History of art Books
Last Gasp,U.S. Soft Candy
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£21.21
Last Gasp,U.S. La Luz de Jesus 25
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£34.00
Last Gasp,U.S. Glenn Barrs Faces
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£14.36
Last Gasp,U.S. Anatomy of Sorrow
Book SynopsisThe latest monograph by prolific and influential artist Daniel Martin Diaz
£29.75
Last Gasp,U.S. Incurable Disorder
Book SynopsisStrangely beautiful and fantastical creations from pop surrealist artist Elizabeth McGrath.
£33.96
Last Gasp,U.S. Status Factory The Art of Ron English
Book SynopsisA gorgeous collection of the latest artwork from celebrated street art legend Ron English.
£33.96
Last Gasp,U.S. Mirror Black Mirror Slipcase Edition
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£60.00
Last Gasp,U.S. Dont Have Feelings Dont Make a Scene
Book SynopsisTake a vibrant, neon tour through the travels, shows, experiments, friends, and strange career of an American visionary freak.
£31.96
Last Gasp,U.S. Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society
Book SynopsisPranksters extraordinaire chart their rise through art and photos.
£25.46
Museum of Modern Art The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary
Book SynopsisFormed by Harvey S Shipley Miller, trustee of the Judith Rothschild Foundation, and given to MoMA in 2005, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection was conceived to be a broad survey of contemporary drawing practice. This catalogue raisonne presents the collection as a whole.
£32.30
Museum of Modern Art Jasper Johns MoMA Artist Series
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£6.95
Museum of Modern Art Jasper Johns Regrets
Book SynopsisIn June 2012, Jasper Johns encountered a photograph of the painter Lucian Freud reproduced in a Christies auction catalogue. Inspired not only by the photographic image, but also by the physical qualities of the object itself, Johns took this motif through a succession of cross-medium permutations. This title presents each of these permutations.
£15.26
Museum of Modern Art Yoko Ono
Book SynopsisExamines the beginnings of Onos extensive career, demonstrating her pioneering role in visual art, performance and music during the 1960s and early 1970s. This book includes an introduction written by a guest scholar, artwork descriptions and key figures from the time. It also features exhibition dedicated exclusively to the artists work.
£32.30
City Lights Books Shock Treatment
Book Synopsis If you haven''t read this book yet--buy it, take it home, and read it now! This is the work that made me get off my ass and actually do something, and it will inspire you, too.--Kathleen Hanna, singer, Bikini Kill, Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin I believe Karen Finley''s un-careful rage was threatening because it is filled with grief, humor, and a profound passion for this life. Rereading it, I feel refreshed, as if I''ve been self-policing for years by tolerating boring, stupid things and now I''m free again. Thank you, Karen.--Miranda July, author of The First Bad Man Shock Treatment is as timely and crucial as ever, inspiring feminist rage and wildness just as when it first blew my mind twenty-five years ago.--Michelle Tea, author of How to Grow Up Karen Finley is an iconoclast who, ironically, became an icon when her work in Shock Treatment was targeted by right wing politicians. This important book is as necessary and vital today as it was twenty-years ago.--Sapphire, author of Push, among other works Reading Shock Treatment today reminds me that Karen Finley has always been a writer of conscience. I remember seeing and hearing her read The Black Sheep off a piece of legal paper in the middle of a play at The Kitchen. No frills. She simply re-invented the poem.--Eileen Myles, author of Snowflake/different streets How exciting for you, me, Karen, and the world--to have an occasion to revisit this period of powerful and earth-shaking work. Culture wars? Those bastards had no idea what they were up against.--Justin Vivian Bond, author of Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels Finley’s Shock Treatment is more than just ''art.'' It remains a searing and necessary indictment of America, a call to arms, a great protest against the injustices waged on queers and women during a time in recent American history where government intervention and recognition was so desperately needed. Twenty-five years on, Finley’s work continues to shock and provoke readers and audiences, demonstrating the powerful cultural and political impact her work has had on modern American art and performance art.--Nathan Smith, Los Angeles Review of Books No other artist captures the drama and fragility of the AIDS era as Karen Finley does in her 1990 classic book Shock Treatment. The Black Sheep, We Keep Our Victims Ready, I Was Never Expected to Be Talented,--these are some of the seminal works which excoriated homophobia and misogyny at a time when artists and writers were under attack for challenging the status quo. This twenty-fifth anniversary expanded edition features a new introduction in which Finley reflects on publishing her first book as she became internationally known for being denied an NEA grant because of perceived obscenity in her work. She traces her journey from art school to burlesque gigs to the San Francisco North Beach literary scene. A new poem reminds us of Finley''s disarming ability to respond to the era''s most challenging issues with grace and humor. KAREN FINLEY''s raw and transgressive performances have long provoked controversy and debate. She has appeared and exhibited her visual art, performances, and plays internationally. The author of many books including A Different Kind of Intimacy, George & Martha, and The Reality Shows, she is a professor at the Tisch School of Art and Public Policy at NYU. Trade Review"This is the power of Shock Treatment, its direct engagement; 'One day, I hope to God,' she writes in 'Aunt Mandy,' 'Bush / Cardinal O’Connor and the Right-to-Lifers each / returns to life as an unwanted pregnant 13-year-old / girl working at McDonalds at minimum wage.' The irony — or maybe not — is that those sentiments remain relevant; the names may have changed but the landscape not so much. We are still, a quarter of a century later, fighting the once and future culture war, in a country that is as divided, as bifurcated on these issues as it has ever been."--David Ulin, The Los Angeles Times "Overflowing with crude unmitigated rage, Shock Treatment clawed at the bulwarks of homophobia, misogyny, racism, and casual violence, inspiring women like Kathleen Hannah, Michelle Tea, and Miranda July to step up . . . Twenty-five years later, Finley might be less ferocious but she remains astute."--Silke Tudor, SF Weekly"This is the power of Shock Treatment, its direct engagement; 'One day, I hope to God,' she writes in 'Aunt Mandy,' 'Bush / Cardinal O’Connor and the Right-to-Lifers each / returns to life as an unwanted pregnant 13-year-old / girl working at McDonalds at minimum wage.' The irony or maybe not is that those sentiments remain relevant; the names may have changed but the landscape not so much. We are still, a quarter of a century later, fighting the once and future culture war, in a country that is as divided, as bifurcated on these issues as it has ever been."--David Ulin, The Los Angeles Times "Overflowing with crude unmitigated rage, Shock Treatment clawed at the bulwarks of homophobia, misogyny, racism, and casual violence, inspiring women like Kathleen Hannah, Michelle Tea, and Miranda July to step up . . . Twenty-five years later, Finley might be less ferocious but she remains astute."--Silke Tudor, SF Weekly
£14.05
Museum of New Mexico Press Georgia OKeeffe in New Mexico
Book SynopsisAt various intervals between 1931 and 1945, Georgia O''Keeffe (18871986) completed seventeen drawings and paintings of katsina tithu (kachina dolls), the painted-wood representations of spirit beings carved by Native American artist -- especially Hopi and Zuni -- that have long played an important role in Pueblo and Hopi ceremonialism. O''Keeffe never explained how or why she became interested in these Native American carvings. Because she gave generic titles to her paintings of them except those works depicting Kokopelli, she may not have been aware of their specific names, meaning, or functions. But the artist always took inspiration from her immediate environment, whether working abstractly or representationally, often seeking subjects that conveyed her feelings for or experiences of specific places; her depictions of Native American spirit beings were no exception. As she later pointed out, My pictures are my statement of a personal experience. The book, which accompanies a touring
£30.59
Maney Publishing Mediaeval Art and Architecture in the East Riding
Book SynopsisThe conference proceedings and transactions of the British Archaeological Association Conference for the year 1983. With focus on the topic of Medieval Art and Architecture in the East Riding of Yorkshire.Table of ContentsPre-Conquest Sculpture in Eastern Yorkshire, Beverley Minster Before the Early Thirteenth Century, Observations on the Twelfth-Century Sculpture from Bridlington Priory, Bridlington Priory: an Augustinian Church and Cloister in the Twelfth Century, The Medieval Stained Glass of Beverley Minster, A Survey of East Riding Sepulchral Monuments Before 1500, St Peter's Church, Howden, The Percy Tomb Workshop, The Architectural Development of Patrington Church and its Place in the Evolution of the Decorated Style in Yorkshire, Beverley in Conflict: Archbishop Alexander Neville and the Minster Clergy, 1381-8, Monumental Brasses: the Development of the York Workshops in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, Misericords in Beverley Minster: their Relationship to other Misericords and Fifteenth-Century Prints
£128.25
Maney Publishing Medieval Art Architecture and Archaeology in
Book SynopsisThis book contains papers on various topics including the contribution of archaeology for understanding re-Norman London; medieval and Tudor domestic buildings in the city of London; shops and shopping in medieval London; and the Romanesque architecture of Old St Paul''s Cathedral.Table of Contents1. The Contribution of Archaeology to our Understanding of Pre-Norman London, 1973-1988 2. Medieval and Tudor Domestic Buildings in the City of London 3. Shops and Shopping in Medieval London 4. The Romanesque Architecture of Old St Paul’s Cathedral and its Late Eleventh-Century Context 5. The First Façade of Old St Paul’s Cathedral: Did it Have Flanking Towers? 6. The New Work at Old St Paul’s Cathedral and its Place in English Thirteenth-Century Architecture 7. Restorations of the Temple Church, London 8. ‘Liber Horn’, ‘Liber Custumarum’ and Other Manuscripts of the Queen Mary Psalter Workshops 9. London, Londoners and Opus Anglicanum 10. Some New Types of Late Medieval Tombs in the London Area
£25.99
Maney Publishing Mediaeval Art Architecture and Archaeology in
Book SynopsisThis book contains papers on various topics including the contribution of archaeology for understanding re-Norman London; medieval and Tudor domestic buildings in the city of London; shops and shopping in medieval London; and the Romanesque architecture of Old St Paul''s Cathedral.Table of Contents1. The Contribution of Archaeology to our Understanding of Pre-Norman London, 1973-1988 2. Medieval and Tudor Domestic Buildings in the City of London 3. Shops and Shopping in Medieval London 4. The Romanesque Architecture of Old St Paul’s Cathedral and its Late Eleventh-Century Context 5. The First Façade of Old St Paul’s Cathedral: Did it Have Flanking Towers? 6. The New Work at Old St Paul’s Cathedral and its Place in English Thirteenth-Century Architecture 7. Restorations of the Temple Church, London 8. ‘Liber Horn’, ‘Liber Custumarum’ and Other Manuscripts of the Queen Mary Psalter Workshops 9. London, Londoners and Opus Anglicanum 10. Some New Types of Late Medieval Tombs in the London Area
£82.64
Maney Publishing Yorkshire Monasticism Archaeology Art and
Book SynopsisThis book reviews the research that has been generated by the Abbey complex on the eastern cliff-top, and relates it to the ''heritage'' context, the subject of a major new initiative by English Heritage and Scarborough Borough Council.Table of Contents1. Anglo-Saxon and Later Whitby 2. Antiquaries and Archaeology in and around Ripon Minster 3. The Early Monastic Church of Lastingham 4. The Romanesque Church of Selby Abbey 5. Observations on the Romanesque Crossing Tower, Transepts and Nave Aisles of Selby Abbey 6. Some Design Aspects of Kirkstall Abbey 7. Kirkstall Abbey: The 12th-Century Tracery and Rose Window 8. The Priory of the Holy Trinity, York: Antiquarians and Architectural History 9. The 13th-Century Choir and Transepts of Rievaulx Abbey 10. The East Window of Selby Abbey, Yorkshire 11. A Northern English School? Patterns of production and collection of manuscripts in the Augustinian Houses of Yorkshire in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
£123.50
Maney Publishing Utrecht
Book SynopsisThis book presents the latest research on the cities monuments from the arrival of Willibrord and Boniface and the establishment of the Bishopric. It focuses on 12th century sculptural iconography, manuscript production, fonts, secular architecture and the Gothic cathedral.Table of Contents1. The Beginnings of Utrecht: Roman Fort And Vicus 2. Utrecht and Dorestad: Fifteen Miles Apart, a World of Difference 3. The First Centuries of the Episcopal See at Utrecht 4. England and the Low Countries at the Time of St Willibrord 5. Porticus or Pastophorion? Eighth-Century St Martin, Utrecht, between Anglo-Saxon and Frankish Traditions 6. St Salvator’s, St Martin’s and Pepin the Younger 7. Willibrord’s Cathedral? An Investigation of the First Phases of the Construction of the Salvatorkerk in Utrecht 8. The Large Round-Bottomed Medieval Boats Excavated in the Municipality of Utrecht 9. The Invention of a Notion: On the Historiography of Bishop Bernold’s Churches and the Cross of Churches in Utrecht 10. A Cross of Churches Around Conrad’s Heart 11. The Utrecht Parishes and Their Churches 12. The Mariakerk at Utrecht, Speyer and Italy 13. ‘Foderunt Manus Meas Et Pedes Meos’: On the Iconography of the Twelfth-Century Reliefs in the Pieterskerk in Utrecht 14. Missionaries, Masters and Manuscripts; A Survey of the Oldest Books and their Patrons in the Diocese of Utrecht (Until C. 1200) 15. Romanesque and Gothic Stone Baptismal Fonts in the Diocese of Utrecht 16. Architectural Links between Scotland and the Low Countries in the Later Middle Ages 17. The Financing of the Construction of the Gothic Cathedral in Utrecht 18. Saint Margaret Under Our Lord’s Cross: A Mural Painting in the Cathedral of Utrecht 19. Medieval And Early Modern Houses in Utrecht 20. Utrecht between Pleshey Castle (Essex) and the Hasker Convent (Friesland): The Origin and Distribution of Late Thirteenth- and Early Fourteenth-Century Decorated Floor Tiles in The Netherlands 21. A Glazier ‘From the Bishopric of Utrigt’ in Fifteenth-Century Norwich 22. Medieval Roof Contructions in Utrecht and the Netherlands 23. Chimney Friezes in Late-Medieval Utrecht 24. Adriaen Van Wesel and the Sculpture of the Mariakerk in Utrecht 25. The Treasury of Utrecht Cathedral 26. Internal Arrangements in Utrecht Cathedral before and after the Reformation 27. Of Gods and Shepherds: Utrecht, Rome and London
£43.99
Glasgow Museums Publishing Millet To Matisse 19th and 20th Century
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£13.06
Power Publications Gordon Bennett Selected Writings
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£21.25
Power Institute of Fine Arts Necessity Of Australian Art
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£7.95
Power Institute of Fine Arts Apparition
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£13.49
Power Institute of Fine Arts Putting A Face On Things
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£9.49
Power Institute of Fine Arts A Singular Voice
Book SynopsisA collection of essays by the controversial and popular Australian art and architecture scholar, Joan Kerr.
£29.70
Power Institute of Fine Arts How Aborigines Invented the Idea of Contemporary
Book SynopsisThe first anthology to chronicle the globl critical reception of Aboriginal art since the early 1980s.
£26.96
Tucson Museum of Art John P Schaefer People Places and ThingsThirty
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£26.25
Dia Art Foundation,U.S. Jack Whitten The Greek Alphabet Series
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£50.40
Kala Press Sonia Boyce Speaking in Tongues
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£11.95
Art Dictionaries Ltd Keywords of Nineteenthcentury Art
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£7.46
Artwords Press SunShine Moonshine Transmission the Rules of
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£8.56
Artwords Press Art on Terror The Incendiary Device of Philosophy
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£999.99
Artwords Press Analysis v 8 Transmission the Rules of Engagement
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£8.56
TransGlobe Publishing Ltd New Vision
Book SynopsisIn the perpetual quest for the new, the exciting and the innovative, the attention of the global art community has in recent years been more and more focused on the Middle East. Exhibitions and articles have highlighted a remarkable burst of creativity in the region, as Arab countries from Syria to Algeria, Egypt to Lebanon and Palestine to Saudi Arabia have launched some of the most fascinating artists in recent years. The conceptual playfulness of Hassan Khan, the charged paintings of Jeffar Khaldi, the organic sculptures of Diana Al-Hadid, and the moving photography of Yto Barrada have dazzled audiences with their variety, innovation and thoughtfulness. Until now, however, nobody has captured the vitality of the region's art in a single book. New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century offers the most comprehensive, scholarly and in-depth survey yet of what is currently happening at the cutting-edge of art in the Arab world. It begins with five groundbreaking essays that Trade Review'‘Excellent’' - – The Art Newspaper'‘In its detailing of institutional contexts, multiple artistic practices, and the globalized sites of production and reception – not to mention the sheer wealth of information – this volume will prove one of the most durable on the region in the years to come’' - – Apollo
£38.40
Michael Butterworth Corridor 8 v 2 Contemporary Visual Art and
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£12.34
Zidane Press Graphic Design
Book SynopsisA new and radical introduction to the importance of graphic design in the modern age of miracles.
£9.49
Hedingham Fair Pagan Art Folk Art Drawings Paintings LinoCuts
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£18.04
COLONY As If Something Once Mentioned Now Plain to See
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£999.99
Zidane Press The Lives of Paintings
Book SynopsisAn original interpretation of Leonardo's works based on well documented sources.
£8.54
HENI Publishing Cage Six Tableaux De Gerhard Richter
Book SynopsisGerhard Richter's Cage paintings pay homage to the American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912-92) and were first displayed at the Venice Biennale in 2007. Leading critic Robert Storr considers the importance of the Cage paintings within Richter's practice and the wider context of abstract art. Translated into French by Christian-Martin Diebold.
£20.00
L-13 AHH 2 Love the ART HATE
Book SynopsisA stunning full-colour collection of ART HATE propaganda posters bound in L-13's signature cardboard.
£29.75
TransGlobe Publishing Ltd Frozen Dreams Russian edition
Book SynopsisHow has its rapidly changing social landscape shaped its art? And how does art effect social and cultural change within Russia? This title explores these questions by presenting a balanced selection of work by eighty Russian artists working from the 1970s onwards.
£38.40
HENI Publishing Francis Bacon Paris Monaco and the Cote dAzur
Book SynopsisThe first in-depth publication to uncover the long relationship Francis Bacon enjoyed with France, Monaco and French culture. Martin Harrison, the foremost expert on Bacon, brings a new light to a somewhat unexpected side of the artist's life and work.
£28.00
Lasse Press Miles Edmund Cotman John Sell Cotmans Child
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£10.00
Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation Contemporary Art and Philanthropy
Book SynopsisExplores the production of art in the Asia pacific region and discusses the future role of private foundations in sustaining contemporary art practice.
£16.20
Testify Books, Inc Todd James
Book SynopsisFeaturing more than 150 drawings and paintings by the artist, this book welcomes you to the obscence, and sometimes heartbreaking, world of Todd James. His lively cartoonesque figures and stream-of-consciousness images have been used by, among others, Eminem, the Beastie Boys and Redman.
£19.80
John Isaacs Books Conrad Atkinson Landescapes
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£24.64
