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Interiorities Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Leonor Antunes, Henrike Naumann, Adriana Varejao
ISBN: HB: 9783791359557, Prestel Publishing, April 2020
176 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 92 colour illus.
The artists featured in this book approach the inner self through a variety of media. The work of Njideka Akunyili Crosby comprises vibrantly patterned paintings on paper that negotiate the complex cultural terrain of a life formed between two worlds...
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£29,99
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It's a Great, Big Colourful World
ISBN: HB: 9783791374369, Prestel Publishing, March 2020
48 pp., 34x28 cm, 48 colour illus.
One winter morning, Otto the cat looks out the window and sighs, "Why is everything so grey today?" Luckily his friend Leon the chameleon is around to show him just how many colours there are in the world. In these exciting and funny spreads filled t...
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£14,99
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Introduction to Art
ISBN: PB: 9780300247138, Yale University Press, March 2020
344 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 250 colour illus.
Charles Harrison's landmark book offers an original, clear, and wide-ranging introduction to the arts of painting and sculpture, to the principal artistic print media, and to the visual arts of modernism and post-modernism. Covering the entire histor...
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£20,00
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Inventing Acadia Painting and Place in Louisiana
ISBN: HB: 9780300247312, Yale University Press, February 2020
250 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 160 colour illus.
With its dense forests and swamps, Louisiana captured the imagination of writers and painters who viewed its landscape as a fascinating, untamed wilderness. Starting in the 1820s when French emigres brought the Barbizon school to New Orleans, the sta...
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£40,00
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In Pursuit of History A Lifetime Collecting Colonial American Art and Artifacts
ISBN: HB: 9780876332931, Yale University Press, January 2020
304 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 215 colour illus.
This book showcases highlights from the Dietrich American Foundation, established in 1963 by H. Richard Dietrich Jr. and focused on 18th-century American fine and decorative arts. Essays explore the formation of the collection and its many areas of s...
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£40,00
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Ileana Sonnabend and Arte Povera
ISBN: HB: 9781944379193, DAP, Levy Gorvy, January 2020
348 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, illustrated throughout
Not for sale in Estonia! This two-volume publication accompanies the exhibition "Ileana Sonnabend and Arte Povera" held at Hauser & Wirth New York in 2017. The larger of the two books includes a comprehensive chronology, including every exhibition...
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£90,00
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In Pursuit of Fashion The Sandy Schreier Collection
ISBN: HB: 9781588396969, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 2019
204 pp., 33x23.5 cm, 174 colour illus.
This handsome volume explores the modern discipline of fashion collecting, presenting remarkable works from one of the greatest private collection of 20th-century costume. This group of clothing and accessories, assembled over several decades by Sand...
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£35,00
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Image and Exploration Early Travel Photography from 1850 to 1914
ISBN: HB: 9783791385921, Prestel Publishing, October 2019
240 pp., 30x24 cm, 230 colour and black&white illus.
In the second half of the 19th century, unprecedented advances in technology resulted in the collision of travel and photography. Explorers were able to document their journeys, hauling enormous amounts of equipment over arduous terrain. The results...
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£45,00
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Indie Type Typefaces and Creative Font Application in Design 
ISBN: HB: 9788417084127, Hoaki, October 2019
240 pp., 28.5x21 cm, fully illustrated in colour
This book includes a series of typefaces selected by their innovative, aesthetic, or adaptable approach, including a representation of their use in different international projects. It also features a series of interviews to 5 representative typeface...
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£39,99
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Into the Night Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art
ISBN: HB: 9783791358888, Prestel Publishing, October 2019
344 pp., 30.8x23.4 cm, 400 colour illus.
These creative spaces were incubators of radical thinking, in which artists could exchange provocative ideas. They were welcoming environments for artists, dancers, designers, writers, and musicians pushing the boundaries of cultural and social norms...
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£45,00
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