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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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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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Paolo Roversi discovered photography at the age of seventeen on a family holiday. A chance meeting with photographer Peter Knapp led him to move to Paris in the early 1970s, where he first encountered the world of fashion. His career truly began when he became an assistant to Laurence Sackman, who taught him the photographer's craft.

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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.

(Hardback)

Suitable young children, this book is all about Paris.

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In this bitingly refreshing picture book, Bad Apple faces his greatest challenge yet: festive cheer.

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

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A landmark publication documenting the development of performance by visual artists since the turn of the twenty-first century

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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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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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A unique collection of significant works of art from the whole of Ancient Greek civilization, spanning from 250,000 bce to the Common Era.

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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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A dazzling pop-up book full of amazing facts about trees around the world, certain to entertain the entire family!

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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.

(Paperback, Second edition)

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.

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A unique mix of interiors, recipes, fashion and photography this smorgasbord of Scandinavian style goes way beyond hygge to get to the heart of contemporary Nordic living.

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