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This entertaining book introducing young readers to the world of Pop Art is the latest addition to a series whose "compelling layouts allow the art to excite young imaginations." (ARTnews)
Large, colorful, and bold, Pop Art is particularly appealing to younger viewers. This engaging introd... |
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Although books on Hundertwasser s work abound, few are assatisfying as this luxuriously designed, one of a kind volumethat was originally created as an exhibition catalog. Bound inblack linen, foil-embossed, and printed in six colors withimpeccable attention to detail, this gem of a book containsnin...
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Since 1908 readers have been finding respite from the vagariesof everyday life in the pages of novels published by Mills &Boon. Now part of the Harlequin group, the world s largestromance publisher, the company has published thousands oftitles, each with its own distinctive jacket art. Part of acent...
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Following up on the success ofA Year in Fashion and presentinga century of the best fashion in adynamic format, this bookincludes 365 all new images sureto appeal to the inner fashionistain everyone.Featuring fashion icons and images culled from the Getty archives, this book presents brilliant photo...
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This intimate volume contains three hundred extraordinary drawings, many never before seen, from one of the most exciting artists to emerge from Europe in the past decade.Neo Rauch traverses many boundaries in his work: surrealist and realist; comic and serious; dreamlike and journalistic. Rather th...
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Masterpieces of Islamic Art: The Decorated Page from the 8th Century to the 17th Century
מאת Oleg Grabar
This opulent volume of worksfrom illustrated and illuminatedmanuscripts culled from important public and private collections offers a thorough introduction to the wonders of Islamic art.A renowned scholar of Islamic art, history and culture, Oleg Grabar introduces in this book a wide range of illumi...
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Over the past few years there has been a resurgence ofinterest in street art as a genre of artistic expression.Photographer Sven Zimmerman has been at the forefront ofthis renaissance, surveying the streets, sidewalks, and facadesof his home town for the most arresting, humorous, politicallysavvy, a...
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This lively portrait of the artist and his environment helpsreaders become acquainted with the life and times of JanVermeer. With only 37 known works, Vermeer s oeuvreaffords readers an opportunity to become intimatelyacquainted with his paintings and with daily life inseventeenth-century Holland. H...
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Since 1980, DAM, or German Architecture Museum, has beenpublishing its prestigious yearbook on German architecture.This newest volume features an exciting layout, with generousspace given to the twenty featured projects by Germanarchitects and three projects outside of Germany. This volumealso inclu...
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Imagine 365 masterpieces of art from around the world at yourfingertips. That s what readers will find as they turn the pagesday after day to discover a full-page exquisitely reproducedpainting, artifact, photograph, drawing, print, or sculpturefrom every culture and epoch imaginable. Further enhanc...
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Skateboarding comes to life in this bookfeaturing fascinating three-dimensionalphotographs by an exciting new photographer.Put on the 3D glasses and immerse yourself in a hyper-real world of vibrating colour, extreme tricks, and professional skateboarders. Featuring the Carhartt skate team and inspi...
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Count Basie, Tchaikovsky, Aretha Franklin, Lou Reed, DianaRoss, John Lennon, and the Rolling Stones all had their musicpromoted by Andy Warhol s record covers. This catalogueraisonné reproduces the fifty covers, front and back, designedover four decades that bear Warhol s unmistakabl...
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Continuing the story which beganwith the groundbreakingPiecebook: The Secret Drawingsof Graffiti Writers, Sacha Jenkinsand David Villorente bring usnever-before-publishedblackbook drawings from theyears 1985 to 2005.Like its critically celebrated predecessor, 'Piecebook Reloaded' mimics the actual s...
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In this collection profiling the work of eighty of the most influential artists in China today, art critic Richard Vine offers a comprehensive, critical and highly illustrated assessment of China s emerging role as a force in the contemporary art world. Over the past decade the contemporary Chinese ...
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This book explores the contemporary art of India in a volume as colorful, vibrant, and diverse as the country itself.Chalo means 'Let's go!' in Hindi and the enthusiasm of that expression is evident throughout the pages of this catalogue for an exhibition at the Essl Museum in Austria. Encompassing ...
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Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to colour outside the lines....
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This book invites readers to experienceeighteenth-century Venice through the eyes of Canaletto, the city s most renowned landscape painter, his contemporaries, and the decorative arts of the period.Canaletto's genius was documenting in his paintings the immediately recognizable views of Venice in a ...
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What makes an architect tick? What is the state ofarchitecture today? How do architects view each other swork? No one can answer these questions better than thepractitioners themselves. Here such distinguished figures asCecil Balmond, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid,Philip Johnson, Rem Koolha...
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Dating from the onset of theJapanese occupation of China in1937 through to the twenty-firstcentury, the images in this bookrepresent the best of Chinesepropaganda art.A country's propaganda posters are a valuable record of it's challenges and fears as well as a reflection of its cultural mores. Open...
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Urban landscape architecture is thefocus of this monograph of works bythe award-winning landscapearchitecture firm ST raum a.In Reykjavik, a new office and commercial centre boasts islands of basalt and green, to echo Iceland's unique topography; in Guangzhou, China, a television tower rises above a...
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This latest addition to Prestel s acclaimed Street Art series takes the train to Brooklyn to present a dizzying collection of urban images that gives testament to the vibrant culture in New York City s largest borough.From the warehouses of ultra-hip Williamsburg to the brick facades of Bushwick ten...
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Now available in a flexi format, this introduction to the art of the renowned sculptor focuses on Louise Bourgeois Cell installations, while placing them in the context of her influential work.Since the 1930s Bourgeois has worked with materials ranging from rubber, wood, fabric, and metal to glass, ...
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Albert Speer & Partners: A Manifesto for Sustainable Cities – Think Local, Act Global
מאת Jeremy Gaines
A generously illustrated monograph on the planning, development, and construction of sustainable cities by one of the world s most forward-thinking architectural and urbanplanning practices.For more than forty years, Albert Speer & Partners have been designing ecologically sensitive communities thro...
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The art of graffiti is alive and well in this English city by the sea,where the city and artists are working together to turn whatwas considered a public nuisance into a legitimate andtreasured part of the Brighton experience. In page after pageof powerful images, the authors present a pictorial evo...
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A beautiful and celebratory book on the works of Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002), this expanded and updated edition is made distinctly personal by the artist s own handwritten comments and whimsical sketches.When Niki de Saint Phalle died, the world lost not only an artist of enormous passion, but ...
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Original in concept and design, this living history of the graffiti movement mimics the actual sketchbooks graffiti artists use to perfect their work before it goes public.Before it hits the wall, graffiti is often painstakingly planned out in a sketchbook or piece book. Well-worn and dog-eared, the...
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The latest volume in the successful series, this book offers more than five hundred years of achievements in art by women.This beautifully produced, richly detailed and comprehensive survey of fifty influential women artists from the Renaissance to the Post-Modern era details their vast contribution...
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This accessible and beautifully illustrated bookpresents 50 sculptures from throughout historythat should be part of every art lover s lexicon.For centuries artists have been expressing their ideas, faith, passion, and rage in three-dimensional works that reflect historical eras, tell stories, revea...
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This lively and accessible introduction to one of the world s most beloved artists is filled with color illustrations, fascinating biographical information and insight into Picasso s artistic development.What did Spain look like when Picasso was born? What kind of community did he grow up in? What w...
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Now available in paperback for the first time, Informal offers a comprehensive account of Cecil Balmond's innovative approach to architecture and engineering. Balmond is one of the most important structural engineers working in architecture today. His structural thinking differs f... |
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Painter, sculptor, and draughtsman Immendorff is arguablyone of the most important German artists of the post-warperiod. The artist, who died in 2007, was a close friend ofAgnes and Karlheinz Essl, two art collectors whose privatecollection includes many of Immendorff s works, in addition toother im...
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New York City is home to more skyscrapers than any other city in the world. Iconic in stature, they tell the story of the city's commercial and architectural history. The buildings pictured here stretch from the sidewalks to the sky, from the East River to the Hudson, from Battery Park to the far re...
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This first-ever guide to focus solely on London street art proves that the cityÂ’s graffiti culture is clearly thriving. Shot in a riot of color by press photographer Alex MacNaughton, London Street Art presents a broad spectrum of writers and graffiti artists from crews all over London, includin...
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Number 9 tells the story of Enjil, a boy mathematician who ischallenged by a spirit to solve the riddle, What is the fixedpoint of the wind? As Enjil searches for the answer, he and thereader embark on a journey through myth, legend, andreligion. Enjil s adventures lead readers to an appreciation of...
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This book focuses on a world-renowned architectural firm that has contributed to China s recent architectural boom.The architectural practice founded in 1965 by Meinhard von Gerkan has become one of the largest, most wide-ranging and most influential in the world, and has garnered numerous internati...
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Meese has been shocking and captivating audiencesworldwide with his multimedia performances in which heincorporates allusions to German mythology and autocracy,uses pop art and gothic overtones, and offers politicalcommentary. His newest work, Fräulein Atlantis, involves anoverflowing pressure ch...
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Transform: The Revitalization of Buildings Ksp Engel Und Zimmermann Architekten
מאת Enrico Santifaller
The German architectural practice KSP has become a leader ininnovative reconstruction and redesign of old buildings. Thissurvey features a number of their projects throughoutGermany the refurbishing of an office tower in the heart ofFrankfurt; a housing complex converted to a hotel; a state-ofthe-ar...
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Winner of the Pritzker Prize and the Praemium Imperiale,Norman Foster is one of the most innovative and forwardthinkingarchitects at work today. This volume featuresapproximately 1,400 plans, sketches, and photographs ofsome of Foster s most renowned and celebrated internationalprojects, including C...
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The newest addition to this highlysuccessful series offers a dailyexample of architectural splendor,from the Egyptian pyramids andRome s Coliseum to envelopepushingmasterpieces by today sleading designers.Those looking for a gift to delight the architecture lover in their lives will find the answer ...
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A pioneering conceptual and multidisciplinary artist, Antin haslately turned her attention to creating enormous photo-realistsettings based on Greek and Roman history and mythology.Gathered here for the first time in book form, these works,often displayed as two-page spreads, are both comic andpsych...
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This rare glimpse into North Korean society is the first book of its kind: a riveting collection of state-sponsored propaganda posters that present the unique graphic sensibilities of this little-known country.Seldom seen by the outside world, North Korea s propaganda art colors the cities and count...
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Starting with the Renaissance, this introduction to fiftyvisionary architects traces the major aesthetic movementsover the past six centuries and offers concise portraits of thegeniuses behind them. This accessible and lively surveytakes readers around the world and through history, fromFilippo Brun...
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Highlighting five hundred years of greatart by women, this book introducesreaders to amazing painters, sculptors,and photographers.This book teaches a young audience about the works and lives of thirteen women artists through informative texts, puzzles, coloring exercises, and fun quizzes. In colour...
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A retrospective volume of Susan Rothenberg s work, this book addresses the artist s entire career to date, focusing on her unique methods and themes.Full-colour illustrations and foldouts of Rothenberg's bestknown early works as well as exciting new paintings afford readers the chance to observe the...
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This accessible look at Klee s life and art displays the manyfacets that make his career so intriguing. Filled with personalphotographs, quotations from the artist, and beautifulreproductions of his colorful paintings, watercolors, andprints, this volume introduces readers to the various themesthat ...
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In the world of furniture and design the name Tim Gosling is synonymous with sophistication, excellence, and craftsmanship. This beautifully produced, generously illustrated volume displays these qualities, which have earned Gosling high praise as well as important public and private commissions. Re...
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With lavish photographs and fascinating first-person interviews, the world s leading expert on the Guro culture examines the artistic accomplishments of this African people.The Guro people of Africa s Ivory Coast are renowned for their rich mask and sculpture traditions. These objects of joyful and ...
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Fred Tomaselli s surreal, hallucinatory, and highly detailed paintings are gorgeously reproduced in this companion volume to the artist s retrospective exhibition.Complex explosions of colour and line, swirling patterns, and collages made of natural objects are signature elements of Tomaselli's work...
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A mesmerizing paean to the interconnectedness of science, art, and nature from one of the world's most innovative architects and structural engineers. The genius of Cecil Balmond is behind some of the world's most exciting architectural endeavors. From Anish Kapoor's gigantic sculpture at ... |
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Guy Tillim s earlier photographs documented war-torn Africaand the people whose lives have been shaped by years ofconflict and hardship. In this book he focuses on the structuresthat dot the urban landscape of these troubled countries. Theeighty images in this book from Angola, Mozambique,Madagascar...
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The best of the groundbreaking website learningtoloveyoumore.com, which asks ordinary people to complete out-of-the-ordinary assignments--with extraordinary results. In a world obsessed with "reality" programming, the collaborative public art project known as "Learning to Love You... |
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Celebrating the best new German architecture, this yearbook highlights innovation, vision, and versatility.The latest edition of this annual volume focuses on museums, showrooms for cars, and cafeterias. The DAM yearbook features countless photographs, plans, and drawings of twenty-six projects brou...
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From Central Park to Katz s delicatessen, the Flatiron Building to Battery Park, this serene and beautiful paean to New York paints a unique picture of the world s most vibrant city.Imagine a New York devoid of people, its empty streets, bridges and waterways as silent and magnificent as an Ansel Ad...
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The twenty-first century has seen a boom in museumconstruction, both in new buildings and renovations oradditions to existing ones. Nearly thirty museums are givenclose inspection in this generously illustrated volume. Eachentry includes a discussion of the building s cultural andgeographic environm...
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This monograph on Larry Johnson, one of the most important artists to emerge from the L.A. art scene of the 1980s, features works from throughout his career that offer a provocative commentary on American culture.With a unique style that blends drawing, painting, photography, graphic design, and tex...
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A comprehensive visual record ofthe London street art scene, thisbook showcases the best localand international urban artistswho have used London as theircanvas.Acclaimed photographer Alex MacNaughton has made it his mission to capture every kind of street art-from stencils to wheatpastes and sticke...
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