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ABC
ISBN: HB: 9785912082542, Prestel Publishing, Arca, July 2018
74 pp., 9.9x9.9 cm, illustrations throughout
Every letter in this unusual ABC book opens a door into the treasure-stores of one of the world's great museums. the book is aimed not only at children who start learning their letters, but also at a slightly older age group and at parents who want t...
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£12,95
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ABC Mini Edition
ISBN: HB: 9785912083341, Prestel Publishing, Arca, June 2018
64 pp., 20.8x20.8 cm, illustrations throughout
Miniature souvenir version of the large-format ABC book. Enlarged details of paintings, sculpture, jewellery, netsuke, Scythian gold-all these masterpieces of world culture created by human hands across many centuries can be found here.
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£4,99
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Ambitious Alignments New Histories in Southeast Asian Art, 1945-1990
ISBN: PB: 9780909952921, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, June 2018
400 pp., 24.4x17.3 cm, illustrations throughout
Ten essays by emerging scholars draw upon unexplored archives and works of art, bearing witness to rich local histories and uncovering complex artistic exchanges across Southeast Asia and beyond. This volume sheds new light on the significance of arc...
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£26,00
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Ancient Sites of Southeast Asia A Traveler's Guide Throught History, Ruins and Landscapes
ISBN: PB: 9786167339917, Prestel Publishing, River Books, May 2018
312 pp., 23.3x17.3 cm, illustrations throughout
Designed to assist the adventurous visitor to the region, the book is also an armchair traveler's introduction to many of the most historic and visually engaging monuments across seven nations: Indonesia,Vietnam, Cambodia,Thailand, Laos, Myanmar (Bur...
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£20,00
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Alexander von Humboldt and the Botanical Exploration of the Americas
ISBN: HB: 9783791384153, Prestel Publishing, March 2018
280 pp., 34x24 cm, 142 colour illus.
Now available in a new edition, this gorgeously illustrated book showcases botanical masterpieces by Alexander von Humboldt, one of history's great scientists and explorers. Recording Alexander von Humboldt's historic expedition to the Americas and...
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£45,00
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Another Kind of Life Photography on the Margins
ISBN: HB: 9783791384276, Prestel Publishing, March 2018
288 pp., 27.5x22.5 cm, 250 colour illus.
At a time when individual rights are being contested and when those on the fringes of society feel deeply threatened, this powerful photographic compilation delivers a message of humanity and inclusiveness that transcends geopolitical and cultural bo...
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£39,99
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Atlas of Imaginary Places
ISBN: HB: 9783791373478, Prestel Publishing, March 2018
40 pp., 32x23 cm, 40 colour illus.
This dreamy, gorgeously detailed picture book leads children on a journey to impossible but wonderfully imagined places. Upside-down mountains, volcanoes that spew bubble gum, a gentle humpback whale keeping an entire city afloat. These and other wo...
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£14,99
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Are Communists Allowed to Dream? The Gallery of the Palace of the Republic
ISBN: HB: 9783791357522, Prestel Publishing, January 2018
128 pp., 30x24 cm, 50 colour illus.
The Palace of the Republic was opened in 1976 to house East Germany's parliament and to provide a cultural and historical center for the public to enjoy. During its construction, the government commissioned sixteen artists to create paintings in resp...
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£22,50
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Atlantikwall as Military Archaeological Landscape
ISBN: PB: 9788862422635, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, December 2017
188 pp., 22x17.1 cm, illustrations throughout
Not unlike so many other vestiges of war that have infiltrated our cities and landscapes, WWII bunkers and fortifications appear unwilling to be absorbed or erased. The signs of armed conflict that make up the 'Conflict archaeological landscape' cut...
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£25,00
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A. BANDIT A Secret Has Two Faces
ISBN: HB: 9783791355641, Prestel Publishing, October 2017
256 pp., 30.5x23 cm, 200 colour illus.
A. Bandit is an experimental performance art group started by conceptual artist Glenn Kaino and magician Derek DelGaudio. Together they have exhibited and performed their work in venues that span a diverse range of cultural activities. The book intro...
HB:
£75,00
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