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Explores the connections between modern and premodern art, offering a radical reading that reveals the underlying patterns and ideas traversing centuries of artistic practice. This book reconsiders from a double perspective some key issues in the history of art, from iconoclasm and illusionism to the status of painting, and installation.

(Hardback)

Focuses on the subject of patination. This book features recipes that are illustrated so you can clearly see the effect you're going to get, and step-by-step sequences walk the beginner through the processes.

(Hardback)

Lucie Rie and Hans Coper have been acknowledged as leading figures of the international "studio pottery" movement. This publication includes the pre-eminent collection of their work, as well as the works of other potters and a group of younger artists for whom Lisa Sainsbury felt an affinity.

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Claude Monet transformed light and colour into art. This book traces his career from his "Impression, Sunrise" of 1874, which caused uproar among the critics, to his last near-abstract paintings of water and reflection which he painted when he was almost blind.

(Hardback, Revised and expanded edition)

Presents a photographic and narrative survey of the major sites of the Inca empire, including the famed city of Machu Picchu, the Inca town and sun temple of Ollantaytambo, the mighty temple-fortress of Sacsahuaman, and the steeply terraced ruins of Pisac. This book also includes chapters about Choquequirao, Chinchero, and Vitcos.

(Hardback, Limited Collector's Edition)

(Paperback)

Features 128 pages of photographs and suggested activities to draw, colour and paint your own personal album, paint the missing half of a portrait, fill a vase with flowers, help the potatoes escape the pot, give a dog his dinner, draw heads inside hats and helmets, and teach fish to talk.

(Hardback, Special edition)

A deluxe slipcased edition of this beautifully produced exploration of the National Museum of Qatars extraordinary design by worldrenowned French architect Jean Nouvel.

(Paperback)

Deep in the Jordanian desert lies the hidden rose red city of Petra, carved directly out of the solid rock that rises in sharp ridges above the sands. Recent excavations provide new information about this mysterious, beautiful and dramatic site.

(Hardback)

'Pietre dure' are mosaic designs made from semi-precious stones. This book aims to capture the beauty and craftsmanship of this ancient technique of 'painting in stone'. Looking at decorative stonework techniques since prehistory, it focuses on the period from its rebirth in 16th-century Rome to the developments of the 19th century.

(Paperback)

"A crucial reference for anyone interest in the earliest surviving pile carpets. . . Primarily a resource for scholars, this volume is nonetheless full of beautiful works of exceptional historical interest. . . Highly recommended." --Choice

(Hardback)

Captures the style of American fashion maverick Iris Apfel who has cultivated a personal chic that is exuberantly idiosyncratic. Featuring over ninety colour plates, this work shows off a selection of her outfits on wittily posed mannequins.

(Hardback)

A practical guide to being resourceful by design in your home. With tricks and tips, design examples, and step-by-step projects you can try around the house, it provides design inspiration and practical know how.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

Robert Rauschenberg's engagement with photography began in the late 1940s under the tutelage of Aaron Siskind and Hazel Larsen Archer at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. This title gathers together and surveys Rauschenberg's numerous uses of photography.

(Hardback)

This fully illustrated monograph presents an account of Sean Scully's entire life and career to date, from his childhood in 1950s London to the present day in Munich. Reproductions of his works illustrate the text, and photographs taken by the artist show some of the forms that inspire him.

(Hardback)

Embracing paintings, drawings, sculpture and ceramics, this book features reproductions of rarely seen works by Monet, Matisse, Bacon, Lichtenstein, Kokoschka, Picasso, Klee, Chagall and Giacometti, among other which are complemented by extensive information on the works and artists.

(Hardback)

Offers a comprehensive and detailed history and sourcebook of shoes. This title charts the development of different kinds and styles of footwear for both men and women from earliest times to the present day.

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How does a sign represent something other than itself How do we come to understand the meaning of a written symbol What happens when a sign crosses international borders of language and culture Can clothes constitute a sign Can colours This work explores the world of symbols.

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World renowned for its collection of Islamic art, the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait also houses an important collection of ancient art. Covering a time span of some 4,000 years, from the Bronze Age up to the dawn of the Islamic era, this book celebrates some of the objects created in the Near East and beyond including Central and South Asia.

(Hardback)

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This "StyleCity" volume guides readers to the total city experience: where to sleep, eat, drink, shop, retreat, explore, or just hang out in stimulating surroundings. The book's many colour photographs are accompanied by concise, informed texts and easy-to-read maps.

(Paperback)

A London guide to the total city experience, revealing where to sleep, eat, drink, shop, retreat, explore, or just hang out, in stimulating surroundings. Divided into two sections: "Street Wise" and "Style Traveller", readers are directed to places situated in seven specific neighbourhoods.

(Paperback)

This "StyleCity" volume guides you to the total city experience: where to sleep, eat, drink, shop, retreat, explore, or just hang out in stimulating surroundings. The book's many colour photographs are accompanied by concise, informed texts and easy-to-read maps.