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Contemporary Art

As Essential as Dreams Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither

White Michelle, Adele Lynne, Anderson Brooke Davis, Breslin David, Espinosa Victor M., Gomez Edward M., Hernandez Jo Farb, Kogan Lee, Rhodes Colin, Umberger Leslie

ISBN: HB: 9780300218411, Yale University Press, September 2016
112 pp., 24.8x29.2 cm, 114 colour illus.

This stunning book examines the collection of works by self-taught artists assembled by Stephanie and John Smither over the last thirty-odd years. A team of prominent curators, writers, critics, and art historians focuses on key works by twelve artis...

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Design

Brutal London Construct Your Own Concrete Capital

Zupagrafika

ISBN: HB: 9783791383002, Prestel Publishing, September 2016
72 pp., 28x24 cm, 47 colour illus., 1 black&white illus.

In this fun and intellectually stimulating book, readers can recreate a number of London's most renowned Brutalist buildings. Opening with an informative history of the origins and philosophy of Brutalist architecture, the book then focuses on 9 buil...

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Photography

Real/Ideal Photography in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France

Hellman Karen

ISBN: HB: 9781606065105, Getty Publications, September 2016
240 pp., 29.6x24.8 cm, 212 colour illus.

In the years following the invention of photography in 1839, practitioners in France gave shape to this intriguing new medium through experimental printing techniques and innovative compositions. The rich body of work they developed proved foundation...

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History of Art

Masterworks from the Neue Galerie New York

Price Renee

ISBN: HB: 9783791355818, Prestel Publishing, September 2016
248 pp., 28.5x23.5 cm, 257 colour illus.

The Neue Galerie New York opened in November 2001, when it showcased its collection of Austrian and German art from 1890 to 1940. The museum's Austrian holdings encompass major paintings by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, and Richard Ger...

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Children's Books

Mermaid and the Parakeet A Children's Book Inspired by Henri Matisse

Massenot Veronique

ISBN: HB: 9783791372655, Prestel Publishing, September 2016
32 pp., 32x24 cm, 32 colour illus.

Henri Matisse once said, "What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter". It's no wonder his works are loved by children everywhere. In this charming book, Vanessa Hie and Veronique Mas...

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History of Art

Spreading Canvas Eighteenth-Century British Marine Painting

Hughes Eleanor, Quilley Geoff, Johns Richard, Monks Sarah, Roach Catherine, Lynford Sophie, McAleer John, Merwe Pieter van der, Riding Christine

ISBN: HB: 9780300221572, Yale University Press, September 2016
312 pp., 28x24.1 cm, 312 colour illus.

Spreading Canvas takes a close look at the tradition of marine painting that flourished in 18th-century Britain. Drawing primarily on the extensive collections of the Yale Center for British Art and the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London,...

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Children's Books

Coloring Book Renoir

Roeder Annette

ISBN: PB: 9783791372808, Prestel Publishing, September 2016
32 pp., 28x24 cm, 16 colour illus., 16 black&white illus.

This delightful coloring book introduces children to one of the world's most celebrated artists, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The French artist was a leading figure in the development of the Impressionist style. Most often focusing on people, his paintings...

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Colouring Books for Adults

Creatures of the Deep A Pop-up Book

Haeckel Ernst, Biederstaedt Maike

ISBN: HB: 9783791372310, Prestel Publishing, September 2016
16 pp., 30x21 cm, 7 colour pop-up

The magnificent prints of Ernst Haeckel, who captured the amazing forms of the natural world, spring to life in this exciting pop-up book that reveals the vibrant intricacy of his work. The book "Art Forms in Nature" is a collection of prints, made...

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Contemporary Art

Cubism – Constructivism – FORM ART

Husslein-Arco Agnes, Klee Alexander

ISBN: HB: 9783791355474, Prestel Publishing, September 2016
312 pp., 28.5x23 cm, 340 colour illus.

This volume presents for the first time the fundamental artistic circumstances from 1900 onward that led to the emergence of nonobjective art. For example, on the surface there are no obvious connections between the Formkunst (art of form) of Vienna...

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Contemporary Art

Doug Aitken Electric Earth

Vergne Philippe

ISBN: HB: 9783791355696, Prestel Publishing, September 2016
264 pp., 30.5x21.6 cm, 253 colour illus.

From photography to architecture, and from video to spoken word, Doug Aitken has delved into a variety of art forms to create a provocative body of work. This volume surveys the full scope and depth of Aitken's work: sound pieces, sculpture, architec...

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