Art
Art and artists from the earliest rock art to the flowering of the Renaissance and diverse contemporary work.
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Design and Techniques in Early Medieval Celtic Metalwork [Hardback]
Niamh Whitfield (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597339
Published by : Pindar Press
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Niamh Whitfield is a leading authority on the metalwork of early Medieval Ireland and Scotland. Celtic metalwork of the seventh to twelfth centuries is extremely accomplished technically, and she has aimed at a thorough understanding of its manufa... .... Learn More -
The Origins of Art and Music: Ice Age Discoveries from the Caves of Southwestern Germany [Hardback]
Nicholas J. Conard (Author); Claus-Joachim Kind (Author)
£46.00ISBN: 9783935751339
Published by : Kerns Verlag
Series: Tübingen Publications in Prehistory
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Over 40,000 years ago modern Homo sapiens spread across the European continent. Archaeological finds attributed to these early human beings were produced on the Swabian Jura in Southwest Germany, especially in the caves of the Ach and Lone valleys... .... Learn More -
A Body in Fukushima [Hardback]
Eiko Otake (Author); William Johnston (Author)
£25.95ISBN: 9780819580269
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
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A photographic account of an extended solo performance in irradiated Fukushima between 2014 and 2019. On March 11, 2011 one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history devastated Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and nuclear meltdowns... .... Learn More -
The Gesamtkunstwerk in Design and Architecture: From Bayreuth to Bauhaus [Hardback]
Anders V. Munch (Author)
£49.00ISBN: 9788772193069
Published by : Aarhus University Press
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The history of modern design and architecture has displayed many attempts to embrace and merge different art forms and bring art into the framing of everyday life and the organisation of modern society, discussed as total design or total architect... .... Learn More -
Pots, Prints and Politics: Ceramics with an Agenda, from the 14th to the 20th Century [Paperback]
Patricia Ferguson (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592296
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 229
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From the introduction of woodblock printing in China to the development of copper-plate engraving in Europe, the print medium has been used around the world to circulate knowledge. Ceramic artists across time and cultures have adapted these graphi... .... Learn More -
Manet to Bracquemond: Unknown Letters to an Artist and a Friend: Newly Discovered Letters to an Artist and Friend [Paperback]
Jean-Paul Bouillon (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781912168170
Published by : Ad Ilissum
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This new edition publishes the letters adressed by Édouard Manet (1832–1883) to his friend, the artist Félix Bracquemond (1833–1914). The correspondence, for the most part unknown, surfaced at a sale in Paris in June 2016 and was acquired the next... .... Learn More -
Living with Architecture as Art: The Peter May Collection of Architectural Drawings, Models and Artefacts [Hardback]
Peter May (Author); Maureen Cassidy-Geiger (Author); Charles Hind (Author); Basile Baudez (Author); Wells Matthew (Author)
£260.00ISBN: 9781912168194
Published by : Ad Ilissum
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This stunning two-volume publication introduces readers to one of the largest private collections of architectural drawings in the world. Showcasing drawings and related models and artefacts dating from 1691 to the mid 20th century, this lavish to... .... Learn More -
The Reredos of All Souls College Oxford [Paperback]
Peregrine Horden (Editor); See list (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9781912168224
Published by : Ad Ilissum
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Pevsner calls it ‘marvellous’. Yet the reredos of the fi fteenth-century chapel of All Souls College, Oxford, with its combination of medieval niches and statuary by George Gilbert Scott, has remained one of the unsung glories of both medieval per... .... Learn More -
Leaping the Dragon Gate: The Sir Michael Butler Collection of 17th-Century Chinese Porcelain [Hardback]
Teresa Canepa (Author); Katharine Butler (Author)
£155.00ISBN: 9781912168163
Published by : Ad Ilissum
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This book celebrates the most important collection of 17th-century Chinese porcelain in the world, assembled by the distinguished British diplomat Sir Michael Butler. His passion for porcelain is clearly reflected in the over eight hundred pieces ... .... Learn More -
Magnetic Woman: Toyen and the Surrealist Erotic [Hardback]
Karla Huebner (Author)
£77.50ISBN: 9780822946472
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Russian and East European Studies
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Part art book and part biography, Magnetic Woman examines the life and work of the artist Toyen (Marie Čermínová, 1902–80), a founding member of the Prague surrealist group, and focuses on her construction of gender and eroticism. Toyen’s early li... .... Learn More
