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Ashen Sky The Letters of Pliny the Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius
ISBN: HB: 9780892369003, Getty Publications, November 2007
40 pp., 21.5x19 cm, 16 detailed relief engravings
Pliny the Younger (61-112 AD) was a Roman official and writer. He has become famous for his two letters to the historian Tacitus, which detail his eye-witness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD which took the life of his uncle, Pliny...
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£14,99
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Pots and Plays Interactions Between Tragedy Vase-Painting of the Fourth Century B.C.
ISBN: HB: 9780892368075, Getty Publications, November 2007
304 pp., 28x28 cm, 76 colour illus., 48 black&white illus.
Greek painted pottery from the fourth century BC is one of the largest and most remarkable bodies of theatrically informed material that still survives. "Pots and Plays" is a thorough and insightful re-evaluation of over 100 Greek vases – mostly from...
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£60,00
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Edward Weston's Book of Nudes
ISBN: HB: 9780892369034, Getty Publications, November 2007
96 pp., 28.5x26.7 cm, 70 duotone photos
Edward Henry Weston (1886-1958) first started taking photographs at the age of sixteen with a camera given to him by his father. Over the next five decades, he would come to be regarded by his peers as one of the greatest photographers of the twentie...
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£30,00
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Life and Work Art and Biography
ISBN: HB: 9780892368235, Getty Publications, August 2007
200 pp., 26.7x19 cm, 31 colour illus., 44 black&white illus.
It is often assumed that reading about the lives of artists enhances our understanding of their work – and that their work will reveal to us something about them – but the relationship between biography and art is rarely that simple. "The Life and th...
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£35,00
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Antiquity Recovered The Legacy of Pompeii and Herculaneum
ISBN: HB: 9780892368723, Getty Publications, August 2007
304 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 50 colour illus., 70 black&white illus.
Ever since they were first discovered and explored in 1709, the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum have excited the historical imagination of the West. "Antiquity Recovered" presents thirteen diverse essays that trace how perceptions of the pa...
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£45,00
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Place in the Sun Photography of Los Angeles
ISBN: HB: 9780892368815, Getty Publications, August 2007
88 pp., 30.5x30.5 cm, 45 colour illus.
This is a superb photographic celebration of the unique places and people of Los Angeles. Photographer John Humble has lived and worked in Los Angeles for over thirty years – in that time he has created a stunning body of work that uniquely captures...
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£30,00
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Gardens in Art
ISBN: PB: 9780892368853, Getty Publications, August 2007
384 pp., 19.7x13.3 cm, 400 colour illus.
An intriguing and richly illustrated analysis of the symbolic imagery found in gardens throughout history, this work features dedicated mailing to targeted art and gardening related media and organisations. This superbly illustrated volume presents r...
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£16,99
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Titian Remade Repetition and the Transformation of Early Modern Italian Art
ISBN: HB: 9780892368730, Getty Publications, August 2007
216 pp., 26.7x19 cm, 26 colour illus., 43 black&white illus.
This insightful volume explores the use of imitation and the modern cult of originality through a consideration of the disparate fates of two Venetian painters – the canonized master Titian (c. 1488-1576) and his artistic heir, the little known Padov...
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£35,00
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P is for Peanut A Photographic ABC
ISBN: HB: 9780892368785, Getty Publications, April 2007
64 pp., 20.3x20.3 cm, 26 duotone illus.
This delightful volume uses twenty-six great photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection to show children the alphabet in action – and teach them some interesting ways to look at, and wonder about, works of art. Included are photographs by...
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Pieter de Hooch A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy
ISBN: PB: 9780892368440, Getty Publications, April 2007
96 pp., 23.5x19.1 cm, 34 colour illus.
This volume examines the painting in relation to the artist's life and works, explores his stylistic development, and considers as well, his often complex relationship with other artists. "Pieter de Hooch" also looks at the subject matter of the piec...
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