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Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900
ISBN: HB: 9780300223934, Yale University Press, October 2017
288 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 150 colour illus.
In the second half of the 19th century, Paris attracted an international gathering of women artists, drawn to the French capital by its academies and museums, studios and salons. Featuring thirty-six artists from eleven different countries, this beau...
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£50,00
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Clarence H. White and His World The Art and Craft of Photography, 1895-1925
ISBN: HB: 9780300229080, Yale University Press, October 2017
368 pp., 29.2x25.4 cm, 343 colour and black&white illus.
Clarence H. White (1871-1925) was one of the most influential art photographers and teachers of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Photo-Secession. This beautiful publication offers a new appraisal of White's contributions, including...
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Above the Clouds
ISBN: HB: 9783791383330, Prestel Publishing, October 2017
128 pp., 30x26 cm, 50 colour illus.
Scott Mead captures the physical and emotional wonder of air travel with his awe-inspiring images of the world above the clouds. World traveler and acclaimed photographer Scott Mead documents gorgeous vistas from above the clouds. Mead views this se...
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Degas A Passion for Perfection
ISBN: HB: 9780300228236, Yale University Press, October 2017
272 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 250 colour illus.
Edgar Degas's (1834-1917) relentless experimentation with technical procedures is a hallmark of his lifelong desire to learn. The numerous iterations of compositions and poses suggest an intense self-discipline, as well as a refusal to accept any cre...
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£40,00
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Concrete Lines The Model as a Way to See
ISBN: PB: 9788862422284, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, September 2017
72 pp., 22x22 cm, colour illus., language: English / Italian
The Architect Kuno Mayr has developed a way of working on reality in which the rigorousness of his process manifests itself first in the model. Through a long and laborious procedure, overlooked things are saved from abandonment and neglect so as to...
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£16,99
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Revolution and Ritual The Photographs of Sara Castrejon, Graciela Iturbide, and Tatiana Parcero
ISBN: PB: 9781606065457, Getty Publications, August 2017
190 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.
This richly illustrated catalogue features photographs by three Mexican women, each representing a different generation, who have explored and transform notions of Mexican identity in works that range from the documentary to the poetic. Revolution an...
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£25,00
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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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Prometheus 2017 Four Artists from Mexico Revisit Orozco
ISBN: HB: 9781606065440, Getty Publications, August 2017
244 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.
Jose Clemente Orozco's 1930 mural, Prometheus, created for the Pomona College campus, is a dramatic and gripping examination of heroism. This thoughtful exhibition catalogue examines the multiple ways Orozco's vision resonates with four artists worki...
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£35,00
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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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100 Logos The Power of the Symbol
ISBN: PB: 9788862422505, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, July 2017
120 pp., 21x14.8 cm, colour illus.
The book is a collection of 100 logos designed between 1965 and 2017 by one of the world renowned italian graphic designer, Armando Milani.
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£16,99
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