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Masculinities Liberation through Photography
ISBN: HB: 9783791359519, Prestel Publishing, February 2020
304 pp., 32x22.8 cm, 250 colour illus.
This photographic exploration draws together the work of approximately fifty artists of different ethnicities, generations, and gender identities to look at how ideas of masculinity have evolved since the 1960s. Each of its six themed chapters featur...
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£39,99
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Maria Sibylla Merian 22 Pull-Out Posters
ISBN: PB: 9783791386003, Prestel Publishing, February 2020
46 pp., 35x28 cm, 22 colour illus.
More than three centuries after Maria Sibylla Merian established herself as a scientific trailblazer – and after more than two centuries of obscurity – the work of this pioneering naturalist and artist is being rediscovered. Merian's work, "The New B...
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£19,99
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Manuel Outumuro Portraits
ISBN: HB: 9788417769086, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, November 2019
352 pp., 32.5x24.5 cm, colour and black&white illus.
Born in Galicia in 1949, Manuel Outumuro is one of the great Spanish fashion photographers, whose archive – containing more than 10,000 images – constitutes a unique document that reflects a large part of the history of Spanish fashion over the last...
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£60,00
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Matisse Printmaker
ISBN: HB: 9788417769147, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, November 2019
144 pp., 22x16.5 cm, colour and black&white illus.
Henri Matisse is universally known for his painting, but he also worked regularly as an engraver between 1900 and his death in 1954. His engraving work encompasses more than eight hundred pieces that comprise a gigantic visual library, offering a com...
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£28,00
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Migration, Transmission, Localisation Visual Art in Singapore (1866-1945)
ISBN: PB: 9789811129254, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, November 2019
248 pp., 25x18.7 cm, 180 colour and black&white illus.
Drawing mainly on advertisements and comics in Chinese newspapers, Singaporean scholar and educator Yeo Mang Thong demonstrates how Singapore was an important hub for artists who travelled to and lived in Singapore. Yeo's research features amongst ot...
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£23,00
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Marcel Duchamp The Barbara and Aaron Levine Collection
ISBN: HB: 9783791358734, Prestel Publishing, October 2019
220 pp., 25.5x22 cm, 225 colour and black&white illus.
This book documents Barbara and Aaron Levine's extraordinary collection of Duchamp's work, one of the most significant private collections of the artist in the world, which has been promised to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Collected ove...
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£35,00
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My Big Book of the World's Greatest Art
ISBN: HB: 9783791373959, Prestel Publishing, October 2019
48 pp., 32x22.5 cm, 48 colour and black&white illus.
This children's book is the perfect stepping stone to a lifelong appreciation of art. Each major art period unfolds in a gently colored spread featuring famous artists and artworks while other spreads present specific scenes that incorporate similar...
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£14,99
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Michael Kenna Beyond Architecture
ISBN: HB: 9783791385822, Prestel Publishing, September 2019
384 pp., 29x23.5 cm, 300 black&white illus.
Michael Kenna is regarded as one of the most accomplished photographers working today. This book charts Kenna's work in the field of architectural photography, showing how his approach to the built environment informs his style, whether he's capturin...
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£60,00
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Mountains By Magnum Photographers
ISBN: HB: 9783791384696, Prestel Publishing, July 2019
240 pp., 30x24 cm, 180 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.
Magnum Photos is arguably the most celebrated photographic cooperative ever created and these images represent the world's most iconic photographers capturing the world's most breathtaking peaks. Robert Capa portrays the glamour of skiing the Austria...
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£39,99
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My City
ISBN: HB: 9783791373775, Prestel Publishing, April 2019
40 pp., 24x19.5 cm, illustrations throughout
Max is asked to mail a letter for his mother. As he walks through his neighborhood in search of a mailbox, he encounters all sorts of interesting things like falling leaves dancing in the wind, skyscrapers towering in the distance, and junk being pil...
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£10,99
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