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Cavity and Limit
ISBN: PB: 9788862421560, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, May 2015
120 pp., 22x16.7 cm, black&white illus., language: English / Italian
Cavity and limit is a book that shows a clear determination to investigate architecture through a specific area of research, that of the limit and its corrosion, of cavity. The book analyzes the built form through two different ideas of making archit...
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£17,99
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Frida Kahlo's Garden
ISBN: HB: 9783791354569, Prestel Publishing, May 2015
112 pp., 28x23 cm, 80 colour illus.
This vibrant book provides a thrilling new perspective from which to appreciate Frida Kahlo's paintings against the backdrop of her home and garden as explored in The New York Botanical Garden's groundbreaking exhibition. Frida Kahlo created a natur...
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£27,50
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13 Artists Children Should Know Impressionism
ISBN: HB: 9783791372068, Prestel Publishing, April 2015
48 pp., 28x24 cm, 60 colour illus.
Presenting a variety of impressionist art, this inviting book shows young readers how painters from Claude Monet to John Singer Sargent introduced impressionist styles of painting and so changed the course of art. In this beautifully produced volume...
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£10,99
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Paintings That Revolutionized Art
ISBN: PB: 9783791381534, Prestel Publishing, April 2015
288 pp., 27x21 cm, 150 colour illus.
This beautifully illustrated, delightfully informative collection of 100 of the world's most significant paintings covers nearly every period, culture, and style. What makes the Book of Kells such an extraordinary example of the illuminated manuscri...
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£17,99
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Upcyclist Reclaimed and Remade Furniture, Lighting and Interiors
ISBN: HB: 9783791349503, Prestel Publishing, March 2015
256 pp., 27x21 cm, 275 colour illus.
Upcycling goes upscale in this beautiful, elegant, and global collection that showcases what today's designers are creating out of yesterday's materials. Upcycling is the process of transforming seemingly low value items into something new. Today's...
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£32,50
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In The Butterfly Garden A Pop-Up Book
ISBN: HB: 9783791372075, Prestel Publishing, March 2015
16 pp., 21x15 cm, 7 colour illus.
This delightful and ingenious pop-up book traces a caterpillar's evolution from lowly cocoon to magnificent winged butterfly. Along the way we find cunning insects hidden in the grass, inchworms munching their way through a jungle of leaves, and a fl...
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£14,99
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Andy Warhol The Complete Commissioned Record Covers
ISBN: HB: 9783791354248, Prestel Publishing, March 2015
264 pp., 30.5x30.5 cm, 287 colour illus.
Now available in an expanded edition, this landmark collection presents all of the record covers designed by Andy Warhol between 1949 and 1987, charting the Pop icon's lifelong engagement with music and casting a new light on his enormously diverse o...
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£35,00
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Art Nouveau New Edition
ISBN: HB: 9783791381558, Prestel Publishing, March 2015
304 pp., 32x22 cm, 241 colour illus.
Now available in a new edition, this sumptuous volume explores key aspects of Art Nouveau – decorative arts, architecture, fashion, dance, advertising, and more – with an in-depth approach and stunning illustrations. The Art Nouveau movement became...
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£35,00
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Ai Weiwei On the Table
ISBN: HB: 9788415691969, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, March 2015
208 pp., 30.5x22.1 cm, illustrations throughout
"Ai Weiwei: On the Table" surveys the full scope of Weiwei's career, from his early days in 1980s New York to his present-day status as the best-known and most influential Chinese artist in the world. Work by this media-savvy activist calling for gre...
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£42,00
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Coloring Book Hokusai
ISBN: PB: 9783791372150, Prestel Publishing, March 2015
32 pp., 28x24 cm, 16 colour 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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£5,99
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