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Queen of the Tulips Journey Through the Hermitage
ISBN: HB: 9785912082801, Prestel Publishing, Arca, December 2017
80 pp., 15.7x15.7 cm, colour illus.
They were there for different reasons: Vanya was hiding in the museum crowds to escape from fatigue and a sour mood, while Tasya had wandered away from her parents and gotten lost while collecting ideas for her album. The kids find that they have som...
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£9,95
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1968 The Fire of Ideas
ISBN: HB: 9788417047320, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, December 2017
72 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, illustrations throughout
Argentinian photographer Marcelo Brodsky (born 1954) compiles archival photographs of political movements from Paris to Mexico City in 1968, highlighting details through the addition of color, text and drawing.
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£35,00
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Atlantikwall as Military Archaeological Landscape
ISBN: PB: 9788862422635, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, December 2017
188 pp., 22x17.1 cm, illustrations throughout
Not unlike so many other vestiges of war that have infiltrated our cities and landscapes, WWII bunkers and fortifications appear unwilling to be absorbed or erased. The signs of armed conflict that make up the 'Conflict archaeological landscape' cut...
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£25,00
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James Rosenquist Painting as Immersion
ISBN: HB: 9783791357249, Prestel Publishing, November 2017
336 pp., 29x25.3 cm, illus.
A monograph on the great Pop Art master, James Rosenquist, this book shows how the artist's large-scale works and their source materials remain powerful and relevant as cultural and political commentary. With a background in advertising and painting...
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£45,00
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Jil Sander Present Tense
ISBN: HB: 9783791357515, Prestel Publishing, November 2017
264 pp., 32x25 cm, 124 colour illus., 56 black&white illus.
Published in a book for the first time: Jil Sander, one of the most influential fashion designers of her generation. Jil Sander is known for designing well sculptured, high quality clothes in subdued colors. This comprehensive book presents her work...
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£45,00
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Behind the Mask Artists in the GDR
ISBN: HB: 9783791356952, Prestel Publishing, November 2017
248 pp., 30x24 cm, 200 colour illus.
"Behind the Mask: Artists in the GDR" focuses on the wide variety of artistic self-staging in the GDR, between public and private, prescribed collectivism and creative individuality. The intention of the GDR's official state art was to exert politica...
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£39,99
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Between Worlds Raden Saleh and Juan Luna
ISBN: PB: 9789811146848, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, November 2017
208 pp., 29.5x22.9 cm
National heroes and enigmatic figures, 19th-century painters Raden Saleh and Juan Luna traversed the colonial territories of Southeast Asia and the imperial cities of Europe. Their agile navigation of these competing positions resulted in dramatic pa...
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£28,00
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Prospect.4 The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp
ISBN: HB: 9783791356792, Prestel Publishing, November 2017
192 pp., 28.5x23 cm, 144 colour illus.
Now in its fourth iteration, Prospect New Orleans draws its inspiration from the city itself, a place of graceful beauty that thrives in adverse conditions. By positioning itself in the city of New Orleans, the Prospect triennial aims to echo the cit...
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£45,00
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Gabriele Munter Painting to the Point
ISBN: HB: 9783791357058, Prestel Publishing, November 2017
272 pp., 27x20 cm, 49 black&white illus., 248 colour illus.
Gabriele Munter was a photographer before she was a painter, taking her first photos around 1900 during her stay in the United States. She started painting soon after and never stopped – working on her art almost every day for the rest of her life. S...
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£45,00
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Gustav Klimt Erotic Sketchbook
ISBN: HB: 9783791383897, Prestel Publishing, October 2017
64 pp., 23x18.5 cm, 38 colour illus.
Throughout his career, Gustav Klimt completed hundreds of paintings and thousands of drawings of delicate beauty, many of them featuring the female form. Designed to imitate an artist's sketchbook, this gorgeous volume reproduces Klimt's most beautif...
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£16,99
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