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Art history's most important nudes bare all in this fascinating investigation into the covert historical and narrative details of naked masterworks. Through the revealing lens of authors Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen-and with crisp, enlarged details and in-depth analytical essays-deities, lovers, and otherworldly creatures alike cease to be two-...

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Discover the hidden details concealed within depictions of powerful figures of the past, from the sixth-century prostitute turned Byzantine Empress Theodora to military leader and famous co-author of history's rudest letter Ivan Sirko. Part detectives, part historians, Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen dissect 13 historical masterworks, complete with...

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Awe-inspiring classics become accessible, captivating stories thanks to this investigation into the covert world of Renaissance masterpieces. From Botticelli to Michelangelo, delve into the works of Italian masters like never before. Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen meticulously dissect 12 key pieces alongside analytical essays and enlarged details...

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Discover William Blake's complete 102 illustrations for The Divine Comedy, with excerpts from Dante's epic poem. Featuring an intimate reading of Blake's extraordinary works, this is a breathtaking encounter with two of the finest artistic talents in history, as well as with such universal themes as love, guilt, punishment, revenge, and redemption.

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Two creative masterminds and universal themes of love, guilt, revenge, and redemption come together in this exceptional edition of William Blake's 102 illustrations for Dante's The Divine Comedy. The XL-sized volume includes 14 fold-out spreads, two introductory essays tracing Dante's legacy in the visual arts, and excerpts from the Commedia itself.

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Let your imagination fly and join Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in his airship adventures to the moon, Mars, and across the United States. These 69 installments published between 1910 and 1911 offer some of the most thrilling artwork and pioneering narrative in McCay's oeuvre. An introduction from art historian Alexander Braun reveals how these...

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Winsor McCay's Little Nemo is one of the greatest cultural phenomena of early 20th-century media. Nemo's dreamscape journey continues in this second volume, collecting all of his escapades from 1910 to 1927 in brilliant color and XXL resolution-329 episodes in total, including the legendary Airship Adventures. A delightful exploration of...

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In this fourth installment of her best-selling pictogram series, award-winning graphic designer Yang Liu distills all the little joys and aches of childhood and parenting. Big meets Little takes on the daily happenings of family life through tongue-in-cheek irony and incisive observations, bringing fresh awareness to our different perspectives and shared growing pains.

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How do people respond to "how are you" on opposite sides of the pond Do lunch breaks change over distant longitudes Is the boss bigger in London or L.A. In volume five of her best-selling series, Yang Liu distills the obvious and not-so-obvious contrasts between the European and U.S. experience into clever, crisp pictograms.

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Natural science buffs, graphics professionals, and anyone interested in the visual expression of ideas will be fascinated by this tribute to Fritz Kahn, the German infographics pioneer who excelled in the demystification of complex scientific ideas and whose inspired creative concepts have influenced generations of artists and communicators...

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A dazzling reprint of Hiroshige's views of Edo (modern-day Tokyo), one of the masterpieces of the ukiyo-e woodblock tradition and a paradigm of the Japonisme that inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau artists, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill Whistler.