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History of Art

Endeavouring Banks Exploring the Collections from the Endeavour Voyage 1768-1771

Attenborough David, Agnarsdottir Anna, Coote Jeremy, Hatfield Phillip J., Gascoigne John

ISBN: HB: 9781907372902, Casemate, Paul Holberton Publishing, May 2016
235 pp., 28x24 cm, 150 colour illus.

When English naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820) accompanied Captain James Cook (1728-1779) on his historic mission into the Pacific, the Endeavour voyage of 1768-1771, he took with him a team of collectors and illustrators. Banks and his team return...

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Contemporary Art

Aspects of Post-War Abstraction 1952-2002

Garlake Margaret

ISBN: HB: 9781901192438, Casemate, Piano Nobile, May 2016
80 pp., 28x24 cm, 40 illus.

First published to accompany a group exhibition at Piano Nobile, Aspects of Post-War Abstraction 1952-2002, this fully colour illustrated catalogue showcases seminal works of abstract art produced in Britain over the course of five decades. The publi...

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Contemporary Art

Culture Studies

On the Animation of the Inorganic Art, Architecture, and the Extension of Life

Papapetros Spyros

ISBN: PB: 9780226380193, ISBN: HB: 9780226645681, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
440 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 164 halftones, 10 colour illus.

Throughout human history, people have imagined inanimate objects to have intelligence, language, and even souls. In our secular societies today, we still willingly believe that nonliving objects have lives of their own as we find ourselves interactin...

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Design

Character Design by 100 Illustrators Full of Characters

Alavedra Inma

ISBN: HB + CD: 9788416504114, Hoaki, April 2016
240 pp., 22.9x17.8 cm, fully illustrated in colour

This outstanding illustrated volume presents a rich collection of the most original characters from designers all around the world. Any animation, cartoon, comic or illustration needs a great unique character to bring the artwork to life and this boo...

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Children's Books

Georgia O'Keeffe The Artist in the Desert

Benke Britta

ISBN: HB: 9783791372501, Prestel Publishing, April 2016
32 pp., 28x24 cm, 32 colour illus., 2 black&white illus.

Now available in a new paperback edition, this book for young readers offers an illustrated introduction to the life and art of Georgia O'Keeffe. Georgia O'Keeffe's bold and colorful depictions of flowers, New York skylines, and desert landscapes ar...

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Gloria Cortina

ISBN: HB: 9788416282326, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, April 2016
298 pp., 40x27 cm, colour photos

This lavishly oversized book is about Gloria Cortina s very individual approach to design as an expression of the Mexican culture and craft. Her work evokes the harmony that exists in complexity and contrast. She manipulates volume and proportion, sp...

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Design

Eat and Stay Restaurant Graphics and Interiors

Shaoqiang Wang

ISBN: HB: 9788416504091, Hoaki, April 2016
240 pp., 28.5x21 cm, fully illustrated in colour

Delicious food makes the consumers happy, while exquisite branding and interior atmosphere make them ecstatic. A well-designed visual identity can perfectly reflect the gastronomic philosophy of an establishment and will add to the character of a bra...

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Children's Books

13 Skyscrapers Children Should Know

Finger Brad

ISBN: HB: 9783791372518, Prestel Publishing, April 2016
48 pp., 28x24 cm, 60 colour illus.

This newest addition to Prestel's acclaimed series, which introduces children to important works of art and architecture, takes young readers around the world to investigate how tall buildings are constructed and what makes them so appealing. There'...

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History of Art

Art Flexi-Series

Hieronymus Bosch Garden of Earthly Delights

Belting Hans

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791382050, Prestel Publishing, April 2016
128 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 60 colour illus.

Now available in a new edition, this book explores Hieronymus Bosch's masterpiece "Garden of Earthly Delights". Few paintings inspire the kind of intense study and speculation as "Garden of Earthly Delights", the world-famous triptych by Netherlandi...

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History of Art

Drawings from the Age of Bruegel, Rubens, and Rembrandt Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums

Robinson William W., Anderson Susan

ISBN: HB: 9780300208047, Yale University Press, April 2016
300 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 335 colour illus.

This superb book presents 100 notable examples from the Harvard Art Museums' distinguished collection of Dutch, Flemish, and Netherlandish drawings from the 16th to 18th century. Featuring such masters as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens,...

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