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Flower Power
ISBN: HB: 9785912083631, Prestel Publishing, Arca, May 2019
224 pp., 15.2x11.4 cm, colour illus.
This elegant gift edition pays tribute to the symbolic and allegorical language of flowers by placing flower portraits , manuscripts and botanical atlases alongside myths, legends and poetry from around the world. Devoted to flowers, the book is beau...
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£12,99
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Birds of a Feather...
ISBN: HB: 9785912083648, Prestel Publishing, Arca, May 2019
304 pp., 15.2x11.4 cm
The symbolism surrounding the bird is unequalled by any other creature. Godlike, mysterious, benevolent or evil, they can be associated with fire, with freedom, with fragility and have been a recurrent symbol in mythology, literature and art through...
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£12,99
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New York Day & Night
ISBN: HB: 9783791373782, Prestel Publishing, March 2019
30 pp., 30x20 cm, illustrations throughout
Sometimes your eyes can play tricks on you, especially in the dark. This enchanting picture book shows how New York City can look quite peculiar at night. Each brightly colored spread is overlaid with a sheet of translucent blue paper and when lifted...
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£11,99
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Martin Parr Tbilisi
ISBN: HB: 9783791384863, Prestel Publishing, February 2019
128 pp., 30x24 cm, 80 colour illus.
With curiosity and zeal, Martin Parr has been photographing people and the way we live for more than thirty years. One of the leading members of the Magnum Photos collective, Parr has traveled the world to investigate the international phenomena of l...
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£35,00
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ABC
ISBN: HB: 9785912082542, Prestel Publishing, Arca, July 2018
74 pp., 9.9x9.9 cm, illustrations throughout
Every letter in this unusual ABC book opens a door into the treasure-stores of one of the world's great museums. the book is aimed not only at children who start learning their letters, but also at a slightly older age group and at parents who want t...
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£12,95
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ABC Mini Edition
ISBN: HB: 9785912083341, Prestel Publishing, Arca, June 2018
64 pp., 20.8x20.8 cm, illustrations throughout
Miniature souvenir version of the large-format ABC book. Enlarged details of paintings, sculpture, jewellery, netsuke, Scythian gold-all these masterpieces of world culture created by human hands across many centuries can be found here.
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£4,99
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Georgia O'Keeffe Visions of Hawai'i
ISBN: HB: 9783791357270, Prestel Publishing, May 2018
144 pp., 28x23 cm, 80 colour illus., 24 black&white illus.
This book explores Georgia O'Keeffe's love for Hawai'i through more than 15 paintings inspired by the beautiful landscape. In 1939, Georgia O'Keeffe, who at 51 was among the most famous artists in the United States, accepted a commission from the Ha...
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£27,50
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Curtains and Holes
ISBN: HB: 9788417047368, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, April 2018
104 pp., 28.1x23.2 cm, photos
After studying media and photography in Lima, Pablo Hare entered film studies at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television in San Antonio, Cuba. He has been a resident at the Kunsthochschule fur Medien in Cologne and at the Cite Internationale d...
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£25,00
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Second Buddha Master of Time
ISBN: HB: 9783791357539, Prestel Publishing, April 2018
200 pp., 29.5x25.5 cm, 90 colour illus.
This book explores the iconography of Padmasambhava, a famous and timeless figure in Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist cultures. Padmasambhava, a legendary Buddhist master believed to be instrumental in bringing Buddhism to Tibet, is often known as "Th...
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£39,99
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Another Kind of Life Photography on the Margins
ISBN: HB: 9783791384276, Prestel Publishing, March 2018
288 pp., 27.5x22.5 cm, 250 colour illus.
At a time when individual rights are being contested and when those on the fringes of society feel deeply threatened, this powerful photographic compilation delivers a message of humanity and inclusiveness that transcends geopolitical and cultural bo...
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£39,99
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