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Where the Truth Lies The Art of Qiu Ying
ISBN: HB: 9783791359137, Prestel Publishing, February 2020
240 pp., 29x22 cm, 200 colour illus.
Celebrated for his masterful brushstrokes, depictions of nature, and use of translucent blue-green pigments, Qiu Ying is the least known of the four Ming Dynasty masters of the Wu School. This elegantly produced and groundbreaking monograph, the firs...
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£55,00
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Story of New York's Staircase
ISBN: PB: 9783791384733, Prestel Publishing, February 2020
144 pp., 25.4x25.4 cm, 100 colour illus.
A public space like no other, Vessel was designed by the renowned Heatherwick Studio to give New Yorkers and visitors a unique vertical experience. In this book, readers can witness every part of its development, from initial designs to the finished...
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£18,00
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Maria Sibylla Merian 22 Pull-Out Posters
ISBN: PB: 9783791386003, Prestel Publishing, February 2020
46 pp., 35x28 cm, 22 colour illus.
More than three centuries after Maria Sibylla Merian established herself as a scientific trailblazer – and after more than two centuries of obscurity – the work of this pioneering naturalist and artist is being rediscovered. Merian's work, "The New B...
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£19,99
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Peter Lindbergh Images of Women
ISBN: HB: 9783791386935, Prestel Publishing, January 2020
312 pp., 29x19.5 cm, 189 black&white illus.
Peter Lindbergh's Images of Women is now available in this new unabridged compact edition. Lindbergh, who passed away in 2019, took a comprehensive look at his body of work from the 1980s and '90s and hand selected these black & white photographs of...
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£49,99
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Albrecht Durer
ISBN: HB: 9783791359311, Prestel Publishing, January 2020
304 pp., 28.5x24.5 cm, 260 colour illus.
During his lifetime, Durer found tremendous success as a painter and printmaker, taking commissions from prominent figures such as Frederick the Wise and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. His drawings and studies reveal his interest in human proportio...
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£49,99
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Pays de reve The Art of the Kronenhalle Zurich
ISBN: PB: 9783791358482, Prestel Publishing, January 2020
132 pp., 26.5x22 cm, 345 colour illus.
At the Kronenhalle restaurant, arguably Zurich's finest, the old-world decor is as sumptuous as the food. A former beerhall, this culinary landmark was a meeting place for musicians, artists, and thinkers from the early 20th century, many of whom pai...
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£35,00
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Return to the Source New Energy Landscapes from the Land Art Generator Initiative Abu Dhabi
ISBN: HB: 9783791359380, Prestel Publishing, January 2020
240 pp., 28x23 cm, 300 colour illus.
The Land Art Generator Initiative is one of the world's most exciting design competitions and for its 2019 challenge, entrants from around the world were asked to create a renewable energy-producing artwork for the UAE's Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. The...
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£45,00
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Soulmates Alexej von Jawlensky and Marianne von Werefkin
ISBN: HB: 9783791359328, Prestel Publishing, January 2020
320 pp., 29x23.5 cm, 235 colour illus.
Alexej von Jawlensky and Marianne von Werefkin occupy a prominent place in art history as a pioneering artist couple of the avant-garde movement. Early in her career in Russia, Werefkin attracted a great deal of attention for her Realist-inspired por...
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£45,00
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Under One Roof EPFL ArtLab in Lausanne by Kengo Kuma
ISBN: HB: 9783791358055, Prestel Publishing, December 2019
176 pp., 30x24 cm, 200 colour illus.
This superbly illustrated volume presents the ArtLab project, which highlights the intersection of science, art, and the public at the Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Switzerland. Designed by the renowned Japanese architect Kengo K...
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£45,00
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A-Z of Modern Southeast Asian Art
ISBN: PB: 9789811147258, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, November 2019
176 pp., 23.5x17.5 cm, colour and black&white illus.
What is modern Southeast Asian art? This introduction is a starting point for readers to explore this rich but often overlooked subject. Conceived for the general reader, "An A-Z of Modern Southeast Asian Art" features 80 bite-sized accounts of the k...
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£21,00
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