Drawn from Life, a multidisciplinary anthology, introduces readers to a diverse range of filmmakers past and present who use the animated image as a documentary tool. In doing so, it explores a range of questions that preoccupy twenty-first-century film artists and audiences alike: Why use animation[...]
The best of London as brought to you by Londonist, now featuring hand-drawn maps from some of our favourite British illustrators.[...]
Thirty vivid stories, including some new and previously unpublished, supported by an updated selection of rare archive and action photographs, explore the larger-than-life escapades of the Special Air Service in the Second World War. From an SAS Jeep patrol in France, outnumbered fifty-to-one, who s[...]
Poorly Drawn Lines 2018 Wall Calendar contains classic images and all-new comics and hand-drawn elements created by cartoonist Reza Farazmand. Reza Farazmand's quirky laugh-out-loud webcomic Poorly Drawn Lines is a world where humans might have an unexpected extended conversation with a cat, a compu[...]
The use of images as evidence in historical writing has been largely neglected by historians, though recent interest in the importance of visualization in scientific literature has led to a reappraisal of their value. In Drawn from Life, Victoria Dickenson uncovers a vast pictorial tradition of 'sci[...]
Jean Vanier celebrates the gospel of John in his highly anticipated latest work, DRAWN INTO THE MYSTERY OF JESUS THROUGHOUT THE GOSPEL OF JOHN. Thoroughly personal and inspiring, DRAWN INTO THE MYSTERY challenges all Christians to encounter the fullness of life lived in close communion with God. Van[...]
There is more than a touch of romance about a coach and horses, whether in a royal procession and drawn by a team of ornately harnessed greys, or a mail-coach clattering over the cobbles of an inn's courtyard, pausing to replace its steaming horses with a fresh team. In the eighteenth century regula[...]
For more than three decades, artist William Kentridge has explored in his work the nature of subjectivity, the possibilities of revolution, the Enlightenment's legacy in Africa, and the nature of time itself. At the same time, his creative work has stretched the boundaries of the very media he emplo[...]
Rumoured for years, Drawn Together finally charts the daily exploits and erotic craziness of this 'First Couple' of comics. Who could have imagined that in 1972 when Aline Kominsky, a Long Island escapee and bodaciously talented artist, broke her foot one rainy fall day, it would result in the most [...]
This artbook is the latest collection of images, ideas, sketches and photo-realistic works from the mind and easel of Daniel Kiessler. Pairing his masterful abilities to render amazingly detailed and delectable portraits of girls both pretty and "misbehaved" with the colouring genius of Jose Cano, t[...]
Who could have imagined that in 1972, when Aline Kominsky, a Long Island escapee and bodaciously talented artist, broke her foot one rainy fall day, it would result in the most unique collaboration in comics history? Laid up in her house, she was persuaded by R. Crumb, her nerdy, neurotic boyfriend,[...]
Linked to the exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum, 25 June - 26 September 2015, this book examines one of the most important educational tools and sources of inspiration for Western artists for over five-hundred years: drawing after the Antique. Written by Adriano Aymonino of the University of Buc[...]
Destined to go blind, a rake sets his sights on the toast of society, lighting a fire of passion that scorches the night, in this captivating novel from USA Today bestselling author Bronwen Evans. Stephen Hornsby, the Marquess of Clevedon, has one goal: to see every exquisite thing he can before he [...]
Provides a multimodal analysis of women's sand stories from Central Australia, showing how speech, sign, gesture and drawing work together.[...]
The Scottish natural philosopher and historian of science Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), best remembered as a friend of Sir Walter Scott and the inventor of the kaleidoscope, contributed reviews and articles on a huge variety of subjects to such periodicals as the Edinburgh Review and Fraser's Maga[...]
Discover the lessons that helped bring about a new golden age of Disney animation!Published for the first time ever, Drawn to Life is a two volume collection of the legendary lectures from long-time Disney animator Walt Stanchfield. For over twenty years, Walt helped breathe life into the new golden[...]