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Magnetic North Imagining Canada in Painting 1910-1940
ISBN: HB: 9783791359946, Prestel Publishing, March 2021
280 pp., 27.5x23.5 cm, 140 colour illus.
The early decades of the 20th century were marked by artistic, economic, and social transformation in Canada and around the world. Starting in Toronto, a group of young modern artists, including Tom Thomson and Lawren S. Harris, and Emily Carr in Bri...
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£45,00
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Made in Rome Residencies at the Spanish Academy in Rome, 2015-2016
ISBN: PB: 9788416248926, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, March 2021
200 pp., 24x17 cm, colour and black&white illus.
This publication, which accompanies the exhibition of the same name, curated by Manuel Blanco, brings together the projects made by the artists and researchers in residency at the Spanish Academy in Rome during the year 2015-2016. The works are expla...
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£19,50
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Marcos Kurtycz An Art of Total Action Against the State of War
ISBN: HB: 9788417047900, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, March 2021
376 pp., 28x22 cm, 635 colour and black&white illus.
This publication reproduces images of the posters, mail art, letters and artists' books that Polish-born artist Marcos Kurtycz (1934-96) made in defiance of the commodification of art Mexico, where he moved in the late 1960s.
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£42,00
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Masters of Art Modigliani
ISBN: PB: 9783791386591, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
112 pp., 21x17 cm, 55 colour illus.
Amedeo Modigliani experimented with sculpture and drawing, but is primarily known for his paintings of nudes and portraits characterized by elongated figures, faces, and necks. He began painting in his youth in Italy before moving to Paris in 1906, d...
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£9,99
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Masters of Art Kahlo
ISBN: PB: 9783791386577, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
112 pp., 21x17 cm, 55 colour illus.
Although her body of work is relatively small, Frida Kahlo has inspired adoration and admiration that few other artists have attained. This accessible and elegant book offers full page reproductions of a selection of her works, allowing for a broad a...
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£9,99
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Melissa Forti's Christmas Baking Book
ISBN: HB: 9783791386379, Prestel Publishing, October 2020
224 pp., 24.5x18.5 cm, 110 colour illus., 7 black&white illus.
Christmas is the time of year when people reach for their aprons and measuring spoons to transform butter, sugar, and flour into delectable treats. Melissa Forti's contemporary, yet steeped in tradition, approach to baking appeals to beginner and sea...
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£24,99
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Mirror Sound The People and Processes behind Self-Recorded Music
ISBN: HB: 9783791386539, Prestel Publishing, October 2020
192 pp., 29.2x23.5 cm, 100 colour illus.
Everywhere you look, musicians are creating, recording, and selling their music without the help of big-name studios, producers, or labels. This book offers tangible – and visually stunning – proof that self-recording is a path to artistic freedom. E...
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£29,99
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Modern Architecture and Interiors
ISBN: HB: 9783791386096, Prestel Publishing, October 2020
0 pp., 22x14 cm, 1000 colour photographs 
In 2006, architectural designer and curator Adam Stech embarked on a photographic project to document the best Modernist architecture around the globe. Twenty-five countries and more than a decade later, the fruits of that monumental project are gath...
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£29,99
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Magic Doll A Children's Book Inspired by African Art
ISBN: HB: 9783791374468, Prestel Publishing, August 2020
32 pp., 32x24 cm, 14 colour illus.
In a small village in West Africa, a young girl explains the special way she was born. Her mother had difficulty getting pregnant, so she seeks help in the form of a doll which she treats like a human baby, carrying it on her back and covering it wit...
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£10,99
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Michael Kenna Buddha
ISBN: HB: 9783791385082, Prestel Publishing, August 2020
192 pp., 28x24 cm, 100 black&white illus.
Michael Kenna is an English photographer, now based in Seattle, USA, best known for his black-and-white landscapes. More than 60 books and monographs have been published on his photographic work, including "Forms of Japan", "Rouge", and "Holga" (all...
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£40,00
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