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Weegee Murder is My Business
ISBN: HB: 9783791353135, Prestel Publishing, September 2013
264 pp., 27.3x21 cm, 267 duotone illus.
Drawn from the International Center of Photography's archives, this book highlights the incomparable style and fascinating career of Weegee, one of New York City's quintessential press photographers. For a decade between 1935 and 1946, Weegee made a...
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£39,99
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Surrealism 50 Works of Art You Should Know
ISBN: PB: 9783791348438, Prestel Publishing, August 2013
144 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 100 colour illus.
The Surrealist movement that developed in Europe following the devastation of World War I swept energetically through all kinds of media as artists found expression in an imaginative pictorial language. This introduction to Surrealism shows 50 unique...
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£14,99
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Interwoven Kvadrat Textile and Design
ISBN: HB: 9783791348582, Prestel Publishing, August 2013
264 pp., 28x28.5 cm, 200 colour illus.
In electrifying color and exquisite detail, this survey of Kvadrat, the renowned Danish textile company, tells the complete story from inception to collaborations with world-famous visual artists and designers. One of the world's leading textile man...
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£42,50
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Mapplethorpe Polaroids
ISBN: PB: 9783791348704, Prestel Publishing, August 2013
256 pp., 23x18 cm, 48 colour illus., 182 black&white illus.
Robert Mapplethorpe's black-and-white Polaroid photographs of the 1970s – a medium in which he established the style that would bring him international acclaim – are brought together in this new paperback edition. Critically praised for his finely m...
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£27,50
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Pop Art 50 Works of Art You Should Know
ISBN: PB: 9783791348452, Prestel Publishing, August 2013
144 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 100 colour illus.
The most important and best-loved artists of the Pop art movement are gathered in this accessible book of painting, photography, film, and sculpture. When it emerged in the 1950s, the Pop art movement presented a challenge to fine art with its incor...
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£14,99
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Reckoning Women Artists of the New Millennium
ISBN: PB: 9783791347592, Prestel Publishing, August 2013
256 pp., 23.7x19.3 cm, 185 colour illus.
The authors of "After the Revolution" return with an incisive study of the work of contemporary women artists. In After the Revolution, the authors concluded that "The battles may not all have been won... but barricades are gradually coming down, an...
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£29,99
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From Here On Postphotography in the Age of Internet and the Mobile
ISBN: PB: 9788415118459, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, July 2013
136 pp., 22.9x16.5 cm, colour photos
This catalogue deals precisely with the evolution of the image as a result of the use of new technologies. The transit from the analog to the digital image and the globalization of access to internet and mobile telephones has radically changed the wo...
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£22,50
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Three Musicians A Children's Book Inspired by Pablo Picasso
ISBN: HB: 9783791371511, Prestel Publishing, May 2013
32 pp., 32x24 cm, 32 colour illus.
Beautifully illustrated in the style of Pablo Picasso, this tale of music's ability to soothe a savage beast introduces children to aspects of the great artist's work. The kingdom of Mirador is terrified of a monstrous, fire-spewing beast that lurks...
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£10,99
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Koloman Moser Designing Modern Vienna 1897-1907
ISBN: HB: 9783791352947, Prestel Publishing, May 2013
400 pp., 28.5x23.5 cm, 400 colour illus., 70 black&white illus.
Tracing the career of Koloman Moser, one of the most influential figures in 20th-century design, this stunning book focuses on Moser's accomplishments in the decorative arts. During his short career, Koloman Moser became a towering figure in Viennes...
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£55,00
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13 Art Techniques Children Should Know
ISBN: HB: 9783791371368, Prestel Publishing, March 2013
48 pp., 28x24 cm, 60 colour illus.
This new book in the 13 Series introduces young readers to a variety of important art techniques, explained through some of the world's most recognizable masterpieces. What's the difference between watercolor and gouache, or between a collage and an...
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£10,99
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