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David Hockney by James Cahill
Category: Art and Design | Series: Lives of the Artists Ser.
The latest addition to the 'Lives of the Artists' series: highly readable short biographies of the world's greatest artistsDavid Hockney is the most famous living British artist. And he is arguably one of the more famous American artists as well. Emerging from the north of England in the 1960s, he made ...Show more
Derek Boshier - Reinventor by Hans Ulrich Obrist (Other Primary Creator); James Cahill (Contribution by); Susan Compo (Contribution by); Jann Haworth (Contribution by)
Category: Art Books | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Providing a thematic overview of the multifarious work produced by Derek Boshier (b.1937) from the post-war period to the digital age, this fascinating publication reveals how Boshier' s deceptively playful imagery offers analytical commentaries on societal issues and the fragility and fragmentation of ...Show more
Flying Too Close to the Sun : Myths in Art from Classical to Contemporary by James Cahill
Category: Art and Design
The first major survey to reveal the ways in which Classical mythology has inspired art throughout the last 2,500 years From the films of Woody Allen and the Coen Brothers to Margaret Atwood's books and Arcade Fire's songs, Classical Greek and Roman myths continue to be a source of cultural inspiration. ...Show more
The Art Game: Artists' Trump Cards by James Cahill; Mikkel Sommer (Illustrator)
Category: Stationery & Gift | Series: Magma for Laurence King Ser.
Piet Mondrian or Andy Warhol -- Damien Hirst or Banksy -- whose artworks have been the most influential? The most shocking? The most expensive? How about their versatility or critical reception? These playing cards allow art lovers of all ages to play their favorite artists against each other to discove ...Show more
Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting by Richard M. Barnhart; Yang Xin; Nie Chongzheng; James Cahill; Lang Shaojun; Wu Hung
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Culture and Civilization of China Ser.
From Neolithic painted petroglyphs, early paintings on silk, and landscapes by twelfth-century literati to the traditional handscrolls being produced today, Chinese painting has always had the power to enthrall. This magnificent book, written by a team of eminent international scholars, is the first to ...Show more
Tiepolo Blue by James Cahill
Category: Fiction
Longlisted for the Authors' Club First Novel Award'Divine . . . the smart, sexy read you need' Evening Standard'Startlingly impressive' Daily Mail'Exhilarating' Vogue.com'An electric new novel' GuardianAN EXQUISITE DEBUT NOVEL. A MID-LIFE COMING-OF-AGE STORY CHARTING ONE MAN'S SEXUAL AWAKENING AND HIS S ...Show more
Tiepolo Blue by James Cahill
Category: Fiction
A BBC "BOOKS OF 2022" PICK Ben turns and grins ironically. 'When you stopped just now and looked at the sky, you weren't measuring it. You weren't thinking about classical proportion. You were feeling something.' Cambridge, 1994. Professor Don Lamb is a revered art historian at the height of his power ...Show more
Ways of Being - Advice for Artists by Artists by James Cahill
Category: Art and Design
What if you could sit down with your favourite artist and ask them anything you liked - Life? Work? Inspiration? Based on new interviews and archival material from a huge roster of artists, this book does exactly that. Is art a 'career', a vocation or something else entirely? Do you need a studio or a d ...Show more
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