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Giovanni Bellini Landscape of Faith in Renaissance Venice
ISBN: HB: 9781606065310, Getty Publications, October 2017
128 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.
Praised by Albrecht Du rer as being "the best in painting", Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1430-1516) is unquestionably the supreme Venetian painter of the quattrocento and one of the greatest Italian artists of all time. His landscapes assume a prominence un...
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£30,00
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Degas A Passion for Perfection
ISBN: HB: 9780300228236, Yale University Press, October 2017
272 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 250 colour illus.
Edgar Degas's (1834-1917) relentless experimentation with technical procedures is a hallmark of his lifelong desire to learn. The numerous iterations of compositions and poses suggest an intense self-discipline, as well as a refusal to accept any cre...
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Delirious Art at the Limits of Reason, 1950-1980
ISBN: HB: 9781588396334, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2017
224 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 241 colour illus.
Addressing the maniacal, eccentric, and disorienting in artworks made between 1950 and 1980, Delirious situates a fascination with the absurd and irrational within the context of the violence and brutality witnessed during World War II as well as the...
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Jasper Johns Redo an Eye
ISBN: HB: 9780300229356, Yale University Press, October 2017
346 pp., 30.5x24.8 cm, 374 colour illus., 17 black&white illus.
Spanning over 60 years of Jasper Johns's (b. 1930) prolific career, this spectacular publication is the most comprehensive and definitive study of the artist's work to date. Written by noted Johns expert Roberta Bernstein, the book explores the syner...
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£45,00
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Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonne of the Monotypes
ISBN: HB: 9780300229370, Yale University Press, October 2017
332 pp., 31.8x24.1 cm, 242 colour illus., 2 black&white illus.
Jasper Johns (b. 1930) is arguably the most important living American artist, and his work is central to any history of postwar art. With extensive new scholarship based on original research and interviews with the artist, "Jasper Johns: Catalogue Ra...
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£120,00
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Barbara Takenaga
ISBN: HB: 9783791357003, Prestel Publishing, October 2017
128 pp., 28.7x25.1 cm, illustrations throughout
At once conceptual and decorative, Barbara Takenaga's swirling, patterned paintings have been called "psychedelic" and "cosmic". Takenaga's approach to painting is both highly structured and disciplined. In this collection of seventy paintings, the e...
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£27,50
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From Anselm to Zilla The Peter and Elisabeth Bosshard Collection of the Stiftung Kunst(Zeug)Haus
ISBN: PB: 9783037785478, Lars Muller Publishers, October 2017
320 pp., 30x24 cm, 390 illus.
This catalogue presents one of the largest collections of Swiss contemporary art in print for the first time. In the early 1970s, Peter and Elisabeth Bosshard, collectors and patrons of the arts, began to bring together works by Swiss artists. Over t...
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Design, Form, and Chaos
ISBN: HB: 9780300230918, Yale University Press, October 2017
240 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 70 colour illus., 55 black&white illus.
Paul Rand (1914-1996) was a pioneer in the field of advertising design and typography, and his work still exerts a profound influence on the design profession. First published to critical acclaim in 1993, and long unavailable, Design, Form, and Chaos...
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Clarence H. White and His World The Art and Craft of Photography, 1895-1925
ISBN: HB: 9780300229080, Yale University Press, October 2017
368 pp., 29.2x25.4 cm, 343 colour and black&white illus.
Clarence H. White (1871-1925) was one of the most influential art photographers and teachers of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Photo-Secession. This beautiful publication offers a new appraisal of White's contributions, including...
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Eduardo Momene PHotoBolsillo
ISBN: PB: 9788416248957, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, October 2017
112 pp., 18x13 cm, black&white photos
Eduardo Momen e is an extraordinary portraitist who masterfully combines classicism and modernity. With each of his black-and-white studio portraits, he searches for timeless elegance and preciosity, captivating contemporary viewers. Although his wor...
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