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Lisa Kereszi The More I Learn About Wom
ISBN: HB: 9780989531115, DAP, J&L Books, November 2014
112 pp., 21.6x15.2 cm, 100 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! While photographer Lisa Kereszi (born 1973) was researching for her previous book, "Joe's Junk Yard", her father, Joe Jr., gave her a worn and tattered old photo album that he had compiled in the 1970s and 80s. Inside were...
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£27,00
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Physiology of the Employee
ISBN: PB: 9781939663047, DAP, Wakefield Press, October 2014
160 pp., 17.8x11.4 cm, 55 black&white illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! If Honore de Balzac's Treatise on Elegant Living addressed one crucial pillar of modernity – the "mode" itself, fashion – his "Physiology of the Employee" examines another equally potent cornerstone to the modern era: burea...
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£12,50
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Puppet and the Modern
ISBN: HB: 9788074670565, DAP, Arbor Vitae, October 2014
456 pp., 33x21.5 cm, 750 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! Czechoslovakia's unique culture of puppet theater reached a glorious apex between about 1900 and 1950, and its visual style was integral to the development of modernist and contemporary theater and animation. "The Puppet an...
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£65,00
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Vital Art Nouveau 1900 From the Collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
ISBN: PB: 9788074670541, DAP, Museum of Decorative Arts Prague, October 2014
304 pp., 24.7x20.9 cm, 539 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! "Vital Art Nouveau 1900" presents a selection of the most outstanding works of Czech and European Art Nouveau style from the collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, all of which are on permanent display at th...
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£57,00
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Gerhard Richter Books
ISBN: PB: 9781941366011, DAP, Gregory R. Miller & Co., October 2014
122 pp., 20.9x14.6 cm, 24 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! Gerhard Richter (born 1932) is predominantly known for his paintings and drawings, which strike a playful balance between photo-realism and abstraction, while at once delving into often controversial political commentary. H...
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£22,00
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Vladimir Jindrich Bufka
ISBN: PB: 9788072154012, DAP, Torst, September 2014
148 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, 78 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! Despite a career that was curtailed at the age of 29, Vladimir Jindrich Bufka (1887-1916) was one of the most distinctive early-twentieth-century art photographers in Prague and indeed in all of Austria-Hungary. Bufka drew...
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£22,00
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Jan Svoboda
ISBN: PB: 9788072154241, DAP, Torst, September 2014
140 pp., 17.7x16.5 cm, 92 duotone
Not for sale in Estonia! Czech artist Jan Svoboda (1934-1990) spent a lifetime laboring to redefine the language of photography. This catalogue gives an overview of his career, from early still lifes to works that questioned the rules and boundarie...
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£22,00
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Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret Chandigarh, India
ISBN: HB: 9782909187075, DAP, Galerie Patrick Seguin, September 2014
432 pp., 30.4x21.5 cm, illustrated throughout
Not for sale in Estonia! This beautiful, comprehensive volume documents Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret's massive Chandigarh project – the buildings and the furniture (today considered masterpieces of twentieth-century architecture and design), t...
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£175,00
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Fundamentals 14th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia
ISBN: PB: 9788831718691, DAP, Marsilio Editori, August 2014
348 pp., 24.7x19.6 cm, 735 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! The official Biennale catalogue – a global overview of architecture of the last one hundred years. The emphasis of the 2014 Biennale is on architectural history. Each country is asked to narrate its history over the last on...
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£90,00
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Josef Sudek Labyrinths
ISBN: HB: 9788072154371, DAP, Torst, August 2014
96 pp., 27.9x20.3 cm, 64 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! Like the previous volumes "The Window of My Studio" and "Still Lifes", this new Josef Sudek monograph collects a series of photographs made within the confines of the Czech photographer's workspace. Sudek's studio famously...
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£53,00
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