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Samuel van Hoogstraten's Introduction to the Academy of Painting; or, The Visible World
ISBN: PB: 9781606066676, Getty Publications, January 2021
424 pp., 0x0 cm
A unique seventeenth-century account of painting as it was practiced, taught, and discussed during a period of extraordinary artistic and intellectual ferment in the Netherlands. The only comprehensive work on painting written by a Dutch artist in th...
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£60,00
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Finding Dora Maar
ISBN: PB: 9781606066591, Getty Publications, May 2020
216 pp., 21x14.6 cm
Merging biography, memoir, and cultural history, this compelling book, a bestseller in France, traces the life of Dora Maar (1907-1997) through a serendipitous encounter with the artist's address book In search of a replacement for his lost Hermes ag...
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£18,99
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Don't Let the Beasties Escape This Book!
ISBN: HB: 9781947440043, Getty Publications, September 2019
36 pp., 26x21 cm, illus.
Young Godfrey and his family toil for the lord and lady of the castle. But when Godfrey stumbles upon an unfinished Book of Beasts, its splendid pictures of animals make him forget his chores. He invents the story of a brave knight, Sir Godfrey the G...
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£13,99
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On Modern Beauty Three Paintings by Manet, Gauguin, and Cezanne
ISBN: PB: 9781606066065, Getty Publications, June 2019
103 pp., 25x15 cm, colour illus.
As the discipline of art history has moved away from connoisseurship, the notion of beauty has become increasingly problematic. Both culturally and personally subjective, the term is difficult to define and nearly universally avoided. In this insight...
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£14,99
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Sam Francis The Artist's Materials
ISBN: PB: 9781606065839, Getty Publications, February 2019
140 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, illus.
American artist Sam Francis (1923-1994) brought vivid colour and emotional intensity to Abstract Expressionism. He was described as the "most sensuous and sensitive painter of his generation" by former Guggenheim Museum director James Johnson Sweeney...
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£30,00
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Understanding Illuminated Manscripts A Guide to Technical Terms (Second Edition)
ISBN: PB: 9781606065785, Getty Publications, October 2018
128 pp., 23.5x15.9 cm, 110 colour illus.
What is a historiated initial? What are canon tables? What is a drollery? This revised edition of Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms offers definitions of the key elements of illuminated manuscripts, demystifying the te...
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£14,95
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Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum
ISBN: PB: 9781606065136, Getty Publications, August 2017
510 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 1 map, 56 line drawings
In the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum are more than six hundred ancient lamps that span the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, most from the Roman Imperial period and largely created in Asia Minor or North Africa. These lamps have m...
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£100,00
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Roman Mosaics in the J.Paul Getty Mueseum
ISBN: PB: 9781606064979, Getty Publications, June 2017
88 pp., 27.9x21.7 cm, illus.
The mosaics in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum span the second through the sixth centuries AD and reveal the diversity of compositions found throughout the Roman Empire during this period. Elaborate floors of stone and glass tesserae trans...
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£27,50
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Lure of Italy Artists' Views
ISBN: HB: 9781606065198, Getty Publications, May 2017
96 pp., 18.4x21.6 cm, 1 map, 67 colour illus.
For centuries Italy has fascinated travelers and artists. From the crumbling ruins of ancient Rome to the crystal- clear light of Venice, artists have found inspiration not only in the cities but also in the countryside and in the deep history and cu...
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£14,99
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Adolph Menzel The Quest for Reality
ISBN: HB: 9781606065174, Getty Publications, April 2017
284 pp., 27.9x22.7 cm, 30 black&white illus., 137 colour illus.
Adolph Menzel (1815-1905) is widely regarded as the epitome of realist art. From the very beginning of his career, he captured the beauty and horror of reality with unflinching precision, and he was a consummate master of atmosphere. A man of very sh...
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£50,00
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