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Pensive Image Art as a Form of Thinking
ISBN: HB: 9780226717951, University of Chicago Press, December 2020
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 16 colour plates, 26 halftones
While the philosophical dimension of painting has long been discussed, a clear case for painting as a form of visual thinking has yet to be made. Traditionally, vanitas still life paintings are considered to raise ontological issues while landscapes...
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£28,00
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Impressionism in Russia Dawn of the Avant-Garde
ISBN: HB: 9783791359830, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
264 pp., 30x24 cm, 200 colour illus.
In the late 19th century, numerous Russian artists found inspiration in the style of French Impressionist painters. Often, a journey to Paris acted as a catalyst for their burgeoning interest in the movement. They developed a preference for working e...
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£39,99
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Rembrandt in Amsterdam Creativity and Competition
ISBN: HB: 9780300249934, Yale University Press, November 2020
300 pp., 29.8x23.5 cm, 250 illus.
Around the age of 25, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) moved from his hometown of Leiden to Amsterdam, which was the commercial capital of northern Europe at that time. Considered a bold step for a fledgling artist, this change demonstrates that Rembra...
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£40,00
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Kuniyoshi
ISBN: HB: 9783791385099, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
288 pp., 36.4x30 cm, 247 colour illus., 34 black&white illus.
Best known for his depictions of fierce samurai warriors in battle, Utagawa Kuniyoshi also produced landscapes, portraits of Kabuki actors, and images of mythical animals. His dynamic action scenes and fantastic creatures are recognized today as prec...
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£99,00
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Speaking of Objects African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago
ISBN: HB: 9780300254327, Yale University Press, November 2020
216 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 135 colour illus., 30 black&white illus.
Featuring a selection of more than 75 works of traditional African art in the Art Institute of Chicago's collection, this stunning volume includes objects in a wide variety of media from regions across the continent. Essays and catalogue entries by l...
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£30,00
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Masters of Art Modigliani
ISBN: PB: 9783791386591, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
112 pp., 21x17 cm, 55 colour illus.
Amedeo Modigliani experimented with sculpture and drawing, but is primarily known for his paintings of nudes and portraits characterized by elongated figures, faces, and necks. He began painting in his youth in Italy before moving to Paris in 1906, d...
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£9,99
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Masters of Art Kahlo
ISBN: PB: 9783791386577, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
112 pp., 21x17 cm, 55 colour illus.
Although her body of work is relatively small, Frida Kahlo has inspired adoration and admiration that few other artists have attained. This accessible and elegant book offers full page reproductions of a selection of her works, allowing for a broad a...
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£9,99
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Street Life in Renaissance Italy
ISBN: HB: 9780300175431, Yale University Press, November 2020
320 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 150 illus.
The cities of Renaissance Italy comprised a network of forces shaping both the urban landscape and those who inhabited it. In this illuminating study, those complex relations are laid bare and explored through the lens of contemporary urban theory, p...
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£45,00
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Rubens
ISBN: PB: 9783791386614, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
112 pp., 21x17 cm, 55 colour illus.
Arguably the greatest artist of the Baroque period, Peter Paul Rubens was an accomplished painter and draftsman, as well as a valued diplomat. This accessible examination of his life and work looks at every aspect of Rubens's oeuvre; from his commiss...
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£9,99
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Woman in White Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler
ISBN: HB: 9780300254501, Yale University Press, November 2020
304 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 170 colour illus.
In 1860 James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) and Joanna Hiffernan (1839-1886) met and began a significant professional and personal relationship. Hiffernan posed as a model for many of Whistler's works, including his controversial Symphony in White pai...
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£40,00
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