Art & Photography Books
Yale University Press Euan Uglow
Book Synopsis“I am trying to find out why a subject does look so marvelous, and trying to make that sensation manifest on a flat surface.”—Euan Uglow
£85.50
Chronicle Books Good Movies as Old Books 100 Postcards
Book SynopsisDiscover your favorite films as vintage books! This box of 100 art postcards features original movies reimagined into brilliantly designed book covers.
£22.45
Thames & Hudson Ltd J. M. W. Turner
Book SynopsisIn 1802, at the age of 26, Joseph Mallord William Turner became the youngest ever member of the Royal Academy.Trade Review'Concise, well illustrated, carefully researched and stylishly written with a fascinating chapter on documents and letters' - Artists & Illustrators Magazine
£9.25
Thames & Hudson Ltd Bitten By Witch Fever
Book SynopsisPart social history and part design catalogue, this innovative book delves into the sinister history of 19th-century wallpaper.Trade Review'A highly original and beautifully illustrated volume that contrasts alluring, poison-laden wallpapers with thought-provoking narrative' - Town Daily'Like Horrible Histories, but for grown-ups with a keen interest in interior design' - Emerald Street'Lucinda Hawksley explores the fascinating history of the use of arsenic in textiles and wallpapers. The book is beautifully made' - It’s Nice That'In Hawksley's engaging prose, Morris comes across as a contradictory figure - just like the poisonously beautiful wallpaper that adorned so many Victorian homes and like the sumptuous pages of this handsome book, hiding a dark social history within' - World of Interiors'The bible on this topic – and gorgeous to boot' - BBC HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: Arsenic & Victorian Paper Hangings • 1. Arsenic Murder & Myth 2. Madness in the Method; Poison in the Process • 3. Arsenic in the Home • 4. The Wallpaper Designers • 5. The Public Debate • 6. Getting Away From It All • 7. The Rise of Arsenic-free Wallpaper • Appendix
£24.00
Phaidon Press Ltd Body of Art
Book SynopsisThe first book to celebrate the beautiful and provocative ways artists have represented, scrutinized and utilized the body over centuries.Trade ReviewNamed one of the Top Ten Holiday Art Books of 2015 by Artnet'Body of Art juxtaposes Sandro Botticelli's Venus with Vanessa Beecroft's army of naked women, the iconic head of Nefertiti, and the work of Ryan Trecartin, among many other artists, to stunning effect. Highly recommended.' – Artnet'A few months ago, Body of Art arrived in the post. I plonked it down on a coffee table pile. I've lost count of the number of times I've picked it up since. One moment I am talking to a visitor, the next they have vanished into a gawping reverie as they flip, fascinated, through its pages.' – The Independent'A sumptuous and continually surprising survey... The editors have grouped their pictures in thought-provoking ways... Short interpretive texts make the correspondences more resonant." – RA Magazine'A browser's delight, its chief virtue is juxtaposition... Body of Art is one of those compendious volumes so useful for looking things up.' – The Spectator'The editors of Body of Art...had a daunting amount of material from which to choose for their survey of the human body across centuries and cultures. They have done so with real imagination, deftly mixing the old...with the new...and juxtaposing them in themes... The effects – and the similarities and differences – are continually surprising.' – The Sunday Times'An extensive survey of unique and diverse representations of the human body... guaranteed to impress art and anatomy lovers alike.' – Interview Magazine'Comprehensive and compelling. An impressive range of work' – Aesthetica'A thorough-going exploration of how the body has been represented.' – The Independent'Body of Art positions itself as the most extensive survey of the representation of the body in art ever to be published – a bold claim, but one it deftly pulls off.' – Daily Telegraph'Works are often presented in unlikely but enlightening pairings ... With modest design and concise commentary; this is an intelligent, illuminating survey of a topic that has an enduring appeal." – Daily Telegraph'Ambitious in scope.' – Publishers Weekly'Body of Art is a fascinating study of the myriad ways in which artists have represented the human body, making often surprising and always illuminating connections between centuries, imaginations and media.' – Jennifer Higgie, Writer and co-editor of frieze'Without reflection, it is difficult to understand the integrity of our corporeality, and the way that our mind is intimately interconnected, body and soul.' – Jennifer Blessing, Body of Art
£33.96
Saqi Books Narrative Threads
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£31.50
Yale University Press Biba
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£27.00
Royal Academy of Arts Michael CraigMartin
Book SynopsisSir Michael Craig-Martin CBE RA (b. 1941) is an important figure in British conceptual art, and among the most influential artists and teachers of his generation. Since his rise to prominence in the late 1960s he has moved between sculpture, installation, painting, drawing and print, creating works that fuse elements of pop, minimalism and conceptual art. His work transforms everyday objects from buckets and ladders to trainers, mobile phones and laptops with bold colours and simple, uninflected lines. Renowned as an art educator, he has inspired generations of artists, including the YBAs. This handsome book, the catalogue of the largest exhibition of Craig-Martin's work to have been mounted in the UK, contains thought-provoking texts by the critics Michael Bracewell and Richard Cork, and an illuminating conversation between the artist and the writer Carolina Grau.
£36.00
Oxford University Press Postmodernism
Book SynopsisPostmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music. He treats artists, intellectuals, critics, and social scientists ''as if they were all members of a loosely constituted and quarrelsome political party'' - a party which includes such members as Cindy Sherman, Salman Rushdie, Jacques Derrida, Walter Abish, and Richard Rorty - creating a vastly entertaining framework in which to unravel the mysteries of the ''postmodern condition'', from the politicizing of museum culture to the cult of the politically correct.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewThis VSI is a terrific book. If you've ever had doubts about post-modernism and its manifestations in art, literature and identity politics, yet wondered how intelligent people came to be influenced by it ... if you are open-minded enough to consider whether there is anything worthwhile about postmodernism rather than just be mocked or dismissed out of hand ... this VSI is the book for you. * ANZ LitLovers *Table of Contents1. The rise of postmodernism ; 2. New ways of seeing the world ; 3. Politics and identity ; 4. The culture of postmodernism ; 5. The 'postmodern condition' ; References ; Further reading ; Index
£9.49
Amber Books Ltd Bees
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Taylor & Francis Design for Construction
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£39.99
Thames & Hudson Ltd Brick
Book SynopsisA architecture book that follows the story of brick from 5,000 bc to its use in building today, via the vast baths and basilicas of ancient Rome, through the wonders of Gothic brick in Germany, the majestic temples of Pagan and Mughal mosques in Iran, to its modern revival.Trade Review'Wonderful … highly seductive for any architect, with page after page of beautiful large photographs of every conceivable way of using brick … the pictures, juxtapositions and themes are compelling' - RIBA Journal'As a visually seductive and accessible account of its subject, this book is unlikely to be bettered for many a year' - The Architects’ JournalTable of Contents1. The first brick buildings in Egypt and Mesopotamia • 2. Rome and early Islam • 3. Medieval Europe and later Islam • 4. The Renaissance: Europe and the world • 5. The Eighteenth Century • 6. Industry and romanticism in the 19th century • 7. Tradition, innovation and renewal – the 20th century • 8. Conclusion – ideas for the future
£33.65
Yale University Press Leonardo on Painting
Book SynopsisA selection of Leonardo da Vinci's writings on painting. Martin Kemp and Margaret Walker have edited material not only from his so-called "Treatise on Painting" but also from his surviving manuscripts and from other primary sources.Trade Review"Highly recommended" Apollo Magazine "Highly readable... Also included are documentary sources and letters illuminating Leonardo's career; the manuscript sources for all of Leonardo's statements are fully cited in the notes. The volume is skillfully translated and is illustrated with appropriate examples of drawings and paintings by the artist." Choice "Easier to read and more convenient than previous compilations." Charles Hope, New York Review of Books "A chaotic assemblage of Leonardo da Vinci's writings appeared in 1651 as Treatise on Painting... Kemp successfully applies order to the chaos." ArtNews
£18.04
University of California Press Matisse on Art Revised edition
Book SynopsisThe major writings of Henri Matisse (1869-1954), with the exception of the letters, are collected here along with transcriptions of important interviews and broadcasts given at various stages of Matisse's career. Jack Flam provides a biography, a general introduction that addresses the development of Matisse's aesthetic values and theories, and a critical introduction for each text.
£22.50
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Medieval World Complete
Book SynopsisPresents one of the great ages of European civilization through a sequence of images accompanied by an informed commentary. This book helps readers to explore and understand different facets of the Middle Ages, an era of breathtaking artistic achievement and of religious faith in a world where life was often coarse and cruel and cut short by war.Trade Review'A gloriously detailed and richly illustrated visual record of medieval society ' - BBC History'A masterpiece … a tour de force' - Church Times'A sumptuous book, full of detail and colour … a real treat for anyone interested in the period' - Rachel Bellerby, suite101.comTable of ContentsPerspectives on the Medieval World • 1. Prologue: What Made the Middle Ages? • 2. Salvations of the Soul • 3. Earthly Powers • 4. Medieval Art: The Present Legacy • 5. Everyday Life • 6. The Life of the Mind • 7. Christians and non-Christians • 8. Epilogue: The End of the Middle Ages
£24.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC World History of Design Volume 1
Book SynopsisThis is the first volume of the World History of Design, the definitive historical account of global design by pre-eminent design scholar Victor Margolin. The first volume explores the earliest cave art and human tools, including the key examples of the visual and material culture that were produced in all parts of the world from the first stages of human civilization, the Industrial Revolution and its aftermath, and finally World War I.This richly illustrated volume contains over 380 images, with 72 in full colour.Trade Review… it is an extraordinarily useful compendium. I will turn to it again and again to find new points of connection and departure, and I am sure I won’t be alone. Within our discipline, I hope we can all lay aside the perspectives of our narrow expertise long enough to simply thank Professor Margolin – thank him for his effort, and thank him for his generosity. The most exciting thing about these books is the further scholarship that they will engender. In that sense, they are truly the works of a lifelong teacher. -- Glenn Adamson * West 86th *Table of ContentsVolume 1 Prehistoric Times to World War I 1. The Prehistoric Age 2. The Earliest Civilizations, 7000 BCE - 900 BCE 3. The Classical Age and Early Byzantium, 900 BCE - 800 CE 4. Medieval Europe and the Islamic World, 800-1200 5. Asia, Africa and the Americas, 800 BCE - 1200 CE 6. Renaissance Europe and the Ottoman Empire, 1200-1750 7. Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1200-1750 8. The Industrial Revolution: Europe and America, 1750-1830 9. The Age of Exhibitions: Great Britain 1830-1900 10. The Craft Ideal and the Art Movement: Britain and Elsewhere, 1861-1915 11. The Age of Exhibitions: Europe Outside Great Britain, 1830-1900 12. Art Nouveau and the Decorative Impulse, 1890-1914 13. The United States, 1840-1900 14. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, 1300-1900 15. Protoindustrialization in Diverse Regions, 1750-1900 16. Colonies and Pre-industrial Nations in Asia and Africa, 1750-1900 17. Modern Design in Europe and America, 1900-1917 18. Art and Literature of the Avant-Gardes, 1897-1918 19. World War I, 1914-1918
£37.99
Paripe Books The Art of Oversharing
Book SynopsisIn 2015 I started drawing comics, getting the thoughts which were keeping me awake, out of my head and into a notebook. I started posting them on Instagram, hoping that my secret crush would see and decipher them ... While my lovers never showed much interest?in neither me, nor my comics, many strangers on the internet did. It turns out that the private thoughts we usually keep to ourselves, are actually quite relatable. Almost ten years, many lovers and many strangers later, this book brings my most liked comics together.
£20.90
Slanted Publishers UG Slanted Magazine 45Sex
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£20.00
Yale University Press Henri Rousseau A Painters Secrets
£42.50
Park Books Concentrico
Book SynopsisConcéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory reflects on the first decade of the international Concéntrico festival of design and architecture in the city of Logroño, Spain, and some 150 projects and designs commissioned for it. The festival's aim is to serve as a laboratory searching for creative new ways in using architecture and design to strengthen communities, and to support the dialogue between designers and citizens.The book offers a unique meditation on the transformation of cities and the relevance of architecture and design in the 21st century. It introduces meaningful ways to address and engage with pressing urban issuesfrom identity and heritage to temporariness, collectivity, ecology, play, and domesticitythrough the lens of selected Concéntrico commissions since 2014. Through lavishly illustrated essays, it features projects by 30 artists, architects, and designers from 14 countries. They are prefaced and held together by a conversation between the editors Javier Peña Ibáñez and Nick Axel, who speak about the festival's context, evolution, and the knowledge it has produced since its first edition in 2014.Text in English and Spanish.
£33.75
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc A Vintage Victorian Christmas Sticker Color
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£13.49
Taschen GmbH HR Giger
Book SynopsisAt its essence, Giger's art digs down into our psyches and touches our very deepest primal instincts and fears. His art stands in a category of its own. The proof of this lies in the intensity of his work and imagination, which I can only compare to Hieronymus Bosch and Francis Bacon in their powers to provoke and disturb. Ridley Scott Swiss artist HR Giger (19402014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of the most popular expressions of Giger's biomechanical arsenal of creatures, which consistently merged hybrids of human and machine into images of haunting power and dark psychedelia. The visions drew on demons of the past, as well as evoking mythologies for the future. Above all, they gave expression to the collective fears and fantasies of his age: fear of the atom, o
£160.89
Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd Winter Homes
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£27.00
Princeton University Press The Architecture of Urbanity
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£27.00
Phaidon Press Ltd Italian Interiors
Book SynopsisA stunning survey celebrating the beauty, idiosyncrasy, and romance of Italian interior design
£42.46
HENI Publishing The Christo Interviews
Book SynopsisThe Christo Interviews brings together a series of conversations between the artist, who is best known for the large-scale, site-specific environmental installations he created in collaboration with artistic partner and wife, Jeanne-Claude, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, the pre-eminent commentator on and curator of contemporary art.Taking place between December 2012 and May 2020, the interviews provide insight into the individual minds of two of the art world's most esteemed figures, while also tracking the unfolding of their entire working relationship. Hans Ulrich describes these as werksttat interviews', meaning a workshop or laboratory of words' and taken together, they also reveal the progress of The London Mastaba, Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park (2016-18), Christo's first major public outdoor work in the UK, which coincided with an exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries outlining Christo and Jeanne Claude's 60-year history of working with oil barrels.Fully illustrated with images of finish
£19.99
HarperCollins Publishers Tattoo Sourcebook
Book SynopsisA lush sourcebook of nearly two thousand tattoo designs from artists around the world. From the editors of TattooFinder.com, it''s a fantastic compendium for people who want to think before they ink!Whether you''re tattoo-curious or tattoo-crazy, The Tattoo Sourcebook has everything you need to pick and choose the perfect design for you. Browse the nearly two thousand designs included - everything from Celtic and tribal to butterflies and fairies. It''s a visual compendium of high-quality, detailed designs from artists all over the world including contributions and commentary from famed tattooists Friday Jones (who inked Angelina Jolie and Janeane Garofalo), Lyle Tuttle (who tattooed Cher and Jane Fonda), Guy Aitchison, Rand Johnson, Edward Lee, and more. And if you''re a tattoo newbie, find out everything you need to know before you get inked. Crosses, dragons, astrological signs, snakes, phoenixes, and more - this is a treasure trove of inspiration for anyone whose tattoo itch is sta
£24.00
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd The Courtauld
Book Synopsis A revised and updatedhardback edition of the book first published to mark the reopening of The Courtauld Gallery in late 2021. The Courtauld houses one of the United Kingdom's great art collections, displayed in the magnificent historical setting of Somerset House in central London. This publication presents a selection of its highlights paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and decorative arts each beautifully illustrated and accompanied by insightful commentary. Notable among these treasures are remarkable Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, including the world-famousA Bar at the Folies-Bergèreby Édouard Manet and Vincent van Gogh'sSelf-Portrait with Bandaged Ear. This book is also an engaging account of how The Courtauld became an internationally renowned centre for the teaching and research of art history, conservation and curating. It was founded nearly a century ago in the belief that art has the power to enrich people's liv
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Penguin Books Ltd Constable In Love
Book SynopsisArt critic Martin Gayford, author of The Yellow House, brings the Regency period to life in Constable in Love: Love, Landscape and the Making of a Great Painter his account of the life of English Romantic painter John Constable. Love, not landscape, was the making of Constable. . . John Constable and Maria Bicknell might have been in love but their marriage was a most unlikely prospect. Constable was a penniless painter who would not sacrifice his art for anything, while Maria''s family frowned on such a penurious union. For seven long years the couple were forced to correspond and meet clandestinely. But it was during this period of longing that Constable developed as a painter. And by the time they''d overcome all obstacles to their marriage, he was on the verge of being recognised as a genius.Martin Gayford brings alive the time of Jane Austen in telling the tremendous story of Constable''s formative years, as well as this love affairTrade ReviewBrilliant, wholly fascinating. I can't recommend this delightful book too highly -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *Delightful...a small drama of love, frustration and despair played itself out with massive repercussions for the history of painting * Financial Times *A stunning account of Constable's coming of age as both a man and an artist * Guardian *Gayford's nuanced narrative throws much-needed fresh light, as well as real understanding, on both Constable's painting and his love life * Sunday Telegraph *A scrupulously observed tragical-comical tale * Evening Standard *Engaging, cunning, agreeable and alert to the vagaries of human behaviour * Literary Review *
£10.44
Quercus Publishing Textile Fine Art
Book SynopsisA lavish show case of fine art featuring 51 celebrated fibre artists from around the world.
£32.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950
Book SynopsisThe source of tremendous power and the focus of incredible devotion, throughout history notions of beauty have been integral to social life and culture. Each age has had its own standards: a gleaming white brow during the Renaissance, the black eyebrows considered charming in the early eighteenth century, and the thin lips thought desirable by Victorians. Beauty has ensured good marriages, enabled social mobility and offered fame and notoriety, and has led women and some men to remarkable lengths in cultivating it, from the dangerous quantities of lead applied by Elizabeth I, to the women of the 1940s and ''50s, who employed face powder, lipstick and mascara to look their best during the privations of war and austerity, creating a chic appearance to which many still aspire.Table of ContentsThe Sin of Vanity The Fairy Queen Pale and Lovely Beauty and Blackmail The Actress and the Ingénue From Elegance to Expression Index
£8.99
The History Press Ltd Drawing on Archaeology
Book SynopsisHow does excavation enable the archaeologist to reconstruct the past? Victor Ambrus, who has been the Channel 4 Time Team artist since the programme''s inception in 1994, has selected some of the key excavations from the many series to show how it has been possible to recreate snapshots of the past.
£17.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Architecture For Dummies
Book SynopsisExplains the essentials of architecture. This book covers highlights of architectural history, from Great Pyramids to Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.Table of ContentsForeword. Introduction. Part I: Knowing and Appreciating Architecture. Chapter 1: Knowing When a Building Is Just a Building and When It's Architecture. Chapter 2: How to Look at a Building. Chapter 3: Building Your Architectural Vocabulary. Part II: Nuts and Bolts: Looking at How Architecture Is Designed and Built. Chapter 4: How Buildings Are Born. Chapter 5: Just What Do Architects Do, Anyway? Chapter 6: A Simple Structure: How Buildings Stand Up. Part III: Western Architecture: A Survey of the Most Important Structures. Chapter 7: Gimme Shelter: Prehistoric Structures and the Ancient World. Chapter 8: Acropolis Now: Classical Greece and Rome. Chapter 9: Domes, Arches, and Vaults, Oh My: Byzantine and Medieval Architecture. Chapter 10: Beauty Meets Mathematics and Drama: From Renaissance to Rococo. Chapter 11: Revivals Everywhere: The Classical and Gothic Are New Again. Chapter 12: Here Comes the Industrial Age: Prefab Is Here to Stay. Chapter 13; Flying High and Close to the Sun: Skyscrapers! Chapter 14: Mother Nature versus the Machines: Modern Styles. Chapter 15: The Only Constant Is Change: From Modern Purism to Postmodern Pluralism. Part IV: Eastern Architecture: A Survey of the Most Important Structures. Chapter 16: China and Japan: Traditions in Wood. Chapter 17: More Than the Taj Mahal: Architecture in India. Chapter 18: The Islamic World. Part V: Arranging the Present and Saving the Past. Chapter 19: Understanding Urban Design. Chapter 20: Historic Preservation: Saving the Past for the Future. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 21: The Ten Most Fascinating Architects Working Today. Chapter 22: Ten Architectural Masterpieces. Chapter 23: Ten Amazing Items of Trivia That'll Impress All Your Friends! Chapter 24: The Top Ten Skyscrapers. Index.
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Design For Today Meet The Typographer
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Galison Liberty Artemis Shaped Bookmark
Book SynopsisBOOKMARK The Liberty Artemis Bookmark is the perfect way to keep your place in your favorite book. Featuring Liberty's iconic Artemis print, this bookmark is double sided and fits perfectly on the page so you can easily find your spot without losing your place. You can use our bookmarks to keep your place in sketchbooks, journals, books, and so much more. The iconic design is perfect for anyone who loves art and wants to add beauty to their reading experience. BRIGHT AND BOLD ARTWORK Liberty's Artemis print holds significant cultural and historical importance, showcasing the brand's renowned tradition of botanical-inspired patterns and intricate designs. Drawing inspiration from nature's beauty, the Artemis print features delicate floral motifs that evoke a sense of romance, femininity, and artistic refinement. With its rich color palette and intricate detailing, the Artemis print exudes an air of timeless elegance and sophistication PERFECT FOR GIFTING Whether you're a fan of Li
£8.63
HarperCollins The Mavericks Museum
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£25.20
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Limited Edition Watches
Book SynopsisA celebration of some of the world's most exclusive and creative watches featuring 150 brands.
£36.79
University of California Press David Park A Retrospective
Book SynopsisTrade Review"If you can’t get to Fort Worth, Kalamazoo or San Francisco to see these and many more similarly wonderful works, the superbly designed catalog might be reasonable consolation. The reproductions are large and accurate, and the spare-no-expense paper is glossy and thick." * Wall Street Journal *Table of ContentsForeword Neal Benezra Lenders to the Exhibition Acknowledgments Janet Bishop David Park: A Picture as an Event Janet Bishop PLATES 4–95 The Sessions Men Tara McDowell PLATES 96–127 Man in a T-Shirt: Imogen Cunningham’s Portraits of David Park Corey Keller PLATE 128 An Extension of Life: David Park’s Scroll Sara Wessen Chang PLATE 129 A Simple Medium: David Park’s Last Works Lee Hallman PLATES 130–148 Chronology Sara Wessen Chang Exhibition History Works in the Exhibition
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Vertebrate Publishing Ltd Wild Light: Scotland's Mountain Landscape
Book SynopsisWild Light is a stunning panoramic exploration of the Scottish landscape by photographer Craig Aitchison, winner of the inaugural Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Produced over seven years and shot entirely using a traditional Hasselblad film camera, this remarkable body of work captures the essence of the Scottish wilderness through the seasons and portrays the Highlands and Islands at their most beautiful. Featuring over eighty panoramas, this book celebrates the rich natural heritage, incredible geodiversity and varied landscape for which Scotland is internationally renowned. Among a glittering cast of many are the dramatic heights of Suilven, An Teallach and Aonach Eagach, and the otherworldly landscapes of the Lairig Ghru in the Cairngorms and Glen Etive. Craig Aitchison's Wild Light will delight anyone who treasures the Scottish mountain landscape.
£22.50
Saqi Books Nabil Anani
Book SynopsisThe first collection by a pioneering Palestinian artist Nabil Anani, published to coincide with the 70-year anniversary of the Nakba.Trade Review`An intricate trail of memory ... moves beyond the realm of words.' Middle East Monitor; `One of the most moving and visually-stunning books to have appeared in 2018' al-Hayat
£20.00
Impress Gardens of Corfu
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Faber & Faber Blind Spot
Book SynopsisIn Blind Spot, readers will follow Teju Cole's inimitable artistic vision into the visual realm, as he continues to refine the voice and intellectual obsessions that earned him such acclaim for Open City.
£21.25
Freer Gallery of Art,U.S. Chigusa and the Art of Tea
Book SynopsisNarrates the history of a single object - a tea-leaf storage jar created in southern China during the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries - and describes how its role changed after it was imported to Japan and passed from owner to owner there.
£30.40
Getty Trust Publications Seeing Rothko
Book SynopsisA series of analytic, personal essays that explain how Mark Rothko's most compelling creations elicit profound and varied responses. This volume also reproduces Rothko's "Scribble Book," in which he jotted down his ideas on teaching art to children, and a sketchbook, both dating to the early years of the artist's career.Trade Review"The book is beautifully illustrated with glossy, colour reproductions of the work .... [T]his volume succeeds in once more opening up provocative and exciting new ways of 'seeing Rothko.'"-The Art Book, February 2007; "The critical commentary in Seeing Rothko is rich and engaging."-The Bloomsbury Review, May/June 2006
£42.75
The Natural History Museum A Naturalist in the Amazon
Book SynopsisThis book documents Bates' ground-breaking Amazon exploration, with pages from his illustrated notebooks and excerpts from what Charles Darwin called 'the best book of natural history travels ever published'.Trade Review“The best book of Natural History Travels ever published in England,” said Charles Darwin of entomologist Henry Walter Bates’s 1863 'The Naturalist on the River Amazons', an 11-year journal inspired partly by Darwin’s diary of his 1831–36 journey on the HMS Beagle. This enchanting part-facsimile justifies his words." Nature
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White Star Coco Chanel: Revolutionary Woman
Book SynopsisCoco Chanel was founder and queen of a fashion empire, and her name is forever linked to an unmistakable style. Before all this, Mademoiselle Coco was Gabrielle, a poor orphan who rejected convention and put her independence above all else. With her grit and tenacity, she made her fortune and restored freedom to women. This volume celebrates a true icon 50 years after her passing, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the timeless Chanel No. 5. She revolutionised the concept of feminine elegance with straight dresses and inventions that would later become icons: these were the little black dress, Chanel No. 5, costume jewellery, the suit with gold buttons, the quilted bag. Her myth lives again in a biography illustrated by images portraying her as the perfect embodiment of the timeless elegance. Because, as Coco said, "fashion passes; style remains."
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC How to Read a Dress
Book SynopsisFashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always easily identifiable. With overviews of each key period and detailed illustrations for each new style, How to Read a Dress is an appealing and accessible guide to women''s fashion across five centuries. Each entry includes annotated color images of historical garments, outlining important features and highlighting how styles have developed over time, whether in shape, fabric choice, trimming, or undergarments. Readers learn how garments were constructed and where their inspiration stemmed from at key points in history as well as how dresses have varied in type, cut, detailing and popularity according to the occasion and the class, age and social status of the wearer. This new edition includes additional styles to illustrate and explain the journey between one style and another; larger images to allow closer investigation Trade ReviewThis comprehensive, inclusive and updated guide to dress history is richly illustrated in full colour and is supplemented with detailed annotations that identify the key stylistic trends from 1550 to 2020 – making it an essential text for the novice fashion historian. * Ingrid Mida, Author of The Dress Detective and Reading Fashion in Art *Fashion lovers, students, and historians alike are all indebted to Edwards for teaching us how to interpret the meanings inscribed in the very clothes we wear and have worn for centuries. This new edition brings us into the 21st century with a potent reminder that not only can we all read a dress - we can all wear one too! * Cassidy Zachary, author and co-host of ‘Dressed’ podcast *This updated and expanded edition is an invaluable resource in any costume history library. Dr. Lydia Edwards brings to life the evolution of the changing fashions, technological developments, and the social and material culture of the different decades. * Karin Bohleke, Shippensburg University, USA *For a knowledgeable introduction that has plenty of eye candy alongside its scholarship, Lydia Edwards' How to Read a Dress hits the spot…The curated collection, featuring everything from funeral finery to department-store finds, offers [a...] fascinating fashion primer that invites you to make connections across centuries, to wonder about the ways huge social shifts are reflected in everyday life, and tips you off about the placement of shoulder seams. Whether you're a costume nerd or just casually curious, How to Read a Dress will give you some insights into the language of dress. * NPR (of the first edition) *The general principle of this book is excellent and provides a much–needed overview ... [It] is a perfect introduction to the world of dress history and provides a good stimulus for further study. For those with specialist knowledge of particular periods, it provides a quick and easily accessed reference for the main points of other periods. * The Journal of Dress History (of the first edition) *This original, accessible take on fashion history is packed with color images, and each example garment annotated with terminology, key elements of the shape and construction, and other details of note. * CHOICE, C. E. Berg, Museum of History and Industry (of the first edition) *Those looking for a detailed, object centered and carefully researched study of historic dress will find a satisfying, richly illustrated guide for looking at clothes. * The Fashion Studies Journal (of the first edition) *Lydia Edwards’s How to Read a Dress is a detailed, practical, and totally beautiful guide to the history of this particular form of clothing from the 16th to the 20th centuries. * Jezebel (of the first edition) *Ultimately, this is an excellent book for scholars of fashion history, costume designers and makers, and really anyone looking to improve their ability to determine the period of a given dress. * La Bricoleuse (of the first edition) *This is a beautiful, well-written book. The photos are a joy to study, and I finished it wishing it were twice as long. * The Vintage Traveler (of the first edition) *Sashays down the historical catwalk, examining women’s costume from the 16th to the 20th century … It is fascinating to rifle through this pictorial dress-up box and see styles come and go, and then imagine what you might like to wear. * The National Archives blog (of the first edition) *Using examples from lesser known international collections, this well-illustrated and informative book tracks the evolution of the dress through expert analysis and description. It will be an invaluable guide for anyone with an interest in dating and contextualizing the dress as a garment within the culture of fashion. * Cally Blackman, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK (of the first edition) *This appealing and accessible work offers a fresh perspective on fashion history from 1550 to 1970. Images of surviving garments from museums in Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States of America have been annotated to highlight and elucidate key fashionable details. This book would make an excellent companion to The Dress Detective. * Ingrid Mida, Curator and Dress Historian, Ryerson School of Fashion, Toronto, Canada (of the first edition) *This book explores the realities of what we can and cannot know about a garment, particularly in terms of the why and when of its creation. The author’s concept of the fluidity of time is critical to our better understanding of how individuals approach dress. * Jean Druesedow, Kent State University, USA (of the first edition) *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. 1550 - 1600 2. 1600 - 1699 3. 1710 - 1790 4. 1790 - 1837 5. 1837 - 1869 6. 1870 - 1889 7. 1890 - 1916 8. 1918 - 1929 9. 1930 - 1946 10. 1947 - 1959 11. 1960 - 1979 12. 1980 - 2020 Glossary of Terms Notes Bibliography Photographic Credits Index List of Fashion Designers
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