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- An Artistic collaboration 1978-2018
373,95 kr. This book is a tribute by a leading contemporary graphic artist to his intaglio printer. While Rene Taze made the prints, Erik Desmazieres began to draw his surroundings, of which he was much inspired. Text in English and French.
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278,95 kr. This book is the study of the rituals performed by ethnic-Igbo Nigerians living in Italy. It takes us through the customs, rites, and ceremonies carried out in makeshift places of worship created by men and women who gather together on abandoned football pitches or in hangars.
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- 278,95 kr.
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223,95 kr. Presenting a collection of photographs of the Aeolian Islands, this work is a personal visual journey rather than a detailed document of the islands. The photographer identifies with the essence of the locations, blending with them and expressing their changing moods. He also aims to encapsulate the essence of life on these small islands.
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- 223,95 kr.
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- The Art Gallery Series
168,95 kr. Giving a biographical account of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres' (1780-1867) life and discussing his work within the context of the art movements of the time, this is a monograph on the work of this influential artist.
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- 168,95 kr.
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- The Art Gallery Series
143,95 kr. This publication draws on the distinction between artistic brothers Antonio and Piero del Pollaiolo.
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- 143,95 kr.
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208,95 kr. This title is a look at the study of paintings produced in France in the 15th century, which has led to the rediscovery of several forgotten personalities (such as Jean Hey, Antoine de Lonhy).
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- 208,95 kr.
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- The Influence of Japanese and Chinese Textiles on the Fashions of the Roaring Twenties
813,95 kr. A lavishly illustrated catalogue on Asian textiles from the 1920s.
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- 813,95 kr.
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343,95 - 438,95 kr. The book explores the role of Jacques Kaufmann in the world of international contemporary ceramics, and his impact in architectural ceramics since he first became interested in the field several years ago.
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- 343,95 kr.
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- Olivier Meriel
283,95 kr. French photographer Oliver Meriel (b. 1955) lives and works in France in the small seaside town of Saint Aubin-sur-Mer. His photographs perfectly capture the feeling of history this region is steeped in. Meriel's landscapes, while dark and moody, ultimately document his search for light.
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- 283,95 kr.
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- The Art Gallery Series
208,95 kr. A chronological survey of 17th-century Roman sculpture featuring masters such as Bernini alongside lesser-known important figures.
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- 208,95 kr.
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478,95 kr. A tour de force of a carver's skill and craftsmanship, the Farnese Cup is the largest cameo hardstone cup to have survived from the ancient world. This book provides that close-up in a series of photographs and varying perspectives that pull back from the delicate infinitesimal cut to the magnificent, perfect whole.
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- 478,95 kr.
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593,95 kr. This book presents a remarkable collection amassed by a knowledgeable and impassioned art lover that combines sensitivity with quality - a quality of forms meticulously selected among different African cultures.
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- 593,95 kr.
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478,95 kr. Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was a radical inventor. This catalogue shows how Calder's work emerged from expectations of change in American popular culture.
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- 478,95 kr.
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698,95 kr. This is the first book dedicated to Fernando Costa, an eclectic, self-taught artist, born in France to a family that arrived in the country on foot from Portugal while fleeing the dictatorship of Salazar in 1970.
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- 698,95 kr.
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413,95 kr. The book brings together such relevant archaeological findings of Roman glass manufacturing in Tuscany, as the glass cameo from Torrita di Siena or the chrysography of Arezzo.
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- 413,95 kr.
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- A Very English Swiss
408,95 kr. Accompanying the first exhibition devoted entirely to Grimm's work and held in the Kunstmuseum in Bern in 2014, this monograph restores Grimm to his rightful place in history of British painting.
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- 408,95 kr.
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688,95 kr. In this publication, through the perceptive lens of art photographer Luigi Spina, we discover nine of the most accomplished Hemba creations whose classical style has triggered comparisons with some kouroi sculptures of ancient Greece.
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- 688,95 kr.
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- Sculptures from the Farnese Collection
668,95 kr. Mythical Diary is a visual journey through the classical sculpture of Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, engaging with the marble bodies of myth. Through his black and white photography, Luigi Spina disassembles the limbs of the sculptures, humanising them to establish a dialogue with the observer.
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- 668,95 kr.
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678,95 kr. A new kind of figurative art appeared during the 1960s in Europe and the United States. This catalogue includes all its key works, with commentary and analysis by curators and art historians specialising in a movement that left an indelible mark on 1960s Europe.
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478,95 kr. This book is dedicated to Godai, an installation by Japanese artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV, who represents the fourth generation of a prestigious line of kagoshi (master wickerwork weavers) in Japan.
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- 478,95 kr.
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788,95 kr. This book is the first important monograph dedicated to the work of Pablo Reinoso, a Franco-Argentinian artist and designer, a curious and largely self-taught jack of all trades.
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- 788,95 kr.
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413,95 kr. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum houses an extraordinary collection of 'prisoners' objects' made by prison inmates and presented to the ICRC delegates who visited them. Each bears the imprint of a personal story loaded with emotion, inviting the reader on a journey through time and collective history.
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- 413,95 kr.
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- Lawrence Carroll. Works 1985-2017
548,95 kr. This catalogue accompanies the monographic exhibition that Museo Vincenzo Vela, in Mendrisio-Ligornetto, has dedicated to the works of Lawrence Carroll.
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- 548,95 kr.
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- Wild and Mysterious Spirits
478,95 kr. Kulango Figurines is designed to introduce various miniature works created by the Kulango in northeastern Cote d'Ivoire, who were formerly vassals of the two kingdoms that inhabited the country. Their extraordinarily varied art, which can be both intriguing and disconcerting, is relatively unknown.
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- 478,95 kr.
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668,95 kr. Featuring visionary creators from various fields, from art and contemporary dance to architecture and robotics, this lavishly illustrated book reports from the forefront of the cross-disciplinary synthesis that creates new forms of art.
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- 668,95 kr.
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- Portraits of a Collection
843,95 kr. This gorgeous book highlights seventy works from an important private collection built over more than four decades with discipline, curiosity, and passion. It is one of the finest private collections of African art from West and Central Africa, through South Africa and Madagascar.
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- 843,95 kr.
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673,95 kr. Carlos Luna, one of the foremost contemporary Cuban award-winning painters is part of a generation of Cuban artists who embrace their strong heritage and traditions but have reinvented themselves along the way. This monograph illustrates Luna's blend of influences and will take the reader through the artist's amazing world of bright colour.
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- 673,95 kr.
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- Visions of Africa
408,95 kr. Art lovers well know the works of the different groups of peoples generally referred to as 'Guro' who live in the centre of the Ivory Coast. Masks have a particular importance that goes well beyond the value attributed to them for their aesthetic qualities on the art market.
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- 408,95 kr.
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- East African Headrests
398,95 kr. Headrests are simple, utilitarian objects. Widely used across Africa, they are predominantly found in the eastern, central, and southern part of the continent. The volume features full-colour pictures of very rare and fine headrests that have never before been published.
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648,95 kr. This catalogue of pre-Columbian art is a fresh attempt to examine and come to terms with artworks produced by a section of mankind that came to the attention of Europeans only after the voyages of Columbus and other explorers.
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- 648,95 kr.