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Green Florilegium

ISBN: HB: 9783791358581, Prestel Publishing, July 2019
248 pp., 34x24 cm, 604 colour and black&white illus.

Very little is known about "The Green Florilegium". Neither signed nor dated, it is generally attributed to the German painter Hans Simon Holtzbecker and originates from the library at Gottorp Castle in Schleswig, on the border of Germany and Denmark...

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Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered

Bambach Carmen C.

ISBN: SET: 9780300191950, Yale University Press, July 2019
2200 pp., 29.2x24.8 cm, 1500 colour and black&white illus.

The towering genius of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) has been celebrated – and remained undisputed – for hundreds of years. A groundbreaking, essential addition to scholarship, "Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered" continues this legacy while simultaneous...

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Art Flexi-Series

Henry Moore From the Inside Out

Allemand-Cosneau Claude, Fath Manfred, Mitchinson David

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791385037, Prestel Publishing, July 2019
200 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 74 colour illus., 160 black&white illus.

Henry Moore is most celebrated for his monumental outdoor sculptures which can be seen in many major cities around the world. Lesser known are the sculptor's plaster pieces, which represent an important stage in the development of his work leading up...

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Hokusai Prints and Drawings

Forrer Matthi

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791385044, Prestel Publishing, July 2019
216 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 122 colour illus., 28 black&white illus.

This volume includes full-color reproductions of drawings and woodblock prints by Hokusai, one of Japan's most revered artists. His landscapes – including the famous views of Mount Fuji – portraits of lovers and kabuki actors, nature and animal illus...

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Paul Klee Life and Work

Friedewald Boris

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791385051, Prestel Publishing, July 2019
192 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 143 colour illus., 19 black&white illus.

Readers of this book will find much to discover and relish in Paul Klee's art. Reproductions of his iconic works as well as those that are more rarely exhibited are featured alongside in-depth biographical information that looks beyond his many artis...

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Pre-Raphaelite Language of Flowers

Mancoff Debra N.

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791385020, Prestel Publishing, July 2019
96 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 85 colour illus., 2 black&white illus.

Few artistic movements capture classic notions of beauty as romantically as the Pre-Raphaelites – a group of nineteenthcentury painters and poets who aimed to revive the purer art of the late medieval period. In this beautiful volume, Debra N. Mancof...

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Buddhism

Awaken A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment

Rice John Henry, Durham Jeffrey

ISBN: PB: 9780300244656, Yale University Press, July 2019
252 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 230 colour and black&white illus.

Encouraging personal engagement with Tibetan Buddhism, this dynamic book presents spectacular Himalayan art and explores the philosophical tenets encoded in its imagery. Taking as its theme the universally accessible experience of Awakening, the book...

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Arshile Gorky: 1904-1948

Gribaudi Maria Cristina

ISBN: HB: 9783906915340, DAP, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, July 2019
240 pp., 29.2x26 cm, 118 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Armenian American artist Arshile Gorky (c. 1904-1948) made his first mature works in New York City in the mid-1920s, by which point the traumatic history of the 20th century had already made him a genocide survivor and an e...

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Elizabethan Image An Introduction to English Portraiture, 1558-1603

Strong Roy

ISBN: HB: 9780300244298, Yale University Press, June 2019
224 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 230 colour illus.

This richly illustrated volume presents an engaging overview of an extraordinary period of English history, the reign of Elizabeth I. Beginning with the great portrait of the Queen in grand procession with her Garter Knights, we discover themes that...

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Gauguin Portraits

Homburg Cornelia, Riopelle Christopher, Childs Elizabeth, Gamboni Dario, Goddard Linda, Guitton Claire, Jumeau-Lafond Jean-David, Wright Alastair

ISBN: HB: 9780300242737, Yale University Press, June 2019
260 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 170 colour and black&white illus.

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) broke with accepted conventions and challenged audiences to expand their understanding of visual expression. Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than in his portraits, a genre he remained engaged with throughout all phase...

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