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The first comprehensive overview of Yves Saint Laurents haute couture collections, presented through original catwalk photography.

(Hardback)

An intimate exploration of Yves Saint Laurent's creative world, captured by photographer--and son of the couturier's righthand woman, Anne-Marie Muoz--Carlos Muoz Yage.

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Creating an overview of how the dress evolved and its impact on the fashion industry, the authors pay homage to the experimental, the beautiful, and the innovative, showing how a dress can encapsulate a designer's vision and can often act as the key piece within a collection.

(Hardback)

A new interdisciplinary perspective on architecture and geometry--from Athenian Ruins to the Chrysler building

(Hardback)

Houses not skyscrapers, museums or schools remained Frank Lloyd Wrights favourite building type from the beginning to the end of his seventy-year career as an architect. From Wrights 300 house designs that were eventually built, this book visits fifty.

(Hardback)

A pop-up book that follows a couple and their small dog as they journey across the sea in a tiny sailing boat, encountering extraordinary boats from all around the world as they go.

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Defeating the mighty Persian Empire at the age of 22, Alexander the Great rapidly conquered the rest of the then known world. This book traces the career of Alexander who was destined to become one of the greatest generals the world has known, and celebrates his legacy to Greek civilization.

(Hardback)

Drawing on more than twenty years of experience travelling the globe, the author presents a handpicked selection of thirty of the interesting undiscovered hotels, guesthouses and resorts in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas.

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This is a dictionary of Mesoamerican mythology and religion, which seeks to act as a guide to the labyrinthine symbolic world. Nearly 300 entries describe the main gods and symbols, accompanied by illustrations, while two introductory essays provide accounts of Mesoamerican history and religion.

(Paperback)

Explains the meanings associated with objects, plants, animals, myths, religious symbols, and images in art.

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A photographic record of daily life in Istanbul from the 1940s to the 1980s. It shows the city's melancholy aesthetic as it oscillates between tradition and modernity.

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An examination of the architectural world and its theories since the late 1960s in the context of social and political issues. It looks at a broad survey of buildings, but focuses on specific "megaprojects" as examples for discussion. It also considers the work of lesser-known designers.

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Eco awareness has had an enormous impact across all cultural and political spectrums, not least in the art world. This book presents an exploration of the ways in which contemporary artists are confronting nature, the environment, climate change and ecology.

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Introduces the theatre puppets from major Asian traditions, taking the reader on a journey through hundreds of years of craftsmanship and creativity in nearly 350 photographs. This illustrated book is of interest to audiences with an interest in the Asian arts, as well as to the general reader.

(Hardback, The Collector's Edition)

The first substantial retrospective on one of the worlds most remarkable and critically acclaimed art photographers.

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More than 100 photographs by Harry Cory Wright present the dramatic spaces and rich textures of the Barbican Centre, one of the most radical and visionary post-war buildings in Britain.

(Hardback, Limited Edition)

A dazzling celebration of one of the most acclaimed illustrators working today, available in a limited, slipcased edition.

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A beautifully illustrated survey of the relationship between the development of books, the artist and Western pictorial art from the 15th to the 20th centuries.

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For more than 2,500 years, the book, in a wide range of forms, has been used to document, to educate and to entertain. This book explores the rich history of the book, one of the most efficient, influential and enduring technologies ever invented.

(Hardback)

In "Brave New Houses" Michael Webb illustrates how contemporary architects draw upon and extend the modernist legacy that has come to define southern California's architectural history.

(Paperback, Third edition)

Presents the inside story of one of the major intellectual breakthroughs of our time - the great decipherment of an ancient Maya script revised with the advanced developments. This title features 113 illustrations that provide details about the people and texts that have enabled us to read the Maya script.

(Hardback)

A stunning catalog bringing together for the first time the complete paintings of abstract artist Bridget Riley--a must-have for collectors of her work

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Accompanying the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this catalogue examines the impact of Futurism and Cubism on British modernist printmaking from the beginning of World War I to the beginning of World War II.