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Kenneth Rowntree A Centenary Exhibition
ISBN: PB: 9780993088414, Casemate, Liss Llewellyn Fine Art, March 2015
128 pp., 27x21.5 cm, 125 colour illus.
Kenneth Rowntree has always been highly regarded by those familiar with his work. The essays in this catalogue, which embrace new research and scholarship, reveal him to be an artist of great scope and variety. His earlywork reflects the inspiration...
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£20,00
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Keith Haring I Wish I Didn't Have to Sleep
ISBN: PB: 9783791372198, Prestel Publishing, January 2015
40 pp., 28x24 cm, 16 colour illus., 6 black&white illus.
Whether you're young or just young at heart, this collection of Keith Haring's playful artwork will help you see his paintings through fresh eyes. Children's reactions to art can be incredibly insightful and few artists attract a young audience as m...
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£7,99
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Kem Weber, Designer and Architect
ISBN: HB: 9780300206272, Yale University Press, November 2014
304 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 96 colour images, 205 black&white illus.
For German-born Kem Weber (1889-1963), design was not about finding a new expression; it was about responding to "structural, economic, and social requirements...characteristic of our daily routine of living". He sought to ensure that each design he...
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£50,00
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Keith Haring The Political Line
ISBN: HB: 9783791354101, Prestel Publishing, November 2014
256 pp., 30.5x25.5 cm, 150 colour illus.
Exuberant, profane, witty, and provocative, the images in this book reveal the political dimension of Keith Haring's artistic concerns. Through his graffiti-inspired drawings, paintings, sculptures, murals, and other works, Keith Haring created an i...
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£49,99
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Kracauer. Photographic Archive
ISBN: HB: 9783037346716, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, November 2014
272 pp., 30.4x22.8 cm, 30 colour plates, 280 halftones
Siegfried Kracauer was a leading figure on the Weimar arts scene and one of the foremost representatives of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Best known for a wealth of writings on sociology and film theory, his influence is felt in the work o...
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£45,00
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Killer Heels The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe
ISBN: HB: 9783791353807, Prestel Publishing, September 2014
224 pp., 30.5x24 cm, 223 colour illus.
This gorgeous book explores the fashion world's most coveted and iconic object – the high-heeled shoe. "Killer Heels" explores the rich cultural history of the high heel and its relation to power, fantasy, sexuality, and identity. More than 160 spec...
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£42,50
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Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism 34 Drawings (1920)
ISBN: PB: 9780946311033, Casemate, Artists Bookworks, July 2014
64 pp., 21.6x16.8 cm, 2 illus., 34 plates
A facsimile edition of Kazimir Malevich, "SUPREMATISM: 34 Drawings", was published in 1990 by Artists Bookworks accompanied by an introduction to the drawings by Patricia Railing; it is now out-of-print. This 2014 reprint of Malevich's little book co...
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£17,00
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Kurt Schwitters Space, Image, Exile
ISBN: HB: 9780226085180, University of Chicago Press, December 2013
352 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 22 colour plates, 98 halftones
German artist Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) is best known for his pioneering work in fusing collage and abstraction, the two most transformative innovations of twentieth-century art. Considered the father of installation art, Schwitters was also a theo...
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£48,00
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Kimbell Art Museum Guide
ISBN: PB: 9780300196337, Yale University Press, November 2013
368 pp., 24.8x17.1 cm, 330 colour illus.
Completely updated, this comprehensive guide covers the Kimbell Art Museum's world-renowned collection of masterpieces. Its publication is timed to coincide with the highly anticipated opening of the museum's new building, designed by Renzo Piano. Th...
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£16,99
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King's Pictures The Formation and Dispersal of the Collections of Charles I and His Courtiers
ISBN: HB: 9780300190120, Yale University Press, September 2013
256 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, 80 colour images, 40 black&white illus.
The greatest paintings in today's most famous museums were once part of a fluid exchange determined by volatile political fortunes. In the first half of the 17th century, masterpieces by Titian, Raphael and Leonardo, among others, were the objects of...
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£30,00
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