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The Barbizon School and The Origins of Impressionism by Adams, Steven
£38.99

First Edition. hardcover with dust jacket. The Barbizon School were a group of mid-19th-century landscape painters, based in the village of Barbizon in the forest of Fontainebleau just outside Paris. They were very popular in Europe and the USA a century ago. Many of the features which have come to be associated with Impressionism are also found in Barbizon painting: painting the fleeting effect... Read More information

The Impressionists and Their Art by Ash, Russell
£1.99

Hardcover, no dust jacket, very good condition.THE IMPRESSIONISTS AND THEIR ART includes many of the great masterpieces of Impressionism. But the book presents not only the works of the original Impressionists but also paintings by less familiar artists such as Fantin-Latour, Cassatt and Guillaumin.... Read More information

Celtic Hand Stroke by Stroke by Baker, Arthur
£1.99

Considered by many the most beautiful book ever created, Irelands Book of Kells is renowned for its glorious hand written script. This easy to follow book shows you how to achieve the same results, it is a complete stroke by stroke guide to creating each letter of the alphabet in the age-old Celtic manner.... Read More information

Landscape Painting by Bazarov, Konstantin
£8.79

First Edition, hardcover with dust jacket. The first major book on landscape painting as a whole for 30 years. 200 beautiful colour reproductions show how artists have seen nature in very different ways and reveal the full range of the beauty of landscape painting. Dr Bazarov clarifies the meaning and significance of pictures, and adds a new dimension to the appreciation of one of the most appe... Read More information

Beningfields English Landscape by Beningfield, Gordon
£1.99

Hardcover with dust jacket. The Dorset heathlands with their Dartford warblers, smooth snakes and sand lizards, Sedgemoor and the South Downs, as well as the clear chalk streams of the home counties which are threatened with removal by being tapped at source to provide water for the towns. Like Beningfield's Countryside, the book has a hundred or so pictures, mixing watercolours and pencil sketch... Read More information

The Bayeux Tapestry by Bertrand, Simone
£1.79

Pictorial hardcovers. The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most famous works of art of Medieval Western Europe. Unique of its kind, its name is linked with the town where it has been kept for nine hundred years. It relates the story of the conquest of England in 1066 by William of Normandy, who since then has been known as William the Conqueror.... Read More information

Art and History of Jerusalem - The Holy City 3000 Years by Bianucci, Rita
£2.99

English Edition. The art and history of Jerusalem - The Holy City 3000 years. Covering the History of Jerusalem, The City Inside the Walls, The City Outside the Walls, The Modern City, Around the City. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs.... Read More information

Essential Dali by Bradbury, Kirsten
£1.99

First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Essential Dali looks in detail at all aspects of the art of Salvador Dali, with detailed commentary on 120 examples of his work. While many of these are among his most famous, others may be less well known, but they are all essential to the development of Dalis artistic philosophy.... Read More information

Michelangelo - Essential Art by Bradbury, Kirsten
£2.99

Hardcover with dust jacket. Looks in detail at all aspects of his work, with detailed commentary on 120 examples of his pieces. While many of these are among his most famous, others may be less well known, but they are all equally essential to the development of Michelangelos artistic philosophy.... Read More information

HRH The Prince of Wales Watercolours by Charles, Prince of Wales
£3.25

Hardcover with dust jacket.For 20 years the Prince of Wales has found private expression for his love of the countryside through the medium of watercolour painting. This book includes 70 of his paintings from the last five years.... Read More information