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Eyewitness Views Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe
ISBN: HB: 9781606065259, Getty Publications, April 2017
256 pp., 27.9x25.4 cm, 1 map, 224 colour illus.
Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto, Luca Caravarijs, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco Guardi, Hubert Robert-these renowned view painters are perhaps best known for their expansive canvases depicting the ruins of Rome or the canals of Venice. Many of their...
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£35,00
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Explodity Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art
ISBN: HB: 9781606065082, Getty Publications, December 2016
248 pp., 25x15 cm
The artists books made in Russia between 1910 and 1915 are like no others. Unique in their fusion of the verbal, visual, and sonic, these books are meant to be read, looked at, and listened to. Painters and poets including Natalia Goncharova, Velimir...
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Edible Monument The Art of Food for Festivals
ISBN: HB: 9781606064542, Getty Publications, October 2015
192 pp., 25x15 cm, 91 colour illus.
"The Edible Monument" considers the elaborate architecture, sculpture, and floats designed for court and civic celebrations in early modern Europe, including popular festivals such as Carnival and the Italian Cuccagna. Like illuminations and firework...
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£27,50
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Environmental Management for Collec Alternative Conservation Strategies for Hot and Humid Climates
ISBN: PB: 9781606064344, Getty Publications, April 2015
344 pp., 25x15 cm
In recent years more cultural institutions in hot and humid climates have been installing air-conditioning systems to protect their collections and provide comfort for both employees and visitors. This practice, however, can pose complications, inclu...
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£50,00
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Enduring Bronze Ancient Art, Modern Views
ISBN: PB: 9781606063262, Getty Publications, July 2014
272 pp., 21.7x16.6 cm, 99 colour illus., 14 black&white illus.
This is a revealing consideration of ancient bronzes from their halcyon days in antiquity to their allure today. Ancient bronze statuary provides a sense of immediacy, a window directly back to the classical world. The wistful expression of a young R...
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£25,00
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Ed Ruscha and Some Los Angeles Apartments
ISBN: HB: 9781606061381, Getty Publications, March 2013
100 pp., 26.1x20.6 cm, 11 colour illus., 56 duatones illus.
This is a superbly illustrated look at the evolution of the photographic work of Ed Ruscha – the quintessential Los Angeles artist. Los-Angeles based contemporary artist Ed Ruscha is celebrated for his paintings, drawings, prints, and artist's books,...
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£18,99
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Ephemeral Monuments History and Conservation of Installation Art
ISBN: PB: 9781606061343, Getty Publications, March 2013
280 pp., 23.9x16.5 cm, 105 colour illus., 29 black&white illus.
This is an indispensible volume for creators, curators, and conservators of installation art. Installation art is an evolving, often ephemeral medium that defies rigid categorization. It has also radically transformed the concepts of space, time, and...
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£40,00
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Eliot Porter In the Realm of Nature
ISBN: HB: 9781606061190, Getty Publications, August 2012
144 pp., 28.6x24.8 cm, 80 colour illus., 30 black&white illus.
It is a beautifully illustrated celebration of the images of Eliot Porter, and their role in the origins of the environmental conservation. Known for his exquisite images of birds and landscape, Eliot Porter (1901-1990) was a pioneer in the use of co...
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£30,00
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Emmet
ISBN: HB: 9780892369928, Getty Publications, November 2009
32 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, colour illus.
This delightful picture book from beloved children's book author Leo Politi, originally published in 1971, tells the story of Emmet, one of the many stray dogs taken in by old Mr. Winkel – among them, Poupee, Oscar, and Puff. Emmet was always the tro...
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£12,99
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European Art of the Seventeenth Century
ISBN: PB: 9780892369348, Getty Publications, October 2008
384 pp., 19.7x14 cm, 400 colour illus.
The seventeenth century was an era of absolute monarchs, the Habsburgs of Spain and Louis XIV of France, whose patronage of the arts helped furnish their opulent palaces. But it was also the beginning of a new era of commercialism, in which artists i...
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