Art & Photography Books

Book SynopsisThis notebook features a stunning cover with artwork by acclaimed nature artist Jane Smith. It contains lined paper, a head and-tail band, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened. This is one of a range of Birlinn nature notebooks with other iconic designs including the otter, red squirrel, puffin, seal and Highland cow.

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Book SynopsisAn important illustrated history of the relationship between Cambridge and the Black Atlantic. Between 1400 and 1900, European powers, not least Britain, colonised the Americas and transported over 12.5 million people from sub-Saharan Africa as slaves. The contested space, formed by the interactions of multiple people and cultures, both Black and white, we now call the Black Atlantic. Cambridge and Cambridgeshire played a key role in this international narrative – a story of commerce, profit and colonialism, of opinion-forming, and of struggle. Through the lens of historic artworks, artefacts and natural history specimens, this book and the exhibition it accompanies analyse the rise and growth of enslavement, the profits made by Dutch and British traders and plantation-owners, the power of images, the knowledge produced by enslaved people, histories of resistance movements and the consequences of these events today. Works by contemporary makers challenge long-held assumptions, address erasures, and create alternative narratives of repair, freedom and justice.Trade ReviewA fascinating and extremely accessible work that is shocking, inspiring and deeply moving. * All About History *Table of ContentsContributor biographies Acknowledgements Foreword by Luke Syson Introduction Section 1: Before Atlantic Enslavement 1. Africa: Akan Region 2. Indigenous Islands in the Caribbean Sea 3. Europe: Slavery Before Racism; Blackness Before Slavery Section 2: Cambridge Wealth from Atlantic Enslavement 1. Royal Patronage 2. Making Money: Dutch Connections 3. Technology for the Transatlantic Trade 4. Warfare Between the British, Dutch and Spanish Empires Section 3: Fashion, Consumption and Racism 1. Blackness in European Art 2. Enslavement and Fashion Section 4: Plantations: Production and Resistance 1. Production, Knowledge Generation and Exploitation 2. Plantation Violence 3. Remembering Further Reading Image credits Index

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Book SynopsisSandra Vásquez de la Horra reimagines the world and deconstructs societal and cultural norms through her playful and surrealistic drawings and paper sculptures. Her work delves into shared and untold histories, trauma, desire, fantasies, and taboos. Born in Chile during the repressive Pinochet regime, she has lived and worked in Germany for decades, incorporating Latin American and European traditions into her unique artistic language. Her drawings - along with paintings, photographs, and films - explore mythologies, fantastical hybrid botanicals, diverse geographies, and text, with writing in Spanish, English, Italian, Latin, and German, that expands the possibilities of meaning for each image. She imbues the traditional technique of drawing with tactility by dipping finished drawings in beeswax, and she continues to challenge our preconceptions of what drawing can be by turning paper into three-dimensional sculptures. Sandra Vásquez de la Horra's work invites us in and exposes the

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Book SynopsisMatisse or Kahlo - Hirst or Emin - whose artworks have been the most influential? The most shocking? The most expensive? These cards allow art lovers of all ages to play off popular artists and compare them to the trailblazing women we should all know...the battle to redefine the art world is on!

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Book SynopsisA FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Aimee Stewart is a self-taught artist, photographer and writer who has been blurring the lines between digital and traditional art since 2005. Her special focus is in eclectic digital painting and photomanipulation – she takes components from old photographs and manipulates them into elements that complement her work perfectly. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

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Book SynopsisPart of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed, then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmarks and a solid magnetic side flap. These are perfect for personal use and make a dazzling gift. This example features Uematsu Hobi's Box Decorated with Chrysanthemums.

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Book SynopsisA FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year.BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table.PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy.THE ARTIST. The Bodleian Library is one of the oldest libraries in Europe and is the main research library of the University of Oxford.These charming, brightly-coloured story anthologies highlight the changing role of girls and women in the 1930s. Featuring cheerful illustrations of sporting, spirited girls ready for adventure, they are tangible evidence of the slow and steady social progress of the era, and the new freedoms and opportunities afforded to many women. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

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Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR A Sunday Times Best Paperback of 2022 Christie's Best Art Books of the Year 'Deft and richly detailed ... rescues the artist from John Bull caricature' - Michael Prodger, Sunday Times 'Marvellous ... a vivid and compelling reconstruction of the settings of Hogarth's life and artistic achievements, and of the nature of the man' - Professor Linda Colley, author of The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen 'Full of richness, originality and considered humour, unafraid to shock with thrilling new insight ... terrific' - Dr Gus Casely-Hayford, Director of V&A Stratford & Sky Arts 'The full technicolour panorama of Georgian life laid out in a huge and passionate book' - Lucy Worsley, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces and author of Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court On a late spring night in 1732, a boisterous group of friends set out from their local pub. They are beginning a journey, a 'peregrination' that will take them through the gritty streets of Georgian London and along the River Thames as far as the Isle of Sheppey. And among them is an up-and-coming engraver and painter, just beginning to make a name for himself: William Hogarth. Hogarth's vision, to a vast degree, still defines the eighteenth century. In this, the first biography for over twenty years, Jacqueline Riding brings him to vivid life, immersing us in the world he inhabited and from which he drew inspiration. At the same time, she introduces us to an artist who was far bolder and more various than we give him credit for: an ambitious self-made man, a devoted husband, a sensitive portraitist, an unmatched storyteller, philanthropist, technical innovator and author of a seminal work of art theory. Following in his own footsteps from humble beginnings to professional triumph (and occasional disaster), Hogarth illuminates the work and life of a great artist who embraced the highest principles even while charting humanity's lowest vices.Trade ReviewAn evocative portrait of the artist ... wonderfully meandering and original * Guardian *William Hogarth is too easily seen as the John Bull of painters, a bluff xenophobe who showed British life in all its earthiness and humour. Jacqueline Riding, however, reveals a far more nuanced and interesting man * Sunday Times *In this marvellous and timely new biography, Jacqueline Riding makes sensitive and imaginative use of a wide range of often difficult and neglected sources, offering in the process a vivid and compelling reconstruction of the settings of Hogarth's life and artistic achievements, and of the nature of the man -- Linda Colley, author * The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World *If you are not familiar with the particular genius of Hogarth, this is the book through which to discover it. And if you are a fellow Hogarth fanatic then you are in for an exquisite treat. This is a special book that drops you heart first into Hogarth's world - like the great man's canvasses, it is full of richness, originality and considered humour, unafraid to shock with thrilling new insight -- Dr Gus Casely-Hayford, Director of V&A East and Professor of Practice, SOAS[An] excellent new biography ... Riding is particularly good on how the boy who was born into modest circumstances in 1697 spent much of the first half of his life wanting to be a 'proper' artist dealing with grand, historical subjects. -- Kathryn Hughes * Daily Mail *Deft and richly detailed ... rescues the artist from John Bull caricature -- Michael Prodger * Sunday Times *William Hogarth is too easily seen as the John Bull of painters, a bluff xenophobe who showed British life in all its earthiness and humour. Jacqueline Riding, however, reveals a far more nuanced and interesting man -- Michael Prodger, The art book of the year * Sunday Times *An entertaining ... richly worked and varied "progress" ... amid the displays of wounded vanity and cantankerous self-assertion, there remains something hugely impressive, and rather attractive, in the Hogarth who emerges from these pages -- Matthew Sturgis * The Oldie *[Hogarth] was far more than a mere depicter of his age and an artist of skill and talent. He was also a complex and active human being who was living within the society he drew. As such, he is worthy of a thorough and considered biography that captures the man of the time as well as the artist. That is exactly what Jacqueline Riding has brilliantly provided ... [Hogarth] is of the highest value in showing there was so much more to Hogarth than 'Gin Lane', but in also explaining exactly why he was able to create such a lasting image of his times." -- George Goodwin * London Historians *Splendidly vivid, richly informative and remarkably researched ... this comprehensive study must surely be the definitive work on Hogarth. -- Brian Cooper * Church of England Newspaper *Exhilarating ... [Riding] sets out to present to us 'a more rounded Billy Hogarth', and, by and large, she succeeds. There he is, with all his feuds and flarings, his warmth and conviviality, his occasional paranoia ... Only a killjoy would deny the charm of this picaresque narrative -- Ferdinand Mount * TLS *The definitive life of Hogarth. The full technicolour panorama of Georgian life laid out in a huge and passionate book -- Lucy Worsley, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces and author * Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court *

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Book SynopsisAn in-depth portrait of the life and work of Shoji Hamada, one of the key figures behind the development of studio pottery in the 20th century, and the legacy he left. Shoji Hamada was one of the seminal figures in 20th century ceramics. Along with the British potter Bernard Leach, he was instrumental in the development of the international Studio Pottery movement in the early 1900s. Their dramatic influences are still felt today, particularly in the United States and Great Britain. Hamada, also a major figure in Japan’s folk art revival, was designated a ‘Living National Treasure’ by the Japanese government in 1955 and awarded the Order of Culture in 1968. Shoji Hamada is an ebullient and fascinating portrait of a great potter, tracing his place in the ceramic tradition and revealing a keen perception of his energetic lifestyle, dazzling work cycle, and intriguing specifics about the firing of his kilns. The text and over 200 new colour photographs from Peterson’s stay at Hamada’s compound in 1970 present a wealth of detail about techniques and processes. Equally important are the author’s insights depicting Hamada’s bequest to us: one whose life was concentrated toward the perpetuation and achievement of fundamental, unchanging and universal values and goals. In this completely re-designed and updated version of her classic book, Susan Peterson brings together the East-West connection personified by Hamada and Leach. In a completely new concluding chapter, she assesses Hamada’s ongoing legacy to the world of studio pottery. This is an authoritative account of one of the towering figures in the ceramics world by one of the first people to welcome him to America in the early 1950s. The book is a must for anyone interested in the evolvement of hand pottery and the dynamics of ceramics in general.Trade ReviewThis book covers anything and everything one might want to know about the potter and his work, but even so, it is still an incredibly easy read. The language is accessible to people who have not studied pottery, but also enriching for those that have. The book covers everything from his workflow, techniques, glazes, kilns, family life, and even the way Hamada himself thinks. [...] The photo albums scattered throughout the book are both an enjoyable and invaluable addition to the biography [...] If you are at all a fan of the arts, even just a little, I would definitely recommend this book. -- Ruth Duncan * Union University Library Blog *Table of ContentsForeword By Bernard Leach Acknowledgements 1. The Legacy 2. The Setting 3. The Work The Clay Wheels Throwing Pots The Workers The Household Finishing Pots Reminiscing Enamel Overglaze Painting The Bisque Kiln 4. Glazing And Firing Mixing the Glaze Making Tea Ceremony Bowls Yanagi’s Scroll Glazing Continues Trimming Tea Ceremony Bowls Glazing the Big Bowls Hamada’s Patterns Loading the Glaze Kiln Hamada Tells Stories Beginning the Glaze Kiln Firing Finishing the Fire Hamada and Shimaoka Unloading the Kiln The Ware of the Kiln 5. A New Cycle Hamada’s Museum Thoughts Making Pots For Salt Glazing The Salt Firing Exhibition Appendix Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisIn The Last Ten Years, author Brian J. Dickson presents stunning colour photographs from the collections of three enthusiasts of the Seafield Railway Club in north London.Meeting regularly at New Southgate station to record the steam-handled traffic, their focus was initially on all things connected with the former London and North Eastern Railway, but as steam traction became restricted to smaller and smaller areas of operation, regular visits were made further afield, to the north-east of England, Scotland and the former London Midland and Scottish Railway sheds and lines.This record of steam locomotion in its final years of mainline usage, from 1959 to 1968, is sure to enhance any steam railway enthusiast’s library.

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Book SynopsisA FLAME TREE POCKET NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Angela Harding is a fine art painter and illustrator based in Rutland, UK. She specialises in lino prints and her work is inspired by British birds and countryside. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

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Book SynopsisKeep the page in your book with this gorgeous pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring the White Rabbit, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This image is by Sir John Tenniel (1820–1914). Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland remains one of the best-loved fantasy tales, with the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat enjoying an enduring legacy in popular imagination.

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Book SynopsisKeep the page in your book with this gorgeous pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon. Angela Harding is a fine art painter and illustrator based in Rutland, UK. She specialises in lino prints and her work is inspired by British birds and countryside.

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Book SynopsisKeep the page in your book with this gorgeous pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring a floral sugar skull design. Sugar skulls are used as an offering to the deceased during the Mexican celebration Day of the Dead, which focuses on remembering loved ones, and celebrating the continuity of life.

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Book SynopsisA new title in the Flame Tree Foiled Quarto Journal collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production: bleed-proof, acid-free FSC pages, a pocket, ribbon bookmarks and a magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift or for all notetakers, list-makers and journal users. A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the Foiled Quarto Journals combine high-quality production and FSC pages with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, list-makers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. A NEW SERIES. The Quarto format is named after the earliest form of European printed publication, dating back to the 1400s when Gutenberg invented the first moveable-type printing press, heralding a revolution in mass communication, spreading ideas of literature, science and philosophy of the Renaissance. We celebrate this w

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Book SynopsisPack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring art by Johannes Vermeer.

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Book SynopsisA gorgeous pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring popular artwork, making it the perfect gift for all art and book lovers!Keep the page in your book with this gorgeous pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring vibrant wallpaper from the Royal Pavilion Brighton. The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, was constructed as the seaside pleasure palace of King George IV. Queen Victoria visited the Pavilion on a number of occasions between 1837 and 1845. The hand-painted wallpaper in her bedroom was recently returned to the Pavilion from Buckingham Palace and restored. With its jewel colours and exotic plants and birds, it must have transported the young queen to another world, far from the busy streets of Brighton.

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Book SynopsisGorgeous foiled, handmade pack of 6 greeting cards, blank inside and shrink-wrapped with a gold envelope, printed on FSC paper and wrapped in biodegradable cellobag, perfect for all occasions!Sold in packs of 6. Gorgeous, foiled, handmade greeting cards, blank inside and shrink-wrapped with a gold envelope. Themed with our art calendars, foiled notebooks and illustrated art books, our greeting cards are printed on FSC®-certified paper and wrapped in a biodegradable cellobag. This example features the artwork Foraging by Moonlight by Annie Soudain.Born in Kent, Annie Soudain lives by the sea in Sussex and much of her work continues to be inspired by the beautiful landscapes surrounding her. This colourful linoprint was created using the reduction method, which involves progressively cutting, inking up, and printing from the same block.

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Book SynopsisA beautiful, luxurious Flame Tree Notebook. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the crafted covers are printed on foil, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmark ribbons and a magnetic side flap. Art by Angela Harding.

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Book SynopsisFor over a century, the name of Chanel has been inextricably linked to elegance, modernity and fashion innovation. It was Chanel who single-handedly made striped jerseys and loose trousers chic, costume jewellery desirable, the little black dress the height of sophistication, and tweed suits a staple of every stylish woman's wardrobe. In this revised and updated book, dress historian Amy de la Haye celebrates Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel as the couturiere who changed the way stylish women everywhere dress, then and now. She examines the creative output of this most famous of fashion houses, from its infancy in the 1920s through Karl Lagerfeld's incredibly successful tenure, and to the present day as it continues to prosper under Virginie Viard.

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Book Synopsis A cutting-edge illustrated survey of 75 contemporary tattoo artists from around the world who are pushing the boundaries of their art form With nearly 700 images, Tattoo You: A New Generation of Artists showcases 75 rising stars who are redefining the industry. The first book of its kind, Tattoo You features artists curated by a global panel of experts, including some of tattooing’s most important names, such as Grace Neutral, Claudia De Sabe, Matt McCormick, Tamara Santibañez, Lal Hardy, Marisa Kakoulas, Matt Lodder, Tann Koga (Ink the Diaspora), and Jay Freestyle. Each artist is accompanied by a selection of images illustrating their work, alongside an in-depth profile that delves into their influences, creative process, and how they are transforming the tattoo world. From minimal, blackwork, and Neo-Traditional tattoos to stick-and-poke and cultural and Indigenous practices, Tattoo You spans all styles and techniques, offering an inside look into how artists around the world work today, while simultaneously providing glimpses of tattooing’s future as an innovative, accessible, and revolutionary art form. Trade Review‘A must for those who enjoy tattoos and are au fait with the scene, for the newer followers, and for those with a curiosity about an ancient art that is at the forefront of this modern world.’ – Lal Hardy, Founder of New Wave Tattoo‘The tattoo book for our new generation ... an unparalleled glimpse into the changing world of modern tattoo artistry, making it a must-have for any enthusiast or collector.’ – Tann Koga, Founder of Ink the Diaspora‘For those looking to take the pulse of tattooing’s next generation, Tattoo You is a compelling survey of what is new and what is to come.’ – Tamara Santibanez, Interdisciplinary Artist

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Book SynopsisA FLAME TREE SKETCHBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious, the sketchbooks combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, the thick paper stock makes them ideal for sketching and drawing. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and bookmark ribbons. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. THE ARTIST. Born in Kent, William Morris was an outstanding character of many talents, being an architect, writer, social campaigner, artist and, with his Kelmscott Press, an important figure of the Arts and Crafts movement. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

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Book SynopsisA FLAME TREE POCKET NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ART. This image is from the shortened version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), ‘The Nursery Alice’ (1889/90). THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

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Book SynopsisKeep the page in your book with this gorgeous pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring artwork by Vincent van Gogh. Vincent Van Gogh composed this painting while he was in the Saint-Rémy mental asylum, near Arles. The bold use of impasto and the beauty of the towering trees have made this one of his most recognisable works. There are various other versions of the painting, one of which features a closer view of the cypresses painted vertically, as well as a replica of this version that Van Gogh painted for his mother and sister.

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Book SynopsisKeep the page in your book with this gorgeous pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring artwork by Hokusai. The most notable period in Hokusai's artistic life was the latter part of his career, beginning in 1830 when he was 70 years old. He began the series of landscapes he is most famous for: 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji', which included The Great Wave, off Kanagawa, probably his most iconic image.

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Book SynopsisKeep the page in your book with this gorgeous pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring the White Rabbit, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland remains one of the best-loved fantasy tales, with the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat enjoying an enduring legacy in popular imagination.

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Book SynopsisKeep the page in your book with this gorgeous pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring artwork by Harry Clarke. Harry Clarke was an Irish representative of the Arts & Crafts movement. Sea Fever is his illustration for a poem of the same title by John Masefield in The Years at the Spring, an anthology compiled by Lettice D’Oyly Walters. Clarke’s fantastic illustrations have encouraged comparisons to the work of Aubrey Beardsley and Kay Nielsen.

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Book SynopsisKeep the page in your book with this gorgeous pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring the Bodleian Hobbies & Pastimes bookshelves. The Bodleian Library is one of the oldest libraries in Europe and is the main research library of the University of Oxford. It holds over 13 million printed items and these book spines are just a few examples of the beautiful objects in the Library’s collection. With colourful illustrations and charming tales, the image features on this product showcase the sports and hobbies young people could enjoy during the 1930s.

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Book SynopsisAn illuminating look at a controversial architectural style – and its finest examples Post-modernism was the 1980s’ counter to Brutalism but fell out of fashion until its best buildings began to disappear. Now is the time to reassess its values. Historians Geraint Franklin and Elain Harwood discuss its background and key architects before celebrating Britain's finest examples. Individual entries are beautifully illustrated, many with new photography, including the SIS Building made famous by James Bond, John Outram’s awe-inspiring pumping station in London's Docklands and Judge Institute in Cambridge, and the late works of James Stirling and Michael Wilford, including No.1 Poultry – an extraordinary corner of the City that in 2016 became England’s youngest listed building.Trade Review‘We maybe haven’t realised quite how much of this landmark architecture there is all over Britain, and how much of it is actually really good. This book is a brilliant catalogue that way, it’s exciting and really fun.’ John Grindrod, Five Books

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Book Synopsis'Each shoot is a total love letter to an object from the V&A, sometimes several objects. My relationship to objects is like falling in love with someone. It relates to how we interact as people, how you become best friends with someone. It's a search for a new friend...' TIM WALKER Published to accompany the V&A's mesmerizing exhibition Tim Walker: Wonderful Things, this book is a journey through the creative mind of one of the world's most inventive photographers. It presents over 100 compelling photographs, from ten magical photoshoots inspired by objects from the V&A's enormous and eclectic collection. Featuring conversations between the set designers, stylists, hair and make-up artists, models and muses who bring Walker's imagination to life, it includes contributions by Jack Appleyard, Zoe Bedeaux, Terry Bloxham, Edie Campbell, Gwendoline Christie, Josephine Cowell, James Crewe, Malcolm Edwards, Karen Elson, Katy England, Edward Enninful OBE, Amanda Harlech, Shona Heath, Hungry/Johannes Jaruraak, Ibrahim Kamara, Kate Phelan, James Spencer, Jerry Stafford, Tilda Swinton and Gareth Wrighton. Previously unpublished behind-the-scenes imagery and preliminary sketches combine to reveal Walker's extraordinary creative process, from his detailed research in the labyrinth of storerooms and galleries at the V&A, to his spectacular final pictures.Trade Review'A gem to be savoured again and again...', Lara Faye, Stylist, March 31st 2020 'an anthology of some of the photographer's own best bits alongside contributions from the likes of Kate Phelan, Ibrahim Kamara, Katy England, Edward Enninful, Tilda Swinton and Edie Campbell.', Natalie Hammond, The Best Fashion Books You'll Want To Read (And Then Show Off On Your Bookcase), Grazia, 14th January 2022.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements | Director's Foreword, Tristram Hunt | Notes on Contributors | Preface, Susanna Brown | Introduction: Inspiring Things, Tim Walker, Shona Heath and Susanna Brown | Illuminations, Tim Walker and Terry Bloxham | Lord of the Flies, Tim Walker, Ibrahim Kamara and Gareth Wrighton | Pen & Ink, Shona Heath, Katy England and Susanna Brown | Cloud 9, Tim Walker, Kate Phelan and Edward Enninful | Box of Delights, James Spencer and Malcolm Edwards | Lil' Dragon, Zoe Bedeaux , Hungry / Johannes Jaruraak and Malcolm Edwards | The Land of the Living Men, Tim Walker and Edie Campbell | Handle with Care, Amanda Harlech, Karen Elson and James Crewe | Why Not Be Oneself?, Tilda Swinton, Jerry Stafford and Tim Walker | Soldiers of Tomorrow, Jack Appleyard and Josephine Cowell | The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Tim Walker and Gwendoline Christie | Picture Titles

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Book SynopsisThis publication reintroduces the artist Jean-François Millet to a contemporary audience while considering his profound influence on British painting.

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Book SynopsisProvides an introduction to the parish churches of Sussex reflecting the region's rich cultural history. This book also explores the question of why churches matter in the modern world, and the many kinds of pleasure they can provide to Christians and non-Christians alike.

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Book SynopsisMont Blanc – The Finest Routes is a collection of the 100 must-do climbing routes in the Mont Blanc Massif.Modern alpinism is a multi-faceted activity for which the Mont Blanc Massif is the perfect playground. Classic routes to which every mountaineer can aspire are surrounded by the towering rock faces, huge mixed walls, precipitous ice shields, serrated ridges and narrow gullies that define the massif’s harder climbs.In order to attain these prestigious summits via the most interesting itineraries, this book presents a modern selection of 100 must-do routes, ranging from historic classics to more recent lines, described in order of increasing difficulty.Author and mountain guide Philippe Batoux provides a comprehensive account of each route, outlining its history and atmosphere and giving all the technical information needed to climb it. These written descriptions are complemented by photo diagrams and detailed topos. In addition, every route is illustrated with superbly evocative photos that make best use of the book’s large format.The routes were chosen for the quality of the rock, the reliability of the in-situ gear, the beauty of the surroundings, the prestige of the summit and the enthusiasm the route inspires.Preference has been given to routes in the modern idiom, whether they are gullies that only form in winter, difficult free climbs on high-altitude cliffs, long ridge scrambles or traverses of major summits. There are routes here for all tastes, from famous classics such as the Cosmiques Ridge on the Aiguille du Midi, the American Direct on the Petit Dru, the Whymper Couloir on the Aiguille Verte, the Walker Spur on the Grandes Jorasses and the Kuffner Ridge on Mont Maudit to more recent gems such as Je t’ai conquis, Je t’adore on Pointe Lépiney, No Siesta on the Grandes Jorasses and Le Vent du Dragon on the Aiguille du Midi.

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Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, Sustainable Materials shows how we can greatly reduce the amount of material demanded and used in manufacturing, while still meeting everyone's needs. Materials, transformed from natural resources into the buildings, equipment, vehicles and goods that underpin our remarkable lifestyle, are made with amazing efficiency. But our growing demand is not sustainable. Production of just five materials – steel, aluminium, paper, plastics and cement – accounts for 55% of industrial emissions, and demand for materials will double by 2050. Can we continue to live well but use less materials? So far people have considered the problem with only one eye open, hoping for a magic solution (such as carbon capture and storage). But with both eyes open we have a whole new set of options. Rather than making more materials, we can use them more wisely – with less material, keeping them for longer, re-using their parts and more. These options make a huge difference: we really could set up our children with a more sustainable life, without compromising our own. Sustainable Materials faces up to the impacts of making materials in the 21st century. Drawing on their experiences working with innovative materials as well as the facts and findings of their research, Julian Allwood and Jonathan Cullen provide an evidence-based vision of change that will allow us to make our future more sustainable. Packed with hundreds of colour photos and helpful graphs and diagrams, Sustainable Materials provides a thorough analysis of the problems that we face through wasteful attitudes and the growing demand for materials, as well as an evaluation of practical and achievable solutions for the future. The first edition of this optimistic and richly-informed book was listed as one of Bill Gate's top reads in 2015, and was also chosen as an Outstanding Academic Title by ACRL Choice magazine. This up-to-date, revised edition is perfect for anyone with an interest in sustainability.Trade ReviewInstead of the usual ya-boo about sustainability, this is a pragmatic guide to getting more value from less stuff. Researched with long-term co-operation from industry, it emphasizes facts and evidence but is aimed at a popular readership. * BBC News Magazine *Well researched with reasoned and compelling arguments... This is essential reading for both student and practitioner, particularly those in senior management positions. 10/10. * Materials World (Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining) *A valuable, impartial expert source in an important debate. * BOING BOING *The book offers perspectives from fundamental materials science, process engineering, product design and architecture, and economics not seen in most materials texts. * Science *An excellent book ... the message is clear and convincing: We can’t go on using materials the way we have been for the past 150 years, but fortunately, we don’t have to. We can meet the world’s growing need for the stuff of modern life, avoid the worst effects of climate change, and preserve the environment for future generations. * Bill Gates, Gates Notes *This is something you don’t see every day: a substantial, carefully-researched book on how to reform our manufacturing industries for policy-makers trying to cut emissions, and anyone in manufacturing, it should be required reading. * New Scientist Culture Lab *Accessible, fact-filled and entertaining read. * Friends of the Earth Blog *Allwood and Cullen write about engineering with the elegance of the best pop-science writers... A valuable, impartial expert source in an important debate. * Boing Boing *Table of ContentsThe world of materials With one eye open With both eyes open Other materials Creating sustainable material future References Index Acknowledgements About the authors

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Book SynopsisBob Jones Jr. founded the collection as an educational effort and opened it on the campus of the university named after his father in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1951. Those first 25 paintings included works by Bicci di Lorenzo, Luca Giordano, El Greco, and Tintoretto, and today the collection comprises over 400 paintings, as well as a wide range of sculpture, decorative arts, and antiquities. It is widely recognized among scholars as one of the finest collections of Renaissance and Baroque paintings in America, and a document of the revival of the taste for Baroque pictures in the mid-20th century. Erin Jones’s introduction provides an overview of the history of the various iterations of the Museum & Gallery, even as it looks forward to a new home in the centre of its community. Richard P. Townsend’s essay presents the most in-depth examination to date of Bob Jones Jr. as a collector, extensively using letters, invoices, and photographs to paint a picture of Jones hitherto not available. At the heart of the volume is the presentation of 55 paintings, featuring works by great European masters including Botticelli, Bouts, Cranach, Guercino, Jordaens, Preti, Reni, Ribera, Rubens, Tiepolo, and Zurbarán.Table of ContentsForeword by Bob Jones; Introduction by Erin Rodman Jones; The Collector behind the Pictures: Bob Jones Jr. and Old Master Paintings in America by Richard P. Townsend; Catalogue: Italian; Spanish; Flemish and German; Dutch; French; The Nineteenth Century; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisA wide-ranging study of the intertwined notions of home and homeland that were central to the art and material culture of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland in the second half of the nineteenth century.

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Book SynopsisAn entirely fresh study of how, at the end of the nineteenth century, Montmartre in Paris inspired a vital, innovative and unique community of artists who revolutionized Western art.After the 1871 Paris Commune, Montmartre played a significant political, social, and artistic role; its revolutionary spirit attracted independent artists, writers, and musicians, and its cabarets, cafés, circus, dancehalls, and theaters such as the cabarets Lapin Agile, Le Chat Noir, and Quat?z?arts, the Cirque Fernando, the Elysée Montmartre, the Moulin de la Galette, and Moulin Rouge dance halls made Montmartre a popular cultural center. Avant-garde artists, writers and performers from one generation encountered those of the next on the streets, in the cafés and places of entertainment. Post 1900 the area lost much of its cutting-edge, anti-establishment aura, but its reputation as a haven for a free-loving, radical, bohemian life-style continued to appeal to young artists such as Pablo Picasso, who first came to Paris to visit the World Fair and who later settled in Montmartre as a place to work and create.Drawing on important artworks from the Weisman Collection and the Musée de Montmarte, Paris, as well as a wealth of archival photography, maps, and prints to illustrate its narrative text, this volume presents up to 180 color illustrations, including paintings by Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Kees van Dongen, Otto Freundlich, Amedeo Modigliani, Suzanne Valadon, André Derain, Maurice Vlaminck, Henri Matisse, Juan Gris, and Frantisek Kupka, who were at the centre of Montmartre?s artistic and cultural life during this period. An appendix lists all the main artists, teachers, writers, musicians, patrons and establishment owners and promoters in Montmartre during this period. A timeline of key moments and events in Montmartre from 1870-1910, a map of Montmartre showing the locations of studio spaces, residences and cabarets, and a selected bibliography provide important sources of new information for scholars.

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Book SynopsisMedieval metalwork is one of the artistic highlights of the Iranian world, as well as of the Departement des Arts de l'Islam at the Louvre in Paris, which holds more than one hundred and fifty objects from this period. A new approach to the study of a historic collection, Precious Material: The Arts of Metal in the Medieval Iranian World is a comprehensive overview of the production of metalin medieval Iran. Although this is one of the most important collections in the world, the objects, some well-known but many more unpublished, have never been studied or published as an ensemble. This volume includes a presentation of the collection through the lens of its centers of manufacture, a full technical analysis, as well as the functions and contexts in which the pieces were used. Each object is fully described and illustrated in color with close-up or X-ray images, and many inscriptions have been translated and are included in the catalog entriesTrade ReviewPrecious Materials is a dazzling and erudite work of interdisciplinary scholarship. Drawing together careful historical research, provenance sleuthing, and comprehensive archaeometallurgical analysis of materials and techniques, the text sets a new bar for the study of metalworking in the medieval Islamic world. The authors present a sequence of clear interpretive frames that build upon each other, culminating in a catalogue where each virtuosic object is explored in unprecedented detail. Working in concert with this is a wealth of carefully deployed technical imagery, suffusing the whole book with the uncanny beauty of the X-radiograph and the microphotographic detail. We are shown things no human eye has ever seen before. The metalworkers of pre-Mongol Iran and Afghanistan have long been recognized as supreme masters of their craft, but never before has it been possible to see and to know the true extent of their skills in such forensic detail.Margaret Graves, Adrienne Minassian Associate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Brown University

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Book SynopsisElephants today live on only 15% of the land they once roamed. With each passing day, another acre of nature is destroyed by human beings, replaced by agriculture, settlement and other man-made business. With each passing day, Asia's remaining wild elephants are squeezed onto smaller pieces of land onto which they're expected to survive. Wildlife photographer Larry Laverty has followed the plight of the elephants for several decades, capturing the magnificence of this animal on film, while at the same time raising awareness all over the world of the danger of extinction that elephants face. For this book, Larry spent months travelling across Asia following elephants and recording extraordinary moments on his camera. The result is an amazing book of some 180 photographs, presented in landscape format, of one of Earth's greatest creatures. It's through his work and books that Larry hopes to give the elephants of Asia the respect they deserveWe are finally acknowledging a force of nature that's been with us all along. Elephants are magnetic. But until now, we humans haven't had the ability to see, to appreciate this fact.

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Book SynopsisNo more romance, said the renowned erotic photographer Stefan Soell, after enjoying great success with his two lavish photographic volumes entitled Alpenglow and Volcanic Girls. A completely new, modern style of portraying the nude was required, and Stefan has once more succeeded convincingly. He searched for the right type of woman to match his vision for three long years, finally settling on something between the young, successful, cool businesswoman and glamorous movie star. Oozing beauty, of course, fantastically built, with a confident, cheeky appearance, and unashamedly flaunting their sex appeal. Soell has discovered over 33 mostly new, never-seen-before faces, and managed to fit all their glorious nudity into the unprecedented environment of finest, ultra-modern, minimalist architecture. The contrast between the wonderful, warm skin tones, sensual body shapes and the cool, modern architecture could not be greater, and the very unusual combination of hot eroticism and cool design increases the attraction of this revised and enlarged special paperback edition immensely.

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Book SynopsisText in English & German. Hot, sexy, and petite are all adjectives used to describe the ever so lovely Gloria. Standing a mere 5' 1" tall, Gloria is proof that good things come in small packages. She may be petite and has an ass to die for but her boobs are nice and big and they have just the right amount of bounce to them as she moves around on stage getting naked for you. Gloria is 21 years old and she comes from Kiev, Ukraine. While at University she started working towards a degree in psychology but decided to take some time off and travel the world while perfecting and focusing on her career as an erotic dancer. Gloria loves how sexy performing makes her feel. Stripping has allowed her to get in touch with her sexuality and feel empowered by it. She also enjoys going to the gym, dancing and relaxing on the couch on rainy Sunday mornings. How do you define beauty? MetArt has been pondering that question for the past twenty years. A world leader in artistic nude photography and film. MetArt has made it their mission to present the most enchanting girls to grace our planet, many of them undressing in front of the camera for the very first time. Visit www.MetArt.com today to get your access to the largest erotic photography portal in the world.

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Book SynopsisVanilla sex can be perfectly sweet, but if you crave something a little more adventurous, The Life Erotic is the place to come. Established in 2009, The Life Erotic is renowned for pushing boundaries with beautifully daring film and photography. Gorgeous girls take a walk on the wild side, exploring the darker side of sensual pleasure as they indulge in kinky lesbian games and solo masturbation. The Life Erotic is part of the Metart Network, the world leader in high-class adult entertainment, presenting stunning girls who are confident, sexy, and desirable modern women for a modern world. High-resolution photos put you right in the middle of the action, so you'll enjoy every gasp of pleasure as these uninhibited beauties live out their forbidden secret fantasies in the most explicit and arousing ways imaginable. Their bold sexual games are the ultimate orgasmic thrill. We only feature girls who are genuinely eager to try something that will open up a whole new world of sexual experime

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Book SynopsisThe villa of physicians Anna and Philipp Rezek, built in 1932/33 in Pötzleinsdorf, in the 18th district of the Austrian capital, is an outstanding monument of Viennese modernism of the interwar period. The residence, also known as the Glas House, is a quintessential example of modern architecture and the associated philosophy of living in 1930s Vienna. Yet its architect Hans Glas (18921960), a student of Adolf Loos, has largely fallen into oblivion.This book describes the Villa Rezek in detail, illustrated with numerous historical and newly taken photographs, plans and drawings, and documents. It also sheds light on entirely new aspects of Vienna's architectural history of the 1930s and tells the of both the architect his clients, who were all forced to emigrate due to their Jewish origins following the unification of Austria with Nazi Germany in 1938. It also highlights the ideas and design principles of the visionary architect Hans Glas, which are more relevant today than ever.

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