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Hector Guimard Art Nouveau to Modernism
ISBN: HB: 9780300248364, Yale University Press, April 2021
232 pp., 29.2x22.9 cm, 184 colour illus., 6 black&white illus.
The aesthetic of architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942) has long characterized French Art Nouveau in the popular imagination. This groundbreaking book showcases all aspects of his artistry and recognizes the fundamental modernity of his work. Known for...
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£35,00
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Henry Scott Tuke
ISBN: HB: 9780300247589, Yale University Press, March 2021
160 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 130 colour illus.
Famed for his depictions of sun, sea, and sailing during a late Victorian and Edwardian golden age, the British painter Henry Scott Tuke RA (1858-1929) is an intriguing artistic anomaly. Moving between Cornish-based artist colonies and the London art...
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£30,00
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Hermitage Cookbook Symbols. Traditions. Recipes
ISBN: HB: 9785912083266, Prestel Publishing, Arca, July 2020
320 pp., 21.5x20.5 cm, 410 colour and black&white illus.
"The Hermitage Cookbook" is a hymn to the unity of material world seen through the prism of art, literature, ethnographic observations and historical documents. The book covers a wide range of culinary recipes – ancient, national, family and royal. A...
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£29,99
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Homer | Remington
ISBN: HB: 9780300246100, Yale University Press, April 2020
224 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 150 colour illus.
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) and Frederic Remington (1861-1909) represent a distinct artistic strain of the American mythos: both were celebrated in their day as homegrown, self-taught artists whose work offered a vision of American identity rooted in s...
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£40,00
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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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How to Read Buddhist Art
ISBN: PB: 9781588396730, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2020
176 pp., 26.7x20.3 cm, 200 colour illus.
For more than 2,000 years, sublime works of art have been created to embody essential aspects of Buddhist thought, which developed and evolved as its practice spread from India to East Asia and beyond. "How to Read Buddhist Art" introduces this compl...
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£18,99
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Hokusai Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (accordion-fold edition)
ISBN: HB: 9783791386072, Prestel Publishing, September 2019
138 pp., 23x16 cm, 46 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.
Hokusai's series depicting Mount Fuji is widely considered to be the pinnacle of his career. This beautiful boxed accordionfold edition comprises the full set of forty-six prints (the original thirty-six and ten more that were completed later) and fe...
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£24,99
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Heritage Apples
ISBN: HB: 9781851245161, Bodleian Library Publishing, September 2019
248 pp., 22x18 cm, 110 colour illus.
What would a greengrocer say if you were to ask for half a dozen Grenadiers and a couple of Catsheads? In the course of the past century we have lost much of our rich heritage of orchard fruits, but with taste once again triumphing over shelf-life an...
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Henry Moore From the Inside Out
ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791385037, Prestel Publishing, July 2019
200 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 74 colour illus., 160 black&white illus.
Henry Moore is most celebrated for his monumental outdoor sculptures which can be seen in many major cities around the world. Lesser known are the sculptor's plaster pieces, which represent an important stage in the development of his work leading up...
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Hokusai Prints and Drawings
ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791385044, Prestel Publishing, July 2019
216 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 122 colour illus., 28 black&white illus.
This volume includes full-color reproductions of drawings and woodblock prints by Hokusai, one of Japan's most revered artists. His landscapes – including the famous views of Mount Fuji – portraits of lovers and kabuki actors, nature and animal illus...
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