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Wittgenstein Vitrine Modern Opulence in Vienna
ISBN: HB: 9780300214574, Yale University Press, December 2015
88 pp., 28x17.8 cm, 90 colour illus., 15 black&white illus.
The Wittgenstein Vitrine, a monumental silver and gemstone-encrusted cabinet, is one of the most important and complex works produced by Austria's Wiener Werkstatte. Kevin W. Tucker weaves together a fascinating portrait of the vitrine, examining its...
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£20,00
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Between Declarations and Dreams rt of Southeast Asia since the 19th Century
ISBN: HB: 9789810973490, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, November 2015
294 pp., 29x25 cm
"Between Declarations and Dreams" is National Gallery Singapore's inaugural exhibition of the art of Southeast Asia from the 19th century to the present. This richly illustrated catalogue tracks the broad time periods and thematic sections of the exh...
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£43,00
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Condition The Ageing of Art
ISBN: PB: 9781907372797, Casemate, Paul Holberton Publishing, September 2015
264 pp., 24.2x16.8 cm, 140 colour illus.
Anyone writing about a work of art needs to establish at the outset how much it has changed since it was first made. This simple, informative and pracrical book, full of fascinating and revelatory photography, will take the reader through both the te...
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£30,00
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T. R. Ericsson Crackle and Drag
ISBN: HB: 9780300213218, Yale University Press, August 2015
240 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 200 colour illus.
This is the first monograph dedicated to contemporary artist TR Ericsson (b. 1972), who with conceptual rigor and emotional directness uses the archives chronicling his family's painful past to explore the healing powers of commemoration and memory....
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£30,00
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Hieronymus Bosch Create Your Own Artworks! (Sticker Book)
ISBN: PB: 9783791372419, Prestel Publishing, August 2015
16 pp., 27x22 cm, 260 colour illus.
Certain to provide hours of entertainment and a fun-filled way to learn about the art, this sticker book features the work of Renaissance master Hieronymus Bosch and his delightful world of real and fantastical animals, plants, and fruits. Bosch's e...
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£7,99
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Polychrome Sculpture Meaning, Form, Conservation
ISBN: PB: 9781606064337, Getty Publications, August 2015
216 pp., 25x15 cm, 240 colour illus.
This book features a masterwork in the field of conservation published in English for the first time. In the decades since its initial publication in German in 1978, Polychrome Sculpture has come to be widely regarded as a watershed text on the makin...
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£45,00
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Paintings of Moholy-Nagy The Shape of Things to Come
ISBN: HB: 9780300209976, Yale University Press, June 2015
128 pp., 29.9x21.6 cm, 75 colour illus.
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) became notorious for the declarations he made about the end of painting, encouraging artists to exchange brush, pigment, and canvas for camera, film, and searchlight. Even as he made these radical claims, he painted thr...
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£25,00
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Picture Man The Legacy of Southeast Alaska Photographer Shoki Kayamori
ISBN: PB: 9781602232457, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, April 2015
180 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 70 halftones, 2 maps
In 1912, Shoki Kayamori and his box camera arrived in a small Tlingit village in southeast Alaska. At a time when Asian immigrants were forbidden to own property and faced intense racial pressure, the Japanese-born Kayamori put down roots and became...
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£20,50
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Foundation Course Black & White Photography
ISBN: PB: 9781781450901, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, March 2015
176 pp., 23.5x21 cm, 200 photos
Aimed at beginners, "Foundation Course: Black & White Photography" is part of a structured series of tutorials that explain the basic skills and techniques of photography in relation to a specific subject area. Written by experts, each book is divide...
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£16,99
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Foundation Course Landscape Photography
ISBN: PB: 9781781450888, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, February 2015
176 pp., 23.5x21 cm, 200 photos
Aimed at beginners, "Foundation Course: Landscape Photography" is part of a series of tutorials that explain the basic skills and techniques of photography in relation to a specific subject area. Each book is divided into six main sections: Basics, L...
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£16,99
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