtful analysis elevate the pocket beyond a utilitarian piece of clothing, illustrating — with great success — the ways in which the nuances and details of women's lived experiences can be expressed through material objects."—Charlotte Fletcher, University of Southampton in the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies“The Pocket is a deft and adroit history of women’s lives as told through their clothing. It illuminates women’s lives in their richness and complexity, taking the reader as close to historical ‘experience’ as it is possible to be.”—Anna Parker, Review 31“The Pocket is an enlightening and engaging account of both the use of tie-on pockets and women’s material lives in the long eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and is to be highly commended.”—Rebecca Unsworth, Textile History [Journal]"Providing an exhaustive and compelling account of the pocket, the authors deliver on their intention, demonstrating the insight this small relic of dress history can give us into the lives of women who made, purchased, exchanged and wholeheartedly relished the pocket.”—Jessica Harpley, Journal of Design History
£17.99
Yale Center for British Art Turners Last Sketchbook
Book SynopsisA beautifully produced facsimile of the last known intact sketchbook by J. M. W. Turner
£19.00
Yale University Press Italian Paintings at the Yale University Art Gal Volume 1 12301420
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£72.25
Penguin Publishing Group Drawing the Head and Figure A Howto Handbook That
Book SynopsisA how-to handbook that makes drawing easy. Offers simplified techniques and scores of brand-new hints and helps. Step by step procedures. Hundreds of illustrations.
£12.94
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Cubism and Reality
Book SynopsisWhat was Cubism? How did this strange new way of making paintings and sculptures enable artists so decisively to change the trajectory of Modern Art'? In responding to these questions, distinguished art historian Christopher Green presents a bold new interpretation of the movement and three of its key protagonists. Stemming from a critical re-evaluation of the author's own first responses to Cubist artworks, as a student of the late artist and critic John Golding, Cubism and Reality challenges the commonly-held view of Cubism as either a retreat from reality into abstraction, or an invitation to convert the real into the surreal', arguing instead that Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, and Juan Gris wanted, above all, to find ways of intensifying and expanding painting's capacity to give viewers more, not less, of their lived experience of the world.Lavishly illustrated and filled with rich new insights and approaches to the artwork that are the product of decades' wo
£27.54
Getty Trust Publications African Masks and Emotions
Book SynopsisIn this open-access text, Z.S. Strother uses ethnographic studies of individual mask cultures in Africa to dispute the assumptions that masks universally hide, reveal, or transform.
£16.14
Firefly Books Hollywood Fashion
Book SynopsisHollywood Fashion explores the art and legacy of the cinematic costume designer, starting with the birth of the modern motion picture industry on a prime piece of California real estate known as Hollywood. Readers will discover how film clothing evolved from actors selecting items from their home wardrobes to outfits customized for their roles.
£17.99
MIT Press Design for Resilience Making the Future We Leave
Book SynopsisA beautifully written and illustrated framework for resilient design that is as pragmatic as it is inspiring, showing us not only how but why we should design differently.Design for Resilience is a timely, visionary map for creating restorative design that addresses humanity’s most critical issue: climate change. Our current wealth-oriented economic systems have resulted in gross disparities, war, refugee crises, and mass migrations that augur a bleak collective future. In this book, respected scholar Stuart Walker combines formidable research with practical examples to offer a hopeful, original, and transformative view of what resilient design looks like and how it can apply to all aspects of life, from personal objects to food to culture to business to recreation.Working at the intersection of theory, philosophy, history, environmentalism, and justice, Walker offers a fresh approach that decolonizes design thinking to fundamentally ch
£25.60
MIT Press Radical Pedagogies
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£41.25
MIT Press Black Elegies
Book SynopsisA poignant, unflinching study of black grief as a form of elegy found in visual art, music, literature?everywhere, if you know how to see it.In Black Elegies, Kimberly Juanita Brown examines the form of the elegy and its unique capacity to convey the elongated grief borne of sustained racial violence. Structured around the sensorial, the book moves through sight, sound, and touch to reveal what Okwui Enwezor calls the ?national emergency of black grief.? With her characteristic literary skill, Brown analyzes the work of major figures including Toni Morrison, Carrie Mae Weems, Audre Lorde, and Marvin Gaye, among others.Brown contemplates recognizable sites of mourning: forced migration and enslavement, bodily violations, imprisonment and death. And she examines sites that do not register immediately as archives of grief: the landscape of southern U.S. slave plantations, a spontaneous street party, a quilt constructed out of the clothing worn by a loved one, a dance performance to hold the memory of history, and an aeolian harp installed at an institute of European art, among others. In this, the book offers a framework of mourning while black, within the parameters of contemporary artistic production. Brown asks: How do you mourn those you are not supposed to see? And where does the grief go? She shows us that grief is everywhere: ?It spills out of photographs and modulates music. It hovers in the tenor and tone of cinematic performances. It resides in the body like an inspired concept, waiting for its articulation.?
£15.96
MIT Press Ltd The Beauty of Games
Book SynopsisHow games create beauty and meaning, and how we can use them to explore the aesthetics of thought.Are games art? This question is a dominant mode of thinking about games and play in the twenty-first century, but it is fundamentally the wrong question. Instead, Frank Lantz proposes in his provocative new book, The Beauty of Games, that we think about games and how they create meaning through the lens of the aesthetic. We should think of games, he writes, the same way we think of literature, theater, or music?as a form that ranges from deep and profound to easy and disposable, and everything in between. Games are the aesthetic form of interactive systems, a set of possibilities connected by rules of cause and effect. In this book, Lantz analyzes games from chess to poker to tennis to understand how games create beauty and evoke a deeper meaning. He suggests that we think of games not only as hyper-modern objects but also as forms within the ancient context of artistic production, encompassing all of the nebulous and ephemeral qualities of the aesthetic experience.
£15.29
Yale University Press Van Gogh and the AvantGarde
Book SynopsisAn examination of the innovative portrayals of industry and leisure created by five avant-garde artists working at Asnières in the late nineteenth century
£31.50
Yale University Press Mood of the Moment
Book SynopsisAn exploration of fashion designer Gaby Aghion’s life, career, and legacy at the French fashion house Chloé
£45.00
Yale University Press Robert Rauschenberg Fabric Works of the 1970s
£45.00
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Pop Manga Stickerology
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£16.31
Quarto Publishing PLC Hockney
Book SynopsisFollow 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 drawings that proudly exclaim that ‘spring cannot be cancelled’, this charming biography traces the captivating life and times of David Hockney. Drawn entirely on an iPad in a fun, fully illustrated style – and in homage to Hockney's own iPad drawings – this is a colourful, thought-provoking and joyous story of one of the world's best-loved artists. Trade Review"A 'must' for the legions of David Hockney fans, this hardcover edition of Hockney: A Graphic Life from Frances Lincoln accurately and informatively follows the life journey of David Hockney's exceptional life and career as an artist." * Midwest Book Review *
£15.29
Leaping Hare Press Draw Your Own Mantra
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£13.49
Phaidon Press Ltd Larry Fink
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the 40 year career of the American photographer.Trade Review"Liberally illustrated with images of capricious, and occasionally malicious, glee."—Photography MonthlyTable of ContentsPortrait of the photographer; 4,000-word essay by subject expert; 55 photographs presented chronologically over 110 pages (1 photograph per spread, with title and 1 paragraph commentary); Brief biography of the photographer
£16.10
Phaidon Press Ltd The Nature of Photographs
Book SynopsisAn essential primer on how to look at and understand photographs.Trade Review"This book has the power to transform the way you view, and understand, photographic prints forever."—Black & White Photography "Intelligently written and beautifully composed... Insightful..."—Digital Photographer "A lucid, perceptive and thought-provoking book."—Exit "The Nature of Photographs is stuffed with gorgeous prints, from classic images to contemporary pieces."—Boston Phoenix "A beautiful art photography book that will be the last textbook you need on the subject."—TokionTable of ContentsThe book is divided into four main chapters: The Physical Level, The Depictive Level, The Mental Level and Mental Modelling. It also includes a prologue by Stephen Shore and a full list of works.
£17.95
Phaidon Press Ltd Art Is the Highest Form of Hope Other Quotes by
Book SynopsisAdvice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world’s greatest artists – exclusively researched for this book.Trade ReviewAs featured in Harper's Bazaar, Modern Luxury Aspen, Real Simple, and on mental_floss, Swiss Miss, and Vice's Amuse 'If the title of this book alone doesn't have you sold, then the list of contributing artists in this book should ... The uplifting autumn almanac you need.' – VICE 'This isn't one of those mediocre books of gooey inspirational quotes. This is a beautiful, thoroughly researched collection of real words from real artists. Anyone struggling with their creative life will find comfort and guidance here - I plan to keep it on my shelf and flip to a random page when I'm stuck.' – Austin Kleon, New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like An Artist 'A brilliant book of quotations by artists for everyone. It includes life lessons, private revelations and frank thoughts on money, sex, failure, creativity and originality.' – Evening Standard '[T]his handsome leather book will serve as entertainment and resource for all creative minds. Plus, with its easy-to-navigate index with original sources, you'll be sure you're quoting your heroes correctly, and that is a thing of beauty.' – Real Simple 'A handy, dip-in/dip-out collection ... More than inspiration, the book gives an empathetic insight into the artistic life... I opened the package over coffee and the graphic, monochrome cover drew in a charming stranger. All "new" quotes - sources catalogued at the end - not a repackaging of the same old, Art Is ... a companion, a guide, and a friend for the lonely business of creativity.' – Disorder 'The most honest advice from the art world's biggest names ... Everyone has their two cents when it comes to advice. But with the amplification that the internet allows it's easy for any iota of substance to be drowned out. For every actual pearl of wisdom there are often 100 corny and empty memes on Instagram ... Thankfully, there is now an almost pocket-sized guide to get you through. Art Is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists - published last month by Phaidon - rounds up hundreds of quotes taken from the diaries, letters, interviews, memoirs, monographs, and more, of the world's most notable artists ... Brilliant minds coming together between two covers.' – Dazed 'Art is the Highest Form of Hope brings the wisdom of visual artists to the public, collecting some of the best quotes from the art world... You don't have to be an artist to appreciate the sage advice.' – mental_floss 'Beautifully produced, typographically inventive... The advice, aphorisms and wisdom of 290 artists.' – Art Quarterly 'This thought-provoking book relies on the persuasive power of well-considered words, creating a typographical delight in the process.' – A-N 'People who post motivational quotes on Instagram are legitimately the worst, but these quotes from your favourite artists are actually great. Like, life-affirming, motivating, moving. All of that. Buy this for someone you give a shit about.' – Dazed '[F]abulous.' – Modern Luxury Aspen 'I like the way the book has been printed in a variety of type faces and sizes. It makes the quotes leap off the page ... Who said: 1) I don't believe in Art. I believe in myself? 2) It is not my intention to make anything comprehensible. 3) I've always had a thing about glass. I leave you to find out. Surprise your friends with your knowledge.' – Mature Times 'It is easy to get lost in Art is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists. It's 333 pages of intriguing quotes creatively presented in a variety of typefaces. These are not the typical shopworn quotes made dull by overuse... It's addictive ... There are gems on every page ... If you need to be challenged, if you desire some hope, if you want your thinking to be rearranged, this is the perfect book.' – Florida Weekly 'Wise words.' – Marylebone and Fitzrovia Magazine 'Super fun and inspiring to flip through ... The pages are filled with creative, motivational, and empowering quotes from celebrated artists around the globe.' – MyDomaine'This stylish book will look great on any art lover's coffee table, but that's not the only reason we love it: it's a carefully curated set of quotes from some of our favorite artists. Ranging from serious and insightful to hilarious and silly, the multitude of sayings will have your friend poring over this book's pages until the wee hours of the morning.' – Domino
£17.95
Phaidon Press Ltd Brick
Book SynopsisAn unrivalled exploration of the world's most surprising and inspiring brick architecture - in a stylish, compact formatTrade Review"Intriguing... Remarkable and beautiful brick buildings."—The Hill Resident"An oddly engaging work for such a simple premise, and a glowing testament to the small details that make a huge impact."—The Essential Journal"Brick, in its new mini format, takes a mighty look at one of the world's most familiar and popular building materials."—Aspire: Design and Home Magazine"Brick is a visual ode to the humble red block, perhaps humanity's best idea."—LA Times
£14.20
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Modern Calligraphy
Book SynopsisModern calligraphy uses a brush pen and paper to create beautiful, hand-lettered art. Now you can learn to form your own whimsical, inspired artwork with the help of Modern Calligraphy. Unlike traditional calligraphy, which typically uses a pen to form consistent letters that follow stricter guidelines, modern calligraphy allows you to personalize your hand-lettered art. There are fewer rules, which adds to the fun! You can add color, florals, and other embellishments, and the process is more relaxing and whimsical. It’s ideal for beginning calligraphers and anyone else looking to make hand-lettered art without a lot of guidelines.Modern Calligraphy features step-by-step projects for using a brush pen and paper to form letters, words, and embellishments. Once you’ve learned the basics of brush lettering, use the helpful tips and gorgeous artwork to create your own elegant-but-fun lettered artwork. Then you caTrade Review"Simple yet comprehensive, this is a must-read for budding calligraphers." * Publishers Weekly *"An ideal and unreservedly recommended DIY instructional guide and 'how to' manual...Beautifully and informatively illustrated." * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction How to Use This Book Setting the Right Mindset Tools & Materials Tips for Fun & Efficient Practicing The Fundamentals of Brush Lettering Finding Your Own Lettering Style Flourishes & Embellishments Turning Lettering into Artwork Lettering Projects Creative Prompts & Challenges to Unlock Your Creativity Next Steps Templates & Practice Materials About the Artist
£17.09
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Drawing Class Animals
Book SynopsisFrom Heegyum Kim, artist and author of Quarry’s Draw 62…and Make Them Cute series, Drawing Class: Animals is a collection of 60 fun, beginner-level lessons for drawing animals in pencil, along with QR codes that link to video tutorials.Trade Review"Artists and doodlers will love this step-by-step method of drawing 60 different animals using simple shapes, such as rectangles, triangles and semicircles. Fun and easy-to-follow, this book of techniques can be enjoyed by children, teens, and adults." * Library Journal STARRED Review *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Home & Farm Cat Dog Horse Guinea Pig Goose Pig Sheep Elephant Lion Zebra Rhino Fennec Fox Hedgehog Wild Boar Badger Brown Bear Panda Squirrel Koala Moose Bison Wolf Elephant Shrew Yak Crawlers & Fliers Cricket Ladybug Moth Dragonfly Beetle Woodpecker Quail Crow Red Lory Hummingbird Eagle Xenops Albatross Rainforest Bat 80 Iguana Tiger Monkey Capybara Jaguar Sloth Orangutan Sea, Shore & Wetlands Alligator Beaver Frog Walrus Jellyfish Lobster Shark Sea Turtle Fish Seahorse Squid Legendary Creatures X-Ray Fish Dinosaur Dodo Unicorn About the Author
£11.69
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Chibi World Coloring
Book SynopsisColor in all kinds of cute and cool chibi art—including a kitsune fox, pop star, basketball player, and dragon—with this beautiful coloring book!Chibi World Coloring features: Quality paper, which lets you color with your choice of colored pencils, crayons, markers, and more More than 30 coloring pages, including cute and cool characters and scenes One-sided printing for display purposes and to avoid bleed-through Patterns on the back of each page for additional visual interest and more coloring if desired Have fun coloring: Adorable animals Chibi characters in various action poses Fantasy characters And much more! A perfect choice for: Coloring book hobbyists Manga and anime enthusiasts Aspiring manga, chibi, and kawaii artists Manga, comic book, and
£10.79
Walter Foster Publishing Learn to Draw Morgana and Oz
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£13.49
Walter Foster Publishing The Official Tower of God Coloring Book
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£10.44
Walter Foster Publishing Learn to Draw Cursed Princess Club
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£13.49
Walter Foster Publishing Rug Tufting with SIMJI
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£17.09
Quarry Books Sweater Success
£16.99
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Goblincore Coloring Book
Book SynopsisEmbrace the chaos, the grime, and the gnarly with Goblincore Coloring Book. If you loved tromping through the woods and making mud pies as a child, then you’ll love goblincore, where you can celebrate the lesser-appreciated aspects of nature in all its imperfections. Whether you’re a lover of frogs and snails, mushrooms and moss, or fairies and the goblin king, there’s something for you in Goblincore Coloring Book. Inspired by earth and nature, the goblincore aesthetic relishes the wonderful diversity all around us, both the beautiful and the beautifully ugly. Designed to help you get coloring but also to help you to explore your own personal creative side, you will find: More than 120 fantastical coloring designs Beautiful line-drawn art An intricate meditative pattern to color on the back of each page Just as there is no right or wrong way to u
£9.11
Tuttle Publishing Dollar Origami Kit
£7.97
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Creating the Perfect Form
Book SynopsisHow can the cut of a 19th century gown control its shape? Can you re-create a historic profile from a contemporary mannequin? How can paintings help you analyse historic silhouettes and the corsets and petticoats worn underneath? Conservation and historic dress display specialist Janet Wood will help you answer all these questions. You''ll learn how historic garments can be safely handled and shown to best effect, with insight into the characteristic features of each piece and how to translate them from the garment to a display support.Concentrating on Western women''s wear from 17501950, and with over 250 colour images, plus drawings and charts, you'll learn how to interpret an individual garment's display needs and create safe, appropriate display forms.
£23.74
Orion Publishing Co The Short Story of Contemporary Art
Book SynopsisA new, innovative introduction to the story of contemporary art, from the 1970s to today. Part of the bestselling The Short Story of series.
£17.09
Laurence King The Minimalist Photographer
Book SynopsisFind out how to transform the ordinary into something extraordinary with this guide to minimalist photography. With advice on composition, balance, shape and texture, this book takes inspiration from the masters of minimalism to demonstrate how stripping a subject down to its very essence can help you craft beautifully bold and unique images. Illustrated with the finest examples of the style from the likes of Fan Ho, Imogen Cunningham, Michael Kenna, Berenice Abbott, William Eggleston and Horst P. Horst, this book guides you through the key techniques that define minimalism and provides easy-to-follow advice for how to create your own minimalist images that are visually striking in their simplicity.
£15.29
Orion Publishing Co The Story of Impressionism
£15.29
David & Charles The Artful Hand Playing Cards Watercolor Tips Tricks
£11.51
David & Charles Watercolour Mixing Deck Landscapes
£16.19
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Sea Painters World
Book SynopsisThis timely follow-up to Conway''s highly successful Marine Art of Geoff Hunt (2004) presents the considerable artistic output of Britain''s leading marine painter since 2003. This new volume is heavily illustrated with images ranging from large paintings to sketchbook drawings with text written by the artist himself. The new book reflects Hunt''s developing career during a time in which he served a five-year term as President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, worked on large-scale paintings such as the definitive Mary Rose,and also completed numerous outdoor sketches and paintings. The book is divided into six sections: 1. The Sea Painter''s World, an introduction to the artist''s studio work at Merton Place, London and his plein air work on the River Thames; 2. Home Waters; 3. The Mediterranean; 4. In the Wake of Nelson; 5. North America and 6. The West Indies and Beyond. This concept sets Geoff''s work in a broadly geographical context, showcasing the artist''s freer plein airTrade ReviewAnother magnificent volume of the work of one of the undisputed foremost maritime artists of our own time, well-known to many of our readers, this one covering many of Geoff Hunt’s recent paintings. The last time I had the pleasure of receiving a volume of his paintings was three years ago, the book written and produced together with Brian Lavery on HMS Surprise, containing all the cover paintings of the Patrick O’Brian books as well as a wealth of others. This new book covers Geoff Hunt’s work since then as well as some earlier paintings. In contrast to the HMS Surprise volume, there is greater diversity of subject here. Though the artist’s home period is clearly that of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, we are taken right back to the 16th century with his definitive study of the Mary Rose based on all the researched information now available (culminating in his now well-known 2009 painting reproduced in the book) and right up to the present day HMS Bulwark at the International Fleet review on 28th June 2005, HMS Dragon building at VT Portsmouth and HMS Ark Royal in drydock at Portsmouth in May 2009. Modern sail and port scenes are covered as well. Not only is this book as stunning as one would expect for the many beautifully reproduced paintings, but it also affords an insight into the creative processes of the marine artist himself. It takes us through his sources, right back to the 16th Century Anthony Rolls in the case of the Mary Rose painting and research, to preliminary and developing sketches for the final painting and into the artist’s studio itself. Several chapters are written as case studies of the evolution of final works of art; apart from HMS Bulwark and Mary Rose we have ‘The Mediterranean – Case Study III : Jack Aubrey’s Port Mahon in 1800’; ‘In the Wake of Admiral Nelson – Case Study IV : The Battle of the Nile’; ‘North America – Case Study V : Chasing the Rainbow’ and similar. There are several subjects here of particular interest to American members, such as the CSS Alabama sailing from Cherbourg in June 1864 to fight the USS Kearsage and a fine study of the big Humphreys frigate USS United States making passage in a good sailing breeze under all plain sail. Then, ‘Under Fire off Manhattan’, ‘Ranger Goes a-Roving’, ‘Hancock and Fox’, ‘The USS Chesapeake leaving Boston Harbor’, finally ‘USS Constitution at the Battle of Tripoli 1804’ and the cover painting for James Nelson’s The Continental Risque. Trafalgar is to the fore, and the subsequent Strachan’s Action. Our readers will have noticed that Jack Aubrey is still very much in evidence, but so is Hornblower, with ‘HMS Hotspur off Brest 1803’; ‘Dangerous waters: HMS Renown; HMS Lydia hove down and refitting in the Pacific and ‘HMS Sutherland’s Last Battle’. There are many more fascinating subjects, from racing tea clippers (The Great Tea Race of 1866’) to WWI battlecruisers (‘HMS Indomitable entering Grand Harbour, Valetta’). The cover image depicts Sir George Collier’s Squadron in Penobscot Bay, 14th August 1779 Another beautiful book to treasure, from Conway’s excellent production team and from one of the very foremost maritime artists working today, the incomparable Geoff Hunt. -- Roger Marsh * Historical Naval Fiction *
£31.50
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Sonic The Hedgehog Encyclo-speed-ia
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£35.99
Workman Publishing Bugs
Book SynopsisThis book brings you up close and personal with eight different bug species in astounding motion. Another addition to the bestselling Photicular series with over 1.3 million books in print, Bugs zooms into the tiny world of insects. Watch a grasshopper diving for its pray, a house fly rubbing its fore legs, a tarantula skittering across the floor, a leaf-cutter ant hauling a giant leaf up a branch, a dung beetle pushing its ball up a hill, a close-up of a damselfly's enormous eyes, and more. BUGS offers readers an up-close look at bugs in motion and a window into how they move and behave. Science writer Mara Grunbaum provides an opening essay that delves into the fascinating behavior of these wonderful creatures as well as a detailed profile accompanying each image.
£19.80
