ledochowicz.com

History of Art

Mythology of Plants Botanical Lore from Ancient Greece and Rome

Giesecke Annette

ISBN: HB: 9781606063217, Getty Publications, April 2014
144 pp., 22.3x17.1 cm, 47 colour illus.

This is a fascinating exploration of the role of the botanical in ancient Greek and Roman myth and classical literature. This engaging book focuses on the perennially fascinating topic of plants in Greek and Roman myth. The author, an authority on th...

HB:

£18,99

QTY:

add books to the list

History of Art

Art of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910 Treasures from Korea

Woo Hyunsoo, Cho Insoo, Kim Hongkyung, Kim Woollim, Kwon So-Hyun, Moon Dong Soo, Song Unsok, Lee Rose

ISBN: PB: 9780300204124, Yale University Press, April 2014
400 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 250 colour images, 30 black&white illus.

"Art of the Joseon Dynasty" is the first major publication outside of Korea to survey the artistic production of the world's longest-ruling Confucian dynasty, which reigned on the Korean peninsula from 1392 to 1910. The Joseon dynasty left a substant...

PB:

£50,00

QTY:

add books to the list

History of Art

Neo-Impressionist Portrait, 1886-1904

Block Jane, Lee Ellen Wardwell

ISBN: HB: 9780300190847, Yale University Press, April 2014
260 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 105 colour images, 3 black&white illus.

Neo-Impressionism, the style pioneered by Georges Seurat (1859-1891), has long been associated with exquisite landscapes and intriguing scenes of urban leisure. Yet the movement's use of dotted brushwork and colour theory also produced arresting port...

HB:

£55,00

QTY:

add books to the list

History of Art

Caravaggio's Pitiful Relics

Olson Todd P.

ISBN: HB: 9780300190137, Yale University Press, April 2014
288 pp., 28x23 cm, 70 colour images, 80 black&white illus.

The renowned Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) established his career in Catholic Rome, making paintings that placed particular importance on sacred relics and the glorification of martyred saints. Beginning with his early...

HB:

£50,00

QTY:

add books to the list

History of Art

Contemporary Art

Cy Twombly's Things

Nesin Kate

ISBN: HB: 9780300190113, Yale University Press, April 2014
224 pp., 25.6x19.2 cm, 50 colour images, 50 black&white illus.

Cy Twombly (1928-2011) is widely acknowledged as one of the postwar period's most influential American artists, yet his sculptures are little known. From 1946 onward, he made hundreds of rarely exhibited found-object assemblages, often painted or pla...

HB:

£40,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Photography

Music

Playing for the Benefit of the Band New Orleans Music Culture

Friedlander Lee

ISBN: HB: 9780300204407, Yale University Press, April 2014
207 pp., 22.9x27.9 cm, 202 tritone illus.

Lee Friedlander first visited the birthplace of jazz in 1957 and immediately set about photographing the aging pioneers of the art form. His love of the music and the people of New Orleans drew him back to the city, and the relationships he formed ov...

HB:

£40,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Contemporary Art

Niki De Saint Phalle

Weidemann Christiane

ISBN: PB: 9783791349756, Prestel Publishing, April 2014
128 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 100 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.

Whether you are an ardent follower of this fascinating artist, or just learning about her life and work, this lively volume offers an in-depth portrait of Niki de Saint Phalle's world, turbulent life and extraordinary art. Niki de Saint Phalle's bio...

PB:

£10,99

QTY:

add books to the list

Design

Good Life Perceptions of the Ordinary

Morrison Jasper

ISBN: HB: 9783037784235, Lars Muller Publishers, April 2014
80 pp., 22.9x17.1 cm, 37 illus.

Just what is it that catches the eye, and why? What's the significance of a broken flowerpot, a pair of identical tables side by side, a garden hose wrapped around an old car wheel? In this collection of photo essays, the famous designer Jasper Morri...

HB:

£18,00

QTY:

add books to the list

History of Art

Frida Kahlo

Bauer Claudia

ISBN: PB: 9783791349701, Prestel Publishing, April 2014
128 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 130 colour illus.

A beautifully illustrated and attractively priced volume onthe life and work of Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo is one of the art world's most enigmatic figures. Beautiful, talented, tragic and strong, she broke barriers as a woman and as an artist and her...

PB:

£10,99

QTY:

add books to the list

Contemporary Art

Other Primary Structures

Hoffmann Jens

ISBN: PB: 9780300197334, Yale University Press, April 2014
116 pp., 24.1x21 cm, 25 colour images, 51 black&white illus.

The landmark Jewish Museum exhibition "Primary Structures" offered the first presentation of Minimalist sculptures in the United States, in 1966. The accompanying catalogue became a key resource on artists such as Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin,...

PB:

£25,00

QTY:

add books to the list