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On occasion of Gustav Klimt's 150th birthday, the Albertina in Vienna and the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles have dedicated a special exhibition to this artist's outstanding graphic work. This publication focuses on this project.

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The diverse oeuvre of Gustave Dorillustrations, paintings, sculpturecombines with biography and critical essays and attests to the artists enduring impact on contemporary culture.

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A comprehensive monograph on an important twentieth-century experimental visual artist.

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South Korean artist Yang uses a wide array of mediums--ranging from paper collage, video essays and performative sculptures to large-scale installations--to create images and experiences in which people, places, and things are evocatively linked.ly linked.

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The first monograph on the work of Harvey Quaytman (19372002).

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Thomas Rowlandso (1757-1827) make clear his sharp eye for current affairs as well as his appreciation of the humour in everyday life. This book brings together nearly one hundred comic works by Rowlandson, with subjects the entire range of English society, including numerous satires of politics, and George III and his troublesome offspring.

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Hiroshi Senjus art can be understood in its simple immediacya sense of powerful, timeless calm, and the monumental force and presence of nature is perceived. This book focuses on this painter who expresses contemporary modernity through ancient painting techniques that are unique to Japan.

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A dazzling reprint of Hiroshige's views of Edo (modern-day Tokyo), one of the masterpieces of the ukiyo-e woodblock tradition and a paradigm of the Japonisme that inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau artists, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill Whistler.

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The first and only book on one of the finest private collections of contemporary Iranian art

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Ever since they were first domesticated thousands of years ago, horses have played a vital role in human life and history. Using photography of the many horses to be found in the collections of the British Museum, this book explores the depiction of the horse through the ages and celebrates the relationship between horses and humans.

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Hodgkin's art can be seen as providing memorials for people, many of whom are friends, whose absence is countered by the corresponding physical presence of particular paintings. This book, like the exhibition it accompanies, surveys the development of Hodgkin's portraiture from its beginnings in 1949 to the present, including new paintings.

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Looks at icons in the context of the history of Christianity and examine all aspects of the production and power of this distinctive art form. Based on an analysis of British Museum examples that have been carefully studied by restorers, this book explains how icons were made, framed and displayed.

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During the 1870s and 1880s, a group of French artists, including Pissarro and Renoir, adopted a style of painting and subjects that challenged the art prompted by the Academie Francaise where assumptions about the meaning of painting prevailed. This work presents a survey of the movement and features 60 reproductions of some of the renowned works.

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A comprehensive, accessible guide to impressionism the artistic movement that led to the radical renewal of Western art.

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A survey of Indonesian contemporary art. It presents the works by Indonesian artists, and discusses their distinguishing characteristics differentiated from other contemporary art in Asia and the Western world.

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Places the intimate drawings and paintings of Ingres within the context of the old masters and elucidates his place in the evolution of art in the nineteenth century. This title explores various aspects of his work, both public and private facets, through general themes, as well as minute details.

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An exhibition catalogue that celebrates the works of five pivotal artists from the Arab world. It honors the careers of Dia Azzawi, Farid Belkahia, Ahmed Nawar, Ibrahim el-Salahi, and Hassan Sharif. It highlights their individual contributions to forging and promoting modern art and enriching the history of aesthetics in their countries.

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This illustrated history of Islamic art surveys the achievement of Muslim artists and craftsmen over 1200 years, from the 7th to the 19th centuries AD. The author examines the great diversity of styles, region by region. Also considered is the specific character of Islamic art and its influences.

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An anthology of 280 Islamic designs and patterns. It is drawn from the heritage of Islamic art c 800-1600 AD. It is suitable for designers, craftsmen, artists, teachers and students.