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Contemporary Art

Mike Kelley Timeless Painting

Porter Jenelle

ISBN: HB: 9783906915456, DAP, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, November 2019
200 pp., 33x26.7 cm, 157 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Featuring paintings from series that span a 15-year period, 1994 through 2009, this volume traces Mike Kelley's (1954-2012) engagement with the medium through bodies of work including "The Thirteen Seasons (Heavy on the Win...

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History of Art

Michelangelo Mind of the Master

Peters Emily J., Brooks Julian, Adam Edina, Scharloo Marjan, van Tuyll Carel

ISBN: HB: 9780300246865, Yale University Press, October 2019
232 pp., 30.2x27.3 cm, 144 colour images

The works of Michelangelo (1475-1564) remain an enduring source of awe and fascination more than 500 years after his death. "Michelangelo: Mind of the Master" offers a new context for understanding the drawings of one of art's greatest visionaries. T...

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Contemporary Art

Djanira Picturing Brazil

Pedrosa Adriano, Rjeille Isabella, Moura Rodrigo

ISBN: HB: 9788531000652, DAP, MASP, October 2019
312 pp., 28.2x21.3 cm, 206 colour illus., 106 black&white illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Largely self-taught and coming from a working-class background, Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914-79) emerged on the Brazilian art scene in the 1940s, working in paint, woodcut and engraving to depict everyday life in Brazil,...

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Contemporary Art

Melvin Edwards Lynch Fragments

Pedrosa Adriano, Moura Rodrigo

ISBN: HB: 9788531000515, DAP, MASP, October 2019
256 pp., 25.1x18.3 cm, 199 colour illus., 57 black&white illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! This volume brings together a significant selection of works from the titular series by the New York-based sculptor Melvin Edwards (born 1937), created between 1963 and 2016, comprising more than 50 years of what is conside...

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Contemporary Art

Tarsila do Amaral Cannibalizing Modernism

Pedrosa Adriano, Oliva Fernando

ISBN: HB: 9788531000706, DAP, MASP, October 2019
360 pp., 28.2x21.3 cm, 358 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Featuring a tip-on cover images and paper changes throughout, "Cannibalizing Modernism" is the first comprehensive English-language catalog on the Brazilian painter Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973), a key figure in Latin Ameri...

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Contemporary Art

Lenore Tawney Mirror of the Universe

Patterson Karen

ISBN: HB: 9780226664835, University of Chicago Press, September 2019
304 pp., 27.9x22.8 cm, 200 colour plates

Recent years have seen an enormous surge of interest in fiber arts, with works made of thread on display in art museums around the world. But this art form only began to transcend its origins as a humble craft in the late nineteenth and early twentie...

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Decorative Arts

Country House Library

Purcell Mark

ISBN: PB: 9780300248685, Yale University Press, August 2019
352 pp., 26.7x21.6 cm, 150 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.

Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this generously illustrated book presents a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries. Replete...

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Photography

Richard Learoyd

Phillips Sandra S., Gefter Philip

ISBN: HB: 9781881337508, DAP, Fraenkel Gallery, August 2019
294 pp., 30.7x23.6 cm, 76 colour illus., 44 black&white illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Bringing together more than 70 photographs from the past ten years, this luxurious volume includes Learoyd's (born 1966) widely acclaimed portraits of clothed or nude models, made with the massive camera obscura that he bui...

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History of Art

Edvard Munch Behind the Scream

Prideaux Sue

ISBN: PB: 9780300250008, Yale University Press, June 2019
496 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 129 black&white illus., 22 colour illus., 3 maps

Who was the man behind "The Scream", the iconic painting that so acutely expresses the anguish of the twentieth century? Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was twenty-eight when he embarked on a lifelong effort to paint his 'soul's diary' – and began a perver...

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Design

Enduring Legacy of Weimar Graphic Design and New Typography

Purvis Alston

ISBN: HB: 9783791384856, Prestel Publishing, June 2019
400 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 200 colour illus., 150 black&white illus.

Graphic Design as an artistic genre wasn't universally accepted until the early 20th century. This striking book focuses on the pivotal years of 1919-1933 to show how fifty artists redefined the field and helped create modern graphic design. Art hist...

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