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History of Art

Kamakura Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan

Covaci Ive

ISBN: HB: 9780300215779, Yale University Press, February 2016
192 pp., 29.9x22.2 cm, 65 colour illus.

The Kamakura period (1185-1333) is considered a pinnacle of Japanese artistic expression, often described as a renaissance in Buddhist art. This catalogue is the first in over two decades to examine the exquisite sculpture of this period, artwork cha...

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Contemporary Art

Alejandro Marote B

Marote Alejandro

ISBN: HB: 9788416282630, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, February 2016
96 pp., 30.5x24.6 cm, illus.

B by Alejandro Marote is the second, evolving stage in the study of the plastic transformation of matter. After abandoning the city (A), the author moves now toward the place where two fundamental coastal-planes the vertical one of the palm trees and...

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Contemporary Art

Alicia Penalba

Casanegra Mercedes, Lebovici Elisabeth, Merkert Jorn

ISBN: PB: 9788416282784, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, February 2016
280 pp., 27.9x21.1 cm, illustrations throughout

In May 1968, while French young people were taking to the streets, three Latin American artists were exhibiting at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris: Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, and a woman, the sculptor Alicia Penalba. Born in Argentina,...

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Children's Books

Coloring Book Botticelli

Tauber Sabine

ISBN: PB: 9783791372273, Prestel Publishing, February 2016
32 pp., 28x24 cm, 16 colour illus., 16 black&white illus.

Big art for little hands, this enchanting activity book allows young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to color outside the lines. This delightful coloring book introduces children to one of the...

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Fashion

Oscar de la Renta

Park Jennifer, Sorkin Molly

ISBN: HB: 9783791355238, Prestel Publishing, February 2016
280 pp., 33.2x25.5 cm, 188 colour illus.

A full-scale retrospective of Oscar de la Renta's work, this magnificent volume features the designs that defined the fashion icon's long career. In this fabulous book, readers will be immersed in the designs that made Oscar de la Renta one of fashi...

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Contemporary Art

Everywhen The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia

Gilchrist Stephen, Khandekar Narayan, Myers Fred, Perkins Hetti, Skerritt Henry, Rowlands Shawn, Kirby Daniel, Rayner Georgina

ISBN: HB: 9780300214703, Yale University Press, February 2016
200 pp., 27.2x21.1 cm, 110 colour illus.

Indigenous concepts of time play a critical role in the works of many contemporary Australian artists. "Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia" showcases prime examples, featuring many works of art that have never before been...

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Ancient World

Design

Household Gods Private Devotion in Ancient Greece and Rome

Sofroniew Alexandra

ISBN: HB: 9781606064566, Getty Publications, February 2016
160 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.

Daily religious devotion in the Greek and Roman worlds centered on the family and the home. Besides official worship in rural sacred areas and at temples in towns, the ancients kept household shrines with statuettes of different deities that could ha...

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Photography

Erik Kessels Image Tsunami

ISBN: FLEXI: 9788416282531, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, February 2016
313 pp., 23x17 cm, colour photos

We are living in the midst of a photographic renaissance in which we have become accustomed to consuming imagery with the same greed and gusto that we consume fast food. In order to cope with the deluge of images being force fed into our retinas on a...

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History of Art

Botticelli and Treasures from the Hamilton Collection

Buck Stephanie, Steenbock Frauke, Alai Beatrice, Dietz Georg Josef

ISBN: PB: 9781907372926, Casemate, Paul Holberton Publishing, February 2016
168 pp., 26x21.6 cm, 100 colour illus.

In 1882 the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (Prints and Drawings Museum) acquired, from the collection of the Duke of Hamilton, Sandro Botticelli's spectacular series of drawings on parchment illustrating scenes from Dante's "Divine Comedy". It also acqui...

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History of Art

Diaries of Randolph Schwabe British Art 1930-48

Clarke Gill

ISBN: PB: 9781908326874, Casemate, Sansom & Co, February 2016
592 pp., 24.4x16.8 cm, colour illus.

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