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History of Art

Under the Banyan Tree Relocating the Picturesque in British India

Ray Romita

ISBN: HB: 9780300187694, Yale University Press, January 2013
400 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, 60 colour images, 50 black&white illus.

"Under the Banyan Tree" is the first comprehensive study of the evolution and flourishing of the picturesque during the British Raj. Romita Ray argues that this concept allowed British artists and writers travelling in India to aestheticize the India...

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Design

Utilization Creative Home Space Design

ISBN: HB: 9789881961006, Bookport, SendPoints, December 2012
328 pp., 30.4x23.5 cm, 1000 colour illus.

For sale in Balkans only! The nature of living space has undergone a profound shift in recent years. Changing societal values and the pressures of increased overcrowding have led to new paradigms in habitation. Indoor is out and outdoor is in as wa...

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History of Art

Archaeology & Paleontology

Unearthed Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China

Juliano Annette L., An Jiayao

ISBN: HB: 9780300179675, Yale University Press, July 2012
288 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 150 colour images, 75 black&white illus.

In 1908, the American adventurer Robert Sterling Clark organized a scientific expedition to northern China to create a detailed geographical survey, photograph the region and it people, and collect samples of the flora and fauna. Inspired by this imp...

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Design

UNLIMITED Graphic Design Studios

ISBN: HB: 9789881562425, Bookport, SendPoints, April 2012
336 pp., 25x21 cm, colour illus.

For sale in Balkans only! The studios included manage to fulfill clients brief while maintaining their own design styles, achieving a good balance between artistic pursuit and commercial value. Recording their pathways to success, this book is esse...

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Contemporary Art

Anthropology

Upside Down Arctic Realities

Bahnson Anne, Bronshtein Mikhail, Dnepovsky Kirill, Carpenter Edmund, Fienup-Riordan Ann, McGhee Robert, Sutherland Patricia

ISBN: HB: 9780300169386, Yale University Press, April 2011
224 pp., 26.6x24.8 cm, 62 black&white illus., 132 colour illus.

Based on groundbreaking new scholarship, "Upside Down: Arctic Realities" brings together ancient and modern works from the Arctic region, including major sites in Russia and Alaska. The featured pieces dramatically illustrate the continuing influence...

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Contemporary Art

Under Destruction

Jetzer Gianni, Basel Chris

ISBN: HB: 9783942405171, Bookport, Distanz Publishing, January 2011
136 pp., 28x24 cm, 100 colour illus., language: English / German

In 1960, the Swiss artist Jean Tinguely was asked to build a sculpture to be installed in the Sculpture Garden of New York's Museum of Modern Art. In collaboration with other artists and engineers, he constructed the self-destructive machine Homage t...

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Photography

Uncarved Block

Fulton Hamish

ISBN: HB: 9783037782279, Lars Muller Publishers, June 2010
160 pp., 30x24 cm, 120 illus.

Hamish Fulton's photographic work focuses on nature and the way people experience nature. He has been hiking all over the world for 30 years, and translates what he experiences and sees into art. In 2009, Hamish Fulton and an expedition team climbed...

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Photography

Urban Vodou Politics and Popular Street Art in Haiti

Butcher Pablo

ISBN: PB: 9781904955603, Signal Books, June 2010
192 pp., 27.3x21 cm, colour illus.

For sale in CIS only! From 1986 to 1994 the Caribbean nation of Haiti experienced a series of dramatic events: the overthrow of 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, the violent disruption of voting, the overwhelming electoral victory of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a co...

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Decorative Arts

Upholstered Furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery

Wood Lucy

ISBN: HB: 9780300111316, Yale University Press, January 2009
1200 pp., 31x25 cm, 2000 black&white illus., 140 colour illus.

Sir William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851-1925), was among the foremost collectors of his age with as great a passion for the decorative arts as for painting and sculpture. This magnificent book explores one aspect of the outstanding collectio...

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Contemporary Art

Unveiled New Art from the Middle East

Farjam Lisa

ISBN: HB: 9781861543134, Casemate, Booth-Clibborn Editions, January 2009
208 pp., 28.5x32 cm, 360 colour illus.

Over 80 paintings, sculptures and installations from the Middle East representing a vibrant art scene that will challenge people's assumptions about the region. The works, gathered over the last four years, touch on sensitive topics. They depict the...

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