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Get to know the National Gallery's masterworks through the eyes of leading cultural figures and contemporary artists photographed in the Gallery and behind-the-scenes spaces. Organized chronologically, this book tells the story of 700 years of art history through a selection of over 200 paintings in the collection, from Margarito d'Arezzo to Claude Monet.

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In this challenging collection of fifteen essays, most of which originally appeared in October, Rosalind Krauss explores the ways in which the break in style that produced postmodernism has forced a change in our various understandings of twentieth-century art, beginning with the almost mythic idea of the avant-garde.

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In 1960, John Rewald took over the task of researching and collating Cezanne's oeuvre, following the death of Lionello Venturi, publisher of the first catalogue on Cezanne in 1936. The result is this catalogue raisonne, treating the 954 paintings accepted by Rewald.

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Through photographs and drawings, this authoritative book reconstructs the Frieze in its entirety according to the most up-to-date research, with a detailed scene-by-scene commentary. The superb quality of the carving is revealed in a series of close-up photographs.

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Published in 1975, this autobiography of private Andy Warhol talks about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, success; about New York and America; and about himself - his childhood in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, good times and bad times in the Big Apple, the explosion of his career in the Sixties, and life among celebrities.

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"The Polyhedrists offers a critical history of the development of geometry in the early modern period, and explores the role of the platonic solids in late Renaissance art and culture"--

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Tracking the postconceptual dimensions of contemporary art

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A dazzling new history of the world and a popular introduction to art history by a renowned expert

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This beautiful and compelling book presents a new consideration of Raphael's achievement, shedding fresh light on the Cartoons' history from their creation, their acquisition by the English Crown in 1623, to their loan to the South Kensington Museum by Queen Victoria in 1865 in memory of Prince Albert.

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Rome as we know it is largely a creation of the Renaissance, restructured and risen anew from a neglected medieval town

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This book profiles some of the handful of people who rescued significant cultural treasures that would or may have been otherwise lost to humankind. Some, like Dr. Assad, were on a noble mission, but that is not always the case. Some are motivated by profit, fame, gratitude, or personal advancement.

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The Road Untravelled is Sherin Aminossehes personal response to the COVID-19 lockdown, her art offering an imaginative escape for people unable to travel.

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Provides a remarkable insight into the sociology of late medieval artistic practice. This book traces how the church's governing body, the Roman Curia, imported art works from Europe to the Latium region and illustrates their enormous impact on Roman culture.

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The Royal azienki became the first modern museum in Poland open to the public. Each year, the gardens are visited by more than 2 million people.

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An investigation through texts, interviews, and documentation of the complex relationship between the urban, the rural, and contemporary cultural production.

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Focusing on Corot's paintings and drawings, this book provides a key to his creative output in the genre of figure painting.

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Offering a rich and lively history, this is an essential read for all those interested in this most enduringly popular and humane of art forms.

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Featuring stunning new photographs, many in color, and an updated design, this special reissue of Rachel Carson's award-winning classic--originally published by Harper & Row in 1965--encourages sharing the miracle of nature with children.

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Illustrated history of the wartime years of Dragon School, Oxford, and celebrated headmaster Charles 'Skipper' Lynam.

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