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History of Art

Artistry in Bronze The Greeks and Their Legacy XIXth Internationl Congress on Ancient Bronzes

Lapatin Kenneth, Daehner Jens M., Spinelli Ambra

ISBN: PB: 9781606065419, Getty Publications, November 2017
492 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.

The papers in this volume derive from the proceedings of the nineteenth International Bronze Congress, held at the Getty Center and Villa in October 2015 in connection with the exhibition Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World. T...

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Knitwear Fashion Design The Secrets of Drawing Knitted Fabrics and Garments

Lafuente Maite

ISBN: FLEXI: 9788416851171, Hoaki, September 2017
160 pp., 26x22 cm, richly illustrated

"Knitwear Fashion Design" aims to help fashion students to understand the basic design elements in knitwear and learn how illustrate them. Whether handmade or industrially- produced, deconstructive or avant-garde, knitwear has now become a staple col...

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Military

How to Read European Armor

LaRocca Donald

ISBN: PB: 9781588396297, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2017
176 pp., 26.7x20.3 cm, 175 colour illus.

This engaging book offers an introduction to and overview of armor in Europe from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, focusing in particular on the 16th century when plate armor reached its peak of stylistic beauty and functional perfection. Cr...

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Contemporary Art

Polonica

Alicja Kwade

Lorenz Ulrike

ISBN: HB: 9783954761234, Bookport, Distanz Publishing, August 2017
128 pp., 26.5x24 cm, 65 colour illus., language: English / German

Creation Dialectical acuity and lucid absurdity are the defining characteristics of the sculptures and object constellations created by Alicja Kwade (b. Katowice, 1979; lives and works in Berlin). The artist deftly combines elementary materials and o...

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Fashion

Tudor Fashion Dress at Court

Lynn Eleri

ISBN: HB: 9780300228274, Yale University Press, August 2017
208 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 180 colour illus.

The Tudor monarchs and their courtiers are some of the best-known figures in history. They continue, even today, to spark our curiosity and imagination. Their enduring popularity is no doubt partly due to the iconic portraits in which they are depict...

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Contemporary Art

Isa Genzken Sculpture as World Receiver

Lee Lisa

ISBN: HB: 9780226409979, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
192 pp., 22.9x17.8 cm, 68 colour plates, 12 halftones

The work of German sculptor Isa Genzken is brilliantly receptive to the ever-shifting conditions of modern life. In this first book devoted to the artist, Lisa Lee reflects on Genzken's tendency to think across media, attending to sculptures, photogr...

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Postcards

Barcelona 20 Postcards Book

Lapin

ISBN: PB: 9788416851010, Hoaki, May 2017
20 pp., 10.2x16.5 cm, 20 colour illus.

In these postcards, sketcher and illustrator Lapin pours all his love and fascination for his adopted city. With the curiosity of the explorer and a wise eye for what is utterly genuine, Lapin fills his drawings with the colours and the light of one...

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History of Art

Philosophy Chamber Art and Science in Harvard's Teaching Cabinet, 1766-1820

Lasser Ethan

ISBN: HB: 9780300225921, Yale University Press, May 2017
350 pp., 29.2x20.3 cm, 250 colour and black&white illus.

Harvard College's 18th-century Philosophy Chamber consisted of paintings, prints, sculptures, scientific instruments, natural specimens, and various indigenous artifacts – it was a rich and varied representation of not only artistic and cultural achi...

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Contemporary Art

Whitney Biennial 2017

Lew Christopher Y., Locks Mia

ISBN: PB: 9780300223095, Yale University Press, May 2017
256 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 200 colour illus.

Always highly anticipated and beautifully packaged, this book is an essential record of the current trends in contemporary art in America. Since its introduction by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1932, the Whitney Biennial has charted new developmen...

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History of Art

John Graham Maverick Modernist

Longwell Alicia G.

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791356082, Prestel Publishing, May 2017
176 pp., 29x24 cm, 130 colour illus., 40 black&white illus.

This monograph explores how John Graham became an influential figure in American painting and discusses the development of his distinctly American approach to art-making. John Graham was an American Modernist and figurative painter. He was a mentor...

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