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Babe

Collins Petra

ISBN: HB: 9783791381039, Prestel Publishing, May 2015
192 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 166 colour illus.

Curated by one of today's most sought-after photographers, this collection of work by young female artists captures the voices and visions that are shaping a generation of women. 21-year-old Canadian photographer Petra Collins is leading the way in...

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Design

Book of Things

Morrison Jasper

ISBN: HB: 9783037784631, Lars Muller Publishers, May 2015
320 pp., 27x20 cm, 375 illus.

Jasper Morrison has the ability to bestow things with a distinctive style. His signature style is evident in many of the everyday objects that surround us. His repertoire of essential designs is characterised by simplicity yet complexity, as well as...

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Contemporary Art

Between Action and the Unknown The Art of Kazuo Shiraga and Sadamasa Motonaga

Ritter Gabriel, Kawasaki Koichi, Kunimoto Namiko, Sawayama Ryo, Nakajima Izumi

ISBN: HB: 9780300211696, Yale University Press, April 2015
160 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 150 colour illus.

This comprehensive book is the first in English to examine two of the most successful and important postwar Japanese artists, Kazuo Shiraga (1924-2008) and Sadamasa Motonaga (1922-2011). During an 18-year engagement with the Gutai Art Association, bo...

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Photography

Birth of Rock and Roll

Linderman Jim

ISBN: HB: 9780981734286, DAP, Dust-to-Digital, April 2015
160 pp., 30.4x24.7 cm, 134 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! In "The Birth of Rock and Roll", Americana collector Jim Linderman has arranged a storyboard of sorts that dramatizes the spirit of rock and roll in its early days – when "a juke-joint with fifty patrons was a big show", as...

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History of Art

Buddhist Art of Myanmar

Fraser-Lu Sylvia, Stadtner Donald M., Chain U Tun Aung, Leider Jacques, Pranke Patrick, Brown Robert, Tan Heidi, Proser Adriana

ISBN: HB: 9780300209457, Yale University Press, March 2015
272 pp., 26.7x22.9 cm, 150 colour illus.

The practice of Buddhism in Myanmar (Burma) has resulted in the production of dazzling objects since the 5th century. This landmark publication presents the first overview of these magnificent works of art from major museums in Myanmar and collection...

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Photography

BARCELONA Portrait of a City

Feriche Ricardo

ISBN: HB: 9788415691679, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, March 2015
352 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, black&white photos

This is a stunning photographic celebration of everything that makes Barcelona one of the most inviting, exciting and inspiring cities in the whole world. Barcelona is special, its architecture, monuments, streets, its style, its history, its spirit,...

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Design

Bookshelf Design

ISBN: HB: 9789881294449, Bookport, SendPoints, February 2015
280 pp., 27.9x21.5 cm, colour illus.

For sale in Balkans only! Whether trophy or status symbol, comfort or escape, books can have profound meaning in a person's life. As a result, how they store them can take on significant importance. "Bookshelf Design" examines the most creative sto...

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Contemporary Art

Film Studies

Bas Jan Ader Death Is Elsewhere

Dumbadze Alexander

ISBN: PB: 9780226269856, ISBN: HB: 9780226038537, University of Chicago Press, February 2015
208 pp., 23x15 cm, 44 halftones

On July 9, 1975, Dutch-born artist Bas Jan Ader set sail from Chatham, Massachusetts, on a thirteen-foot sailboat. He was bound for Falmouth, England, on the second leg of a three-part piece titled "In Search of the Miraculous". The damaged boat was...

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History of Art

Decorative Arts

Berthouville Silver Treasure and Roman Luxury

Lapatin Kenneth

ISBN: HB: 9781606064207, Getty Publications, November 2014
224 pp., 28.7x23.6 cm, 98 colour illus., 21 black&white illus.

This sumpluously illustrated and elegantly produced volume unveils an ancient treasure to modern-day readers. In 1830 a farmer ploughing a field near the village of Berthouville in Normandy, discovered a trave of ancient Roman silver objects weighing...

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History of Art

Brilliant History of Color in Art

Finlay Victoria

ISBN: HB: 9781606064290, Getty Publications, November 2014
166 pp., 25.9x23.6 cm, 166 colour illus.

This is a irresistible and wonderfully illustrated exploration of the history of colour in art. The history of art is inseparable from the history of colour. And what a fascinating story they tell together: one that brims with an all-star cast of cha...

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