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Roman Art
ISBN: PB: 9781606061015, Getty Publications, December 2014
216 pp., 24x17.2 cm, 60 colour illus., 60 black&white illus.
Presented in very clear and accessible language, "Roman Art" offers new and fascinating insights into the evolution of the forms and meanings of Roman art. Traditional studies of Roman art have sought to identify an indigenous style distinct from Gre...
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£25,00
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Manet Paints Monet A Summer in Argenteuil
ISBN: HB: 9781606064283, Getty Publications, November 2014
80 pp., 22.8x15.8 cm, 30 colour illus., 8 black&white illus.
This is a fascinating look at one of the defining images of the Impressionist movement".Manet Paints Monet" focuses on an auspicious moment in the history of art. In the summer of 1874, Edouard Manet (1832-1883) and Claude Monet (1840-1926), two outs...
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£14,99
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Berthouville Silver Treasure and Roman Luxury
ISBN: HB: 9781606064207, Getty Publications, November 2014
224 pp., 28.7x23.6 cm, 98 colour illus., 21 black&white illus.
This sumpluously illustrated and elegantly produced volume unveils an ancient treasure to modern-day readers. In 1830 a farmer ploughing a field near the village of Berthouville in Normandy, discovered a trave of ancient Roman silver objects weighing...
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£40,00
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Brilliant History of Color in Art
ISBN: HB: 9781606064290, Getty Publications, November 2014
166 pp., 25.9x23.6 cm, 166 colour illus.
This is a irresistible and wonderfully illustrated exploration of the history of colour in art. The history of art is inseparable from the history of colour. And what a fascinating story they tell together: one that brims with an all-star cast of cha...
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£16,99
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Mortality Immortality? The Legacy of 20th-Century Art
ISBN: PB: 9780892365289, Getty Publications, November 2014
272 pp., 28.6x26.8 cm, 111 illus.
Which objects or events will define the art of our time? Who will decide what is to be preserved for posterity and how that will be done? If an artist chooses ephemeral materials, should the work be allowed to deteriorate? These are among the questio...
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£30,00
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Nothing but the Clouds Unchanged Artists in World War I
ISBN: HB: 9781606064313, Getty Publications, November 2014
192 pp., 26.2x21 cm, 67 colour illus., 23 black&white illus.
This is a fascinating and superbly illustrated look at how the First World War influenced an entire generation of visual artists. Much of how WWI is understood today is rooted in the artistic depictions of the brutal violence and extensive destructio...
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£30,00
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Spectacular Rubens The Triumph of the Eucharist Series
ISBN: PB: 9781606064306, Getty Publications, October 2014
112 pp., 27.9x24 cm, 88 colour illus., 10 black&white illus.
This lavishly illustrated volume offers a fascinating glimpse into Ruben's artistic process. The six glorious scenes that make up the Triumph of the Eucharist series by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) are highlights of the Museo Nacional del Prado's su...
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£18,99
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Twentieth-Century Building Materials History and Conservation
ISBN: PB: 9781606063255, Getty Publications, September 2014
352 pp., 24.3x17.7 cm, 26 colour illus., 188 black&white illus.
This is a definitive guide to the materials used in architecture during the past century, as well as tips on building repair and restoration. Over the concluding decades of the 20th-century, the historic preservation community increasingly turned its...
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£45,00
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Colors of New World Artists, Materials, and the Creation of the Florentine Codex
ISBN: PB: 9781606063293, Getty Publications, August 2014
80 pp., 21.1x15.9 cm, 20 colour illus.
This is a penetrating glimpse into the first illustrated encyclopaedia of the New World. In August 1576, in the midst of an outbreak of the plague, the Spanish Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagun and 22 indigenous artists locked themselves inside...
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£11,99
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Display of Art in Roman Palace, 1550-1750
ISBN: HB: 9781606062982, Getty Publications, August 2014
384 pp., 27.5x22.3 cm, 50 colour illus., 116 black&white illus.
This ambitious work lifts the veil on a pivotal chapter in the history of art and its social meaning. This book explores the principles of the display of art in the magnificent Roman palaces of the early modern period, focusing attention on how the p...
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£60,00
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