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History of Art

Shields Caroline

ISBN: HB: 9783791358451, Prestel Publishing, February 2019
280 pp., 28x24 cm, 100 colour illus.

The late-19th century was a time of new technology, industry, and modernity. People were enthralled with their changing world and artists were not an exception. Fascinated by progress in every form, artists depicted factories, trains, and constructio...

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History of Art

Anthropology

Inside World Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles

Skerritt Henry F.

ISBN: HB: 9783791358161, Prestel Publishing, February 2019
160 pp., 27x25 cm, 110 colour illus.

Traditionally used in Aboriginal funeral ceremonies, memorial poles have been transformed into compelling contemporary artworks. The memorial pole is made from the trunk of the Eucalyptus tetradonta, hollowed naturally by termites. When the bones of...

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Contemporary Art

Intermedia, Fluxus and the Something Else Press Selected Writings by Dick Higgins

Clay Steve, Friedman Ken

ISBN: PB: 9781938221200, DAP, Siglio, November 2018
336 pp., 24.7x18.4 cm, 95 colour illus., 60 black&white illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! There are few art-world figures as influential – and as little known – as Dick Higgins (1938-1998), cofounder of Fluxus, "polyartist", poet, scholar, theorist, composer, performer and, not least, the publisher of the legend...

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Photography

Inge Morath: Magnum Legacy An Illustrated Biography

Linda Gordon

ISBN: HB: 9783791382012, Prestel Publishing, October 2018
192 pp., 27.3x23.5 cm, 68 colour illus., 114 black&white illus.

An illustrated biography of one of the 20th century's greatest photographers, this book looks at the life and work of Inge Morath. The late playwright Arthur Miller, speaking of his wife Inge Morath, said "She made poetry out of people and their pla...

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Ideas Have No Smell: Three Belgian Surrealist Booklets Transfigured Publicity / Abstractive Treatise on Obeuse / For Balthazar

Nouge Paul, Colinet Paul, Scutenaire Louis

ISBN: PB: 9781946433138, DAP, Ugly Duckling Presse, October 2018
60 pp., 14.6x12 cm, 1 colour illus., 17 black&white illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! The Belgian surrealist movement, like its contemporary French cousin, included both visual artists – Rene Magritte most famously – and writers, who were also its theorists. They shared with the Parisians a fierce commitment...

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Contemporary Art

I Was Raised on the Internet

Kholeif Omar

ISBN: PB: 9783791358024, Prestel Publishing, September 2018
184 pp., 22.5x16.8 cm, 34 colour illus., 52 black&white illus.

Coinciding with a major exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, this anthology of essays and reflections casts a discursive and critical light on the work of artists engaging with the internet and digital technologies today. Structured...

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Children's Books

I Can Count It Myself Featuring Paintings from the State Hermitage

Yakovlev Vladimir

ISBN: HB: 9785912081255, Prestel Publishing, Arca, July 2018
54 pp., 11.4x9.9 cm, colour illus.

This book is part of a series developed to introduce young readers to the world of art. Children are invited to search for how many of a certain object they can find in a single piece of art. Then, they turn the page to discover four different works...

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Photography

Fashion

Icons of Style A Century of Fashion Photography

Martineau Paul, McCauley Elizabeth Anne, Shaw Ivan

ISBN: HB: 9781606065587, Getty Publications, July 2018
368 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 176 colour illus., 147 duotone illus.

In 1911 the French couturier Paul Poiret challenged Edward Steichen to create the first artistic, rather than merely documentary, fashion photographs, a moment that is now considered to be a turning point in the history of fashion photography. As fas...

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History of Art

Italian Renaissance Nude

Burke Jill

ISBN: HB: 9780300201567, Yale University Press, June 2018
240 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 120 colour illus.

The first scholarly monograph to focus on the inception of the Italian Renaissance nude, this lively study subverts the idea that the nude in this period was a triumph of classical revival. Looking again at familiar (even overly familiar) images by a...

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Contemporary Art

In the Fields of Empty Days The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art

Komaroff Linda

ISBN: HB: 9783791357386, Prestel Publishing, May 2018
208 pp., 30x22 cm, 180 colour illus.

Filled with vibrant examples of painting, photography, sculpture, video, and other media, this book reveals how Iran's leading artists weave the country's past into the fabric of its contemporary art. The past is a continuous and inescapable part of...

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