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Lumia Thomas Wilfred and the Art of Light
ISBN: PB: 9780300215182, Yale University Press, August 2017
172 pp., 27.3x23.5 cm, 161 colour illus., 8 black&white illus.
A long-overdue publication that restores Wilfred to the art-historical canon "Lumia" presents a long-overdue reevaluation of the groundbreaking artist Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968), whose unprecedented works prefigured light art in America. As early as...
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£35,00
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Lilith
ISBN: PB: 9788417048044, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, June 2017
64 pp., 21.8x16 cm, photos
The work of Magnum photographer Antoine d'Agata is centred in the main themes of addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, prostitution and other taboo subject matters. In "Lilith" the first title of La Fabrica s new collection, 64P, d'Agata sor...
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£17,00
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Lure of Italy Artists' Views
ISBN: HB: 9781606065198, Getty Publications, May 2017
96 pp., 18.4x21.6 cm, 1 map, 67 colour illus.
For centuries Italy has fascinated travelers and artists. From the crumbling ruins of ancient Rome to the crystal- clear light of Venice, artists have found inspiration not only in the cities but also in the countryside and in the deep history and cu...
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£14,99
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Last Days of Summer
ISBN: HB: 9783791382180, Prestel Publishing, May 2017
224 pp., 30x23 cm, 220 colour illus.
Akila Berjaoui's incredibly sensual photographs often feature sand, sun, water – or a combination of all three. In her first book, this highly sought-after fashion photographer, armed with her favorite old analogue cameras, takes us to breathtaking s...
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Lygia Pape
ISBN: HB: 9783952446133, DAP, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, May 2017
96 pp., 32.3x24.7 cm, 59 colour illus., 2 black&white illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! A founding member of Brazil's Neo-Concrete movement, Lygia Pape (1927-2004) made art that favored the primacy of the viewer's sensorial experience. Pape's geometric abstractions explore rich territory through sculpture, dra...
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London Prints and Drawings before 1800
ISBN: HB: 9781851244126, Bodleian Library Publishing, March 2017
232 pp., 23.8x27.8 cm, 123 colour illus.
By the end of the eighteenth century London was the second largest city in the world, its relentless growth fuelled by Britain's expanding empire. Before the age of photography, the most widely used means of creating a visual record of the changing c...
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Louise Giovanelli: In Conversation
ISBN: PB: 9781910221136, Casemate, Anomie Publishing, March 2017
78 pp., 24.5x17 cm, 35 illus.
Louise Giovanelli (b. 1993, London) is one of Britain's most promising young painters. This, the artist's first monograph, documents her first three solo exhibitions, staged in 2016-17 at The International 3, Salford, the Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpoo...
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L'Affichomania The Passion for French Posters
ISBN: PB: 9780578168029, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
144 pp., 30.4x22.8 cm, 65 colour plates, 40 halftones
Bright and bold and found everywhere in fin-de-siecle Paris, the poster was a brilliant fusion of art and commerce. New printing methods made it possible to distribute and post vivid full-color prints, spurring both artists and advertisers to take ad...
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£24,50
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Logo Style Decorative / Modern / Postmodern / Digital
ISBN: HB: 9789887757245, Bookport, SendPoints, December 2016
224 pp., 29x22.3 cm, 1400 colour illus.
For sale in Balkans only! A historical as well as design-oriented perusal of brand logos, "Logo Style" gives context to the rapidly growing field of logotype design. Chapters within are organized by style as well as the eras that influence them; de...
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Learned Draftsman Edme Bouchardon
ISBN: HB: 9781606065044, Getty Publications, December 2016
336 pp., 25x15 cm
The celebrated French artist Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762) is primarily known as a sculptor today, but his contemporaries widely lauded him as a draftsman as well. Talented, highly innovative, and deeply invested in the medium, Bouchardon made an impor...
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