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Delacroix Drawings The Karen B. Cohen Collection
ISBN: PB: 9781588396808, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2018
208 pp., 25.4x22.9 cm, 200 colour illus.
Known as the master of French Romanticism for his energetic paintings, Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) was also a consummate draftsman. This handsome book, one of the few to explore this topic in depth, provides new insight into Delacroix's drawing prac...
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£25,00
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Dubuffet and the City People, Place, and Urban Space
ISBN: PB: 9783906915111, DAP, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, June 2018
250 pp., 27.9x20.3 cm, illustrated throughout
Not for sale in Estonia! This is the first in-depth study to address the role of the city in the work of French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-1984). Dubuffet promoted the art of children and the mentally ill as Art Brut, and sought to emulate the imme...
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£35,00
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Die Spuren
ISBN: HB: 9783954762330, Bookport, Distanz Publishing, May 2018
132 pp., 26.1x19.7 cm, black&white illus., language: English / German
Miroslaw Balka (born 1958 in Warsaw, lives and works in Otwock, Poland) doesn't shy away from emptiness, nothingness, and death. With his existential questions, Balka counts among the internationally bestknown Polish artists of his generation. Along...
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£34,90
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Dialogue on the Errors and Abuses of Painters
ISBN: PB: 9781606065563, Getty Publications, April 2018
280 pp., 25.2x17.9 cm, 37 colour illus., 4 black&white illus.
Giovanni Andrea Gilio's "Dialogue on the Errors and Abuses of Painters" (1564) is one of the first treatises on art published in the post-Tridentine period. It remains a key primary source for the discussion of the reform of art as it unfolded at the...
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£45,00
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Dot Art: Sticker Safari
ISBN: PB: 9783791384078, Prestel Publishing, April 2018
54 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 14 colour illus.
At the forefront of a new wave of activity books, this menagerie of wild animals comes to life through the application of hundreds of colorful stickers. This collection of charming animals provides a satisfying creative experience. Twelve templates...
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£10,99
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Dot Art: Sticker Seurat
ISBN: PB: 9783791384238, Prestel Publishing, April 2018
54 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 14 colour illus.
Recreate Seurat's iconic "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" using stickers. The perfect fun and relaxing art project for adults and children, this activity pack includes everything needed for readers to make their own Pointillist...
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£10,99
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Diamonds An Early History of the King of Gems
ISBN: HB: 9780300215663, Yale University Press, April 2018
408 pp., 23.8x17.1 cm, 142 colour illus., 10 black&white illus.
This richly illustrated history of diamonds illuminates myriad facets of the "king of gems", including a cast of larger-than-life characters such as Alexander the Great, the Mughal emperor Jahangir, and East India Company adventurers. It's an in-dept...
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£35,00
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Drowned River The Death and Rebirth of Glen Canyon on the Colorado
ISBN: HB: 9781942185253, DAP, Radius Books, April 2018
212 pp., 34.9x27.3 cm, 80 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! In 1963 the waters began rising behind Glen Canyon Dam and 170 miles of the Colorado River slowly disappeared as the riverbed and surrounding canyons filled with water. Environmentalists considered it a disaster and mourned...
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£57,00
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Don't Puke on Your Dad A Year in the Life of a New Father
ISBN: PB: 9780992249359, Prestel Publishing, Beatnik, March 2018
288 pp., 16.8x12 cm, illus.
"Don't Puke On Your Dad" by Toby Morris is an illustrated book on fatherhood based on Toby's personal experience with his first son Max. In a market that is flooded with accounts of modern day motherhood, books that engage with contemporary fatherhoo...
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£14,99
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Diamond Mountains Travel and Nostalgia in Korean Art
ISBN: HB: 9781588396532, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2018
164 pp., 25.4x22.9 cm, 209 colour illus.
The Diamond Mountains, known in Korea as Mount Geumgang, are perhaps the most famous and emotionally resonant site on the Korean Peninsula, a breathtaking range of rocky peaks, waterfalls, lagoons, and manmade pavilions. For centuries the range has i...
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£35,00
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