The arts: general issues
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Rosarita
£12.99Rosarita
From three times Booker-shortlisted writer Anita Desai, Rosarita is an exquisite story of art, memory and what happens when the past threatens to re-write the present.
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Studios of their own
£19.99Studios of their own
Studios of Their Own travels around the world, examining the unique spaces in which famous artists created their most notable works.Â
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The British
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The Story of Drawing
£25.00The Story of Drawing
Drawing is at the heart of human creativity. The most democratic form of art-making, it requires nothing more than a plain surface and a stub of pencil, a piece of chalk or an inky brush. Our prehistoric ancestors drew with natural pigments on the walls of caves, and every subsequent culture has practised drawing – whether on papyrus, parchment or paper. Artists throughout history have used drawing as part of the creative process. While painting and sculpture have been shaped heavily by money and influence, drawing has always offered extraordinary creative latitude. Here we see the artist at his or her most unguarded. Susan Owens offers a glimpse over artists’ shoulders – from Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Hokusai to Van Gogh, Käthe Kollwitz and Yayoi Kusama – as they work, think and innovate, as they scrutinise the world around them or escape into their imaginations.
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Tulips and peacocks
£35.00Tulips and peacocks
An introduction to William Morris’s personal collection of artworks from the Islamic world and how they came to influence his pattern-making
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What art does
£14.99What art does
Why do we need art? ‘What Art Does’ is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us. How it creates communities, opens our worlds, and can transform us. Curious and playful, richly illustrated, full of ideas and life, it is an inspiring call to imagine a different future.
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