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Berlin Fragments A Heterography of an Architectural Form
ISBN: PB: 9788862423434, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, October 2020
180 pp., 21x14.8 cm
Every building and every architect has a tale. Bringing these tales together, determining where they overlap, may give us telling urban tales. What can be told is what has the right to remain, to avoid oblivion, allowing words about buildings and cit...
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£17,99
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Behind Bars High Class Cocktails Inspired by Low Life Gangsters
ISBN: HB: 9783791386843, Prestel Publishing, September 2020
144 pp., 18.7x15 cm, 60 colour illus.
It's been a century since the prohibition sent Americans scurrying to speakeasies. And decades since the movie industry turned mobsters into celebrities. Now the two worlds collide in this highly original pocket-sized collection that creates signatur...
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£9,99
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Bernd & Hilla Becher Basic Forms
ISBN: HB: 9783791386652, Prestel Publishing, September 2020
160 pp., 24x17 cm, 61 colour illus.
During their 40-year career, Bernd and Hilla Becher created their own architectural typology as they photographed buildings in a unique style. Basic Forms represents the culmination of their career. Although the subject matter is unglamorous – mine s...
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£24,99
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Book of Time
ISBN: HB: 9783791374178, Prestel Publishing, March 2020
112 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 112 colour illus.
In this thought provoking book, curious readers will discover all kinds of fascinating information about how and why we think about time. Chapters on mythology discuss Chronos, Janus, and the legend of the Phoenix. Others look at how different cultur...
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£18,99
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Basquiat Boom For Real
ISBN: PB: 9783791359502, Prestel Publishing, February 2020
296 pp., 28.5x23.5 cm, 312 illus., 237 in colour
Basquiat first came to prominence when he collaborated with Al Diaz to spray-paint enigmatic statements under the pseudonym SAMO. He went on to work on collages, Xerox art, postcards, performances, and music before establishing his reputation as one...
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£29,99
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Big Book of Everything You Need to Get the Job Done
ISBN: HB: 9783791374048, Prestel Publishing, October 2019
32 pp., 32x23 cm, 32 colour and black&white illus.
Children love to group, name, identify, and discover, which is the perfect way to explore vast topics, such as the jobs people do. Filled with hundreds of meticulously and stylishly rendered items, this book takes a fun approach to a serious subject....
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£10,99
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Beatriz Gonzalez A Retrospective
ISBN: HB: 9783791359298, Prestel Publishing, September 2019
208 pp., 29.8x24.8 cm, 250 colour and black&white illus.
At 80, Beatriz Gonzalez is not only an internationally celebrated Colombian artist, but also a representative of the "radical women" generation from Latin America. Her work spans over six decades and her groundbreaking art has distinct figuration, in...
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£35,00
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Baroque Pathways The National Galleries Barberini Corsini in Rome
ISBN: HB: 9783791358093, Prestel Publishing, August 2019
248 pp., 30x24 cm, 200 colour illus.
The National Galleries Barberini Corsini in Rome host one of the major collections of Italian Baroque paintings. This art has been admired all over Europe. The monarchs aimed to transfer the glamour of Roman Baroque to their courts. In the 18th centu...
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£39,99
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Behind the Privets Classic Hamptons Houses
ISBN: HB: 9783791357614, Prestel Publishing, June 2019
176 pp., 26x21 cm, 150 colour illus.
For every lavish, state-of-the-art, over-the-top home under construction in the Hamptons, there is an equally compelling, culturally significant home that has been restored and maintained its original designs. This fascinating glimpse inside these cl...
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£39,99
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Birds of a Feather...
ISBN: HB: 9785912083648, Prestel Publishing, Arca, May 2019
304 pp., 15.2x11.4 cm
The symbolism surrounding the bird is unequalled by any other creature. Godlike, mysterious, benevolent or evil, they can be associated with fire, with freedom, with fragility and have been a recurrent symbol in mythology, literature and art through...
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£12,99
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