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Conservation of Medieval Polychrome Wood Sculpture History, Theory, Practice
ISBN: PB: 9781606066553, Getty Publications, August 2020
296 pp., 26x21.6 cm, 168 colour illus., 63 black&white illus.
Medieval polychrome wood sculptures are highly complex objects, bearers of histories that begin with their original carving and adornment and continue through long centuries of repainting, deterioration, restoration, and conservation. Abundantly illu...
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£55,00
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Lectures on Art Selected "Conferences" from the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, 1667-1772
ISBN: PB: 9781606066461, Getty Publications, August 2020
480 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 73 colour illus.
Between 1667 and 1792, the artists and amateurs of the Acade mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris lectured on the Academie's "conferences", foundational documents in the theory and practice of art. These texts and the principles they embod...
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William Blake Visionary
ISBN: HB: 9781606066423, Getty Publications, August 2020
160 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 135 colour illus., 1 black&white illus.
William Blake (1757-1827) is a universal artist – an inspiration to musicians, poets, performers, and visual artists worldwide. By combining his poetry and images on the page through radical printing techniques, Blake created some of the most strikin...
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£27,00
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Robert Irwin: Getty Garden Revised Edition
ISBN: HB: 9781606066560, Getty Publications, June 2020
144 pp., 22.7x19.1 cm, 75 colour illus.
Among the most beloved sites at the Getty Center, the Central Garden has aroused intense interest from the moment artist Robert Irwin was awarded the commission. First published in 2002, "Robert Irwin: Getty Garden" is comprised of a series of discus...
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£16,99
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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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Tastemakers British Dealers and the Anglo-Gallic Interior, 1785-1865
ISBN: HB: 9781606066416, Getty Publications, May 2020
272 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 60 colour illus., 64 black&white illus.
In this volume, Diana Davis demonstrates how London dealers invented a new and visually splendid decorative style that combined the contrasting tastes of two nations. Departing from the conventional narrative that depicts dealers as purveyors of anti...
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£50,00
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Mesopotamia Civilization Begins
ISBN: HB: 9781606066492, Getty Publications, April 2020
352 pp., 29.2x22.9 cm, 270 colour illus. illus; 1 map
Ancient Mesopotamia, a region that mainly corresponds to modern-day Iraq, has a record of human activity dating back nearly fifteen thousand years. Writing was invented in Mesopotamia at the end of the fourth millennium BCE, and urbanization reached...
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£50,00
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If... 25th Anniversary Edition
ISBN: HB: 9781947440050, Getty Publications, March 2020
48 pp., 26.7x21.6 cm, 30 colour illus.
Take a fantastical journey where anything can happen: leaves turn into fish, cats fly with wings, humans have tails, frogs eat rainbows, and dreams become visible. The Getty's first children's title, Sarah Perry's delightful picture book of "surreal...
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£12,99
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Herculaneum and the House of the Bicentenary History and Heritage
ISBN: PB: 9781606066287, Getty Publications, February 2020
160 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.
This volume vividly recounts, for general readers, the Roman town of Herculaneum, destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE and uniquely preserved for nearly two thousand years. Initial chapters offer an engaging historical overview of the...
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£25,00
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Museum Lighting A Guide for Conservators and Curators
ISBN: PB: 9781606066379, Getty Publications, February 2020
328 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.
Author David Saunders, former keeper of conservation and scientific research at the British Museum, explores how to balance the conflicting goals of visibility and preservation under a variety of conditions. Beginning with the science of how light, c...
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