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This biography from an authority on Janacek, offers new views of Leos Janacek as composer, writer, thinker and human being.

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Years of beautiful, rare, and sometimes hilariously awful Jane Austen covers with entertaining and informative text.

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This is the definitive monograph of the legendary British photographer Jane Bown.

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Essays, conversations, and documentation map the work of the artist Janek Simon.

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One of Japan's leading architects examines notions of Japan-ness as exemplified by key events in Japanese architectural history from the seventh to the twentieth century; essays on buildings and their cultural context.

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The V&A has the UK's largest permanent display of Japanese art, housing objects from the 6th century to the present day. In this new book some of the world's leading researchers in the field bring their attention to the V&A's unparalleled collection.

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This text provides easy-to-follow instructions for making all the major styles of Japanese bookbindings and traditional book cases.

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In this richly illustrated and highly accessible book, Julia Hutt draws on the V&A's world-famous netsuke collection to explore the origins and techniques of this captivating art form.

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In the West, Japanese prints are associated with the ukiyo-e tradition. These prints are are considered to be fine art, using the highest quality of materials and immense time and skill. Exploring this tradition, this book looks at the work that is being done in this field.

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From the 1860s through to the early 20th century the rise of Japonisme and the Art Nouveau movement meant that few could ignore or resist the obsession with all things Japanese. This book includes examples of the designed and executed decorative arts of the Meiji periods from the Khalili Collection.

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Part of the "MoMA Artist Series", this book explores the works of Jasper Johns. It features works which are accompanied by a short essay that places the work in its historical moment in the development of modern art and the artists own life.

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Featuring large-scale reproductions of toys, household items, or luxury goods, this title also shows the culture from which they are extracted.

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English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original.

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A second volume to celebrate the master of interior design illustration.

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A unique angle on Jewish and country house history, beautifully illustrated with original photography by leading architectural photographer Hlne Binet.

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Inspired by a semi-autobiographical book by the mid-20th century German printmaker HAP Grieshaber, the author has used Grieshaber's idea to create a story of fifty years as a printmaker. He includes interviews with his printers and memories of his life around the prints he made at that time.

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"The winter in L.A. that year was kind of a 'grey July.' Diana and I lived at 234 Entrada Drive in January and February of 2001. These photographs are a memoir of what our eyes saw in our garden and when we walked to the Pacific Ocean. We also [rode] into the Santa Monica Mountains on our bicycles, crossing Sunset Boulevard just where it goes into Pacific Palisades..."

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Using dense charcoal and dripping washes, this book depicts the sinister edge to Carlo Collodis story and Pinocchios isolation in the author's quest to become a real boy. It presents the his portrait of Gerhard Steidl, an ambitious suite of nine drawings made by the artist in his Gottingen studio.

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Jim Dine is commonly seen as a prolific painter, printmaker and photographer whose central practice is drawing. This book shows that sculpture is just as important in his oeuvre. It lets us discover Dines favourite motifs: hearts, tools, skulls, and Pinocchio, as well as Classical sculpture in the form of Venus de Milo and Winged Victory.