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Graciela Iturbide
ISBN: HB: 9788417047696, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, March 2021
292 pp., 24.8x21.8 cm, 188 colour and black&white illus.
Graciela Iturbide (Mexico City, 1942) is the most recognized photographer in Latin America and the only in the region to hold the Hasselblad Photography Award. The succes of his visual language probably lies in a special sensibility, a great visual e...
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£48,00
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Guardians of Memory
ISBN: HB: 9788417048594, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, March 2021
196 pp., 28x22 cm, colour and black&white illus.
"Guardians of Memory" explores the tradition of the Panzudos Mercedarios, mystical creatures that every 22nd of September flood the streets of La Merced district in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas (Mexico), announcing the festivities of Our Lady...
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£31,00
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Gerhard Richter Abstraction
ISBN: PB: 9783791359922, Prestel Publishing, September 2020
240 pp., 30x24 cm, 174 colour illus.
This book focuses solely on the abstract strategies and processes contained in Gerhard Richter's body of work. In the early 1960s, the artist began to call painting into question, an exploration that continues to occupy him to this day. In the 1970s,...
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£27,50
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Gerhard Richter Life and Work 
ISBN: HB: 9783791386515, Prestel Publishing, March 2020
480 pp., 36.5x24 cm, 418 colour illus.
One of the world's most revered visual artists, Gerhard Richter embraces many concepts in his work and continually thwarts categorization. In this expansive and authoritative overview, renowned art historian Armin Zweite leads readers through every p...
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£99,00
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Gods, Humans, Dogs
ISBN: HB: 9785912084065, Prestel Publishing, Arca, February 2020
208 pp., 21x19.5 cm, 205 colour and black&white illus.
This book is dedicated to humanity's oldest and most loyal friend, our companion since time immemorial – the DOG. Dogs have devotedly served poor shepherds and mighty kings, and even the gods. Their hidden talents and capabilities are spoken of in th...
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£17,99
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Great Streets of the World From London to San Francisco
ISBN: HB: 9783791374031, Prestel Publishing, October 2019
36 pp., 32x23 cm, 36 colour and black&white illus.
What makes a street interesting? Is it the architecture, the landscape, the people, the businesses, or the history? In this collection of sixteen charmingly detailed illustrations, kids can discover the answer for themselves. Spanning nearly every co...
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£10,99
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Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting
ISBN: HB: 9783791384061, Prestel Publishing, September 2019
272 pp., 36.4x30 cm, 220 colour and black&white illus.
The Golden Age in Holland and Flanders roughly spanned the 17th century and was a period of enormous advances in the fields of commerce, science – and art. Still lifes, landscape paintings, and romantic depictions of everyday life became valued by th...
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£99,00
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Green Florilegium
ISBN: HB: 9783791358581, Prestel Publishing, July 2019
248 pp., 34x24 cm, 604 colour and black&white illus.
Very little is known about "The Green Florilegium". Neither signed nor dated, it is generally attributed to the German painter Hans Simon Holtzbecker and originates from the library at Gottorp Castle in Schleswig, on the border of Germany and Denmark...
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£45,00
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Great Pubs of London Pocket Edition
ISBN: HB: 9783791385143, Prestel Publishing, March 2019
240 pp., 18.9x14.7 cm, 210 colour illus.
For centuries, the pub has been an essential part of London's cultural and social fabric. This book takes readers through the doors of 25 historically and architecturally significant London pubs. Through photographs specially commissioned for this pr...
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£14,99
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Gaze of Things Japanese Photography in the Context of Provoke
ISBN: HB: 9788417048860, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, March 2019
192 pp., 27.9x21 cm, 200 photos
This hardcover volume presents a tour to Japanese photography from the 1950s to present day, focusing on the Vivo group and the journal Provoke, which only had three issues but managed to change Japanese photography forever. The experimental way in w...
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£32,00
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