Manga
A New History of Japanese Comics
ISBN: HB: 9780300280944,
Yale University Press,
June 2025
256 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 35 colour illus., 51 black&white illus.
256 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 35 colour illus., 51 black&white illus.
A groundbreaking story of Japanese comics from their nineteenth-century origins to the present day.
The immensely popular art form of manga, or Japanese comics, has made its mark across global pop culture, influencing film, visual art, video games,...
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30.00 GBP
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David Hockney
A Graphic Novel
ISBN: HB: 9783791380353,
Prestel Publishing,
February 2025
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
Dynamic and accessible, this graphic novel explores the complex and multifaceted career of one of the 20th and 21st centuries' most influential and iconoclastic artists.
David Hockney's career is highlighted by his continuous pursuit of new mediums,...
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19.99 GBP
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William Morris
The Story of His Life
ISBN: HB: 9783791380438,
Prestel Publishing,
September 2024
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
One of the most influential artists and thinkers of his time comes to life in this stunning graphic biography inspired by Morris' designs and filled with the colors and patterns that defined the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Readers of all ages will lea...
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25.00 GBP
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Ruth Asawa
An Artist Takes Shape
ISBN: HB: 9781947440098,
Getty Publications,
March 2024
112 pp., 22,9x17,8 cm, 13 colour and black&white drawings
112 pp., 22,9x17,8 cm, 13 colour and black&white drawings
Brave, unconventional, and determined, Ruth Asawa let nothing stop her from living a life intertwined with art.
Renowned for her innovative wire sculptures, Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) was a teenager in Southern California when...
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16.99 GBP
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Liberated
The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun
ISBN: HB: 9781947440074,
Getty Publications,
July 2023
96 pp., 22,9x17,8 cm, 11 black&white photographs
96 pp., 22,9x17,8 cm, 11 black&white photographs
Creative and courageous, Surrealist artist Claude Cahun championed freedom at every turn, from rejecting gender norms and finding queer love to risking death to sabotage the Nazis.
At the turn of the twentieth century in Nantes, France, Lucy Schwob...
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16.99 GBP
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Niki De Saint Phalle
The Story of Her Life
ISBN: HB: 9783791389318,
Prestel Publishing,
April 2023
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
The first graphic novel on de Saint Phalle tells the story of how a self-taught feminist artist became a worldwide sensation, a radical promoter of gender equity and a champion of social justice.
Few artists' lives are as inspiring as that of Niki d...
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18.99 GBP
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His Name Is Banksy
A Graphic Novel
ISBN: HB: 9783791388816,
Prestel Publishing,
September 2022
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
Told in classic comic-book form, this graphic biography invites a new audience to learn about Banksy - and uses a pitch-perfect medium to convey the artist's message that art is for the people.
Banksy is arguably the most well-known street artist of...
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18.99 GBP
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Keith Haring
The Story of His Life
ISBN: HB: 9783791388434,
Prestel Publishing,
September 2022
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
Celebrated artist, activist and humanitarian, Keith Haring is the perfect subject for this graphic novel. Focused on three colors, this comic-book tells the fascinating life story of a man who lived his truth on all kinds of anvases.
From his boyhoo...
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19.99 GBP
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Bauhaus
A Graphic Novel
ISBN: HB: 9783791388571,
Prestel Publishing,
April 2022
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
The main character of this extraordinary graphic novel is not a person but an idea - the school of Bauhaus, which arose in the wake of World War I, and emerged as the fundamental reference point for virtually every avant-garde artistic movement that...
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19.99 GBP
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Francis Bacon
The Story of His Life
ISBN: HB: 9783791388427,
Prestel Publishing,
March 2022
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
128 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 128 colour illus.
Told for the first time in graphic novel form, the story of Francis Bacon's life is as complex, colorful, and highly charged as his paintings. Drawn in shades of mauve, red, yellow, and blue that distinguished his palette, these illustrations weave t...
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18.99 GBP
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