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Catching the Light A Journey Across Myanmar
ISBN: PB: 9786167339832, Prestel Publishing, River Books, September 2017
200 pp., 25.5x23.7 cm, black&white photos
Much has changed in Burma since Birgit Neiser first visited in 1981.The country is now known as Myanmar, and military rule - which lasted nearly half a century - has given way to a tentative democratic process. Returning in 2010, at the cusp of this...
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£22,00
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Frida Kahlo The Story of Her Life
ISBN: HB: 9783791383880, Prestel Publishing, September 2017
160 pp., 27x21 cm
The perfect subject for a graphic novel, Frida Kahlo's brief life was dramatic and romantic, tragic and painful. In this illustrated "biography", Vanna Vinci captures the spirit of Kahlo's world in boldly colored, minutely detailed illustrations. Ble...
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£19,99
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Frederic Amat_Zootrop
ISBN: PB: 9788417047016, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, August 2017
200 pp., 30x20 cm, black&white photos
Amat's open conception of art has led him to incorporate a range of disciplines into his practice: painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, book illustration, audiovisual media, set design, and interventions into architectural spaces....
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£32,00
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Teresita Fernandez Wayfinding
ISBN: HB: 9783791356822, Prestel Publishing, August 2017
256 pp., 29.5x24 cm, 480 colour illus.
Teresita Fernandez creates elaborate installations that pull viewers into other worlds and environments, playing with scale, material and how we understand and navigate the landscape. The idea of wayfinding – moving from place to place or even gettin...
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£45,00
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Trick of the Eye How Artists Fool Your Brain
ISBN: PB: 9783791373218, Prestel Publishing, August 2017
96 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 115 colour illus.
If seeing is believing, then artists might be the biggest liars of all. Painters, sculptors and photographers often try to convince their audiences that the paint is wet; the fruit is real; the window is open; the figure's eyes are following you arou...
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£7,99
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Working Woman's Handbook Ideas, Insights, and Inspiration for a Successful Creative Career
ISBN: HB: 9783791383149, Prestel Publishing, August 2017
176 pp., 19x13 cm, 130 black&white illus.
"The Working Woman's Handbook" is a detailed, practical guide that covers the spectrum of establishing and growing a self-made career: from choosing a path and finding clarity, to obtaining clients and setting up a workspace. Author Phoebe Lovatt off...
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£14,99
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Anna Maria Maiolino
ISBN: HB: 9783791356860, Prestel Publishing, August 2017
192 pp., 28.5x23.5 cm, 135 colour illus., 97 black&white illus.
Born in Calabria, Italy, in 1942, Anna Maria Maiolino is one of the leading artists of her generation. Her work reflects the major cultural and political realities of postwar Europe and South America as well as issues of patriarchy, feminism, and imm...
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£45,00
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My Museum
ISBN: PB: 9783791373195, Prestel Publishing, August 2017
32 pp., 24x19.5 cm, illus.
We all remember what it was like to be a child in a crowded art museum. It was hard to see, let alone appreciate the art. It got tiring. And there was so much else to look at! That's the lesson of this ingeniously simple yet profound book about art....
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£10,99
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Oskar and Mo
ISBN: HB: 9783791373133, Prestel Publishing, August 2017
32 pp., 24.5x19 cm, 16 colour illus.
Britta Teckentrup delighted children around the world when she introduced them to Oskar, the charming raven who loves the ocean, snow, books, the sun, and the rain. Oskar Loves was named one of the best children's books of 2016 by School Library Jour...
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£10,99
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Release the Beast
ISBN: HB: 9780992264819, Prestel Publishing, Beatnik, August 2017
28 pp., 22.3x22.3 cm, illus.
"Release the Beast" is a fun and quirky picture book which allows a child to respond to his frustrations by unleashing his imaginary beast. Examining the emotion of anger in a positive and humorous way that children will relate to, "Release the Beast...
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£9,99
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