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In 1731, the elector-king Augustus the Strong of Saxony commissioned the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen to create several hundred life-size porcelain birds and other animals to adourn the Japanese Palace in Dresden. By January 1736, 412 birds and 160 quadrupeds had been delivered His Majesty. This book deals with this subject.

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Blessed with a colourful history and temperate climate, Paris has a rich variety of gardens and a diverse range of flora. The history, aesthetics, design and botanical heritage of Parisian parks are brilliantly displayed in this book, in the watercolours

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This survey of Islamic glass is based on the al-Sabah collection in Kuwait. The work provides close attention to 250 of the glass objects while the remainder are described without discussion. Objects are included from the late 6th century to the 19th century.

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Here is a report from the trenches on the most exciting and original graffiti scene to emerge in the past decade. From extraordinary creative extremes generated amidst urban deprivation to crafted murals at their most elaborate, Graffiti Brasil offers both stunning photography and in-depth history and insight from world authorities on the subject.

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A vital expansion of the ideas that punctuate Haegue Yangs Tate St Ives exhibition, bringing together installation photography and new texts on the artist

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The beauty of Matisse simple drawings, as powerful today as in 1936, remains accessible to art lovers and a general audience alike. This title features 39 Matisse drawings and translations by Pulitzer-prize winning poet and scholar Richard Howard.

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This major reference work concentrates on British flower painting from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. The dictionary provides the biographical details of almost 1000 British flower painters, including specialties, awards and exhibitions.

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This book tells the story of Hoa Hakananaia: an imposing, intriguing figure of superb workmanship, it was the focal point of initiation rites, and is layered with late relief carvings that relate it to exotic birdman rites.

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Draw your woodland world in the cutest style ever!

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Features the human head in every conceivable pose and illumination, from bright light to gentle shade. Includes drawings of all age groups, and provides advice on proportion, foreshortening, more. 75 illustrations.

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This comprehensive reference work provides all the answers to all the technical questions that constantly arise when trying to identify accurately any kind of print. Some 90 different techniques are described, as well as essential features of printing history and related matters such as colour separation.

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The sky is arguably the most important aspect of a landscape painting. In this practical and informative guide, Geoff Kersey shows you how to paint beautiful and dramatic skies in watercolour.

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Featuring tips and techniques by Joe Dowden to help artists better represent water.

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Full of advice, commiseration, empathy, and wit that is comforting, helpful, direct, and remarkable in its truth, I Used to Have a Plan helps everyone through the painful yet ultimately uplifting process of healing.

I Used to Have a Plan includes 75-100 illustrations.

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Watercolour expert Camilla Damsbo Brix brings you a second offering of mixed media wonder that centers lovely birds and winged insects.

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Add the magic and wonder of the forest to your walls with these beautiful and intriguing illustrations that put the current mushroom mania on display. Features 45 unique prints, from Chicken of the Woods To Lions Mane to Puffballs, in three convenient sizes that are perfect for framing.

(Hardback, Revised edition)

In every new edition, the International Floral Art book honours three personalities who use the skills and techniques of the trade to surpass the simple flower arrangement to produce a form of art.

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Covering both Iznik pieces de forme and the famous Iznik tiles that decorate Ottoman imperial monuments, this title integrates the entire spectrum of Iznik production, both tiles and wares, and the broader artistic tradition in which it originated. It begins with a description of the particular nature of Islamic art under the Ottoman empire.

(Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)

Emerging from the unlikely background of the Scottish coalfields, unknown and untutored, Jack Vettriano has become Scotland's most successful and controversial contemporary artist.

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