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Drawing Analogies Graphic Manual of Architecture
ISBN: PB: 9788862423311, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, October 2020
120 pp., 22x22 cm
Drawing analogies proposes an innovative way of drawing by means of which we can go from observing an existing architectural model to a design idea inspired by the same model. Using exclusively free hand drawing, the author presents a series of cases...
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£17,99
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Ernst Haas New York in Color, 1952-1962
ISBN: HB: 9783791386546, Prestel Publishing, October 2020
208 pp., 29x24 cm, 175 colour illus.
Ernst Haas's color works reveal the photographer's remarkable genius and remind us on every page why we love New York. When Ernst Haas moved from Vienna to New York City in 1951, he left behind a war-torn continent and a career producing black-and-wh...
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£35,00
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Exlibris 16 Keywords of Contemporary Architecture
ISBN: PB: 9788862423359, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, October 2020
160 pp., 22x16.5 cm
Architects write a lot, especially now that conceptual aspects have become central in advanced reflections and narrative forms increasingly intersect the quest of design practices for an ultimate legitimation. In the growing mass of publications, the...
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£17,99
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Gerhard Richter Abstraction
ISBN: PB: 9783791359922, Prestel Publishing, September 2020
240 pp., 30x24 cm, 174 colour illus.
This book focuses solely on the abstract strategies and processes contained in Gerhard Richter's body of work. In the early 1960s, the artist began to call painting into question, an exploration that continues to occupy him to this day. In the 1970s,...
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£27,50
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Hundertwasser Complete Graphic Work 1951-1976
ISBN: HB: 9783791387055, Prestel Publishing, September 2020
144 pp., 14.5x11 cm, 95 colour illus.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser was a painter. He created original graphic works – lithographs, silkscreens, mixed media, etchings, and aquatint as well as Japanese woodcuts. This bibliophilic gem is a Hundertwasser original, the first book designed and...
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£16,99
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Poster 200 Years of Art and History
ISBN: HB: 9783791359861, Prestel Publishing, September 2020
384 pp., 30x22.5 cm, 480 colour illus.
The poster is a versatile marketing tool widely used from the 19th century to today for everything from political events to movies. A good poster has many layers, it goes beyond advertising and makes statements about style, history, fashion, and tast...
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£45,00
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Scary Book
ISBN: HB: 9783791374642, Prestel Publishing, September 2020
20 pp., 26.1x17.6 cm, colour illus.
Snakes, bats, and spiders aren't that frightening – but just wait till you see what they're like on the inside! This delightfully ghoulish book is filled to the brim with creatures perfect for some Halloween fun. Whether it's a big bad wolf or a skel...
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£9,99
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Self Evident Truths 10,000 Portraits of Queer America
ISBN: HB: 9783791386911, Prestel Publishing, September 2020
544 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 10000 black&white illus.
The Declaration of Independence states that it is self-evident that we are all created equal. Millions of people in the US, however, are deprived of basic rights merely because they aren't heteronormative. Believing that it's impossible to deny the h...
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£29,99
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Skate Like a Girl
ISBN: HB: 9783791387079, Prestel Publishing, September 2020
264 pp., 26x21 cm, 240 colour illus.
In ever-increasing numbers, girls and women are gathering at skate parks and competing in skateboarding events on nearly every continent. In stunning photographs of remarkable female skaters in action, this book celebrates the incredible range of sty...
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£29,99
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Textiles of India
ISBN: HB: 9783791386850, Prestel Publishing, September 2020
384 pp., 34x25.5 cm, 400 colour illus.
Dating back to the fifth millennium BCE, India's rich and vibrant textile tradition boasts an enormous range of techniques and extraordinary level of artistry. Drawn from one of the world's finest collections of Indian textiles, this book presents a...
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£75,00
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