Art & Photography Books
Dover Publications Inc. How to Draw People
Book SynopsisBy joining circles, ovals, rectangles, and other shapes, beginning artists can create a boy on a swing, a fireman, drummer, mailman, cowboy, and 25 other subjects. Includes blank practice pages.
£7.46
Dover Publications Inc. Vasaris Lives of the Artists Giotto Masaccio Fra
Book SynopsisOne of the principal resources for study of Italian Renaissance art and artists, Vasari's Lives offers colorful, detailed portraits of the era's most representative figures. This single-volume edition spotlights 8 prominent artists.
£11.98
Dover Publications Inc. Victorian Wooden and Brick Houses with Details
Book SynopsisThis treasury of floor plans, elevations, and details of suburban residences is an endless source of inspiration for artists, architects, and historians alike. Eighty-one detailed illustrations capture the elaborate beauty of Victorian-era cornices, staircases, gables, verandas, doors, dormers, and more. A bonus section offers construction guidelines for masons, bricklayers, and carpenters.
£11.24
Dover Publications Inc. Drawing Drapery from Head to Toe
Book SynopsisPacked with indispensable information on a vital aspect of drawing, this time-honored manual offers expert guidance on how to draw shirts, pants, skirts, gloves, hats, coats, and undergarments on the human figure. Step by simple step, artists will discover how these garments fit and drape the body at rest and in action. Abundant with detailed illustrations, photographs, and diagrams, Drawing Drapery from Head to Toe familiarizes readers with the properties of cloth and how it moves; it also examines the origins of folds in relation to the figure, the effects of pull and crush, action folds, creasing, and more. The result: a keen development of the essential techniques for creating realistic, masterfully rendered drawings of the clothed figure.One of few books on the subject of drawing drapery, this volume was written by a noted artist and instructor. Easy to follow, full of fascinating advice, and highly enjoyable to read, it is sure to become a well-thumbed guide.
£8.54
Dover Publications Inc. Women Illustrators of the Golden Age
Book SynopsisUnique anthology presents scores of color and black-and-white artworks by 22 of the best women illustrators of the early 20th century, including Beatrix Potter, Kate Greenaway, and Jessie Willcox Smith.
£17.84
Dover Publications Inc. Eighty Drawings
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£11.24
Dover Publications Inc. Creative Haven Dimensions Coloring Book Creative
Book SynopsisHere''s your doorway to another coloring dimension. Thirty-one original designs feature big, bold mandala patterns. The central motifs are surrounded by wavy and edgy borders that create the optical illusion of depth. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Dimensions and other Creative Haven coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment.
£6.53
Dover Publications Inc. Art Nouveau
Book SynopsisA revolutionary reaction to the eclectic historical styles of nineteenth-century art, the turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau movement drew much of its inspiration from nature. Applying its sinuous, curvilinear motifs to the decorative arts, graphics, architecture, sculpture, and painting, artists and crafters attempted to create a style suitable for a modern age. This treasury of rare Art Nouveau decorative ornaments offers an unusual selection of the genre''s most strikingly imaginative graphics. Originally published in Paris in 1899 and sold by subscription, the collection featuresfifty full-page plates depicting a rich profusion of everyday items rendered in the distinctive Art Nouveau style.Intricate patterns of flowers, vines, faces, and other designs decorate scores of objects made of metal, ceramic, and glass: pitchers and vases, cutlery, walking sticks, jewelry, and other objects and artifacts. A source of authentic Art Nouveau graphics, this compilationwill serve as an inspiration for artists, illustrators, and designers.
£11.24
Dover Publications Inc. English WoodEngraving 19001950
Book SynopsisA wonderful look at the many styles of wood engraving from the time period 1900?1950. The illustrations are sublime, and there is a lot of variation both in theme, execution and style. I really enjoyed looking at the engravings, and the text was interesting and very readable. ? Jefferson-Madison Regional Library SystemAt the turn of the twentieth century the art of wood-engraving enjoyed a flourishing revival among English artists. These works were so fundamentally different from their predecessors, in both design and technique, that they formed a new branch of the art. This volume showcases five decades'' worth of magnificent wood engravings in a series of finely wrought black-and-white and color images, selected from a wide array of sources that includes lesser-known works from temporary exhibitions and limited editions.An informative history of the art precedes the illustrations, tracing the development of wood-engraving from the art form''s earliest days through its decline and resurgence of popularity. A chronological presentation of striking, intricately detailed images follows, featuring the works of such noted artists as Eric Gill, Iain Macnab, Eric Ravilious, John Nash, and Clare Leighton, in addition to scores of others. Ranging from vignettes of animals and rural lifeto street scenes, portraits, and episodes from literature, this survey offers a magnificent overview of the vibrant era in the art of wood-engraving.
£16.64
Dover Publications Inc. Creative Haven Insanely Intricate Entangled
Book SynopsisPicture yourself in a panorama of giant flowers, mushroom-shaped houses, grinning suns and snoozing moons, with spaceships soaring between the stars. Then let your imagination run riot when you color these 31 fabulously detailed fantasy landscapes. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Insanely Intricate Entangled Landscapes and other Creative Haven adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.
£7.74
Dover Publications Inc. The Encyclopedia of Ornament
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1842, this volume made an important contribution to the nineteenth-century Gothic Revival, during which English artists rediscovered decorative styles from their country''s medieval past. Few published sources of the Victorian era offered information on historic designs, and The Encyclopedia of Ornament was warmly received and widely praised for the meticulous rendering of its plates. Modern-day graphic artists and designers, art historians, and students of the history of style and decoration will likewise prize this extensive treasury of authentic designs.Arranged in chronological order, this richly illustrated compilation traces a long history of ornamentation: ironwork of the thirteenth century; painted tiles of the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries; wood carvings and panels of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; fifteenth-century ornamental drapery; sixteenth-century book bindings; designs for jewelry, plate, and other decorative items by Hans Holbein and his contemporaries; lace and needlework of the seventeenth century; and architectural ornaments and stained glass of various periods from English and French cathedrals.
£10.44
Dover Publications Inc. How to Color Like an Artist
Book SynopsisSimple, step-by-step instructions for using colored pencils include eight plates from Dover's Creative Haven® series for practice. Full-color photographs illustrate such methods as creating texture, layering, and blending colors.
£15.29
Dover Publications Inc. Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil
Book SynopsisThe second of the great Surrealist's collage novels, this profoundly bizarre work was first published in Paris in 1930. Humor and irony abound in its expression of religious ecstasy and carnal desire.
£16.57
Dover Publications Inc. Drawing Farm and Zoo Animals
Book SynopsisThis single-volume edition combines books by two of Britain's leading animal illustrators of the 20th century: Raymond Sheppard's Drawing at the Zoo and Charles Tunnicliffe's How to Draw Farm Animals.
£10.44
Dover Publications Inc. Wolfe E House in Good Taste
Book SynopsisIn this timeless 1913 book, the first lady of American interior design defines her decorating methods and philosophy. Elsie de Wolfe pioneered the concept of the home as a representation of the owner''s identity and her practical approach to creating spaces for gracious entertaining illuminate the attitudes of a century ago while retaining their resonance for modern-day interior designers. Includes period photographs.
£17.84
Dover Publications Inc. Vitruvian Man Notebook
Book SynopsisFeaturing da Vinci's world-famous Vitruvian Man illustration on the cover, this pocket-sized notebook features 64 blank pages and makes a great place to store phone numbers, appointments, and more. It's also a wonderfully portable sketchbook.
£5.02
Dover Publications Inc. Printmaking
Book SynopsisTwelve easy-to-follow projects plus tutorials on creating with found objects, designing your own custom plates for relief printmaking, transferring images, painting stencils, more. Most projects employ common household items.
£16.57
Dover Publications Inc. Seleshanko K Edwardian Fashions
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£13.04
Dover Publications Inc. Creating Celtic Animal Designs
Book SynopsisMany instruction books just teach how to duplicate designs without providing any clues for the next step ? making your own! This unique guide features the highly effective Aon method, a technique for creating your own original designsrather than copying examples. It''s easy to comprehend, with simple step-by-step instructions that focus on incorporating animal forms into Celtic patterns and designs.Creating Celtic Animal Designs builds onauthor Cari Buziak''s experience teaching and writing about Celtic patterns and their creation, meaning, and history. Her nine in-depth examples encompass both traditional and contemporary renderings of animals ? hounds, lions, hares, birds, and other creatures. Cari demonstrates the freehand drawing of Celtic knots and moves beyond the basics to show how to manipulate and develop stand-alone patterns into panels and combinations. Artists, designers, art instructors, tattoo artists, and anyone who appreciates Celtic designs will find this book a treasury of both instruction and inspiration.
£13.04
Dover Publications Inc. Treasury of Audubon Birds
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£17.84
Dover Publications Inc. The Art of Painting and Drawing Animals
Book SynopsisThousands of years after man first recorded his impressions of animals on cave walls, artists are still attempting to reproduce images of these incredibly diverse creatures of land, sea, and air. This guide by an award-winning artist is designed to aid painters at all skill levels to draw and paint wildlife with precision and accuracy. Fredric Sweney begins by using the horse as the basis for understanding the physical structure of animals, while the wild duck serves as the model for the configuration, wing construction, and flight characteristics of birds. More than 260 illustrations, many in full color, along with step-by-step details, make it easier and more enjoyable than ever to paint dogs, cats, oxen, deer, bears, birds, goats, and more exotic animals ? in every size and shape. An invaluable guide to zoological anatomy, ideal for beginners as well as advanced artists, this complete, practical reference will also serve as an excellent resource for resolving commonplace problems of artistic composition.
£16.57
Dover Publications Redouté
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£17.84
Dover Publications Creative Haven Gemstones Color by Number
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£9.78
Thames & Hudson Ltd Impressionist PostImpressionist Drawing
Book SynopsisClaude Monet, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and their colleagues made some of the most beautiful drawings in the history of art. This book sets drawings by the impressionists and post-impressionists in the context of late nineteenth-century France, explaining why these particular works are as important as these artists? paintings in the representation of modernity.Impressionist & Post-Impressionist DrawingTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Triumph of Drawing • Eugène Boudin 1824–1898 • Camille Pissarro 1830–1903 • Édouard Manet 1832–1883 • Edgar Degas 1834–1917 • Paul Cézanne 1839–1906 • Alfred Sisley 1839–1899 • Odilon Redon 1840–1916 • Claude Monet 1840–1926 • Berthe Morisot 1841–1895 • Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841–1919 • Federico Zandomeneghi 1841–1917 • Mary Cassatt 1844–1926 • Paul Gauguin 1848–1903 • Gustave Caillebotte 1848–1894 • Jean-François Raffaëlli 1850–1924 • Jean-Louis Forain 1852–1931 • Vincent van Gogh 1853–1890 • Georges Seurat 1859–1891 • Paul Signac 1863–1935 • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864–1901
£28.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Lartigue
Book SynopsisLouise Baring has written for The Economist, the Independent on Sunday Review, Vogue, and the Daily Telegraph. She is the author of several books on photography: Martine Franck; Norman Parkinson: A Very British Glamour; Emmy Andriesse: Hidden Lens; and Dora Maar: Paris in the Time of Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, and Picasso.Trade Review'Lartigue's snatched portraits, for all the period details they capture, seem, like his previous images of speed and movement, oddly contemporary' - Observer'A titan of 20th-century photography who captured the spirit of his age' - Royal Photographic Society Journal'Details a golden age as seen through the lens of an unusual photographer' - Standpoint'Terrific' - Vogue Italia'Brings a wonderful clarity to his formative years ... beautiful, blithe, strange, addictive' - World of Interiors'Gives a spotlight to an era often overlooked by the First World War' - .Cent Magazine'Baring engagingly sets out the context of the Lartigue family and supplies pocket biographies for the figures ... who populate Lartigue’s photographs' - William Boyd, The Spectator'Captures the carefree, haute-bourgeois lifestyle of the young photographer' - Financial Times'An affectionate memoir' - Mature Times'Leafing through these pages is to experience the heyday of a bygone age' - The Lady'Delightful ... a testament to Lartigue’s intense love of the world and the pleasures it affords' - John Banville, Irish Times'Proustian ... distils an era through a charmed, yearning but sharp and original eye' - Financial Times'Draws on Lartigue’s diaries and photograph albums to create a vivid impression of the photographer’s childhood, years during which he would produce an extraordinary body of work that would, in time, become synonymous with that era’ ' - The New European'Baring's scholarly book on child prodigy Jacques Henri Lartigue locates his photographs within the extraordinary era that they were made' - British Journal of Photography'A vivid insight into early 20th-century France … has the quirky intimacy of a family album' - Best Art Books of 2020, Sunday Times'Excellent' - Julian Barnes, London Review of BooksTable of ContentsIntroduction • An Enclosed World • A Seaside Album • La Vie du Château • Prisoners of Pleasure • The Beauty of Speed • A Sporting Life • The End of an Era
£23.80
Thames & Hudson Ltd Forms of Enchantment
Book SynopsisA series of enlightening perspectives on the art and visual culture of today’s world from one of our pre-eminent writers.Trade Review'Heady, thought-provoking stuff here: the author has a knack of taking initially complex subjects and making them accessible and reachable' - Actual Size'What stands out in this work is the depth of [Warner’s] engagement: she does not simply look hard at each artist’s work but interrogates hard too. Her approach is more philosophical and psychological than art historical, and what draws her to her subjects is their storytelling' - RA Magazine'[These essays] offer a trove of insight and erudition, lightly worn as ever, and provide a vision of a new aesthetics that is refreshingly optimistic' - The Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsForeword • I. Playing in the Dark • Paula Rego: Giving Fear a Face • Henry Fuseli: In the Passionate Playground • Janine Antoni: Hide & Seek • Richard Wentworth: Things That Talk • Kiki Smith: Wolf-Girl, Soul-Bird • II. Bodies of Sense • Hans Baldung Grien: A Fatal Bite • Louise Bourgeois: Cut and Stitch • Zarina Bhimji: Customs of the Country • Helen Chadwick: The Wound of Difference • Tacita Dean: Footage • III. Spectral Technologies • Joan Jonas: Future Ghosts • Sigmar Polke: Stone Alchemy • Al & Al: Visions of the Honeycomb • Jumana Emil Abboud: Dreaming the Territory • Christian Thompson: Magical Aesthetics • IV. Iconoclashes • Hieronymus Bosch: Trumpery, or The Followers of the Haywain • Damien Hirst: Once a Catholic… • Felicity Powell: Marks of Shame, Signs of Grace • Frans Masereel: Naked in the City • Cristina Iglesias: Where Three Waters Meet • Julie Mehretu: The Third Space
£21.25
Thames & Hudson Ltd Carnet by Michelle Ong
Book SynopsisA lavish survey of over twenty-five years of beautiful gems from Carnet, Michelle Ong's Hong Kong-based boutique jewelry house.Table of ContentsForeword by Joel Rosenthal • Introduction by Vivienne Becker • Earth, Sky, Sea • Flora • Nature • Patterns
£52.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Artists Studio A Cultural History A Times
Book SynopsisA 'TIMES' BEST ART BOOK OF 2022 ___________________________________________ An exciting narrative and visual history of the artist's studio, examining the myth and reality of the creative space from early times to today. The artist's workplace has always been an imaginary as well as an actual location, an idealized utopia as well as the domain of dirty, back-breaking work. Written descriptions, paintings, prints and even photographs of the artist's atelier distort as much as they document. This pioneering cultural history charts the myth and reality of the creative space from Ancient Greece to the present day. Tracing a history that extends far beyond the bohemian, romantic and renaissance cults of the artist, each chapter focuses on key developments of the studio space as seen in a variety of familiar and unfamiliar images. Mythical and divine makers, and some amateurs, are included, and so too are craftspeople workers in metal and wood, potters, illuminators, weavers, Trade Review'Innovative and wide-ranging … James Hall’s breadth of reference - and choice of images - is impressive, from Greek red figure vases to Francis Bacon’s paint-encrusted and cluttered workspace via Renaissance workshops and the Victorian war chronicler Roger Fenton’s mobile photographic carriage … [the studio] has, as Hall persuasively argues, been integral in artists projecting themselves as being more than mere craftsmen' - The Times, Art Books of the Year'Ambitious and accessible ... extremely readable, wonderfully illustrated, capacious in its reach and altogether a book to send the reader back to their favourite art with a new set of questions about exactly how and where it was made' - The Art Newspaper'The Artist's Studio describes how a noisome cockpit of lust, crime and virtuosity produced innovations in how art gets made, and by whom. To you, me and the estate agent, a studio is the most pinched accommodation going, but in Hall’s drily entertaining survey, it has many mansions' - Guardian'A thorough exploration of artists’ workspaces ... combines cerebral and beautifully illustrated argument with encyclopaedic information about artists, their working practices and their funny little ways' - Literary Review'A comprehensive account of much more than the practice of art, and demonstrates how artists have influenced, as well as been affected by, their working spaces from the earliest time' - artbookreview'Hall’s accounts of the changing nature of artists’ studios from Greek antiquity onwards are enthralling…' - Studio International'An important study … a compelling narrative' - Elle Decor Italia'James Hall’s learning is immense, yet he displays his expertise in this lively and entertaining survey of the artist’s studio without a hint of pedantry. Rather, his delivery is fresh and informal, and at times humorous' - Times Literary Supplement'[A] smart object biography The Artist’s Studio, which follows a similarly vast project from the author on self-portraiture … Hall approaches his subject as a historian - although with the colloquial ease of years spent as a newspaper art critic' - Financial Times'[A] thoroughly researched and well-illustrated book … Alongside the anecdotes are historical accounts, such as the professionalisation of modelling and the development of the portable painting box' - House & Garden'A good read with ample illustrations… it’s a welcome addition to cultural histories that tell the story of art in new and interesting ways' - Hyperallergic'An important book…Many of the works that Hall analyses and illustrates are very famous, but his point of view is always original' - David Ekserdjian, Il Giornale dell’Arte'The author does not confine himself to the classic definition of the old master’s studio but takes in all manner of spaces from the goldsmith’s bench to the shoemaker’s workshop. Hall makes this range and diversity his strength, and out of this arises a fresh and unexpected take on the history of Western art' - World of Interiors'Informative and enjoyable' - The ArtistTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Luxury and Lameness: the Shield of Achilles 2. Wisdom’s Workshop: Simon the Shoemaker 3. Struggles in the Scriptorium: Waging War on Dead Skin 4. Pure Gold: doing God’s (or the Devil’s) Work. 5. The Velvet Revolution: Cennini’s Studietto 6. Piety and Pretentiousness: St Luke paints the Virgin. 7. ‘Always Keeping Paper in his Hand’: A School for Art and Scandal 8. In and Out of the Comfort Zone: Leonardo versus Michelangelo 9. Creatures of the Night: ‘Only the dark serves to plant man’ 10. Making a Spectacle: The Systematic Studio 11. Mirrors of Process: Velázquez to Reynolds 12. Women in the Studio: Love, Inspiration, Destitution, Crimes of Passion 13. Chaste Space: Cells and Garrets 14. Eliminating Easels: Workshop and Factory 15. Inside / Outside: Studios for Nomads
£24.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Figures Faces
Book SynopsisFloraFaunaFiguresThe museum?s collection begins in the Byzantine era and ranges through the medieval and Renaissance periods and beyond, with mythological figures and biblical scenes represented on pendants and rings. In the nineteenth century, René Lalique, Alphonse Fouquet, and the Maison Vever produced brooches and necklaces that embodied elegant sophistication and technical brilliance, while in the twentieth century, artists such as Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti joined jewelers like Jean Lurçat, Line Vautrin, and Claude Lalanne in creating works that interpret the body in deeply personal ways.FiguresTrade Review'Expertly and thoughtfully selected' - JCK News DailyTable of ContentsIntroduction • Two essays by Évelyne Possémé and Patrick Mauriès • The jewelry
£15.26
Thames & Hudson Ltd Francis Bacon A SelfPortrait in Words
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£32.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Bauhaus Imaginista
Book SynopsisPlacing a rare emphasis on the international reach and reception of the Bauhaus, this book assesses the impact of the Bauhaus school from a global perspective.Trade Review'Lavishly illustrated' - SWISS'Splendidly illustrated … a must for modern art lovers' - The LadyTable of ContentsForeword • 1. Correspondence • 2. Designing Life • 3. Vernacular Modernism • 4. Undead
£31.96
Thames & Hudson Ltd Another Country
Book SynopsisA compelling social and cultural history of Britain since the Second World War, showing how photographers have depicted the country over the last seventy years. Another Country offers a lively, vital rethinking of British documentary photography over the last seven decades. This collection includes a diverse range of photographers working in an exciting array of photographic and artistic modes, encompassing images from iconic reportage to photo-text pieces, from self-portraits to political photo-collages. As Britain takes an increasingly significant place in the history of documentary photography, award-winning photography writer and critic Gerry Badger brings vital context and breadth to the conversation. Organized chronologically, each chapter spans a particular period of social and cultural history, focusing on the major photographers, figures, institutions, publications and galleries that shaped the photographic climate of their time, as well as the broader tastes of thTrade Review'Lavishly illustrated' - Aesthetica'In 'Another Country', Badger collates some of the most significant British documentary works, among them Howard Grey’s 1060s portraits of the Windrush generation arriving in Britain, Philip Jones Griffiths’ 1970s reportage of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Martin Parr’s shots of holidaymakers at the seaside in Merseyside in the 1980s' - Sunday Times'Curated by photographer, writer and critic Gerry Badger, the book seeks to find Britain through photography, rather than attaching images to a previously established narrative. This approach makes space for voices from every corner of society, and Badger invites James Barnor to detail the African diaspora’s experiences in London in the 1960s, Sunil Gupta to reveal the realities of the gay community in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, and Sara Davidmann to narrate the lives of queer, transgender, and non-binary individuals in the early 00s. Photographers both inside and outside communities have important insights to make' - Another Magazine'A striking overview of how British society has been represented over the past seven decades' - Financial Times'A fascinating and moving volume' - The Lady'Extravagantly illustrated… Badger gives a clear account of the shifts in documentary photography as an art form in Britain from 1945 to the present days, but it is the social, cultural and political climate of each decade that has been the biggest impetus for change, and it is these important contexts that Badger conveys so concisely and well, showing how they helped to shape a new generation of documentary photographers, intent on recording life and death in a creative way' - The Art Newspaper'Badger knows this territory inside out. He is in some ways the best person to turn the complex artistic, commercial and institutional histories of British photography into a coffee-table precis. He knows which provincial gallery, fractious collective, short-lived magazine or maverick snapper mattered at any given moment' - Literary Review'A lively rethinking of British documentary photography over the last seven decades' - Guardian'An important book … Gerry Badger has created an ontology of British photography that will feed a thousand conversations … An insightful guide to the multi-layered complexity that is the British photographic body … will be consulted by scholars for decades to come' - Alex Schneiderman, Black & White Photography'Superb' - Amateur Photographer'Hugely evocative ... a rich anthology of foggy streets, dingy but jolly pubs, teddy boys, swinging 1960s revellers, top-hatted stockbrokers and so on up to the present' - Martin Gayford, The Spectator'Exhilarating... Those interested in documentary photo trends encompassing the UK and beyond will value this title' - Library JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. The End of Empire: the Second World War and After • 2. Photographic Revival: the Swinging Sixties • 3. Politics and Photography: Documentary and Beyond • 4. Going Global: A Colour Revolution • 5. New Millennium: Photography and Digital Culture
£40.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Raymond Briggs The Illustrators Series
Book SynopsisBriggs's pencil has drawn everything about being human the comic, the tragic; passion, tenderness, fear, anger, joy, bogeys ... slime' Posy SimmondsTrade Review'Long live the illustrators! Hurrah for their work!' - Philip Pullman'It is wonderful to see these celebrations of our greatest illustrators … an inspiration to future generations' - Chris Riddell'This short, delightful illustrated biography evokes the man and mind behind The Snowman and Briggs’ other light-of-touch, deep-of-feeling, timelessly appealing stories, in the context of English social history ' - Financial TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction • Early years • Starting out • Early work • Nursery rhymes • Fairies and giants • Father Christmas and Fungus • Dreams and nightmares • Uninvited guests • Family histories
£16.99
Thames & Hudson Ltd Comet Photographs from the Rosetta Space Probe
Book SynopsisA jawdropping book of photographs that transports the reader into space aboard the Rosetta probe.Trade Review'An extraordinary book' - Black & White Photography'Bringing us ever closer to these distant worlds' - Financial Times'A raft of truly otherworldly photographs … Testament to a hugely ambitious and pioneering scientific feat, Comet is an extraordinary book that transports the reader deep into the cosmos' - Outdoor PhotographyTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. Launching • 2. First Earth Flyby • 3. Mars Flyby • 4. Second Earth Flyby • 5. Asteroid Stein Flyby • 6. Third Earth Flyby • 7. Asteroid Lutetia Flyby 8. Entering Deep Space Hibernation • 9. Exiting Deep Space Hibernation • 10. Rendezvous Manouevre • 11. Arrival at Comet • 12. Philae Landing • 13. Nominal Mission End
£40.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd The History of Art A Global View
Book SynopsisWritten by a team of expert authors, this landmark textbook shows that art is more than European and extends far beyond the traditional canon. The History of Art: A Global View answers the urgent need for a more global, inclusive way to teach the history of the worldâs art. Led by Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, eleven specialists have cohered around the shared goal of bringing multiple perspectives to a worldwide narrative. The resulting survey represents every global region as an important part of an integrated, chronological history that emphasizes cross-cultural connections, contrasts and comparisons. The first major art history textbook of the 21st century, The History of Art: A Global View equips students to understand the history of art in new and revealing ways.
£999.99
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Art Museum in Modern Times
Book SynopsisDrawing on his unique experience at the helm of three major British art institutions, Charles Saumarez Smith traces how art museums across the world have changed over the past eighty years.Trade Review'An original book, and so beautifully written and constructed' - Professor Sir David Cannadine, Dodge Professor of History, Princeton University and President of the British Academy'A wise and insightful tour of our most successful art museums. One couldn’t ask for a better informed or more congenial guide. Highly recommended' - Professor Andrew McClellan, Professor of History of Art and Museum Studies, Tufts University'There are few people as perfectly suited to give an overview of the pre-COVID museum landscape than Charles Saumarez Smith. Respected by the entire museum field, he has directed three major institutions, each with notable success ... Insightful, witty, playful and ironic, who better to guide a reader through the confusing terrain of the past several decades of the ‘museum boom’?' - James Bradburne, Director General, Pinacoteca di Brera and the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, and Editor-in-Chief, Museum Management and Curatorship'I love the style, tone and perspective, the personal experience present along the way, and the open mode of thinking and reflecting on what is seen. That is rare in museum literature and gives a special authority and also a thrill to the text' - Professor Mari Lending, Professor of Architectural History and Theory, Oslo School of Architecture and Design'Charles Saumarez Smith is well placed to consider all of the elements that define a contemporary institution, from architecture and curatorial expertise to funding models and the thorny subject of public duty' - The Arts Society'Written with the crisp elegance found in Baedeker’s guides' - The Financial Times'Charles Saumarez Smith is eminently qualified to answer the two main questions underpinning this survey of 42 museums: How have such institutions changed in the past century? And what does the future look like for these cathedrals of culture? Saumarez Smith … brings his experience and insights to this sweeping overview' - The Art Newspaper'Charles Saumarez Smith thoughtfully charts how quickly and definitively museums have moved on from the Cassoubonish attitude to become the public palaces they are now' - Apollo'Saumarez Smith’s case studies demonstrate how museums have changed since the 1930s and why. Understanding this history helps in understanding why museums look like they do now. With that understanding, a richer experience of those museums awaits us' - Studio International'Remarkable and provocatively thoughtful … The diversity is astounding … For the gallery visitor, this is an essential read, which sharpens our awareness of the absorbing complexity of the museum experience. The reader’s experience is further enhanced by the book’s exemplary design, and very well-chosen images of buildings, their interiors, and of individual architects, curators and patrons' - Artlyst'In his informed and engaging prose, Smith brings out the personality unique to each museum. This is complemented by a diverse selection of images … All these play their part in a book that is, above all else, shockingly good-looking' - The Arts Desk''Saumarez Smith is good on the often antagonistic relationship between architects and directors, and the difficulties of reconciling fantastical plans with a building that actually functions ... Every entry has its nuggets ... [a] clever, persuasive book' - Laura Freeman, Literary Review'How best to use this book? Perhaps simply to absorb the insider knowledge of an art historian, curator and former museum director who opens up the private conversations that have shaped the public spaces in which we experience art' - Art Quarterly'A fascinating look at how museums, their mission and their vision, have evolved over the past half-century… This superb and eminently readable book takes us along a roller coaster of ups and downs, experienced by museums as they lose, regain, refashion their intellectual confidence, their belief in or rejection of, the notion of a set of universal values, alternately giving prompts to, or taking their cues from, the public' - Blue Guides'Saumarez Smith headed the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy, and there seems hardly a museum worldwide that he hasn’t visited. As architectural historian and cultural commentator, he is compelling, charming, tolerant and wise on why museums matter, how their role is changing, and what that reveals about broader social and political transformation' - Financial TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. The Pre-War Museum • 2. The Modern Museum • 3. The Post-Modern Museum • 4. Museums for the New Millennium • 5. The Museum Re-invented • Conclusion
£24.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Archipelago An Atlas of Imagined Islands
Book SynopsisA new atlas of imaginary islands conjured up by an international gathering of illustrators, including work by Coralie Bickford-Smith, Bill Bragg, Marion Deuchars, Chris Riddell, Maisie Paradise Shearring, Hervé Tullet, Aušra Kiudulaite and more. Islomania is a recognized affliction. But what is it about islands that is so alluring, and why do so many people find these self-contained worlds completely irresistible? Utopia and Atlantis were islands, and islands have captured the imaginations of writers and artists for centuries. Venetian sailors were the first to make collections of them by drawing maps of those they visited in their isolari literally the island books'. Then in 1719 Daniel Defoe published his tale of a castaway on a desert island, Robinson Crusoe, one of the first great novels in the history of literature and an instant bestseller. Defoe's tale combined the real and the imagined and transformed them into a compelling creative landscape, establishing a whole literary genre and unleashing the power of an island for storytelling. To celebrate the tercentenary of Robinson Crusoe's publication, a truly international range of leading illustrators imagine they too have been washed up on their own remote island. In a specially created map they visualize what it looks like, what it's called and what can be found on its mythical shores. In a panoply of astonishingly creative and often surprising responses, we are invited to explore a curious and fabulous archipelago of islands of invention that will beguile illustrators, cartographers and dreamers alike.Trade Review'A work of creative cartography and magical fabrication in equal measure' - Stuff.tv
£21.21
Thames & Hudson Ltd Postures Body Language in Art
Book SynopsisExamining the body language displayed in works of art is a whole new way of looking at art. The gestures portrayed can reflect the mores of a particular period in history, the customs of a certain culture or a fashion in artistic styles. Exploring these with masterful subtlety, celebrated artist and anthropologist Desmond Morris uncovers fascinating insights about changing social attitudes and conventions through history and around the world, finding surprising similarities as well as now rarely used gestures. Morris selects a number of key gestures, such as the handshake, the pointed foot, or the glove-slap, and groups them by the message they are intended to convey, such as Greetings, Status and Threats. He discusses the previously unconsidered symbolism behind these. What is understood as a gang sign today may have borne a more enigmatic meaning for Botticelli. And what did Napoleon's hidden hand really mean? Postures: Body Language in Art uniquely combines the author's expertise in both art and social science, so that even the most familiar paintings are suddenly seen in a new light.Trade Review'Morris’s text sparkles with wit and the reader is instantly carried away by his enthusiasm for presenting art in a completely new way' - Irish Times
£21.21
Thames & Hudson Ltd André Fu
Book SynopsisCatherine Shaw is an independent architecture, design and art critic and the author of the Wallpaper* Tokyo City Guide. André Fu first made his name with his design for The Upper House hotel in Hong Kong. He is regularly called upon to participate in international exhibitions, including Wallpaper*'s Handmade' series in 2016/2017. He launched his successful André Fu Living (AFL) lifestyle brand in 2015.Trade Review'A delight to read. There’s a warmth and comfort to Fu’s interiors that come from a fine-tuned sense of balance and what works together, meaning that the closer you look, the more eclectic his taste seems to become' - AestheticaTable of ContentsForeword by Paddy McKillen • Preface • Introduction by Catherine Shaw • Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Bangkok • St. Regis Hong Kong • Perrotin Shanghai • Akira Back, Seoul • The Mitsui, Kyoto • Lasvit: Tactile • The Berkeley London: Pavilion Suites • Cos: Urban Landscape • Tai Ping: Scenamatic • Artus, Hong Kong • Louise, Hong Kong • Louis Vuitton • Andaz, Singapore • Kerry Hotel, Hong Kong • 53W53, New York • The Upper House • Villa La Coste • André Fu Repulse Bay home
£38.40
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Stencil Graffiti Handbook
Book SynopsisWith current political and cultural climates across the globe growing more uncertain, a new generation of artists, designers, and communicators are using stencil art on the walls of towns and cities to voice thought-provoking messages and ideas. Exploring the medium?s applications within grassroots activism and the contemporary craft scene, Tristan Manco returns to the streets and brings this thriving art form to life.Exploring both process and results, this book delves into stencil art?s essential elements?place, space, technique, and subjects?before taking to the streets to see how, where, and why stencil graffiti is exhibited. Having accumulated an extensive network of street art contacts through more than two decades of immersion in the scene, Manco has scoured the globe for today?s most interesting stencil artists?those who operate outside the mainstream market of ?urban art? and beneath the radar of everyone but the truly aware.The Stencil Graffiti HandbookTable of Contents1. Basics • 2. Advanced Techniques • 3. Activism • 4. Themes • 5. Streets • 6. Studios 7. Resources
£16.96
Thames & Hudson Ltd John Nash
Book SynopsisAndy Friend is the author of Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship, which Thames & Hudson published in 2017. He conceived and co-curated the eponymous exhibition which toured the UK in 201718, attracting c. 100,000 visitors.Trade Review'Andy Friend deftly carries the reader into a much-peopled narrative, opening up many insights into the art world at the same time that he gets inside the personal life of John Nash and his wife Christine Kühlenthal. Rarely is such extensive scholarship communicated with such ease. This gifted writer brings new depths of understanding to Nash’s achievement as an “artist-plantsman”, a label Nash himself chose' - Frances Spalding'A substantial and thorough book with much original research that tells the story not just of its subject, but also much of the development of art in the twentieth century' - Artbookreview.net'Andy Friend vividly gives [Nash] his due, portraying a sympathetic man and substantial artist' - Best Art Books of 2020, Sunday Times'An excellent book' - The LadyTable of ContentsForeword by David Dimbleby • 1. Marcoing • 2. Iver Heath • 3. Whiteleaf • 4. Meadle • 5. Wiston • 6. Wormingford • 7. Claviers • Afterword: Of Love and Solace
£24.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Iconic American House Architectural
Book SynopsisA compendium of the most innovative and influential residential buildings in the United States since 1900.Trade Review'Full of life, drama and invention' - Aesthetica'The modernist's new design bible' - Interiors'Celebrates the country's residential masterpieces, highlighting 50 of the most innovative and influential homes' - UncrateTable of ContentsIntroduction • Fifty houses
£40.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd M to M of MM Paris Vol 2
Book SynopsisThe definitive overview of one of the worldâs most experimental and distinctive graphic-design studios. Originally established in 1992 by MichaÃl Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak as a graphic design studio, M/M (Paris) have since defied categorisation, becoming one of the most radical creative practices of today through their influential work across the contemporary cultural sphere. By collaborating with fashion designers and brands such as Alexander McQueen, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Miuccia Prada, Jonathan Anderson, Nicolas GhesquiÃre and Yohji Yamamoto; musicians BjÃrk, Ãtienne Daho, Kanye West, Lou Doillon, Madonna and Vanessa Paradis; contemporary artists including FranÃois Curlet, Philippe Parreno, Pierre Huyghe and Sarah Morris; and rethinking the iconic titles Interview magazine, Purple Fashion and Vogue Paris, M/M have been building a visual atlas of the creative landscape since the early 1990s. In this illustrated A to Z, beginning and ending with the letter M, interviews wTrade Review'... I have always admired them; they are brilliant' - Miuccia Prada'The most inventive graphic designers of their generation' - Hans Ulrich Obrist'I was always an avid fan. There are not that many people who do this kind of thing at that level' - Jonathan Anderson'M/M don’t do design. It’s much more than that, it’s a story. They are artists, poets, storytellers' - Jean-François Piège'Every time I’ve asked them for a bit of light, they have redesigned the entire electrical circuit' - Éric Troncy'Sheds new light on these radical innovators and their somewhat mystical status within the world of creative arts' - HERO'Epic' - Creative Review'Bright and bold' - Aesthetica
£45.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Perfect Gentleman The Pursuit of Timeless
Book SynopsisThe perfect gift for the man who has everything: a celebration of the makers and marques behind the worldâs most enduring objects of desire.Trade Review'A treat for modern dandies … a complete guide to masculine chic' - Elle Decoration'A sumptuous picture book elegantly examining the history of British luxury goods' - AttitudeTable of Contents1. Restoration London: Monarchy, Gallantry & Debauchery (1660–1789) • 2. Regency London: Fashion, Revolution & Social Ascent (1789–1837) • 3. Victorian London: Empire, Affluence & Ingenuity (1837–80) • 4. Edwardian London: Pleasure, Excess & Ostentation (1880–1914) • 5. London Between Two Wars: Modernism, Frivolity & Chic (1914–45) • 6. London’s New Elizabethan Age: Austerity, Optimism & Energy (1940 – Today)
£24.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Chaumet Drawing from Nature
Book SynopsisA dazzling celebration of the nature-themed drawings created by Parisian high-jewelry house Chaumet from the 18th century to today. Since the founding of the Maison Chaumet in Paris in 1780, each generation of its jewellers has looked to the natural world for inspiration, dreaming up ruby-encrusted grapevines, delicate laurel-wreath tiaras, striking diamond starbursts and a beguiling array of jewelled animals - from birds and butterflies to snakes, lions and even bats - that embodied the spirit of the age. As tools for researching and developing ideas, drawings are an essential first step in the creation of jewellery pieces and reveal little-known aspects of the design process. These beautiful and inventive drawings from the Chaumet archives, many published here for the first time, are presented in thematic chapters (Flowers, Trees and Plants, Bestiary, Universe), while essays by curator Gaelle Rio offer a concise art-historical perspective. A visually fascinating compendium, thi
£52.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd The World According to Lee McQueen
Book Synopsis'You've just got to have a bit of an open mind, not be so judgmental, educate yourself in the world of Alexander McQueen': a stylish collection of the legendary designer's maxims on fashion, craft, beauty and nature.
£11.69
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Wyvern Collection
Book SynopsisThe fourth catalogue devoted to the Wyvern Collection, an exceptional private collection of medieval and Renaissance art, comparable to the holdings of many of the world's great museums.Trade Review'Masterly … photographs by Matt Pia provide exceptional coverage of the objects in this outstanding British private collection of medieval art … [Paul] Williamson places these works in the context of all relevant comparative objects in public and private collections on the basis of the most up-to-date current research' - Burlington MagazineTable of ContentsForeword Preface Explanatory Notes on the Catalogue Entries The Catalogue I Early Medieval Works of Art Catalogue numbers 1–12 II Romanesque Enamels, excluding Limoges Catalogue numbers 13–21 III Limoges Enamels Catalogue numbers 22–87 IV Gothic and Renaissance Works of Art Catalogue numbers 88–143 V Stained and Painted Glass Catalogue numbers 144–152 VI Limoges Painted Enamels Catalogue numbers 153–182 VII Ceramics Catalogue numbers 183–189 VIII Textiles and Tapestry Catalogue numbers 190–194 IX Later Works of Art Catalogue numbers 195–204 X Appendix to Wyvern Collection, Volumes 1 and 2 Catalogue numbers 205–210 Concordance Bibliography
£55.25
Thames & Hudson Ltd Kenneth Grange
Book SynopsisThe definitive celebration of the work, life and times of Sir Kenneth Grange (born 1929), one of the most revered, innovative and influential industrial designers of the modern age. 'You may not know the name Kenneth Grange, but you'll almost certainly know his work. He has designed just about everything' The Guardian The work of renowned design pioneer Sir Kenneth Grange (born 1929) has touched the lives of almost every consumer worldwide and has had a lasting influence on today's younger designers, from Sir Jonathan Ive, Jasper Morrison and Marc Newson to Thomas Heatherwick and the founding brothers of Joseph Joseph. For decades, Grange's iconic products including the InterCity 125 train for British Rail, the TX1 London black taxi, domestic appliances for Kenwood, lighting for Anglepoise, cameras for Kodak, pens for Parker and post boxes for Royal Mail, among many others have been at the centre of tastemaking and key to the establishment of Britain's worldwide post-war reput
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