Art & Photography Books
Rizzoli International Publications Ralph Laurens Polo Shirt
Book SynopsisEmbodying a chic casualness that is uniquely American, the Polo shirt is a cultural symbol, worn by everyone from movie stars and presidents to athletes and artists.Trade Review"This 544-page tome recounts the historyand evolution of this classic shirt as well as the very lifestyle that it embodies. Gorgeousimages, along with fascinating stories by celebrities and non-celebrities alike, illustrate this must-read for the Polo lover." —SOCIETY TEXAS "With nearly 50 years of history behind it, the Polo has been produced in numerous variations, all of which are faithfully documented in the book. From the classic white version to the striped iteration worn by team USA at the Olympics, they all have a story that reflects Polo Ralph Lauren’s many facets." —ROBB REPORT
£24.80
Abrams New York in Bloom
Book SynopsisTrade Review"‘Birdsong and daffodils: my two favourite heralds of spring,’ says author and photographer Georgianna Lane. Her work captures the floral side of cities as a ‘photographic meditation, seen through my own shade of rose-coloured glasses’" -- Psychologies"Photographer Georgianna Lane leads you on a floral tour of one of the world’s best cities, passing through corner shops overflowing with fresh-cut blooms, bustling flower markets and blooming trees in lush public parks. The photos show an unexpected, softer side of the metropolis and makes for a wonderful addition to a New York lover's coffee table." -- House Beautiful"The US travel writer and floral photographer, Georgianna Lane, has created – much like the Dutch Golden Age flower painters—a ravishing, if somewhat selective, picture of New York’s spring and early summer delights: flowering crab apple trees and cherry, magnolias, daffodils, tulips, crocuses, lilacs and, needless to say, roses in abundance." -- The Art Newspaper
£15.29
Search Press Ltd Pure Watercolour Painting: Classic Techniques for
Book SynopsisLearn how to use traditional watercolour techniques to produce beautiful, contemporary paintings that are full of light, colour and life. Packed with inspirational finished paintings and step-by-step projects, this engaging book teaches you how to use watercolours in their purest form, without the addition of any other media, to create art that has a radiancy and luminosity that cannot be achieved in any other way.Trade ReviewMarch 2018 Watercolour is a magical medium when used correctly, adding sparkle and life to your paintings. Here, Peter Cronin, takes you back to basics, learning the traditions of watercolour in its purest form, allowing the radiancy of the medium to shine through. Aimed at artists of all levels, Peter shares his 25 years at teaching experience with us, including step-by-step projects, inspirational paintings and forewords by watercolour experts, David Bellamy and David Curtis. * The Leisure Painter *What a pleasure this book is. The kind that makes you want to pick up your paints and create a painting. This book helps you to master traditional watercolour skills to create watercolours with atmosphere. This course in a book gives tips on painting both indoors and out, painting from photographs, sketching, washes and a lot more. There are 5 step-by-step projects to practise your skills. This 144 page book is longer than many on the subject. It is filled with wonderful examples of watercolour. Wonderful book. * www.Yarnsandfabrics.co.uk *February 2018 This beautiful celebration of the technical and creative capabilities of pure watercolour does the medium ample justice. Peter Cronin examines and demonstrates all the classic techniques - sketching, washes, wet-in-wet and drybrush - as well as the many ways of making mark. More importantly, he does this in a creative context, working towards a successful result rather than conducting exercises for their own sake. This is an inherently hands-on book; there is a strong sense of progression from techniques to outdoor work - something Peter is particularly keen on - and it would not be unreasonable to call this a masterclass, even though it remains thoroughly accessible at heart. Every page simply overflowers with useful information that is presented with admirable clarity. Peter is a master of his medium and it is a real privilege and pleasure to be able to work alongside him. * The Artist *As you might expect, Peter is a member of the Pure Watercolour Society and this is a hymn to the medium.. Forewords by David Curtis and David Bellamy should leave you in no doubt about how good it is. My first question on opening the book was: what is “pure” watercolour and how does it differ from any other kind? Peter helpfully enlightens us: “One may suspect that there is perhaps more to good painting than a huge toolkit, and it may be possible to take simple tools and use them well. This concept and approach to painting are at the heart of pure watercolour”. Put kindly, I take that to mean that simplicity is always best and that you should work with your imagination and media rather than your tools; they’re not what makes a painting, you do. In the wrong hands, this could come across as a fundamentalist rant, but Peter lets his brushes do the talking and the work here is simply extraordinary. If he wasn’t such a good explainer and demonstrator, you could easily be put off by his virtuosity. As it is, follow his advice carefully and you’ll stand a very good chance of finishing this book a much better painter then when you started. Watercolour is, as I think we all know, a very special medium. It’s one that does sometimes seem to have a mind of its own and is nowhere near as controllable as the opaque ones. The skill is to work with that and to learn ways of encouraging it to do what you want rather than trying to wrestle it into submission and merely working against it. Handle a wash sensitively, know when colours are going to bleed and blend and large sections will almost complete themselves. Peter explains much about the properties of watercolour and the techniques you’ll need. He also demonstrates extensively and these paintings will show you how to produce some really quite advanced work. It’s a bit of a tour de force. * Artbookreview.net *
£14.39
Fantasmus Art Benign Icons
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£26.96
Flame Tree Publishing Moomin: Dangerous Journey (Blank Sketch Book)
Book SynopsisPart of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Sketch Books Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed, then foil stamped. The thick paper stock makes them perfect for sketching and drawing. These are perfect for personal use and make a dazzling gift. This example features Moomin: Dangerous Journey. The Dangerous Journey was originally published in 1977. It tells the story of Susanna, who finds a pair of magic spectacles that transport her from the field in which she is reading to an adventure filled with swamps, volcanoes, dried-up oceans and jungles. The young girl’s friends from Moominvalley, including Sniff, Snufkin, TooTicky and Moomin, all help her on her journey to get back home.
£12.47
Thames & Hudson Ltd Stephen Shore Uncommon Places The Complete Works
Book SynopsisAn updated edition of this classic photography book, with 20 new images.Trade Review'One of the seminal books on modern America' - British Journal of Photography'The legacy of Stephen Shore’s 'Uncommon Places' cannot be overstated … this updated edition features 15 previously unseen images and includes discussions with the artist, offering readers insight into what it means to produce - and update - such an enduring legacy' - The Year’s Best Books, Amateur Photographer'Consistently amazing' - The Art Book'A new, definitive edition of the iconic work' - AnotherMag.com'Wonderfully evocative' - Digital Camera'His work is Nabokovian for me: exposing so much, and yet leaving so much room for your imagination to roam and do what it will' - Tennessee Williams
£40.00
DruckVerlag Kettler Dorothy Kerper Monnelly: Waterforms
Book SynopsisThe water gives, and the water takes again. Waterforms is inspired by this ebb and flow, the eternal advance and retreat of the sea. Surf-rounded, storm-tossed boulders reflect its power, as do the pebbles that are sucked into its depths on the undertow of a wave. The sea has many moods, and this book invites you to appreciate them all. Admire the silky, polished surface of the shingle shores, the wet kelp strewn on the sand, and the striations made on the beach by the falling tide. These are the natural forms and patterns of the landscape: its heartbeat, its breath. Our oceans and rivers have a unique ephermerality; the art they create never lasts more than an instant. Yet Monnelly captures these instants in all their rhythmic action and harmony. Her evocative photography brings the ocean to you, no matter your distance from the coast.
£33.75
JRP Ringier Hans Ulrich Obrist: A Brief History of Curating
Book SynopsisA history of the last 50 years of curating told through Hans Ulrich Obrist''s interviews with legendary curators Anne D''Harnoncourt, Werner Hoffman, Jean Leering, Franz Meyer, Seth Siegelaub, Walter Zanini, Johannes Cladders, Lucy Lippard, Walter Hopps, Pontus Hulten, and Harald SzeemannPart of JRPRinger''s innovative Documents series, published with Les Presses du R?el and dedicated to critical writings, this publication comprises a unique collection of interviews by Hans Ulrich Obrist mapping the development of the curatorial field--from early independent curators in the 1960s and 70s and the experimental institutional programs developed in Europe and the U.S. through the inception of Documenta and the various biennales and fairs--with pioneering curators Anne D''Harnoncourt, Werner Hoffman, Jean Leering, Franz Meyer, Seth Siegelaub, Walter Zanini, Johannes Cladders, Lucy Lippard, Walter Hopps, Pontus Hulten and Harald Szeemann. Speaking of Szeemann on the occasion of this legendary curator''s death in 2005, critic Aaron Schuster summed up, the image we have of the curator today: the curator-as-artist, a roaming, freelance designer of exhibitions, or in his own witty formulation, a ''spiritual guest worker''... If artists since Marcel Duchamp have affirmed selection and arrangement as legitimate artistic strategies, was it not simply a matter of time before curatorial practice--itself defined by selection and arrangement--would come to be seen as an art that operates on the field of art itself?
£18.03
Adams Media Corporation Forever Frida: A Celebration of the Life, Art,
Book SynopsisRevel in the enduring legacy of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo—from the self-portraits, to the flower crown, to her iconic eyebrows—with this fun and commemorative book!With her colorful style, dramatic self-portraits, hardscrabble backstory, and verve for life, Frida Kahlo remains a modern icon, captivating and inspiring artists, feminists, and art lovers more than sixty years after her death. Forever Frida celebrates all things Frida, so you can enjoy her art, her words, her style, and her badass attitude every day. Viva Frida!Trade Review“Will deepen your understanding of the Frida Kahlo life experience as you turn each thought-provoking page.” —Wonder with Wonder
£9.49
Cahiers d'art Calder by Matter
Book SynopsisGiven unprecedented access to Calder’s work and life during the course of their friendship, acclaimed photographer and graphic designer Herbert Matter captured Calder’s sculptures, the artist at work in his studio and at home with his family in Roxbury, Connecticut. Calder by Matter includes original essays by esteemed art critic and Calder biographer Jed Perl, Calder Foundation President and Calder grandson Alexander S. C. Rower (editor of the volume), and Matter student and colleague John T. Hill (designer of the volume). This unique collection of over 300 images, many of which are published here for the first time, offers a new perspective on Calder’s oeuvre, life, and creative process. Calder by Matter has been published in direct collaboration with the Calder Foundation.
£45.00
Sendpoints Typography Now
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£26.21
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Vanessa Bell: Portrait of the Bloomsbury Artist
Book SynopsisThe definitive and authorised biography of the artist Vanessa Bell. Even through the lens of the twenty-first century, the story of Vanessa Bell’s life is unorthodox. A powerful magnetic figure, Bell lived at the heart of the Bloomsbury Group and was often the core figure around which the disparate individuals of the movement revolved. Her art and designs – so often overshadowed by her sister Virginia Woolf’s writings and fame and by the interest in her own unconventional life – made a significant contribution to the history of the Bloomsbury Group. Yet, until this authorised biography was written, she has remained a largely silent and enigmatic figure. In this captivating account, acclaimed art historian and biographer Frances Spalding restores Bell to the heart of the Bloomsbury Group, illuminating an exceptional life and the free-spirited circle among which she lived.Table of ContentsList of Plates Preface to New Edition Preface Acknowledgements Always the Eldest 1879–1895 Mrs Young’s Evening Dress 1895–1904 Changing Places 1904–1906 Mr and Mrs Clive Bell 1907–1909 Petticoats over Windmills 1910–1912 Asheham 1912–1914 Granite and Rainbow 1914–1916 One Among Three 1916–1918 At Home and Abroad 1919–1926 Charleston in France 1927–1930 High Yellow 1930–1934 Between Bloomsbury and China 1935–1937 Bitter Odds 1937–1945 The Attic Studio 1945–1961 Notes Bibliography Index
£12.34
Octopus Publishing Group Rare Watches: Explore the World's Most Exquisite
Book SynopsisForewords by Jean-Claude Biver (CEO of Tag Heuer) and Aurel Bacs (Christie's and Phillips auctioneers).This breathtaking book explores more than 50 of the rarest watches in the world, including unique examples of which only a single model exists. From watches that have set new records in auction houses, to feats of modern technology and engineering, via iconic models worn by figures such as Elvis Presley and James Bond, this book appeals to professionals, collectors and amateurs alike. The photography in this book is published in collaboration with high-end auction houses and watch manufacturers, displaying some of the rarest, most expensive and sought-after watches in the world in incredible detail.
£40.00
Niggli Verlag Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice
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£28.00
Promopress Exploring Hyperrealism: Drawing and Painting
Book SynopsisThis original work introduces readers to the hyperrealist movement, a style applied to painting whose techniques aspire to photographic exactitude in drawing. From the first action before viewing the piece – the search for information and reference images – to different drawing and sculpture techniques, the book offers a step-by-step explanation of the creative process and shows readers how to illustrate in black and white and with colored pencils, how to work with watercolors and oil, how to create a trompe l’oeil and how to create a realistic looking 3D model. Readers will find all the techniques and suggestions they need to make their own hyperrealist creations, all explained in a pleasant and fun way. It is an original and creative way to introduce different drawing techniques that will awaken the artist inside of us all and whose results will strike most readers as surprising given the degree of realism achieved, as if they were photographs. The book includes references to contemporary artists who have used each of the techniques described, curiosities in the world of art and other tricks of the trade.
£17.99
Thames & Hudson Ltd Louis Vuitton Catwalk The Complete Fashion
Book SynopsisThe go-to for all things Vuitton' TatlerFounded as a luxury leather goods house in 1854, Louis Vuitton was for many decades one of the world's leading trunk and accessories makers. It was after launching its first fashion collections in 1998, however, that the house reached unprecedented global fame, and pioneered high-profile collaborations with artists such as Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami and Stephen Sprouse. Louis Vuitton Catwalk is a complete and unrivalled overview of the world's top fashion house. The book opens with a concise history of the house, followed by brief biographical profiles of Marc Jacobs, the first creative director 19982014, and Nicolas Ghesquière, who helms the brand today, before exploring the collections themselves, organized chronologically. Each collection is introduced by a short text unveiling its influences and highlights, and illustrated with carefully curated catwalk images. Showcasing hundreds of spectacular clothes, details, accessories, beauty lTrade Review'The go-to for all things Vuitton' - Tatler'[This] 632-page tome extensively retraces the house’s first two decades' - WWD'Gorgeous' - Sunday Times'Sumptuous … this is pure eye-candy' - The i Newspaper'Lavish' - Daily Mail'A valuable reference for fashion fans' - GLASS'The infamous Catwalk book series, published by Thames & Hudson, are made up of the modern day fashion worshipper’s holy bibles ... The Catwalk books are extraordinary in mapping out fashion trajectories lost to the pre-digital age' - SHOWStudioTable of ContentsIntroduction • The Collections: Louis Vuitton by Marc Jacobs, 1998–2014 • Louis Vuitton by Nicolas Ghesquière, 2014–2018
£48.00
Titan Books Ltd Harryhausen - The Movie Posters
Book SynopsisHarryhausen - The Movie Posters showcases the posters from all of Ray's movies, from 1949's Mighty Joe Young, to Clash of the Titans in 1981. There has never been a book published devoted solely to the promotional art associated with the films themselves. Featuring posters from all over the world, as well as commentary from The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation, this is an essential addition to any fan's library.Trade Review“this book is a true gift for the fanatics. To flip through its pages is to travel back in time” Film School Rejects“a must for fans of Harryhausen’s films, collectors of movie posters and related memorabilia, art history buffs, anyone interested in advertising and design, and students of film and film history” Borg.com“makes an awesome addition to a movie book collection or to be proudly displayed on your coffee table”Fangirl Nation"the most impressive film book to cross my desk this year. " - Cinema Retro"Very cool" - Vespe's Holiday Gift Guide“Paging through them here is a treat” - The Film Stage“This book is awesome and it’s filled with a ton of absolutely incredible artwork that should appeal to any fan of film, even if you’ve never seen a Ray Harryhausen film” - Cinema Sentries"a true delight...a fascinating glimpse at some of Hollywood’s most classic sci-fi films. Fans of film history, sci-fi, and art and design will all find much to appreciate in this hefty volume." -Seattle Book Review (5-Star review)
£23.99
Delius, Klasing & Co Cars & Curves: A Tribute to 70 Years of Porsche
Book Synopsis70 years of passion. 70 years, in which the enthusiasm for sporty driving, advanced technology and sensual design has created something very special. Is it a coincidence that more than 70 percent of all Porsche cars ever built are still on the road today? There can only be one answer when you gather together the highlights from seven decades of sports car construction - not in a well-tempered museum, but in the places for which they were created: road and track. What if you had to get a 918 Spyder to Germany via the snowbound passes of northern Italy? What would it be like to rerun the legendary record-breaking lap of the Nordschleife in Stefan Bellof's 956? Can you bring a 906 to the Porsche Rennsport Reunion in Laguna Seca under your own steam? This may sound like a shimmering daydream, but it turns into a tribute to 70 years of brand history, captured in unparalleled images. Text in English and German.
£31.50
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Robert Eikmeyer / Doris Mampe: Jonathan Meese
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£27.00
Rizzoli International Publications Sargent The Masterworks
Book SynopsisA lush new volume devoted to the best works by beloved American Impressionist and portraitist John Singer Sargent, whose dazzling use of light and color depicts modern subjects with arresting intimacy.An ideal introduction to the painter’s work, Sargent: The Masterworks features 100 of his most beloved paintings. Illustrating all aspects of his diverse oeuvre—portraits, landscapes, mural commissions—in oil and watercolor, this handsome new book includes works from both private and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s infamous Madame X.Author Stephanie L. Herdrich draws on a wealth of new research to provide both an essential overview and a more nuanced understanding of the great American painter. Richly illustrated, the book’s three chapters cover the artist’s career from his childhood and early years in Paris, to his mid-career portraits made in England and United Sta
£33.96
David & Charles 365 Days of Kawaii
Book SynopsisDraw the cutest kawaii pictures for a whole year this fun book for the young and young at heart covers the widest range of kawaii motifs ever 365 of them no less! Topics featured include animals, food, plants, clothes, household objects, musical instruments, people, vehicles, buildings and landmarks, weather icons and even space motifs.Table of ContentsThe Secrets of Drawing Kawaii Animals Bee Beehive Caterpillar Butterfly Spider Ladybird Snail Shell Crab Tortoise Puffer Fish Goldfish Squid Octopus Jellyfish Seahorse Whale Ray Shark Orca Dolphin Seal Penguin Flamingo Ostrich Peacock Pigeon Swan Owl Parrot Feather Robin Chick Mouse Hamster Rabbit Ginger Cat Black Cat Grey Cat Poodle Dog Sheep Pig Cow Elephant Hippopotamus Giraffe Lion Camel Zebra Unicorn Dragon Dinosaur Snake Gorilla Monkey Llama Koala Red Panda Panda Polar Bear Skunk Beaver Fox Doe Reindeer Wolf Bat Squirrel Hedgehog Frog Plants Lily Pad and Lotus Flower Rose Tulip Sunflower Daisy Little Cactus Big Cactus Aloe Vera Bonsai Shamrock Dandelion Lily of the Valley Holly Log Leaf Acorn Mushroom Food Garlic Onion Chili Corn on the Cob Pickle Radish Beetroot Lettuce Cauliflower Bell Pepper Broccoli Leek Aubergine Pumpkin Carrot Pea Pod Tomato Ravioli Swiss Cheese Camembert Sandwich Baguette Fried Egg Boiled Egg Chicken Leg Steak Hot Dog Pizza Hamburger Fries Salt and Pepper Soup Onigiri Sushi Maki Teabag Cup of Tea Teapot Hot Chocolate Milk Carton Glass of Milk Baby Bottle Ice Cube Soda Cup Soda Can Cocktail Juice Carton Pitcher Clementine Lemon Avocado Grapefruit Pineapple Watermelon Banana Apple Pear Cherries Raspberry Strawberry Yoghurt Jam Jar Toast and Jam Chocolate Spread Chocolate Bar Muffin Cupcake Slice of Cake Rainbow Cake Christmas Pudding Gingerbread Man Cookie Pancakes Croissant Pain au Chocolat Chocolate Éclair Chocolate Choux Bun Macarons Donuts Candyfloss Toffee Apple Popcorn Candy Cane Lollipop Sweet Easter Basket Easter Egg Marshmallow Ice Cream Cone Sundae Soft Ice Cream Ice Lolly Choc Ice Household Objects Fridge Oven Toaster Kettle Casserole Dish Cauldron Saucepan Ladle Whisk and Bowl Rolling Pin Knife Cutlery Grocery Bag Dustbin Flask Teeth Toothbrush Toothpaste Plaster Thermometer Poop and Paper Tissues Soap Bathtub Perfume Lipstick Nail Polish Eye Palette Hairbrush Hairdryer Washing Machine Iron Vacuum Cleaner Table Lamp Alarm Clock Bed Armchair Office Chair Chair Wardrobe Treasure Chest Cardboard Box Bucket Watering Can Gardening Tools Swiss Army Knife Hammer Spanner Screwdriver Screw Paint Pot Paint Palette Paintbrush Pencil Crayon Pencil Sharpener Pencil Case Eraser Scissors Sticky Tape Battery Torch Lightbulb Match Candle Snowglobe Gift Bauble Christmas Tree Bell Musical Notes Trumpet Accordian Drum Maracas Piano Violin Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar Saxophone Harmonica Musical Box Microphone USB Stick Laptop Smart Phone Camera Basketball and Hoop Bowling Ball and Skittle Ping Pong Ball and Paddle Skateboard Balloon Crown Envelope Book Key Diamond Calculator Notes Purse Backpack Suitcase Hat Cap Flipflops T-shirt Slippers Fan Umbrella Mitten Stocking Characters Father Christmas Mother Christmas Snowman Elf Angel Devil Skeleton Vampire Witch Ghost Voodoo Doll Scarecrow Knight Princess Pirate Wizard Mermaid Fairy Magic Lamp Genie Explorer Mummy Pharaoh Cleopatra Pink Kokeshi Blue Kokeshi Green Kokeshi Red Kokeshi Goth Girl Rabbit Boy Little Red Riding Hood Ballerina Chef Astronaut Alien Transport Flying Saucer Rocket Aeroplane Hot Air Balloon Helicopter Fire Engine Car Scooter Gondola Sailing Boat Pirate Ship Cruise Ship Submarine Around the World Desert Island Tepee Circus Tent Windmill House Castle Big Ben Leaning Tower of Pisa Eiffel Tower Statue of Liberty Pyramids Sun Sun, Clouds and Rainbow Rainclouds, Rain and Lightning Tornado Fire Volcano Mountain Wave Water Droplet Earth Saturn Meteor Shooting Star Moon
£11.69
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic &
Book Synopsis1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor is the definitive color-mixing resource for oil, acrylic, and watercolor artists. This user-friendly compendium is color coded for quick-and-easy reference and includes two removable color-mixing grids—one for oil or acrylic, and one for watercolor.Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 1,500 color combinations: Look in the Color Index for the subject you want to paint—for example, "Broccoli." Find the Color Recipe with the subject's recipe number ("81") and a photo of the actual paint mixture. Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color. Mix the color. It's that easy! You’ll also learn about color theory, mixing values, complementary colors, graying color naturally, mixing portrait colors, rendering skies and clouds, and more. Also available from Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series: Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic, Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits, and Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes.Table of ContentsBefore You Begin Instructions Color Theory Color Mixing for Oil & Acrylic Color Mixing for Watercolor Color Mixing for Portraits Color Mixing for Landscapes Color Index Color Index—Portraits Color Index—Landscapes Oil/Acrylic Conversion Chart About the Author
£14.44
Thames & Hudson Ltd Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists
Book SynopsisThe 50th anniversary edition of the first major work of feminist art history, published together with the author's reflections three decades on.Trade Review'Brilliant ... Nochlin, when you agree with her and when you don’t, is unputdownable' - Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times'Linda Nochlin’s brilliant essay burst upon us in 1971, illuminating the half-empty landscape of art history and opening the way for new feminist thinking about women, art and society. Even as we now know that there have been many great women artists past and present, we still need Linda’s sharp analysis of social institutions, prejudice and systemic failure to foster the creativity of all women and learn from their unique and diverse perspectives' - Professor Griselda Pollock (University of Leeds), Laureate of the Holberg Prize for Arts and Humanities 2020'Passionate and provocative … helped to shatter the illusion that art history is universal and, in doing so, changed the field forever … We need to question conventional ways of thinking, writing, seeing, and challenge contradictions. These bold and candid essays provide readers with the tools to do so' - The Art Newspaper'Ground-breaking, written with wit and in a conversational style rarely seen in academic studies' - ArtReview'As relevant as ever on the burning issues of gender, class and exclusion' - ElephantTable of ContentsIntroduction by Catherine Grant • 1.Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? • 2.“Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” Thirty Years After • Notes • Further Reading
£9.49
V & A Publishing Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up
Book SynopsisIn 1954, following her death, Frida Kahlo's possessions were locked away in the Casa Azul in Mexico City, her lifelong home. Half a century later, her collection of clothing, jewellery, cosmetics and other personal items was rediscovered. Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up offers a fresh perspective on the life story of this extraordinary artist, whose charisma and entirely individual way of dressing made her one of the most photographed women of her time. Specially-commissioned photographs show her distinctive Mexican outfits alongside her self-portraits, an unprecedented pairing that is enriched by iconic images taken in her lifetime.Trade ReviewPraise for V&A Exhibition Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up which accompanies this book: ‘A room of her personal belongings, which had been sealed since her death, was opened, and its contents put on display at the Blue House –it is a real coup for the V&A to be able to borrow this collection.’ Jess Cartner-Morley, The Guardian 'an extraordinary testimony to suffering and spirit' The Observer 'Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up is a larger version of the inaugural viewing of the Casa Azul stash that took place in Mexico City earlier this year. It is intimate and epic in scale, the juxtapositioning of artworks with the items that appear in them — here some jewellery, there a headdress — compelling.’ Anna Murphy, The Times ‘Whatever your preconceptions about Kahlo, it’s hard to leave this show unimpressed by her huge resilience, and without feeling just a little in love with this extraordinary woman.’ Mark Hudson, Daily Telegraph 'Claire Wilcox and Circe Henestrosa… have masterminded a celebration of the artist’s style.’ Karen Dacre, Evening Standard ‘The V&A has now put a generous selection of these intimate contents on show, amplifying them with films of her in action, more photographs, her jewellery, her costumes and a small but gripping array of her fiery self-portraits.’ Waldemar Januszczak, Sunday Times CultureTable of ContentsIntroduction: Fashioning Frida Claire Wilcox and Circe Henstrosa Trouble in the Blue House Hilda Trujillo Soto I FAMILY AND CHILDHOOD Quetzalcoatl's Grin: The Changing Face of Art and Culture in Frida Kahlo's Mexico Adrian Locke II ADOLESCENCE AND ADULTHOOD Appearances Can Be Deceiving - Frida Kahlo's Construction of Identity: Disability, Ethnicity and Dress Circe Henestrosa Frida Kahlo's Jewellery Clare Phillips III JEWELLERY Frida Kahlo's Wardrobe Chloe Sayer Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up Claire Wilcox IV COSMETICS Frida Kahlo: Posing, Composing, Exposing Gannit Ankori V ORTHOPAEDIC DEVICES The Resplandor: Cultural and Spiritual Significance in Two Self-Portraits Kirstin Kennedy Frida Redressed Oriana Baddeley VI MEDICINES
£29.75
Taschen GmbH Koolhaas. Elements of Architecture
Book SynopsisElements of Architecture focuses on the fragments of the rich and complex architectural collage. Window, façade, balcony, corridor, fireplace, stair, escalator, elevator and toilet: the book seeks to excavate the micro-narratives of building detail. The result is no single history, but rather the web of origins, contaminations, similarities, and differences in architectural evolution, including the influence of technological advances, climatic adaptation, political calculation, economic contexts, regulatory requirements, and new digital opportunities. It’s a guide that is long overdue—in Koolhaas’s own words, “Never was a book more relevant—at a moment where architecture as we know it is changing beyond recognition.” Derived, updated, and expanded from Koolhaas’s exhaustive and much-lauded exhibition at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, this is an essential toolkit to understanding the fundamentals that comprise structure around the globe. Designed by Irma Boom and based on research from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the 2,600-page monograph contains essays from Rem Koolhaas, Stephan Trueby, James Westcott and Stephan Petermann; interviews with Werner Sobek and Tony Fadell (of Nest); and an exclusive photo essay by Wolfgang Tillmans. In addition to comprehensively updated texts and new images, this edition is designed and produced to visually (and physically) embody the immense scope of its subject matter: Custom split-spine binding: our printer modified their industrial binding machine to allow for the flexible, eight-centimeter thick spine Contains a new introductory chapter with forewords, table of contents, and an index, located in the middle of the book (where it naturally opens due to its unique spine) Printed on 50g Opakal paper, allowing for the ideal level of opacity needed to realize Boom’s palimpsest-like design Translucent overlays and personal annotations by Koolhaas and Boom are woven in each chapter to create an alternative, faster route through the book Printed at the originally intended 100% size for full readability Trade Review“A brilliant and stimulating exploration of the stories behind the most mundane and ubiquitous elements of architecture.” * Financial Times *“Rem Koolhaas explains it all in Elements of Architecture. With examples ranging from the Sydney Opera House to St. Peter’s Basilica, this beautiful book also works as a history of architecture.” * The New York Times *“…when it comes to learning about the differences in architectural evolution, this is the book.” * forbes.com *“A mammoth undertaking: smashing open the last 100 years of architecture and ripping out its innards for forensic analysis.” * The Guardian *“…exhaustive and exhausting, mad and maddening.” * Metropolis Magazine *“A fascinating compendium of cultural references, iconic design, and everyday history that work together to turn architectural theory on its head.” * Architectural Digest *
£90.00
Hodder & Stoughton In: The Graphic Novel
Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE'BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 2021' Guardian and Irish Times'Starts as a charming romantic comedy and turns into something tender and affecting about our need for connection. I loved this one. ' David Nicholls'Beautiful, bittersweet portrait of modern life . . . his tragicomedy will also make the heart swell.' Guardian'Brilliant.' Candice Carty-Williams'This is a miraculous book.' Joe DunthorneNick, a young illustrator, can't connect with people. Whether it's the barista down the street, his own family or Wren, an oncologist whose life becomes painfully tangled with his, Nick can't shake the feeling that there is some hidden realm of human interaction beyond his reach. He staggers through meaningless conversations and haunts lookalike, vacuous coffee shops in the hope that he will find it there. But it isn't until Nick learns to stop performing and speak about the things that really matter that the complex and colourful worlds of the people he meets are finally revealed to him.Illustrated in both colour and black-and-white in McPhail's instantly recognisable style, In is poignant, fresh and hilarious. McPhail transforms the graphic novel with a heart-wrenching compassion uncannily appropriate for our isolated times.Trade ReviewThe finest graphic novel of the year was IN by Will McPhail, a clever and touching account of a young illustrator dealing with his mother's illness and his own ennui. This beautifully composed debut mixes nuanced observation with hipster satire, and scalpel-sharp one-liners about the things that don't matter with stumbling attempts to articulate the things that do. -- James Smart,Guardian Best graphic novels of 2021There are few better cartoonists that the New Yorker's Will McPhail, and we can now officially confirm there are few better graphic novelists...There are books which get called funny because they raise a few chuckles, and then there are books which have you wheezing with laughter and reading out multiple paragraphs to whichever long-suffering companion happens to be within hearing. In. is very much the latter kind of book, which makes its bracing dives into pathos and profundity all the more risky, and all the more stunningly rewarding. -- Best Graphic Novels of 2021 * Irish Times *Beautiful, bittersweet portrait of modern life . . . his tragicomedy will also make the heart swell. * Guardian *Starts as a charming romantic comedy and turns into something tender and affecting about our need to connect. I loved this one. * David Nicholls *Brilliant. IN feels so real to me. * Candice Carty-Williams *This is a miraculous book. Very funny, very sad and very beautiful - all at the same time, somehow. * Joe Dunthorne *A curious, funny and deeply human story about growing up in adulthood. Asks all the questions, and makes a case for real connection in a world full of podcasts and plant-based milk. * Emmy the Great *Will McPhail draws sensitively and with impeccable emotional precision. In IN, he has created a hilarious, touching, infinitely surprising world. I will read this book many times. * Liana Finck, author of Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir *[A] breakout graphic novel...The characters in In are absolutely delightful. * BookPage, starred review *McPhail's delicately lined graphite drawings, neatly squared into comics-y frames, are playful yet full of depth. . . . Impressive art, a relatable hero's struggle, and a healthy dose of humor (Nick haunts establishments with names like 'Your Friends Have Kids Bar' and 'Gentrificchiato') will make McPhail's graphic novel debut appealing to many. * Booklist *The visuals are scrumptious and the yearning for personal connection is deeply relatable . . . McPhail presents [beats] with style and grace, deftly moving the story along with subtle, impactful visual cues . . . Gorgeous. * Kirkus Reviews *
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The History Press Ltd prettycitydublin
Book SynopsisA stunning photography, lifestyle and travel guide for Ireland's capital by acclaimed Irish Instagrammer Siobhan Ferguson
£23.38
Amber Books Ltd Deep Space: The Furthest Reaches of Our Universe
Book SynopsisTravelling from the edge of our Solar System, through the Milky Way and to the outer edges of the observable universe, Deep Space is a spectacular photographic guide to galaxies, nebulae, supernova, clusters, black holes and quasars. Learn about the birth of stars in our own galaxy, planets beyond our own solar system, when they were first discovered and how we have managed to photograph these places. Ranging from the Magellanic Clouds within the Milky Way to stellar life cycles, from other spiral galaxies such as the Andromeda Galaxy, to the Sombrero Galaxy, and from nebulae such as the Pillars of Creation to black and white dwarfs, this is accessibly written for the general reader to grasp the science and magnitude of deep space. Featuring 200 outstanding colour photographs and expert captions, Deep Space is most certainly out of this world.Table of ContentsIntroduction THE MILKY WAY Sagittarius A Monoceros Ring Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy Magellanic Clouds Large Magellanic Cloud Star Clusters Globular Clusters Interstellar Matter Dark Nebulae Starbirth Nebulae Reflection Nebulae Cat’s Eye Nebula OTHER SPIRAL GALAXIES Andromeda Galaxy Sunflower Galaxy Pinwheel Galaxy ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES M49 M59 M60 M87 Centaurus A Sombrero Galaxy DWARF GALAXIES Supernova Cassiopeia A Spitzer Spies Supernova Remnant HBH 3 NEBULAE Pillars of Creation Homunculus Nebula Horsehead Nebula Carina Nebula The Triangulum Emission Garren Nebula NGC 604 Dark Nebula Tycho Supernova STELLAR LIFE CYCLES Birth of a Star Star V838 Monocerotis Protostars T-Tauri Stars Brown Dwarfs The Main Sequence How Stars Shine Extrasolar Planets Wolf-Rayet Stars Red Giants Blue Supergiants Planetary Nebulae White and Black Dwarfs Supernova Supernova Remnants Neutron Stars Pulsars Black Holes OPEN CLUSTERS Pleiades Star Cluster
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HarperCollins Publishers Old Dogs
Book Synopsis Following the success of A Dog a Day (Pavilion, 2017), Sally Muir returns with a collection of new, but crucially old, faces. Several years ago Sally Muir began a Facebook project, posting dog art daily, which became the best-selling book A Dog A Day. Through the project she was introduced to endless people and their dogs, and the distinct personalities and complex emotions that owners attribute to them. More recently, Sally's project changed focus and she asked the public to send in photographs of their old dogs. Featuring grey muzzles, milky eyes and wobbly legs, as well as tender anecdotes picked up from a whole lifetime of companionship, Sally Muir’s paintings of our more senior canines are collected here for the first time. Sally Muir is well known for her portrayal of dogs, with Elderly Dog featuring in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2018 and Hound following up in the Summer Exhibition in 2019. The popularity of Elderly Dog has fuelled Sally's desire to continue to paint older dogs, and celebrate the ageing process of our favourite pets in grace and style. From loose sketches and lithographs to potato prints and oil paintings, Old Dogs includes a range of mediums that Sally has become known for, and embraces dogs of all shapes and sizes: big, small, pedigree and cross breed.Trade Review'Muir’s dog portraiture ... demonstrates the artist’s technical range and her keen understanding of essential doggishness. ... Muir’s mastery of the expressive capacity of the canine eye in particular makes these paintings live and pant.' -- Claudia Massie * The Spectator *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Extraordinary Sketchbooks
Book SynopsisAn essential guide to sketchbooks and their complete record of the creative process. Sketchbooks are an essential part of the creative process for artists of all disciplines, ranging from textiles and jewellery to interior design, printmaking and ceramics. The sketchbook is a complete record of the creative process which, it can even be argued, could even be more important than the finished object at the end of this process. This book is a vital resource for artists of all levels including students, makers and collectors, as it not only gives practical advice about building your own sketchbooks but also provides examples of different artists' working methods. Extraordinary Sketchbooks takes you through different themes and functions for sketchbooks, including drawing to collect visual research, course work, developing concepts and suggestions for making simple and quick visuals into exciting images. For inspiration, explore the gallery of work from a range of artists including recent graduates, practising artists, lecturers and working professionals form a variety of art and design industries. This is an essential creative resource for artists everywhere.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction David Meldrum Felicity House William Kentridge Liz Boast Corinna Button Henry Moore Sally Finning Richard Bell Abigail Brown Mark Gamsu Karen Butti Christopher Corr Jane Stobart Julia Rodrigues Joe Courtley Judy Groves Jackie Newell Nick Clarke Linda Wu Blair Hughes-Stanton Giovana Picone Sheila Graber Mustafa Sidki Madeline Fenton Harry Eccleston Alice Courtley Anne Daniels Sandy Sykes Jim Dunkley Danielle Taaffe Emma Lane Web Addresses
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Faber & Faber Nina Simones Gum
Book SynopsisTHE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERA GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, THE TIMES, IRISH TIMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS, ROUGH TRADE, MOJO, CLASH, ROLLING STONE, UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEARFrom award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a piece of chewing gum. FEATURING AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK CAVEI hadn't opened the towel that contained her gum since 2013. The last person to touch it was Nina Simone, her saliva and fingerprints unsullied. The idea that it was still in her towel was something I had drawn strength from. I thought each time I opened it some of Nina Simone's spirit would vanish. In many ways that thought was more important than the gum itself.On Thursday 1 July, 1999, Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave''s Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe, Warre
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Lars Muller Publishers The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture
Book SynopsisPeter Eisenman-world-famous for his Holocaust Memorial in Berlin (2005)-confronts historicism with theory and the analysis of form, whose distinguishing features he regards as the foundation of architectural composition. The architect illustrates his observations with numerous, extremely precise hand drawings. Eisenman wrote The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture, his dissertation, in 1963 at the University of Cambridge. The dissertation was first published as a facsimile edition by Lars Muller Publishers in 2006. The original content of the publication is now available again-the book is reprinted in a smaller format. "I knew what I wanted to write," Eisenman says of the dissertation. "An analytic work that related what I had learned to see, from Palladio to Terragni, from Raphael to Guido Reni, into some theoretical construct that would bear on modern architecture, but from the point of view of a certain autonomy of form." Hence the title of his research.
£24.30
Spector Books Glossary of Undisciplined Design
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Watson-Guptill Publications Lessons in Classical Drawing
Book SynopsisConveys a start-to-finish overview of the drawing experience and shows what to tackle when first starting a drawing and then how to lay the groundwork for each subsequent step in creating a well-crafted drawing.
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Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Draw Like an Artist 100 Buildings and
Book SynopsisDraw Like an Artist: 100 Buildings and Architectural Forms shows readers step by step how to draw a global survey of culturally significant buildings and their details, from ancient to modern.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION How to Use This Book Tips on Architectural Sketching & Drawing RESIDENTIAL Barcelona Pavilion | Barcelona, Spain Farnsworth House | Plano, Illinois, USA Villa Tugendhat | Brno, Czech Republic Fallingwater | Mill Run, Pennsylvania, USA Villa Savoye | Poissy, France Weissenhof Estate | Stuttgart, Germany Reflection of Mineral | Tokyo House in Abiko | Abiko City, Japan Victorian Painted Ladies | San Francisco, California, USA Markthal | Rotterdam, Netherlands Robie House | Chicago, Illinois, USA High Line at 520 West 28th Street | New York City Rietveld Schr der House | Utrecht, Netherlands Villa Mueller | Prague, Czech Republic Bay window detail | Copenhagen, Denmark Qiyunshan Tree House Hotel | China The Silo | Copenhagen, Denmark Valley Villa | Vilnius, Lithuania Tree House | Cape Town, South Africa Beirut Terraces | Beirut, Lebanon DYEJI | Luanda, Angola Rimrock | Spokane, Washington, USA Rural House | La Garrotxa, Spain Concrete Box House | Houston, Texas, USA Marble House | Bangkok, Thailand Five Terraces and a Garden | Quarteira, Portugal Sharifi-Ha House | Tehran, Iran COMMERCIAL (OFFICES / ADMINISTRATIVE) Dancing House | Prague, Czech Republic The Gherkin | London Chrysler Building | New York City Oculus, World Trade Center | New York City The Flatiron Building | New York City Central Radio & TV Tower | Beijing Salk Institute for Biological Studies |La Jolla, California, USA Sugamo Shinkin Bank | Kawaguchi, Japan Selfridges Building, Birmingham | Birmingham, England VitraHaus | Weil am Rhein, Germany Learning Hub | Singapore Antwerp Port House | Antwerp, Belgium Antinori Winery (staircase detail) | Bargino, Italy INSTITUTIONAL / EDUCATIONAL Bauhaus | Dessau, Germany Tietgenkollegiet | Copenhagen, Denmark Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, Virginia, USA Innovation Center, University of Chile | Santiago, Chile HISTORIC / SACRED / MONUMENTS Giza Pyramid Complex | Giza City, Egypt Hagia Sofia | Istanbul The Parthenon, Acropolis of Athens | Athens Taj Mahal | Agra, India Colosseum | Rome Sainte Marie de La Tourette | L’Arbresle, France Notre-Dame du Haut | Ronchamp, France Leaning Tower of Pisa | Pisa, Italy Cathedral of Brasilia | Brasilia, Brazil Sagrada Familia | Barcelona, Spain Stonehenge | Wiltshire, England The Great Buddha Hall of Tōdai-ji | Nara, Japan Prague Castle | Prague, Czech Republic Lotus Temple | Delhi, India CULTURAL (MUSEUMS / GALLERIES / LIBRARIES) Ribbon Chapel | Hiroshima, Japan Notre-Dame de Paris | Paris Centre Georges Pompidou | Paris Louvre Pyramid | Paris Vessel | New York City Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | New York City Guggenheim Museum Bilbao | Bilbao, Spain Sydney Opera House | Sydney, Australia Experimenta Building | Heilbronn, Germany Heydar Aliyev Center | Baku, Azerbaijan Oslo Opera House | Oslo, Norway Hoki Museum | Midori-ku, Chiba, Japan Oscar Niemeyer Museum | Curitiba, Brazil Niter i Contemporary Art Museum | Rio de Janeiro The Twist Gallery | Jevnaker, Norway Neue Nationalgalerie | Berlin Elbphilharmonie | Hamburg, Germany Harbin Opera House | Harbin, China Enzo Ferrari Museum | Modena, Italy ArtScience Museum | Singapore BRIDGES Tower Bridge | London Golden Gate Bridge | San Francisco, California, USA Charles Bridge | Prague, Czech Republic Sheikh Zayed Bridge | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Brooklyn Bridge | New York City Millau Viaduct | Millau, France Pont du Gard | Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France Stari Most | Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina Rialto Bridge | Venice, Italy Ponte Vecchio | Florence, Italy Erasmus Bridge | Rotterdam, Netherlands Sydney Harbour Bridge | Sydney, Australia Jade Belt Bridge | Beijing TOWERS / HIGH-RISES / SKYSCRAPERS Burj Khalifa | Dubai, United Arab Emirates Eiffel Tower | Paris Big Ben | London Space Needle | Seattle, Washington, USA Nakagin Capsule Tower | Tokyo Axel Towers | Copenhagen, Denmark Hearst Tower | New York City SPORTS FACILITIES Beijing National Stadium (Bird’s Nest) | Beijing LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Stage of Forest | Jilin, China Acknowledgments About the Author
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Independent Curators Inc.,U.S. Thinking Contemporary Curating
Book SynopsisWhat is contemporary curatorial thought? Current discourse on the topic is heating up with a new cocktail of bold ideas and ethical imperatives. These include: cooperative curating, especially with artists; the reimagination of museums; curating as knowledge production; the historicization of exhibition-making; and commitment to extra-artworld participatory activism. Less obvious, but increasingly of concern, are issues such as rethinking spectatorship, engaging viewers as co-curators and the challenge of curating contemporaneity itself. In these five essays, art historian and theorist Terry Smith surveys the international landscape of current thinking by curators; explores a number of exhibitions that show contemporaneity in recent, present and past art; describes the enormous growth world wide of exhibition infrastructure and the instability that haunts it; re-examines the contribution of artist-curators and questions the rise of curators utilizing artistic strategies; and, finally, Trade ReviewSmith's book... considers the issue of what it means to curate "the contemporary". It draws on his broad knowledge and lengthy experience in the field to produce an account that is global in scope and that considers a remarkable range of exhibitions, institutions and practices. [It] tellingly describe[s] the increasingly professional, institutional, academic, theorized, and historically informed character of curating. -- Julian Stallabrass * Artforum *Concisely informative (for academic texts), [it offers]. at least for this reader, a long-needed overview of the professionals who-- even more than artists, dealers and collectors, and way more than critics-- run the art world today. -- Peter Plagens * Art in America *Art critics, art historians, the general public, and even artists don’t pay sufficient attention to the curatorial thought behind exhibitions. They tend to assume that it is the same kind of thinking that they do. Thinking Contemporary Curating tries to distinguish what is distinctive about how curators think and what they do, yet also identify what they share with other artworld actors. -- Orit Gat * Modern Painters *
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FUEL Publishing Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume I
Book SynopsisThe first installment of the tattoo collection that became a publishing phenomenonOccasionally a book is published that reveals a subculture you never dreamt existed. More rarely, that book goes on to become a phenomenon of its own. The 2004 publication of the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia was such a phenomenon, spawning two further volumes and alerting a fascinated readership worldwide to the extraordinary and hermetic world of Russian criminal tattoos (David Cronenberg, for example, made regular use of the Encyclopaedia during the making of his 2007 movie Eastern Promises). Now, Fuel has reprinted volume one of this bestselling series, whose first edition already fetches considerable sums online. The photographs, drawings and texts published in this book are part of a collection of more than 3,000 tattoos accumulated over a lifetime by a prison attendant named Danzig Baldaev. Tattoos were his gateway into a secret world in which he acted as ethnogr
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The Crowood Press Ltd Painting Abstract Landscapes
Book SynopsisAbstract landscape painting expresses emotion while still capturing the essence of a landscape. This compelling book explores this suggestive style first developed by Turner. Using the hauntingly-beautiful paintings of Gareth Edwards, it explores the technical, historical and psychological dimensions of abstract landscape painting to help you develop your own skilful and intensely personal approach. Through this new book you can learn about how to begin an abstract landscape painting, using chance application; understand how to ‘manage accidents’ to create innovative pieces of work; discover the importance of effective composition and how this navigates the viewer’s journey; determine the importance of the ‘invisible’ elements of painting: the unspoken value of the viewer and the influence of ‘looking’. It also reveals how to utilize a convergence of linear and atmospheric perspective to help your viewer traverse the picture plane and helps you understand the importance of light, space, colour, and tone in generating evocative paintings. Finally, it encourages you to be more demanding of your surface, using textural techniques and glazing to achieve professional production values. It is a unique and exciting book into this under-documented genre.Trade ReviewAs well as the personal connection you also get the best of two worlds – top-quality writing as well as painting. This really is a stupendous book. -- Henry Malt * artbookreview *At last – at long last, you might say – along comes a serious book about abstract painting that goes further than what you might previously have dismissed as the painting-by-numbers school of instruction. This is a unique book that does its readers as well as its subject full justice. -- Henry Malt - The Artist reviewer * The Artist *
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents
Book SynopsisThis timely study of Winslow Homer highlights his imagery of the Atlantic world and reveals themes of racial, political, and natural conflict across his career Long celebrated as the quintessential New England regionalist, Winslow Homer (1836–1910) in fact brushed a much wider canvas, traveling throughout the Atlantic world and frequently engaging in his art with issues of race, imperialism, and the environment. This publication focuses, for the first time, on the watercolors and oil paintings Homer made during visits to Bermuda, Cuba, coastal Florida, and the Bahamas. Among these, The Gulf Stream (1899), often considered the most consequential painting of his career, reveals Homer’s lifelong fascination with struggle and conflict. Recognizing the artist’s keen ability to distill complex issues, Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents upends popular conceptions and convincingly argues that Homer’s work resonates with the challenges of the present day.Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (April 11–July 31, 2022)National Gallery, London (September 10, 2022–January 8, 2023)
£36.00
The Crowood Press Ltd Line and Wash Painting
Book SynopsisLine and wash is an exciting combination. This practical book shows you how to exploit the strength of ink with the transparency of watercolour to produce powerful and dynamic paintings. With over 170 illustrations, it covers a wide range of styles and subjects, before exploring mixed media, new surfaces and other ways to take your line and wash work to another level. Includes advice on choosing materials; exercises to hone your drawing and painting skills; gives inspiration for new approaches to line and wash and, finally, step-by-step demonstrations of ideas and projects. This book is a visual treat and an essential guide for all artists who want to try this exciting technique.Trade ReviewLine & wash is a subject that’s been crying out for a book for absolutely ages and this one will not disappoint. -- Henry Malt * artbookreview The Artist *
£12.34
Page Street Publishing Co. The 30-Day Sketchbook Project: Daily Exercises
Book SynopsisThe 30-Day Sketchbook Project will forever transform the way you view your sketchbook. Through gorgeous yet simple step-by-step projects for each day of the month, illustrator Minnie Small will help you improve your skills, build your confidence and eradicate your fears of the blank page. Each day presents a new practice with three forms of inspiration: first, an overview of the topic with an approachable tutorial, followed by a prompt to help you make the lesson your own. Last, you'll get a glimpse into Minnie's process, as she shares some of her own sketchbook pages. Through this insight, you'll not only learn how to put the prompts into practice, but you'll also gain a greater appreciation of intuitive learning and the beauty of creative imperfection. Get started in the first days with exciting exercises like the Timed Challenge and Master Study before easing into more elaborate ones like Observational Drawing and Monochrome Paintings. Keep the rhythm going with Collage Paintings and Ink Illustration. Then, see how far you've come when you reach more advanced lessons like Plein Air, Realism and Alternative Self-Portrait. Whether your artwork lives only in the pages of your sketchbook or you use these exercises as a launching point for other work, it won't take long to see the positive impact of this daily practice in your art. Let your imagination run wild, your love of creativity renew and your faith in your skills flourish, one day at a time.
£17.09
Counter-Print Big Type: Graphic Design and Identities with
Book Synopsis‘Big Type’ explores graphic design and identity work where the emphasis is on typography. The visual landscape in which today’s designers are contributing to is very cluttered and the digital world alone is so vast, that sometimes it feels hard to make your voice heard amongst all the noise. The work on show within this book examines how designers can produce work that stands out and cuts through the noise. It showcases a fascinating direction in graphic design, forged by a collision of technology, typography and trends which is creating new and exciting results. This book is available in blue, green of grey; books are shipped to customers at random.
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Unicorn Publishing Group Churchill in Punch
Book SynopsisPunch featured Winston Churchill in more than 600 cartoons between 1899 to 1988. Some were laudatory, some were critical, and others, like the man himself, usually humorous. For the first time this book catalogues all the cartoons and provides a context of the events and people being satirised and places them in historical perspective. Early on Punch often made Churchill into a caricature of himself, promoting exaggerated images of his physical characteristics such as his forward leaning gait, his prominent jutting jaw, his cigar, and his hands on hips when speaking. His hobbies were frequently caricatured such as his love of polo, painting, writing skills and brick-laying. This book is not just for fans of Churchill, but for anyone interested in history, British life over the past 120 years, media and their response to government and politicians, cartoon aficionados and general society. It is an easy and fun read for the casual reader but also the academic who wants more depth through the appendices and an analysis of major world events through the eye of Punch.
£40.00
Victionary From Type to Logo: The best logotypes from around
Book SynopsisWhen it comes to building a brand, logo design is often one of the first few important steps in the creative journey. In addition to encapsulating what the business stands for and making an impactful first impression upon launch, it has to be instantly recognisable and stand out amid other similar offerings in an often saturated market. With so much more competition to contend with today, how can designers help start-ups and evolving brands put their best foot forward visually? A key branding element used by many of the biggest companies around the world, a logotype revolves around a company’s name or initials and features typography as the main design approach. Often the starting point before it is further refined into a purely symbolic image or icon, it combines two distinct design disciplines to differentiate brands from one another – a process that takes acumen, skill and empathy. FROM TYPE TO LOGO details some of these processes in a compelling book of case studies that make an inspiring reference point for budding and working branding professionals alike.
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Thomas Nelson Publishers NKJV Personal Size Reference Bible Sovereign
Book SynopsisThis elegant Bible edition honors the beauty and richness of the New King James Version in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional red-letter text for the Words of Christ.The New King James Version in the Sovereign Collection reflects the legacy and majesty of the King James Version Bible produced more than 400 years ago, but in language updated for today. This beautiful Bible, which contains design flourishes that pay tribute to the Bible produced in 1611, comes in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional red-letter text for the Words of Christ.The Sovereign Collection continues Thomas Nelson''s long history and stewardship publishing Bibles, featuring elegant letter illustrations leading into each chapter combined with clear and readable Comfort Print®, connects you to the legacy of faith, and inspires your time in the Word to be enjoyable and fruitful.Features i
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Penguin Random House Children's UK Postcards from Ladybird 100 Classic Ladybird
Book SynopsisA unique collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and iconic Ladybird book cover from the 1940s to 1970s. From the first ever Ladybird book Bunnikin''s Picnic Party, to Well-Loved Tales and How It Works, this is a selection from over thirty years of beloved Ladybird illustration in one sturdy little gift box. A perfect nostalgia gift for all Ladybird fans.
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The Crowood Press Ltd Natural History Illustration in Pen and Ink:
Book SynopsisThis beautiful book combines the author’s extensive ecological knowledge with art, and her passion for drawing with ink. It is packed with clear instruction and inspirational illustrations, and will be treasured by artists, illustrators, scientists and ecologists alike. Practical advice is given on using a range of materials and equipment for illustrating in pen and ink, as well as the collection and preservation of subject matter and reference material. Detailed instruction is given on how to create essential mark-making techniques that will enhance your illustrations through accurate depiction of shape, form, texture and pattern, and in the principles and elements of design. Subject-themed chapters include plants, strandline and marine specimens, fossils, invertebrates, and mammals. There are step-by-step exercises suitable for all skill levels, and case studies describing working practice as a professional illustrator.Trade ReviewThis utterly comprehensive guide covers, as its title suggests, not just animals but birds, plants, insects and invertebrates as well as ancillary items such as feathers, nests and egg cases. If you’re serious about drawing wildlife in all its forms, you won’t do better. -- Henry Malt - The Artist reviewer * The Artist *A book by a well educated and very experienced natural history illustrator who writes extremely well - and it shows on every one of its pages making it joy to read. -- Katherine Tyrrell, Making A Mark * Making A Mark *This is one of the most comprehensive books around on natural history drawing. -- Henry Malt * artbookreview *Sarah’s illustrations are beautiful and intricate, capturing the beauty of her subjects with sensitivity and skill. -- Jane Stroud, Leisure Painter * Leisure Painter *Overall this is a brilliant book, perfectly suited to building your natural history drawing skills. The subjects are brought alive by wonderful descriptions and personal experiences. An absolute pleasure to read… I'm sure I’ll treasure it for years to come, and refer back to it again and again. -- Sylvia Myers, Ecologist & Volunteer Manager, NHM * Natural History Museum Magazine *It is a beautiful book, thoroughly researched and exquisitely illustrated. It is an ideal book for students or for anyone thinking of embarking on a new hobby in art, as well as for nature lovers and lovers of art generally. A pleasure to read - deeply enjoy. -- Endymion Beer, reviewer British Naturalists Association * British Naturalists Association *This is a beautiful guide to the use of traditional pen and ink in natural history illustrations. Because of the book’s well-organized structure and inclusion of some beginner-friendly projects, it would also be a useful resource for instructors to share with their students. -- Camille Werther, reviewer JNSI * Journal of Natural Science Illustrations *
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GMC Publications Art of Landscape Photography, The ^updated
Book SynopsisThere are many general titles on landscape photography, but few that really tackle the issue of composition in great depth. The Art of Landscape Photography assumes a good working knowledge of the technical basics such as correct exposure, filtration, and sharpness and concentrates on the 'heart and soul' of landscape photography: the principles of composition and aesthetic design to convey meaning and emotion. While technique will not be ignored, the emphasis will be on how it impacts on the aesthetics of the image; for example, using filtration to enhance the mood of a scene rather than simply to balance the extremes of contrast. Because of the nature of the subject matter, this is very much a picture-led book, with numerous example pictures to illustrate the compositional points being discussed. At the back of the book there will be thumbnails of all the pictures used, with a summary of the technical details camera, lens, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, filtration to ensure that those who crave technical information are not disappointed. AUTHORS: Mark Bauer is a professional landscape photographer specialising in atmospheric images of Dorset and the New Forest. He is a regular contributor to the UK photographic press with his dramatic images appearing in numerous national and county publications, in particular Digital SLR Photography magazine, on book covers, cards and calendars. Ross is an award-winning wildlife and landscape photographer, the author of several photography books, and a regular contributor to the photo press. Based in North Cornwall, England, Ross is best known for his beautiful macro and close-up images, and for evocative landscape photographs. He co-runs the photography workshop company Dawn2Dusk Photography and also provides bespoke 1-2-1 tuition. As well as judging major nature photography competitions, Ross has been a brand ambassador for leading photography equipment brands including Nikon UK, Manfrotto, and F-stop Gear. 250 photographs, 10 illustrations
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