Prints and printmaking Books
LEGARE STREET PR Views On The Thames
£17.95
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Propaganda Prints
Book SynopsisPropaganda Prints reviews the history, cultural diversity and legacy of Art in the service of social and political change.Table of Contents1. The Ancient World i. The very beginning ii. Alexander iii. Pax Romana 2. The Middle Ages i The Dark Ages ii. The Norman Conquest iii. Onward Christian soldiers 3. The Early Modern Period i. The art of printing ii. The troublesome priest iii. A red and white rose iv. Renaissance v. The propaganda of the senses vi. Here comes the sun vii. The English Civil War viii. Into the light ix. The American Revolution x. The tree of liberty xi. The man on the white horse 4. The Machine Age i. The 19th century ii. The Fourth Estate iii. Rule Britannia iv. From sea to shining sea v. A new printing method vi. The golden age of posters vii. The modern movement viii. The First World War 5. The Early 20th Century i. The Mexican Revolution ii. The Russian Revolution iii. Between the wars iv. WPA v. The Spanish Civil War vi. The Nazis vii. The Second World War 6. The Modern World i. The Cold War ii. Post-war Britain iii. The Chinese Cultural Revolution iv. The Cuban Revolution v. Vietnam and the art of protest vi. Propaganda in the digital age
£33.25
Workman Publishing Homebody
Book SynopsisFrom award-winning Kinfolk founding art director, this curated collection of DIY typographic posters offers affordable, unique artwork that's perfect for introverted homebodies who want to make their space a bit cozier. Celebrating the joyful coziness of home, here are 12 perforated foldout posters, each with a phrase or message that speaks directly to the homebody lifestyle: eggs & bacon, sweatpants, cat nap, book club, fuzzy socks, and more. The posters feature large vintage block letter typography and a black-and-white palette, inviting the reader to decorate them however they choose—with colored pencils, tissue paper, markers, ink pens, watercolor, collage paper. (Suggested materials and examples of finished posters will be provided inside.) Once you’re finished decorating your poster, hang it up on your wall as a unique display of art, creativity, and decoration. Included:
£15.29
PM Press Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking
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£21.59
PM Press Getting Up For The People: The Visual Revolution
Book SynopsisThe story of the revolutionary street artist's collective ASARO, whose woodcut slogans chronicle the social unrest in today's Mexico.
£17.09
Flame Tree Publishing Kate Heiss Winter Wonderland Advent Calendar with
Book SynopsisIn every window, a seasonal wildlife image from printmaker Kate Heiss. A fine new art advent calendar from Flame Tree.Enjoy the countdown to Christmas! Open a numbered window every day in December until the big day and reveal a seasonal sticker to help you get in the festive spirit! This gorgeous advent calendar features the work of British printmaker Kate Heiss, who creates dynamic, vibrant, illustrative prints that are inspired by her love of nature. With an evocative winter countryside scene on the cover, each door reveals one of Kate Heiss’s delightful woodland animals. Printed on FSC-certified paper.
£7.97
Flame Tree Publishing William Morris: Seaweed Wallpaper Greeting Card
Book SynopsisSold in packs of 6. Gorgeous, foiled, handmade greeting cards, blank inside and shrink-wrapped with a gold envelope. Themed with our art calendars, foiled notebooks and illustrated art books. Our greeting cards are printed on FSC paper and wrapped in biodegradable cellobag, and are themed with our art calendars, foiled notebooks and illustrated art books.Born in Kent, William Morris was an outstanding character of many talents, being an architect, writer, social campaigner, artist and, with his Kelmscott Press, an important figure of the Arts and Crafts movement. Many of us probably know him best, however, from his superb furnishings and textile designs, intricately weaving together natural motifs in a highly stylized two-dimensional fashion influenced by medieval conventions.
£14.20
V & A Publishing In Black and White: Prints from Africa and the
Book SynopsisPrint has always been an art form for everyone - relatively cheap to produce and easy to distribute, and intended to be accessible to all. It links to painting, and creative autographic expression, as well as to a tradition of satire and protest, both social and political. Above all, prints are a means of communication and cultural exchange and, in the context of Africa and the African diaspora, these qualities have had a particular resonance. The book covers the period from 1960, presenting and interpreting a variety of visual images from the V&A collections in terms of their political and social context, while also addressing their identity as art and design. It includes prints by Uzo Egonu, Carrie Mae Weems and Chris Ofili among others, as well as overtly political work, such as posters attacking the Apartheid policies of South Africa and material produced by American Black Power organizations.Table of ContentsSo Much Things to Say: Prints from Africa and the Diaspora, Gill Saunders and Zoe Whitley -- Place -- History -- Memory -- Identity -- Protest -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Index of artists and works -- Picture Credits
£17.99
V & A Publishing Eclectic: The Robert and Julia Breckman
Book SynopsisThe Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund has enabled purchases by such art world stars as Damien Hirst, Julian Opie, Chris Ofili, Grayson Perry and Rachel Whiteread to name but a few. The collection is also home of a wide range of other print acquisitions that encompass everything from topographical prints, fashion plates, wallpapers and caricatures to posters, packaging and playing cards, as well as prints by street artists, and often challenging contemporary prints and multiples. This book includes an illustrated introduction that gives the background of the collection and describes the rationale behind the collecting - as well as highlighting the important contributions that the Breckman Fund acquisitions have made to the V&A's programme of exhibitions, displays and galleries.
£27.00
D Giles Ltd Graphicstudio: Uncommon Practice and the Art of
Book SynopsisGraphicstudio: Uncommon Practice at USF explores the incredible body of art from Graphicstudio, the print atelier at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida that has hosted artists including Louise Bourgeois, Jim Dine, Alex Katz, and Roy Lichtenstein. Founded in 1968, the studio has developed an international reputation, and work produced at Graphicstudio can now be found in private and museum collections across the world. This volume presents over one hundred artworks by forty-five artists including Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein, Christian Marclay, Philip Pearlstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, and Kiki Smith. The range of artworks includes etchings, photo- and direct gravures, digital or pigment prints, cyanotypes, lithographs, woodcuts and screen prints, as well as sculpture in bronze, concrete, basalt, and cast epoxy resin. Author Jade Dellinger investigates Graphicstudio's innovative atmosphere and interdisciplinary resources as well as the technical challenges artists have faced. Illustrated case studies focus on the work of seven artists; also featured are four illustrated interviews with the current and past Graphicstudio directors and brief biographies of the careers of the forty-five artists represented.
£25.46
Royal Academy of Arts Mick Moon
Book SynopsisThe first monograph on this important but overlooked artist. Coincides with a major show of new work at Alan Cristea Gallery, London, 27 June to 31 July, 2019. Mick Moon RA was born in Edinburgh in 1937 and grew up in Blackpool. He studied at the Chelsea School of Art (1958-62) and later taught at the Slade School of Fine Art (1973-90). He was elected a Royal Academician in 1994 and his work now forms part of many public collections including those of the Scottish National Gallery, Tate and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Moon's paintings and prints combine a wide variety of media and techniques in complex and intriguing layers. More recently, photographic elements have formed part of his practice, along with textural materials such as wood and cloth which Moon combines with ink and paint. The art historian Mel Gooding provides an authoritative insight into Mick Moon's practice and a definitive overview of his career. He argues that Moon is one of the most important artists of his generation and asserts his place as one of the key figures of post-war British art.
£22.50
Kruger Druck + Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Magdalena Grandmontagne: Epreuve D'Artiste
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£23.75
De Gruyter Die Freiheit der Linie: Callot, Della Bella,
Book SynopsisEtching, the origins of which as an intaglio technique can be traced back to the beginning of the 16th century, unfolded its full glory in the 17th century. Famous engravers such as Albrecht Dürer had rejected etching as an inferior technique to copperplate engraving, but a century later it experienced its Baroque heyday. The etching technique owes its albeit late success to the freedom of its lines. Unlike the laborious method of copperplate engraving, the artist’s hand can playfully transpose the drawing onto the etching plate with ease. This catalogue provides fascinating insights into the working processes and aesthetics of Baroque printmaking. The focus is on works by three artists who excelled in the etching technique: Jacques Callot, Stefano della Bella and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Exhibition: 8. September to 3. December 2023, Landesmuseum Mainz New state of research on Baroque etching Look inside https://issuu.com/deutscher_kunstverlag/docs/blick_ins_buch_die_freiheit_der_linie
£36.00
De Gruyter Becoming CoBrA: Anfänge einer europäischen
Book SynopsisCoBrA is one of the most important artist groups of Art Informel. The name is derived from the first letters of the three capital cities of Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam — the centers from which the CoBrA artists took action. Little is still known here in Germany about the concrete origins of the art movement. The exhibition and catalogue of the same name attempts a broad examination of the group’s origins: with the focus on the reconstruction of the movement prior to its official establishment in November 1948. It aims to present a representative cross-section of the movement that includes the largest possible number of artists as well as the greatest possible concentration of forms of expression and topics characteristic of the movement. Roughly fifty paintings, thirty sculptural works, fifty graphic reproductions and photographs as well as individual ceramics and textiles from international collections are presented.
£32.85
Niggli Verlag Print Design (Bilingual edition): The Latest from
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£25.46
Taschen Japanese Woodblock Prints
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£95.00
Hatje Cantz Alex Katz Catalogue Raisonné: Prints 1947-2022
Book SynopsisBefore the rise of Pop Art proper, Alex Katz developed an iconic style of figurative painting in the early 1960s— influenced by film, television, and billboard advertising. Seemingly detached and incredibly stylish, he created portraits of the New York scene as well as idyllic landscapes. Printmaking plays an equally central role in Katz’s work. He uses lithographs, etchings, silkscreens, woodcuts and linocuts to reproduce, reflect and further reduce his bold aesthetic, while retaining the radiant color characteristic for his paintings. Since the first edition in 2011, Katz has almost doubled his output of prints—this timely new edition includes his complete prints, cutout editions, artists’ books, and also lists his works of applied art like book illustrations and public art projects. New essays and interviews with the artist give profound insights into the work of one of the foremost American artists of the present.
£111.00
Hirmer Verlag Christiane Baumgartner: Another Country
Book SynopsisChristiane Baumgartner: Another Country complements the artist’s first major M useum exhibition in the U.S. and offers an in - depth introduction to the artist’s work at mid - career. Baumgartner is best known for monumental woodcuts, handcarved prints that literally and conceptually expand the traditional boundaries of the medium beyond expectation. Leipzig - based artist Christiane Baumgartner (b. 1967) works at the intersection of old and new media to expand the conceptual and technical capacities of printmaking. Sourcing images from cinema and TV or from her own photographs and videos, she hand - carves woodcuts that defy convention and expectation. Often monumental in scale or undertaken in large series, the work is about speed and transmission, about human sight and its elusive capture, about cultural memory and modes of representation. Essays contextualise the work in relation to German printmaking and the Leipzig school; an interview with the artist surveys her praxis at mid - career.
£23.40
Hirmer Verlag A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The
Book SynopsisFirst publication to map the exciting activity and legacy of Margaret Lowengrund and her space. A Model Workshop explores the understudied impact of Margaret Lowengrund (1902–1957) – a visionary leader, organiser and critic within the mid-twentieth century printmaking community – and the vibrant New York print workshop/gallery she founded, "The Contemporaries". The book expands histories of 1950s printmaking by showing Lowengrund and The Contemporaries to be a vital nexus in the mid-century print field. Bringing together several original texts with archival documents, the book maps the activities, networks and legacies of Lowengrund and The Contemporaries, placing them within a constellation of contexts including organised labour, feminisms and entrepreneurship, international exchange, and making the modern print.
£28.80
BoD - Books on Demand Bon Appétit
£15.72
Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH Cy Twombly - The Printed Graphic Work. Catalogue
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£78.75
Taschen GmbH Basilius Besler. The Garden at Eichstätt
Book SynopsisWhen Prince-Bishop Johann Konrad von Gemmingen (1593/95–1612) undertook a radical renovation of the Willibaldsburg Castle, overlooking the Altmühl River in Eichstätt, Bavaria, he also created a surrounding palatial pleasure garden of magnificence and grandeur. To preserve the garden for future generations – and provide an ‘evergreen’ record of its contents, compiling plants from all four seasons and presenting them in that order – he commissioned the garden’s director, Nuremberg apothecary Basilius Besler (1561–1629), and a team of engravers to immortalize its treasures in print.The resulting Hortus Eystettensis, published in Nuremberg in 1613 and containing 367 hand-colored plates and detailed descriptions, was a work of meticulous execution and spectacular diversity, and remarkably expensive for its time. As the garden contained a variety of plants imported from exotic locales, the three volumes exhibited a remarkable range, covering a total of 90 families and 340 genera. Due to the decorative, stylized execution of these illustrations, which began to see plants in aesthetic, rather than merely practical or medicinal terms, the book is seen as a milestone in the art of botanical illustration. While published before a time of standardized classification systems, it was nonetheless later described by Carl Linnaeus as an “incomparable work”.Besler’s catalog long outlived the gardens, which were destroyed in 1634 by invading Swedish troops during the Thirty Years’ War. However, a lengthy redevelopment project at the historic site has culminated in the opening of the modern Bastion Garden in 1998, containing many of the plants shown in the Hortus Eystettensis.Offering high-quality reproductions of these arresting illustrations, based on the copy of the Hortus Eystettensis at the University Library of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, this facsimile edition is accompanied by detailed plate descriptions of each plant’s botanical, pharmaceutical, and symbolic significance and an appendix of further essays which place the garden and the book in their historical contexts.This edition presents a valuable piece of botanical literature which, on the rare occasions where a copy appears on the market, can fetch prices of over $1,000,000 at auction. In line with Besler’s original intentions, this facsimile unfurls the garden to a wider audience and captures it for posterity.Trade Review“This book should find its way to many a library and coffee table.” * Chicago Botanic Garden Book Review *
£170.00
Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Georg Baselitz: Peintre Graveur IV: Catalog
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£70.80
Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Surprise: Art of the Monotype
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£41.25
Argobooks Gehend
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£42.75
Skira Davide Quayola: re-coding
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£33.60
Skira Darrel Ellis: Regeneration
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£33.60
MER Paper Kunsthalle 35 Jaar Frans Masereel Centrum
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£23.28
MER Paper Kunsthalle Andy Warhol: Crude Icons
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£15.00
New Heroes & Pioneers Share Scandinavia: A Book You Will Like So Much
Book SynopsisSHARE SCANDINAVIA contains 50 Scandinavian inspired artworks carefully selected amongst the best up-and-coming first time published artist. Following the success of SHARE Vol. 1, this second installment combines the winning concept of high quality prints on perforated pages with the in-demand Scandinavian aesthetic.
£48.00
The University of Chicago Press Peasants Warriors and Wives
Book SynopsisKeith Moxey examines woodcut images from the Nuremburg area, arguing that far from being crude representations of popular culture, they in fact represent the means by which the middle and upper classes could disseminate reformed attitudes to a broader audience.
£28.00
University of Texas Press Homegrown
Book SynopsisBefore Austin became the “live music capital of the world” and attracted tens of thousands of music fans, it had a vibrant local music scene that spanned late sixties psychedelic and avant-garde rock to early eighties punk. Venues such as the Vulcan Gas Company and the Armadillo World Headquarters hosted both innovative local musicians and big-name touring acts. Poster artists not only advertised the performances—they visually defined the music and culture of Austin during this pivotal period. Their posters promoted an alternative lifestyle that permeated the city and reflected Austin’s transformation from a sleepy university town into a veritable oasis of underground artistic and cultural activity in the state of Texas.This book presents a definitive survey of music poster art produced in Austin between 1967 and 1982. It vividly illustrates four distinct generations of posters—psychedelic art of the Vulcan Gas Company, early works from the ArmadTrade ReviewShowcases a slice of [the city’s long celebration of live music]. * The Wall Street Journal *A sprawling illustrated monument to Austin music and culture. * PopMatters *Clubs close and are torn down. Bands break up. But posters endure as a history to admire. * Texas Highways *Table of Contents Preface It All Started Here (Joe Nick Patoski) Colorful Tales and Early Techniques: Postering in Austin (Nels Jacobson) The Posters Vulcan Gas Company Blues Portraits Reimagining Texas Traveling Bands Punk and the New Waves List of Posters Bibliography Acknowledgments
£21.59
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin The Prints of Warrington Colescott A Catalogue
Book SynopsisPrintmaker Warrington Colescott has trained his brilliant artistic eye on the fashions and foibles of human behavior. This illustrated catalogue documents Colescott's extensive and varied graphic career.Trade Review"Colescott is one of the most fortunate and revered artists of his generation, who has excelled as a teacher, an influential artist, and a contributor to the critical mass of modern print history." - Mark Pascale, curator of prints and drawings, the Art Institute of Chicago"
£60.35
Yale University Press Copper into Gold Print by John Raphael Smith
Book SynopsisA study of John Raphael Smith's career in printmaking. It investigates how he conducted his engraving and publishing business, and what his prints, drawings and paintings reveal about the culture and morality of the society that viewed them. It includes a catalogue raisonne.
£40.00
Yale University Press The Print in Early Modern England
Book SynopsisThe print repertoire of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England has been neglected historically. This book provides an iconographic survey of the single-sheet prints produced in Britain during the early modern era and reveals significant discoveries from this visual storehouse.Trade Review"Highly recommended."—T. J. McCormick, Choice -- T. J. McCormick * Choice *"The Print in Early Modern England: An Historical Oversight represents both a vital contribution to the developing study of the early modern English print and a stimulating call to emerging scholars in the field."—Helen Pierce, Huntington Library Quarterly -- Helen Pierce * Huntington Library Quarterly *"The combination of the author’s knowledge of the literature and words of the period, his experience working with Continental influences on English art, his abilities with visual and bibliographic details, his organizational abilities, and his nice way of incorporating other scholars’ efforts with his own discoveries have led to a very fine book."—Agnes Haigh Widder, Historians of British Art Newsletter -- Agnes Haigh Widder * Historians of British Art Newsletter *"The Print in Early Modern England is a testament to the discoveries still attainable through good, old-fashioned, archival research. . . . What [Jones] uncovered is a bounty that should dispel the myth of early modern England's visual illiteracy, and transform the way we picture the life of that extraordinary, culturally dynamic time."—Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Art in Print -- Suzanne Karr Schmidt * Art in Print *
£42.75
Yale University Press Gauguins Paradise Remembered The Noa Noa Prints
Book SynopsisIn 1891, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) traveled to Tahiti in an effort to live simply and to draw inspiration from what he saw as the island's exotic native culture. This book addresses both the artist's representation of Tahiti in the woodcut medium and the impact these works had on his artistic practice.
£24.00
Yale University Press From Still Life to the Screen Print Culture
Book SynopsisExplores the print culture of 18th-century London, focusing on the correspondences between images and consumer objects. In this text, the author considers such themes as the display of objects in still lifes and markets, the connoisseur's fetishistic gaze, and the fusion of body and ornament in satires of fashion.
£33.25
Yale University Press James Northcote History Painting and the Fables
Book SynopsisThe artistic accomplishments of James Northcote (1746-1831) have tended to be overshadowed by his role as a biographer of Joshua Reynolds, first President of the Royal Academy of Arts. This book focuses on Northcote's One Hundred Fables (1828), a masterpiece of wood engraving.
£47.50
Yale University Press Hogarths Legacy
Book SynopsisThe legacy of graphic artist William Hogarth (1697-1764) remains so emphatic that even his last name has evolved into a common vernacular term referring to his characteristically scathing form of satire. Featuring rarely seen images and written contributions from leading scholars, this book showcases a collection of the artist's works gathered from the Lewis Walpole Library at Yale University and other repositories. It attests to the idiosyncratic nature of his style and its international influence, which continues to incite aesthetic and moral debate among critics. The eight essays by eminent Hogarth experts help to further contextualize the artist's unique narrative strategies, embedding the work within German philosophical debates and the moral confusion of the Victorian period and emphasizing the social and political dimensions that are part and parcel of its profound impact. Endlessly parodied and emulated, Hogarth's distinctive satire persists in its influence throughout the centuries and this publication provides the necessary lens through which to view it.Distributed for the Lewis Walpole Library
£47.50
Yale University Press Van Dyck Rembrandt and the Portrait Print Elgar
Book SynopsisIn the last decade of his life, Anthony van Dyck (15991641) undertook a printmaking project that changed the conventions of portraiture. In a series later namedtheIconography, he portrayed artists alongside kings, courtiers, and diplomatsa radical departure from preexisting conventions. He also depicted his subjects in novel ways, focusing on their facial features often to the exclusion of symbolic costumes or props. In addition to illustrating approximately60 works by Van Dyck and other artists from his eraparticularly Rembrandtthis catalogue traces the artist's influence over hundreds of years. Showcasing both 17th century portraits in a variety of media and portrait prints by a wide range of artists spanning the16th through the20th centuriesincluding Albrecht Dürer, Hendrick Goltzius, Francisco de Goya, Edgar Degas, and Jim Dinethe book demonstrates the indelible mark that Van Dyck left on the genre. Distributed for the Art Institute of ChicagoExhibition Schedule:Art Institute of
£19.00
Yale University Press Jasper Johns
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive overview of Jasper Johns's work in an innovative medium that the artist has singlehandedly redefined over the course of four decades
£108.00
Yale University Press Rembrandt
Book SynopsisA compelling reconsideration of Rembrandt's printed oeuvre based on new research into the artist's life and work As a pioneering printmaker, Rembrandt van Rijn (16061669) stood apart from his contemporaries thanks to his innovative approach to composition and his skillful rendering of space and light. He worked with the medium as a vehicle for artistic expression and experimentation, causing many to proclaim him the greatest etcher of all time. Moreover, the dissemination of the artist's prints outside of the Dutch Republic during his lifetime contributed greatly to establishing Rembrandt's reputation throughout Europe. Sumptuously illustrated with comparative paintings and drawings as well as prints, this important volume draws on exciting new scholarship on Rembrandt's etchings. Authors Jaco Rutgers and Timothy J. Standring examine the artist's prints from many angles. They reveal how Rembrandt intentionally varied the states of his etchings, printed them on exotic papers, and re
£35.62
Yale University Press Frank Stella Unbound Literature and Printmaking
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£24.00
Yale University Press The Private World of Surimono
Book SynopsisA detailed look at a genre that combines virtuoso printmaking techniques, sophisticated imagery, and engaging, playful poetryTrade Review“With detailed and erudite entries on 60 prints . . . the catalogue is beautifully produced, befitting the subject matter.”—John T. Carpenter, Mary Griggs Burke Curator of Japanese Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
£28.50
Yale University Press Strict Beauty
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Richly and beautifully illustrated. . . . This is the seminal work for any admirers of Lewitt’s graphic work.”—Mychael Barratt PPRE, Printmaking Today"This substantial publication . . . is a considered overview of the role of printmaking in the artistic development of Sol LeWitt. . . . The closely written text offers new insights into printmaking as a key element in LeWitt's thinking . . . the numerous, carefully produced reproductions allow an experience of LeWitt's prints that is nearly as good as seeing the exhibition itself."—Andrew Bick, Print QuarterlyAlfred H. Barr Jr. Award- Smaller Museums Finalist, sponsored by College Art Association“Strict Beauty is a signal achievement. No other medium in which LeWitt worked, not even the wall drawings and structures, has received such a rigorous, exhaustively researched, comprehensive treatment. David Areford’s close looking and detailed analyses of the prints reveal unexplored dimensions of LeWitt’s practice.”—Charles W. Haxthausen, Williams College“David Areford offers a thorough and original account of Sol LeWitt’s printmaking practice that illuminates the larger conceptual issues within the artist’s oeuvre.”—Gwen Allen, San Francisco State University
£45.12
Harvard University, Asia Center Manga from the Floating World
Book SynopsisAdam Kern offers a close reading of the vibrant popular imagination through kibyoshi, a genre of sophisticated pictorial fiction from late-eighteenth-century Japan. Illustrated with rare prints from Japanese archival collections, these entertaining works will appeal to the general reader as well as to the student of Japanese cultural history.Trade ReviewManga from the Floating World is a treasure trove of cultural tidbits… Kern’s love of his subject is infectious; how many scholarly books can be described as a joy to read? Mirroring the contradictions embodied in his beloved kibyoshi, Kern’s seemingly effortless, flowing prose belies a Mount Fuji of thoughtfulness, planning, imagination and erudition. He writes, as was once said of Raymond Chandler, like a slumming angel—but much more engagingly. His prodigious command of sources and generosity in crediting ideas are exemplary. His deft deployment of literary and cultural theory is as masterful as it is discreet. The book generates broad questions that resonate in the reader’s mind: How does humor ‘work’? What is the social role of the bestseller? What kinds of things do urban myths really tell us? How does the concept of au courant embody the seeds of its own demise? Why do people read? Some twenty years ago I asked Henry Smith why no one tried to do for Edo what Robert Darnton accomplished for eighteenth-century France in his classic The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History: giving readers the gift of mental time travel. The answer was that the Japanese material is nearly impossible for any single person to retrieve on that scale. Manga from the Floating World demonstrates that scholarship has advanced to the point that this now is possible. Kern’s book rivals Darnton’s. As one of Enjiro’s savvy cronies might have said to the author: ‘Arigatayama!’ -- Melinda Takeuchi * Impressions *The present volume is a brilliant introduction to the world of kibyoshi. Taking account of very different aspects of Edo’s literary and cultural life, Kern provides a fascinating view of a long-disregarded form of Edo literature. -- Stephan Kohn * Monumenta Nipponica *Adam L. Kern’s stylish study demonstrates clearly the lack of any ongoing tradition: the kibyoshi were forgotten until the modern Japanese comics industry, accused of slavish imitation of America, needed to provide itself with roots, or at least with distant, childless cousins. -- Roz Kaveney * Times Literary Supplement *An indispensable text in the fields of manga studies and the history of early modern Japanese popular culture…Kern’s work stands the test of time and amply illustrates his contention that, despite not having given rise to manga, the kibyôshi ‘offers a similarly informative, visually compelling, and perhaps even an ultimately meaningful glimpse into one of the world’s most fascinating civilizations during one of that civilization’s greatest cultural efflorescences.’ Students and scholars of manga studies, comics studies, and Japanese history will find much to reward them. -- Andrea Horbinski * Journal of Anime and Manga Studies *
£63.96
Princeton University Press Piranesi Unbound
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A handsome treatment of [an] unheralded aspect of Piranesi’s career."---Benjamin Riley, New Criterion"Piranesi Unbound is a beautifully made book about a maker of beautiful books. Giambattista Piranesi (1720-78) is remembered mostly for his etchings, but art historians Carolyn Yerkes and Heather Hyde Minor make a strong—and charmingly wonkish—case that his true medium was the bound volume. They’re helped enormously by the designer Yve Ludwig, who strengthens every step of their argument with vivid closeups of the maestro’s work. Her gold-on-terracotta color scheme is the icing on the cake: Ms. Ludwig evokes Piranesi’s love for red chalk and Moroccan leather in a way that suggests the Roman genius might have a living heir."---Jackson Arn, Wall Street Journal"[Piranesi Unbound is], an academic book [that] contains plenty of visual material exploring the Italian artist’s work, and . . . dives into the world of bookmaking."---Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Washington Post"If you liked Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, you might want to look at Piranesi Unbound by Carolyn Yerkes and Heather Hyde Minor. It's an academic book, but it contains plenty of visual material exploring the Italian artist's work, and it dives into the world of bookmaking."---Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Independent"Piranesi Unbound is a thoroughly researched and stimulating discursive study of Piranesi as a creator and seller of books. This will be a valuable book for students of Piranesi, book arts and patronage in Eighteenth-Century Rome."---Alexander Adams, Alexander Adams Art"In Piranesi Unbound . . . Carolyn Yerkes and Heather HydeMinor show how books represented an alternative business model for [Piranesi], one that required technologies of production and routes of distribution that were different from those for prints. According to the authors, Piranesi the bookmaker has been shouldered aside in the literature by the suitable-for-framing hero of exhibitions and catalogues. Their Piranesi, by contrast, is to be found in libraries more often than in print cabinets. . . . This is a book lover’s book."---Joseph Connors, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians"By treating Piranesi’s books as a distinct and specific medium, Yerkes and Hyde Minor draw attention to a feature of early modern publications that scholarship rarely fully acknowledges: their inherent instability and ‘openness’. From Piranesi Unbound, the book emerges as a site of a continuous reconfiguration of content and printed matter, and this over the entire course of its life: from its conception, when plates are reused and content is cribbed, over its production and sale, when pages and fascicules are combined, bound and personalised, to its distribution and dispersal in collections of books and prints. . . . By casting Piranesi primarily as a bookmaker, Piranesi Unbound begins to liberate his work from his overbearing presence in its interpretation."---Maarten Delbeke, Architectural History"A scholarly and visually rich history that . . . should appeal to fans of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. . . . A beautiful book about books."---John Hill, A Daily Dose of Architecture"Beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated . . . the book is a testament to the kind of scholarship Piranesi stood for."---Richard Calis, International Journal of the Classical Tradition"Piranesi Unbound occupies a special place as a volume clearly aligned with the “material turn" of art history. The coauthors, experts on architectural drawings and prints, are implicitly and productively critical of the canonical type of art historical research, concentrating specifically on what classical art history has regarded as parerga—the technical, material, and economic aspects of artistic production."---Lola Kantor-Kazocsky, CAA Reviews"Piranesi Unbound . . . rematerialize[s] the codex as a material repository of practice"---Luisa Calè, European Romantic Review
£55.25
Princeton University Press Printing the Revolution
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the Alice Award, Furthermore Grants in Publishing""Finalist for the PROSE Award in Art Exhibitions, Association of American Publishers""Finalist for the Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award, College Art Association""Winner of the ALAA Thoma-Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award, Association for Latin American Art""A fat, beautifully illustrated catalog . . . [it] is a worthwhile artistic endeavor on its own."---Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times"[A] handsome book. . . . There’s a looseness, a jagged brio that gives the images in ¡Printing the Revolution! a visual bang — a kind of primal pop."---Tim Francis Barry, Arts Fuse"One of the best catalogues of the year."---Tyler Green, Instagram
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