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Ai Weiwei Resetting Memories
ISBN: PB: 9788417047931, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, March 2021
264 pp., 22x16 cm, 132 colour and black&white illus.
For his exhibition at Mexico City's MUAC, Ai Weiwei (born 1957) addressed two national traumas: the destruction of cultural heritage during China's Communist Revolution and the murder of 43 students in Mexico. These are represented respectively by a...
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£22,00
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Ancient Thai Beads From U-Thong to Dvaravati
ISBN: HB: 9786167339887, Prestel Publishing, River Books, March 2021
220 pp., 22.2x17.5 cm, colour and black&white illus.
In the pre-historic period in the archaeology of Thailand, beads are among the most exciting finds. Easily transportable, hard and durable, one bead can provide a mass of information. Usually found as part of grave assemblages, the quantity of beads...
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£35,00
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Art of Illusion
ISBN: HB: 9783791386799, Prestel Publishing, October 2020
192 pp., 28x23 cm, 100 colour illus.
This spellbinding look at the history and development of illusionistic art reveals wide-ranging techniques that have piqued the public's fascination with this medium. Beautifully reproduced, the images featured in the book includes centuries-old work...
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£29,99
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Asian Modern, Volume I
ISBN: PB: 9789811406072, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, July 2020
450 pp., 23.5x17.5 cm, colour and black&white illus.
John Clark's magisterial "The Asian Modern" reconstructs the notion of art and its historiography. Writing the history of the Asian modern through the social life of artists, he generates a new paradigm for the narration of art. Both volumes meticulo...
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£28,00
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All Around Bustletown: Autumn
ISBN: board book: 9783791374215, Prestel Publishing, May 2020
14 pp., 34x26 cm, 14 colour and black&white illus.
The leaves are blowing off the trees and the birds are flying south in Bustletown. Farmers are preparing the fields for winter and kids are back in school. And look, there's a water main break that's causing havoc and a chimney sweeper perched on a r...
board book:
£9,99
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All Around Bustletown: Summer
ISBN: board book: 9783791374208, Prestel Publishing, March 2020
14 pp., 34x26 cm, 14 colour and black&white illus.
It's summer and that means flowers, picnics, thunderstorms, and bike rides. It's a busy time for construction workers, farmers, and house painters. Playgrounds are filled with kids and vacationers are boarding trains in droves. In the sky a pair of b...
board book:
£9,99
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Alps in Panoramic Paintings
ISBN: HB: 9783791385877, Prestel Publishing, February 2020
192 pp., 29x24 cm, 100 colour illus.
As downhill skiing became popular in 20th-century Europe, resorts in the Austrian, German, French, and Swiss Alps commissioned paintings of their ski runs to turn into maps. The best of these paintings are now featured in this book showing the artist...
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£35,00
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Albrecht Durer
ISBN: HB: 9783791359311, Prestel Publishing, January 2020
304 pp., 28.5x24.5 cm, 260 colour illus.
During his lifetime, Durer found tremendous success as a painter and printmaker, taking commissions from prominent figures such as Frederick the Wise and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. His drawings and studies reveal his interest in human proportio...
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£49,99
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A-Z of Modern Southeast Asian Art
ISBN: PB: 9789811147258, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, November 2019
176 pp., 23.5x17.5 cm, colour and black&white illus.
What is modern Southeast Asian art? This introduction is a starting point for readers to explore this rich but often overlooked subject. Conceived for the general reader, "An A-Z of Modern Southeast Asian Art" features 80 bite-sized accounts of the k...
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£21,00
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Artist Speaks Lim Cheng Hoe
ISBN: PB: 9789811167973, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, November 2019
70 pp., 23x16 cm, colour and black&white illus.
One of Singapore's most prominent watercolour artists, Lim Cheng Hoe devoted his life and practice to painting his country, weaving scenes that resonate with evanescent beauty. The reticent artist's personal writings speak of a man's quiet, fervent d...
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£15,00
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