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Contemporary Art

David Evans (1929-1988)

Liss Paul, Gage Pete, Hicks Alistair

ISBN: PB: 9780993088469, Casemate, Liss Llewellyn Fine Art, May 2017
192 pp., 27x21.5 cm, 160 illus.

David Evans' death in a road accident in 1988, at the age of 59, bought to an abrupt end the career of one of the most distinguished watercolourists of his generation. The recent discovery of pictures remaining in his studio, nearly thirty years afte...

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Postcards

Paris, Je T'aime 20 Postcards Book

Lapin

ISBN: PB: 9788416851003, Hoaki, April 2017
20 pp., 10.2x16.5 cm, 20 colour illus.

These 20 postcards are a declaration of love to the city of light. Lapin, sketcher and illustrator, offers a sample of his talent to capture those big little moments of a popular and vivacious Paris, full of historic contrasts and far away from any p...

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History of Art

Romanesque – Picasso

Lahuerta Juan Jose, Philippot Emilia

ISBN: PB: 9788480432870, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
257 pp., 25.4x21.6 cm, 170 colour plates, 20 halftones

This beautifully illustrated book, the catalog for an exhibition on view at the National Museum of Art of Catalonia in Barcelona and coorganized with the Picasso Museum in Paris, explores important affinities between Picasso and Romanesque art. Using...

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History of Art

Art Flexi-Series

Egon Schiele Landscapes

Leopold Rudolf

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791383460, Prestel Publishing, February 2017
208 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 112 colour illus., 64 black&white illus.

Now available in an updated edition, this visually stunning collection of landscape paintings and drawings by Egon Schiele brings to light a little-known aspect of this famous painter's oeuvre. Best known for his depictions of the human form, Schie...

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History of Art

Japanese Zen Buddhism and the Impossible Painting

Lippit Yukio

ISBN: PB: 9781606065129, Getty Publications, February 2017
80 pp., 25x15 cm

Zen art poses a conundrum. On the one hand, Zen Buddhism emphasizes the concept of emptiness, which among other things asserts that form is empty, that all phenomena in the world are illusory. On the other hand, a prodigious amount of artwork has bee...

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History of Art

Michelangelo's Tomb for Julius II Genesis and Genius

Luitpold Frommel Christophe

ISBN: HB: 9781606065037, Getty Publications, February 2017
368 pp., 25x15 cm, 110 colour illus., 256 black&white illus.

In 1505, Michelangelo began planning the magnificent tomb for Pope Julius II, which would dominate the next forty years of his career. Repeated failures to complete the monument were characterized by Condivi, Michelangelo's authorized biographer, as...

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History of Art

Impressionist and Modern Art The A. Jerrold Perenchio Collection

Lehmbeck Leah

ISBN: HB: 9783791355610, Prestel Publishing, November 2016
256 pp., 30x24.8 cm, 187 colour illus.

The collection of former Univision CEO A. Jerrold Perenchio is a treasure trove of masterpieces, including important works by Bonnard, Degas, Leger, Magritte, Manet, Monet, Picasso, and others. By donating this incredible collection to LACMA, Perench...

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Fashion

Fit for a Queen Her Majesty Queen Sirikit's Creations by Balmain

Leventon Melissa

ISBN: HB: 9786167339634, Prestel Publishing, River Books, November 2016
232 pp., 30.9x23.7 cm, colour photos

In 1960, Their Majesties King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand embarked on a historic, six-month-long state visit to 15 Western nations. Her Majesty, the first queen of Thailand to visit the West since the 1930s, anticipated that her...

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History of Art

Valentin de Boulogne Beyond Caravaggio

Lemoine Annick, Christiansen Keith, Allard Sebastian, Cavazzini Patrizia, Cuzin Jean-Pierre, Papi Gianni

ISBN: HB: 9781588396020, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2016
288 pp., 28.5x24.1 cm, 145 colour illus.

The first comprehensive English monograph on an outstanding 17th-century artist In the years following Caravaggio's death, the French-born painter Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632) emerged as one of the greatest masters of naturalistic painting, demon...

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Contemporary Art

Catalogue Raisonne

Richard Diebenkorn The Catalogue Raisonne

Livingston Jane, Liguori Andrea, Elderfield John, Nash Steven, Fine Ruth E., Nordland Gerald, Grant Richard

ISBN: HB: 9780300184501, Yale University Press, October 2016
2176 pp., 31.1x25.1 cm, vol. 1: 299 colour illus.; vol. 2: 1645 colour illus.; vol. 3: 2344 colour illus.

A four-volume definitive resource on the career and unique works of the postwar American artist Richard Diebenkorn The celebrated American artist Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) was a singular figure in postwar American art. Early in his career, he cr...

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