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Kuniyoshi
ISBN: HB: 9783791385099, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
288 pp., 36.4x30 cm, 247 colour illus., 34 black&white illus.
Best known for his depictions of fierce samurai warriors in battle, Utagawa Kuniyoshi also produced landscapes, portraits of Kabuki actors, and images of mythical animals. His dynamic action scenes and fantastic creatures are recognized today as prec...
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£99,00
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Melissa Forti's Christmas Baking Book
ISBN: HB: 9783791386379, Prestel Publishing, October 2020
224 pp., 24.5x18.5 cm, 110 colour illus., 7 black&white illus.
Christmas is the time of year when people reach for their aprons and measuring spoons to transform butter, sugar, and flour into delectable treats. Melissa Forti's contemporary, yet steeped in tradition, approach to baking appeals to beginner and sea...
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£24,99
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Unstable Presence
ISBN: HB: 9783791359113, Prestel Publishing, May 2020
184 pp., 39.4x29 cm, 120 colour illus.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's installations engage the audience in unique and seductive ways – measuring their heart rate, surveilling their faces, even circulating their breath. Often characterized by particular interactions between the work and the viewer...
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£29,99
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Masters of Art Bosch 
ISBN: PB: 9783791386256, Prestel Publishing, April 2020
112 pp., 21x17 cm, 55 colour illus.
Although Bosch's known works amount to no more than two dozen paintings and a handful of drawings, the artist had an enormous impact on religious imagery during his lifetime and for centuries afterward. His enigmatic and mind-bending depictions of hu...
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£9,99
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Masters of Art Freud 
ISBN: PB: 9783791386270, Prestel Publishing, April 2020
112 pp., 21x17 cm, 55 colour illus.
Lucian Freud dedicated his life to portraying the people in his world without flattery or refinement. Although his technique and style evolved tremendously over the decades, Freud never wavered in his uncompromising standards or unsentimental approac...
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£9,99
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Dialogues on Architecture
ISBN: PB: 9788862423724, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, February 2020
352 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 84 colour and black&white illus.
In this book, a number of protagonists of Italian modern architecture provide vivid dialogues – here taken to mean 'the talking of the soul with itself' – on how they perceive the interaction between idea, design and construction. Drawing on these pe...
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£24,99
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Madame D'Ora
ISBN: HB: 9783791359700, Prestel Publishing, February 2020
220 pp., 28.5x23.5 cm, 100 black&white illus., 80 colour illus.
Born Dora Kallmus (1881-1963), the Austrian fashion and portrait photographer took the pseudonym Madame d'Ora. She was the most acclaimed portraitist of the fin-de-siecle Vienna, and went on to create one of the most stylish Art Deco studios in Paris...
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£39,99
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Hokusai Prints and Drawings
ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791385044, Prestel Publishing, July 2019
216 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 122 colour illus., 28 black&white illus.
This volume includes full-color reproductions of drawings and woodblock prints by Hokusai, one of Japan's most revered artists. His landscapes – including the famous views of Mount Fuji – portraits of lovers and kabuki actors, nature and animal illus...
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£14,99
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Paul Klee Life and Work
ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791385051, Prestel Publishing, July 2019
192 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 143 colour illus., 19 black&white illus.
Readers of this book will find much to discover and relish in Paul Klee's art. Reproductions of his iconic works as well as those that are more rarely exhibited are featured alongside in-depth biographical information that looks beyond his many artis...
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£14,99
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It Speaks to Me Art that Inspires Artists
ISBN: HB: 9783791356594, Prestel Publishing, May 2019
168 pp., 23.5x19 cm, 100 colour illus.
Imagine your favorite artist leading you through a museum to the very work of art they can't stop thinking about. That's the experience at the heart of It Speaks to Me. In lively and intimate interviews, some of today's most acclaimed artists share t...
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£19,99
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