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The Theatre Of The Face: A History of Modern Portrait Photography
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This superlative volume is an intelligent, informed and lively retrospective of portrait photography over the past century. Author Max Kozloff, one of the world’s leading photography critics, has selected over 300 arrest... Buy or find out more →
1080 Recipes
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Following close on the heels of the public’s love of Italian food, Spanish food is fast growing in popularity with more and more Spanish restaurants emerging all over the world and a tapas-style revolution happening in t... Buy or find out more →
The Silver Spoon
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The bible of traditional Italian cooking, with over 2,000 recipes. Buy or find out more →
- The bible of traditional Italian cooking, with over 2,000 recipes compiled from different Italian regions by a group of gourmet experts
- Adapted for an i...
Stanley Kubrick Drama And Shadows
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Before Kubrick became a director of films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Lolita and Full Metal Jacket, he was a documentary photographer. As a young man he took photographs for Look magazine, capturing Ameri... Buy or find out more →
Silent Theatre Art Of Edward Hopper
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The most up-to-date monograph on the greatest painter of modern American life. Buy or find out more →
- Edward Hopper (1882–1967) is the greatest painter of modern American life
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Nothing Is Simple
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A collection of illustrations by world-renowned cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé. Buy or find out more →
- Nothing is Simple is populated by nosy neighbours, mischievous schoolboys and thwarted lovers, by snooty holidaymakers and crowds of frustr...
Mixed Messages
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- In Mixed Messages Jean-Jacques Sempéturns his attention to the trappings of modern life, from mobile phones to designer water, and revisits some of his favourite subjects, such as struggling artists, aloof psychiatrists...
Everything Is Complicated
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A collection of illustrations by world-renowned cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé. Buy or find out more →
- Everything is Complicated features some of Jean-Jacques Sempé's favourite subjects - pipe-smoking novelists, unruly schoolchildren and peop...
Salon To Biennial: Exhibitions That Made History
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The most comprehensive reference book on contemporary art group exhibitions. Conceived and edited by Phaidon Editors and Bruce Altshuler, Introductory essay and chapter introductions by Bruce Altshuler Buy or find out more →
- The development o...
Rubens Art & Ideas
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One of the most versatile and influential artists of northern Europe in theth century, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) had a remarkable ability to bringis paintings intensely and joyfully alive. He was a successful busines... Buy or find out more →
Roman Signer
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An illumating study of the Swiss artist's explosive work.
Survey by Gerhard Mack, Interview by Paula van den Bosch, Focus by Jeremy Millar, Artist's Choice by F Sauter, Writings by Roman Signer Buy or find out more →
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Surrealist Painting
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An introduction to the great Surrealist painters. Buy or find out more →
- One of a series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art
- This volume on the Surrealist painters contains an extensive essay, 48 full-page colour p...
River Of Colour India Of Raghubir Singh
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Raghubir Singh (1942-1999) was one of the finest documentary photographers. He was born in Rajasthan, India, and for thirty years made countless personal journeys across the vast subcontinent. He travelled along the Gang... Buy or find out more →
Raymond Pettibon
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Produced in close collaboration with the artist, the book surveys the entirety of the artist's rich career, including many unpublished works. The book opens with the earliest work--his highly influential album covers and... Buy or find out more →
Pissarro
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An introduction to the work of Camille Pissarro. Buy or find out more →
- One of a series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art
- This volume on Pissarro contains an extensive essay, 48 full-page colour plates, and is ac...
Pipilotti Rist
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Swiss-born artist Pipilotti Rist creates colourful multi-screen video works which, often with the pace and seduction of a pop promo, signal the birth of a new interdisciplinary art form. With such lighthearted artworks a... Buy or find out more →
Piero Della Francesca
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A survey of the revered 15th-century artist, illustated with new photography. Buy or find out more →
Photobook A History Volume Two
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Much Anticipated Second Volume of the Story of Photographythrough the History of the Photobook; Compiled by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger "The Photobook: A History, Volume I, by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, isthe most im... Buy or find out more →
Phaidon Design Classics 3 Vol Carry Case
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Featuring 999 of the most innovative, beautiful and influential products created in the last 200 years, Phaidon Design Classics is a 3 volume set in a carry case exclusively designed by Konstantin Grcic. From cars to fur... Buy or find out more →
Paula Rego
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The monumentality and psychological drama of Paula Rego's paintings havestablished her as one of the most important figurative painters of hereneration. Her first retrospective exhibition in London in 1988 broughtogether... Buy or find out more →
Path To Buddha A Tibetan Pilgrimage
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Tibet has suffered extreme political turmoil and upheaval over the last 50 odd years. Occupied in 1950, Red Guards destroyed thousands of official buildings and holy places during the Cultural Revolution, and religious f... Buy or find out more →
Orson Welles At Work
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Welles is one of the legendary film directors whose persona has been created through a myriad of myths and legends. His entry into Hollywood with Citizen Kane propelled him to fame. This book aims to strip back the myths... Buy or find out more →
Northern Renaissance
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An exploration of a highly innovative and exciting period of art following the careers of artists such as Van Eyck, D++rer and Holbein. Jeffrey Chipps Smith analyses the context of the time, such as the Protestant Reform... Buy or find out more →
Nedko Solakov Ninety Nine Fears
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"99 Fears is a catalogue of insecurities created by acclaimed contemporary artist Nedko Solakov. By focusing on personal worries - from war, AIDS and plane crashes to writer's block, infidelity and the size of one's CV -... Buy or find out more →
Myth And Romance: The Art Of J.W. Waterhouse
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A selection of paintings by J.W. Waterhouse which depicts events from legends of the Middle Ages, myths of the ancient world and scenes from literature. The paintings are accompanied by extracts from the legends and lite... Buy or find out more →
Mondrian
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A masterful account of the life and work of Piet Mondrian. Buy or find out more →
- A masterful account of the life and work of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), whose abstract compositions are landmarks of Modernist painting
- Illustrate...
Modern House 2
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This is an illustrated study of the world's most interesting and innovative contemporary houses. Organized into thematic sections, it features detailed appraisals of 30 contemporary houses by the world's leading architec... Buy or find out more →
Minimum
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The highly sought-after bible of the Minimalist aesthetic. John Pawson Buy or find out more →
- Highly sought-after bible of the Minimalist aesthetic, available in paperback for the first time
- An extraordinary visual essay that explores the not...
Mies Van Der Rohe At Work
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"Mies's structural and spatial concepts are analysed through his three major building prototypes, specifically the skeleton frame building, both in its high- and low-rise manifestations, and the clear-span building. His ... Buy or find out more →
Merz To Emigre And Beyond Progressive Magazine Design Of Thetwentieth Century
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Merz to Emigr+ and Beyond is a historical survey of avant-garde cultural and political magazines and newspapers from the early twentieth century to the present day. The book features a unique selection of international p... Buy or find out more →
Memoirs Of The Life Of John Constable
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Mary Kelly
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This text argues that Mary Kelly's combination of texts with images and foundbjects has been pivotal, not only to the development of Conceptual Art, butlso to 20th-century feminism. Kelly often deploys prevailing literar... Buy or find out more →
Mary Ellen Mark
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Mary Ellen Mark (b.1940) has excelled as a documentary photo-grapher for over thirty years. She has recorded the lives of people on the margins of society in dramatic, compelling images. Yet her work is more than a recor... Buy or find out more →
Magnum Stories
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This book explores the 'photo story' through 61 master classes by some of theorld's greatest photographers, all members of the international photographicgency Magnum. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold, Elliott Erwitt and... Buy or find out more →
Magnum Cinema
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The photographers associated with "Magnum" have worked with movie-makersince its creation nearly 50 years ago. Robert Capa, one of the founders ofhat has become the world's most prestigious picture agency, had many frien... Buy or find out more →
Larry Fink
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Born in 1941, Larry Fink was a disaffected teenager in 1950s America on the cusp of radical social change. At art school his career as a photographer began to flourish. He spent the 1960s watching and learning from the p... Buy or find out more →
Julia Margaret Cameron
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A Beautiful Monograph Illuminating the Iconic Portraits of Oneof Nineteenth Century's Influential Artistic Photographers. Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79) was forty-eight when her daughter gave hera camera as a gift.Even... Buy or find out more →
Jimmie Durham
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This text examines the work of Jimmie Durham, the sculptor and performancertist of Cherokee descent.;The book is part of a series of studies ofmportant artists of the late-20th century. Each title offers a comprehensiveu... Buy or find out more →
Hogarth
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A study of the uniquely versatile artist and brilliant social commentator. Buy or find out more →
William Henry Fox Talbot
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Inside and out -- its cover is made of a non-rigid material -- Frames is a highly conceptual tribute to Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas and his work of the past five years, which includes major public spaces in Rom... Buy or find out more →
Wolfgang Tillmans Contemporary Artists
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Turner-prize winning Wolfgang Tillmans is a superstar of 1990s photography. This is the only book to cover his entire career, from the best-selling debut portraits in 1995 at the age of 24, to his most recent, abstract w... Buy or find out more →
Fashion Today
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A kaleidoscopic, colourful and provocative survey of the fashion world. Buy or find out more →
- A kaleidoscopic, colourful and provocative survey of the fashion world from the introduction of Dior's New Look in 1947 to the present day
- Ranges f...
Isa Genzke Contemporary Artist
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The First English-Language Monograph on one of Germany's MostProminent Artists; Chosen to represent Germany in the 2007 VeniceBiennale. Isa Genzken's work encompasses sculpture, collage, film and photography. As one of G... Buy or find out more →
Architecture Today
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This lushly illustrated, 500-page compendium is indispensable for any student of architecture, and many professional architects should find it a handy, although heavy, reference guide. James Steele covers the world of co... Buy or find out more →
David Seymour Chim
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An accessible monograph on the work of David Seymour (1911-56), the Polish-born American photojournalist, who used his camera to record the political upheavals and social change of the 1930s. Known by his pseudonym, Chim... Buy or find out more →
Dürer
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An introduction to the work of Albrecht Dürer. Buy or find out more →
- One of a series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art
- Thi volume on Dürer contains an extensive essay, 48 full-page colour plates, and is accompa...
Edward Sheriff Curtis
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A beautiful monograph featuring Curtis's nineteenth-century portraits of Native Americans. Buy or find out more →
- Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952) is one of the earliest successful portrait photographers, well-known for his remarkable archiv...
Glass In Architecture
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This is the first comprehensive overview of the art and science of glass in architecture, an essential manual for architects and constructors worldwide. From the cathedrals of medieval Europe to the Parisian grand projet... Buy or find out more →
David
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A study of Jacques-Louis David, chronicler of the French Revolution. Buy or find out more →
Doris Salcedo
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Doris Salcedo, a sculptor who lives and works in Bogota, Colombia, is aising international star. This is a comprehensive monograph of her work andts humanitarian and political content. Her haunting sculptures andnstallat... Buy or find out more →
Francis Alys
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This is the first comprehensive monograph on the work ofFrancis Alys (b. 1959), which blurs the boundaries between artist andsubject.Alys employs a range of media - including painting, video, andother more unorthodox mat... Buy or find out more →
Cezanne
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An introduction to the work of Paul Cézanne. Buy or find out more →
Byzantium Rediscovered
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The subject of this book is the Byzantine revival of the 19th and early 20th centuries, in architecture, fine art, the decorative arts and literature. Neglected and vilified for centuries, Byzantium came to exercise a po... Buy or find out more →
Bosch Art And Ideas
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Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450-1516), one of the major artists of the Northern Renaissance, had a seemingly inexhaustible imagination. Known as the creator of disturbing demons and spectacular hellscapes, he also painted the G... Buy or find out more →
Art Deco Painting
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The Art Deco style was all pervasive during the 1920s and 1930s affecting theecorative arts, fine arts and fashion. This text specifically examines Arteco painting and defines it as a genre. The author analyzes theharact... Buy or find out more →
Contemporary Artist Anri Sala
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Anri Sala's video "Intervista" (1998) begins with the artist moving house andinding an old 16 mm film in a box. On it he can see an interview with aoung woman, whom he recognizes as his mother, being interviewed for stat... Buy or find out more →
Andre Kertesz
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Andre Kertesz (1894-1985) is one of the greatest photographers of twentieth-century modernism. His long and productive working life ensured that he was not only able to witness the beginnings of hand-held photography and... Buy or find out more →
Fra Angelico
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Fra Angelico (Fra Giovanni di Fiesole, c. 1390/95 - 1455) was the most celebrated religious painter of the early Italian Renaissance. This new monograph surveys Fra Angelico's entire career, from his little-known beginni... Buy or find out more →
Raphael
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This monograph explores the life and work of Raphael(Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520), one of the most important artists in theWestern tradition.Over two hundred of Raphael's finest paintings anddrawings are illustrated, inc... Buy or find out more →
Titian
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Peter Humfrey's engaging monograph offers an accessible,informative overview of the life and works of Titian (Tiziano Vecellio,c.1488/90-1576), one of the most remarkable painters of the ItalianRenaissance.This comprehen... Buy or find out more →
Contemporary World Interiors
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"Contemporary World Interiors" takes the reader on a global tour of the bestnd most provocative interior design and architecture projects of the past 25ears, presenting the characteristic traits, influences, and enduring... Buy or find out more →
Dutch Painting
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The 17th century was the golden age of Dutch painting, with artists such asembrandt, Hals and Vermeer producing a large variety of work, from intimateortraits to dramatic seascapes. This book presents a selection of pain... Buy or find out more →
Doug Aitken
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American video and installation artist Doug Aitken exploded on the international art scene with his multi-screen work electric earth, which captivated audiences at the Venice and Whitney Biennales. This work focused on t... Buy or find out more →
Contemporary Architecture & Interiors Of The 1950 S
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In the years after World War II, the theory-laden modern movement blossomed into popular "contemporary" design. Le Corbusier and Levitt, Brussels and L.A. reinforced concrete and Formica--all became part of a trend towar... Buy or find out more →
Conceptual Art
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What is art? Must it be a unique, saleable luxury item? Can it be a concept that never takes material form? Or an idea for a work that can be repeated endlessly?
Conceptual art favours a vivid engagement with such questi... Buy or find out more →
Christian Marclay
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Christian Marclay is a New York-based, Swiss-American sculptor and installation artist who emerged in the 1980s. Also a musician, composer, DJ and filmmaker, Marclay explores the gap between what we see and what we hear,... Buy or find out more →
Christian Boltanski
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Christian Boltanski came to prominence in the 1980s with major exhibitions athe Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris in 1984 and the Whitechapel Gallery,ondon in 1990. This text explores his art, arguing that it hovers between... Buy or find out more →
Chinese Potter Practical History Of Chinese Ceramics
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China has the longest and most highly developed ceramic tradition in theorld, encompassing early Neolithic earthenwares, the finely glazed stonewareieces of the Song period, and the years of Imperial patronage and export... Buy or find out more →
Chardin
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An introduction to the work of Jean Baptiste Chardin. Buy or find out more →
Chagall Art And Ideas
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One of the best-loved artists of the 20th century, Marc Chagall (1887-1985)s paradoxically one of the least understood. He did much to encourage anmage of himself as an entirely intuitive genius, but although his work se... Buy or find out more →
Bonnard
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The French painter Pierre Bonnard is best known as a painter of intimate,omestic interiors, but he was also a highly accomplished draughtsman,roducing a wealth of lithographs and drawings. He began his career as araphic ... Buy or find out more →
Islamic Art: Art And Ideas Series
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In the years following the revelations of the Prophet Muhammad in the earlyeventh century AD, the new religion of Islam spread rapidly through Arabiao North Africa and Spain in the west and Cental Asia and India in the e... Buy or find out more →
Indian Art
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This book is a worthy addition to Phaidon's excellent Art and Ideas series, which provides overviews of the major art traditions of the world. India is vast (the size of Europe); the birthplace of great religions, includ... Buy or find out more →
India Modern
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Through a return to traditional methods, many Indian designers and architectsre rediscovering the qualities that make the "look" of India: the materials;he techniques; and the colour. This text shows the modern design an... Buy or find out more →
Illuminated Manuscript
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The British Library houses one of the world's great collections oflluminated manuscripts, and Janet Backhouse has drawn on this resource toake a selection of examples that span over 800 years of medieval bookroduction. Buy or find out more →
Hans Haacke
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Born in Cologne in 1936 and based in New York since 1965, Haacke's strong political, cultural and social concerns are reflected in his installations, texts and sculptures.Throughout his fifty-year career Haacke has frequ... Buy or find out more →
Goya Art And Ideas
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This paperback edition of the award-winning study of the life and work of Goya is filled with the same fine reproductions as the original 1994 hardcover. Goya was one of Spain's greatest and most controversial painters, ... Buy or find out more →
Early Christian And Byzantine Art
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An authoritative account of early Christian and Byzantine art. Buy or find out more →
Fra Angelico
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An introduction to the work of Fra Angelico. Buy or find out more →
Aboriginal Art Art & Ideas
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Aboriginal art has survived the colonial period to become a major feature ofontemporary Australian society. This book surveys the great variety inboriginal art, from ancient rock paintings to powerful modern works incryl... Buy or find out more →