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In the Omo Valley the local Surma and Mursi tribes decorate the territory of their naked bodies with whatever nature offers, such as leaves, flowers, grasses, butterfly wings and snail shells as well as the occasional pen top or Kalashnikov cartridge. The author captures these decorations to form a parade of African fashion.

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From debut illustrator Sylvia Liang comes a beautifully illustrated and profound story about challenging the norms.

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Artistic traditions of indigenous North America are explored in a study that draws on the testimonies of oral tradition, Native American history, and North American archaeology, focusing on the artists themselves and their cultural identities. Original.

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A dazzling study of the role and fundamental importance of decoration in Islamic architecture, now available in paperback.

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Reveals the key periods, influences and artists that shaped grotesque ornament, from its origins in Roman and medieval art to the discovery of the Golden House, the Classical revival and its most important stylistic developments between the 15th and 19th centuries.

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A powerful expression of the experience of depression from visual artist and picture-book maker Flora McDonnell.

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A comprehensive account of the Irish Iron Age, drawing upon recent archaeological evidence which discusses advances that took place in travel and transport and religious beliefs. The text examines how the impressions of early Celtic Ireland compare with real evidence.

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In the years between 1919 and 1939, Paris experienced a cultural and intellectual boom. This book explores the various aspects of the city during the interwar years, when Paris truly was the City of Light. It offers coverage ranging from architecture and technology, to fashion, cafe culture and the gay scene.

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Suitable young children, this book is all about Paris.

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A history of the writer's organization PEN International, published to mark its centenary.

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Provides simple explanation of the principles of perspective and how an understanding of them is the key for architects and designers to be able to produce great work. Packed with illustrations, it is a useful tool for architectural and 3-D design students, technical illustrators and product designers.

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The first complete overview of collage by the much-loved founder of Pop, Peter Blake.

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Walker Evans and Henri Cartier-Bresson belonged to the same generation and shared an insatiable intellectual curiosity. Their works had been exhibited together in 1935 at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York. This book draws a parallel between the work about America made by Evans and Cartier-Bresson in the period from 1930 to 1947.

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What makes some photographs stay in the memory forever Sometimes it's the subject matter alone, but more often it's the skill of the artists who took them. This book showcases 100 of the greatest images in the history of the art and will provide an indispensable guide to the technicalities behind the well-known masterpieces and more.

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Suitable for children, this book takes them on a trip through the history of painting with Picasso as guide. It reproduces some of Picasso's works alongside the paintings that inspired them, from Velazquezs Meninas to Manets notorious Dejeuner sur lHerbe, exploring why he loved them so much and how he re-created them in his own inimitable style.

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Piero Fornasetti was a master of the decorative imagination. His motifs conjure up the illusionism of Arcimboldo, the grand architectural fantasies of Piranesi and Palladio, and something of the wit of Pirandello or even Picasso. This book offers a full chronology of Fornasettis life and work.

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From the NEW HORIZONS series of pocket-sized information books, an introduction to the life and times of Pompeii as revealed by modern archaeology. With foldouts and double-page spreads.

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The Beggar Maid, more beautiful than day in Tennysons poem, takes on a particularly touching relationship with King Cophetua, while Medea gives new meaning to the word enchantress as she prepares the ingredients for a spell.

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An introduction to the symbolic language of hieroglyphs which includes a directory of the 100 used most often in Egyptian painting and sculpture. This book offers a comprehensive explanation of the symbols, their origins, identification and uses.

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A compendium of one hundred hieroglyphs that are building locks of ancient Maya painting and sculpture. Using over five hundred line drawings and photographs, it shows how to identify the signs, understand their meaning, and appreciate the novel ways they appear in art.

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In the recent past, a working knowledge of the Maya script has been confined to epigraphers, art historians and other specialists. This is a compact, portable guide to enable students, tourists and armchair travellers to read and understand commonly encountered Classic Maya texts.