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Return to the Source New Energy Landscapes from the Land Art Generator Initiative Abu Dhabi
ISBN: HB: 9783791359380, Prestel Publishing, January 2020
240 pp., 28x23 cm, 300 colour illus.
The Land Art Generator Initiative is one of the world's most exciting design competitions and for its 2019 challenge, entrants from around the world were asked to create a renewable energy-producing artwork for the UAE's Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. The...
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£45,00
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Migration, Transmission, Localisation Visual Art in Singapore (1866-1945)
ISBN: PB: 9789811129254, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, November 2019
248 pp., 25x18.7 cm, 180 colour and black&white illus.
Drawing mainly on advertisements and comics in Chinese newspapers, Singaporean scholar and educator Yeo Mang Thong demonstrates how Singapore was an important hub for artists who travelled to and lived in Singapore. Yeo's research features amongst ot...
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£23,00
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Teatro Ojo At Night, Lightning
ISBN: PB: 9788417047542, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, November 2019
256 pp., 21.8x15.7 cm, 337 colour and black&white illus.
In 2002, as part of Draft – an initiative for exploring the critical possibilities of contemporary art – the experimental theatre group Teatro Ojo was founded. The group produced a symposium and short ads for public television and Youtube, aiming to...
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£18,00
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Shot in Soho Photographing Life, Love and Lawlessness in the Heart of London
ISBN: HB: 9783791358895, Prestel Publishing, October 2019
192 pp., 26x19 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.
During a time of development and change that has the potential to transform the unique character of London's Soho, this book delves into the area's storied past as a place of disobedience and eccentricity. Opening with a look at Soho through the year...
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£24,99
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Islamic Art Architecture, Painting, Calligraphy, Ceramics, Glass, Carpets
ISBN: HB: 9783791385662, Prestel Publishing, September 2019
320 pp., 28.7x27 cm, 414 colour and black&white illus.
From its birth in the 7th century through modern times, the Islamic religion has inspired glorious works of art. This stunning book includes more than four hundred reproductions of treasures of Islamic art that span the world: from southern Europe, a...
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£29,99
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Pre-Raphaelite Language of Flowers
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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£12,99
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Trenton Doyle Hancock Mind of the Mound: Critical Mass
ISBN: HB: 9783791358215, Prestel Publishing, July 2019
224 pp., 25.5x20 cm, 180 colour illus., 25 black&white illus.
Trenton Doyle Hancock has transformed his childhood love of comic books, toys, and superhero culture into his own creation myth. That mythology and the fascinating, multimedia iterations that it has sparked are told in this captivating and revealing...
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£35,00
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Suffering from Realness
ISBN: HB: 9783791358192, Prestel Publishing, June 2019
224 pp., 24x18 cm, 172 colour illus., 25 black&white illus.
In an age of national divisiveness, artists are creating moments of political resistance while also trying to forge paths towards reconciliation. This exciting and provocative collection shows how fifteen US-based multi-disciplinary artists are addre...
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£29,99
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Family New Vegetarian Comfort Foods to Nourish Every Day
ISBN: HB: 9783791385426, Prestel Publishing, April 2019
288 pp., 27.8x21.6 cm, 185 colour illus.
Dreaming up flavorful yet nutritious meals, night after night, is one of the greatest challenges in home cooking. The secret to success is developing a repertoire of family classics – simple, adaptable, and nourishing recipes that you will want to co...
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£24,99
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David Lynch Someone is in my House
ISBN: HB: 9783791384702, Prestel Publishing, February 2019
304 pp., 30x24.3 cm, 250 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.
David Lynch has always been in the spotlight as a filmmaker, directing some of the most iconic movies ever made, but as a visual artist, he is less widely known. Lynch delights in the physicality of painting and likes to stimulate all the senses in h...
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£49,99
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