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Novembergruppe, 1918-1935 From Hoech to Taut, From Klee to Dix
ISBN: HB: 9783791357812, Prestel Publishing, November 2018
256 pp., 26.7x22.9 cm, colour illus.
In the wake of World War I and the German Revolution of November 1918, a group of German artists, architects, composers, and writers banded together to work toward a democratic society that would reflect the values of the Weimar constitution. Some of...
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£45,00
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David Diao
ISBN: HB: 9783791356174, Prestel Publishing, November 2018
308 pp., 27x20 cm, 200 colour illus.
Tracing a remarkably varied career, this monograph on the painter David Diao follows his stylistic evolution – from abstraction to genre-defying and candid self-exploration. This book accompanies the first full-scale retrospective of David Diao's en...
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Deformation Professionnelle
ISBN: HB: 9783791356464, Prestel Publishing, November 2018
320 pp., 28x23.6 cm, 400 colour illus.
Born in Iran and based in Berlin, German artist Nairy Baghramian explores and reflects on formal languages of both modernism and post-minimalism. Over the past two decades, Baghramian has become known for her reflections on minimalism and her context...
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£40,00
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Photography in India
ISBN: HB: 9783791384214, Prestel Publishing, November 2018
352 pp., 28x24.5 cm, 150 colour illus., 150 black&white illus.
This book follows the remarkable story of photography in India from the 1840s to today. India has one of the richest and most extensive histories of photography in the world with the camera arriving in the country only a few years after its inventio...
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£49,99
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CIVITAS: Sao Paulo
ISBN: HB: 9789899948532, Prestel Publishing, Monade, November 2018
354 pp., 30x22 cm, 299 photo plates, 104 technical drawings
This richly illustrated monograph explores the city-building aspirations of the Brazilian modern masters through their buildings in Sao Paulo. Works by Vilanova Artigas, Lina Bo Bardi, Salvador Candia, Rino Levi, Oscar Niemeyer and Paulo Mendes da Ro...
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£53,00
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Imaginary Travels
ISBN: HB: 9783791357560, Prestel Publishing, November 2018
368 pp., 30x24 cm, 300 colour illus.
Reflecting the latest scholarship on German Expressionist artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, this book focuses on the role of the imaginary in his oeuvre. Throughout Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's career, one unifying theme emerges – the search for what he saw...
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Fuseli Drama and Theatre
ISBN: HB: 9783791357584, Prestel Publishing, November 2018
240 pp., 27.5x21.5 cm, 160 colour illus.
The renowned 18th-century painter Henry Fuseli, who revered Shakespeare and loved all things theatrical, is the subject of this lavishly illustrated book which focuses on the influence literary sources and contemporary theatre had on his work. Shado...
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Gauguin A Spiritual Journey
ISBN: HB: 9783791357959, Prestel Publishing, November 2018
224 pp., 27x22 cm, 150 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.
This dazzling book showcases dozens of Paul Gauguin's most celebrated works and presents a new consideration of the artist's relationships. This vibrant examination of Paul Gauguin's life and work features more than fifty pieces from the Ny Carlsber...
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Steve Kahn The Hollywood Suites
ISBN: HB: 9783791357997, Prestel Publishing, October 2018
160 pp., 28x28 cm, 248 colour illus.
This generously illustrated book chronicles Steve Kahn's "The Hollywood Suites" series, which comprises of photos taken in rent-by-the-hour apartments in a run-down section of Hollywood from 1974 to 1977, featuring porn-industry models and the archit...
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£39,99
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Hello Lilac – Good Morning Yellow Colors and First Words
ISBN: HB: 9783791373515, Prestel Publishing, October 2018
32 pp., 26x20 cm, 32 colour illus.
This charming introduction to the world of color and a child's first words is brimming with bright, playfully inviting illustrations of everyday objects. Introducing children to colors and in the process expanding their vocabulary, this book will de...
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£10,99
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