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Veiled Presence by Paul Hills
RRP: £50.00SciFier: £44.86This wide-ranging book elucidates the symbolism of veils and highlights the power of drapery in Italian art from Giotto to Titian. In the cities of the Renaissance, display of luxury dress was a... -
How to Read Islamic Carpets by Walter Denny
RRP: £19.95SciFier: £17.56Carpets made in the "Rug Belt"-an area that includes Morocco, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and northern India-have been a source of fascination and collecting since the 13th century... -
Designing Modern America by Christopher Innes
SciFier: £71.49The story of two legendary designers who made "modern America" From the 1920s through the 1950s, two individuals, Joseph Urban and Norman Bel Geddes, did more, by far, to create the image of... -
Gloria F. Ross and Modern Tapestry by Ann Lane Hedlund
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £42.13Gloria F. Ross (1923-1998) described her work as the translation of paint into wool. She was deeply committed to reinventing the centuries-old art of tapestry, particularly championing the handmade... -
Playing to the Camera by Bert Cardullo
SciFier: £34.19Over the last century, film actors from Charlie Chaplin and Lillian Gish to Meryl Streep and Jeff Daniels have spoken about the art and technique of playing to the camera. This fascinating anthology... -
The Power of Pictures by Susan Tumarkin Goodman
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £32.44A fascinating account of the avant-garde photo-based arts from the early Soviet Union, featuring many previously unpublished imagesFinalist for a 2015 National Jewish Book Award in the Visual Arts... -
Henry VIII and the Art of Majesty by Thomas P. Campbell
RRP: £50.00SciFier: £46.26Luxurious, beautiful, and portable, tapestry was the pre-eminent art form of the Tudor court. Henry VIII amassed an unrivaled collection over the course of his reign, and the author weaves the... -
100 Dresses by Harold Koda
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £19.99An irresistible look into more than 300 years of fashion through an exquisite collection of designer dresses What woman can resist imagining herself in a beautiful designer dress? Here, for the first... -
Chloe by Lou Stoppard
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £53.19Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300264081Author Lou StoppardFormat HardbackPage Count 632Imprint Yale University PressPublisher Yale... -
Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell 9780300286700
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £28.03A thoughtful, lavishly illustrated, and highly readable account of the fabulous French fashion world in the pre-Revolutionary period This award-winning book, now available in paperback, chronicles... -
Guo Pei by Legion of Honor
RRP: £19.00SciFier: £17.07Explore the stunning couture sketches of designer Guo Pei through this engaging coloring book "My whole design is from my thought and consciousness, in a process of philosophical thinking.... I... -
English Medieval Embroidery by Clare Browne
RRP: £27.50SciFier: £26.00An introduction to the design, production and use of luxury embroideries in medieval England (c. 1200-1530) In medieval Europe, embroidered textiles were indispensable symbols of wealth and power... -
Isaac Mizrahi by Chee Pearlman
RRP: £32.50SciFier: £19.00A landmark survey of the work of Isaac Mizrahi, a trailblazing and influential American fashion designer, artist, and entrepreneur Beginning with Isaac Mizrahi's first fashion collection, which... -
Chanel: The Vocabulary of Style Jerome Gautier 9780300175660
RRP: £110.00SciFier: £64.59Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) was undoubtedly the most influential fashion designer of the 20th century. Her clothes and accessories have remained perennially chic, and her legendary... -
Fortuny by Wendy Ligon Smith
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £31.14Uncovers the extraordinary breadth of designer Mariano Fortuny, including and beyond his fashion output, alongside the personal and political catalysts that inspired him Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo... -
Wall Power!: Modern French Tapestry from the Mobilier national, Paris Kathleen M. Morris 9780300279689
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £26.04A striking collection of French tapestries, from the 1940s to today, from the collection of the Mobilier nationale, Paris Beginning in the 1930s, artists, government officials, art dealers, and... -
Artistic Dress at Liberty & Co by Anna Buruma
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £26.99Exploring how the name of Liberty became synonymous with Aestheticism and the English Art Nouveau Movement, and its role in shaping contemporary late nineteenth and early twentieth century Artistic... -
Warhol by Geoffrey Rayner
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £27.34The first publication devoted to the textile designs of one of the twentieth century's greatest artists, showcasing a rarely discussed aspect of the Pop Art superstar's career Andy Warhol... -
Zhang Peili: Record. Repeat. Orianna Cacchione 9780300226225
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £18.58Considered the first Chinese artist to work in video, Zhang Peili (b. 1957) manipulates perspective, close-ups, and framing to create astonishing recordings of banal repeated actions, such as... -
Raphael's Tapestries: The Grotesques of Leo X Lorraine Karafel 9780300181999
RRP: £47.50SciFier: £42.80Around 1515, Raphael (1483-1520) designed a set of tapestries for Leo X, the first Medici pope. Each was sumptuously woven in gold, silver, and silk, and depicted scenes from classical mythology with... -
Our Hero: Superman on Earth Tom De Haven 9780300171242
SciFier: £18.31From the author of It's Superman!, an exuberant and original exploration of America's most iconic comic book hero Since his first appearance in Action Comics Number One, published in late spring of... -
The Wounded Storyteller: The Traumatic Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann E. T. A. Hoffmann 9780300263190
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £26.04E. T. A. Hoffmann's classic tales of Gothic horror and fantasy are presented in a new translation accompanying the beguiling drawings of Natalie Frank "Sumptuous. . . . [Natalie Frank's] artwork . ... -
Gilgamesh by Sophus Helle
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £11.35A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace "Sophus Helle's new translation . . . [is] a thrilling,... -
Weaving at Black Mountain College by Michael Beggs
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £27.34A detailed study of the role and legacy of weaving at the legendary Black Mountain College In the mid-twentieth century, Black Mountain College attracted a remarkable roster of artists, architects,... -
Fashioning the Object by Zoe Ryan
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £12.86The newest volume in the Art Institute of Chicago's successful A+D series, Fashioning the Object invites readers to visit three of the most visionary design studios at work today: Bless, Boudicca,... -
Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velazquez by Amanda Wunder
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £40.73Bringing to life the world of Spanish royal tailor Mateo Aguado and his colleagues during the reign of Philip IV, and exploring the distinctive look of the court in seventeenth-century Madrid ... -
The Mechanical Smile: Modernism and the First Fashion Shows in France and America, 1900-1929 Caroline Evans 9780300189537
RRP: £42.50SciFier: £40.05A superlative study of the roots of the modern fashion show In the early 20th century, the desire to see clothing in motion flourished on both sides of the Atlantic: models tangoed, slithered,... -
Astro Noise: A Survival Guide for Living Under Total Surveillance Laura Poitras 9780300217650
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £26.74A multifaceted response to issues concerning personal privacy and government power by writers, artists, and others The filmmaker, artist, and journalist Laura Poitras has explored the themes of mass... -
Shoe Obsession by Valerie Steele
RRP: £27.50SciFier: £26.00An astute exploration of the most outrageous shoe designs of the 21st century This fabulously illustrated book explores western culture's fascination with extravagant and fashionable shoes. Over the... -
Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968 by Colleen Hill
RRP: £37.50SciFier: £35.20A captivating look at Parisian fashions of the 1960s and how the ready-to-wear revolution influenced haute couture The 1960s was one of the most exciting periods in fashion history, as shifting... -
The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti by Rafael Schacter
RRP: £40.00SciFier: £38.04Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300267808Author Rafael SchacterFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Yale University PressPublisher... -
Mood of the Moment by Choghakate Kazarian
RRP: £50.00SciFier: £45.55An exploration of fashion designer Gaby Aghion's life, career, and legacy at the French fashion house Chloe As imagined by the company's founder, Gaby Aghion (1921-2014), the sophisticated,... -
Threads of Power by Emma Cormack
RRP: £50.00SciFier: £46.26A New York Times best art book of 2022Traces the history of lace in fashion from its sixteenth-century origins to the present Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen offers a look at... -
Science Fiction Quotations by Gary Westfahl
SciFier: £47.99Thousands of memorable quotations from the best science fiction works of all time In this unprecedented collection of science fiction and fantasy quotations, the reader revisits the stunning moment... -
Perfection by Margarette Lincoln
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £21.97A colourful account of women's health, beauty, and cosmetic aids, from stays and corsets to today's viral trends Victorian women ate arsenic to achieve an ideal, pale complexion, while in the 1790s... -
Coming Attractions by Robert J. Stoller
SciFier: £28.99What do porn films tell us about our own erotic impulses? What can we learn about our culture's sexual attitudes, fears, and fantasies from the ways that porn films are designed and produced? In this... -
The Empire's New Cloth: Cross-Cultural Textiles at the Qing Court Mei Mei Rado 9780300275148
RRP: £60.00SciFier: £52.04A groundbreaking study of textiles as transcultural objects in the Qing court that provides a new understanding of the interconnectedness of the early modern world In the early modern period luxury... -
Ten Kings' Clothes by Katia Johansen
RRP: £60.00SciFier: £51.85A richly illustrated glimpse into the magnificent collection of seventeenth-century men's dress from the Danish kings' wardrobesTen Kings' Clothes: Royal Danish Dress, 1596-1863 presents the... -
Emmanuel Van der Auwera by Harlan Levey
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £39.43An illustrated survey of the work of contemporary Belgian artist Emmanuel Van der Auwera The work of Brussels-based Belgian artist Emmanuel Van der Auwera (b. 1982) provides cautionary tales and... -
The Proteus Paradox by Nick Yee
SciFier: £28.43A surprising assessment of the ways that virtual worlds are entangled with human psychology Proteus, the mythical sea god who could alter his appearance at will, embodies one of the promises of...