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This volume provides a historical and conceptual analysis of Islamic art and documents the successes and failings of its presentation in museums worldwide thus far.

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This is the first in-depth historical study of Jan Gossart (ca. 1478-1532), one of the most important painters of the Renaissance in northern Europe. Providing a richly illustrated narrative of the Netherlandish artist's life and art, Marisa Anne Bass shows how Gossart's paintings were part of a larger cultural effort in the Netherlands to assert t

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The first monograph dedicated to this unique pioneer in goldsmithing and illustrated in full colour.

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First publication about the young rising star Johannes Nagel of the German ceramic scene, whilst examining the associations between form and idea.

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The book traces Malevich's development from his beginnings in Ukraine and early years in Moscow - where he was closely involved in the Futurist circle - through to the late 1920s and beyond.

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From bottle gardens, batman and the bachelor pad to garden gnomes and monogamy spray, this book uses a range of objects to explore the meanings and uses of kitsch. An accessible, comprehensive introduction for students and informed readers, it adds to debates on taste in cultural theory and sociology and provides a review of the literature.

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The first monograph of the Norwegian jewellery artist Konrad Mehus, who translates daily social and political themes into impressive narrative jewellery objects in an ironic and subtle way.

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First monograph on one of the leading lights of the contemporary Iranian art movement, showcasing his various artistic phases and outlining his progressive approach to art-making and distribution.

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The work of the English artist Hamish Fulton (b in London in 1946) uncontestedly occupies a unique position among the artistic stances taken in the 20th and early 21st centuries. Fulton is a 'walking artist', one whose central theme is nature and nature as humans experience it. This book charts the work of British 'walking' artist Hamish Fulton.

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From Korean artists' first encounters with oil paintings in the late nineteenth century to the varied and vibrant creative outputs of the 2000s, this new account covers a critical and, from a cultural perspective, a revolutionary time, signified by the breakdown of earlier artistic conventions and the rise of new art forms.

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"Everything's right, and so is the opposite" was the philosophy of the artist Kurt Schwitters, who died in England, an exile from Hitler's Germany. Painter, poet, advertising agent, cabaret artist, and a talented all-rounder, his wildly unorthodox life and works are presented in this biography.

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This publication presents a comprehensive selection of Leonard Rickhard's most important and significant paintings from the 1970s to the present day, enhanced by a selection of sketches.

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Seven years in the making, Life Is Beautiful is an eclectic mixture of art, photography, and inspiration, reflecting Mr. Brainwash's style and how he has bridged the gap between this art and his life.

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The first comprehensive monograph on the exceptional American jewellery artist Linda MacNeil presents over fifty of her most important works and, in fascinating illustrations and captivating essays, traces the significance of her contribution to the art jewellery of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

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The first comprehensive monograph in English on the oeuvre in wood by Norwegian jewellery artist Liv Blavarp, featuring around 55 works between 2002 and 2017.

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Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of California, Davis, 2008) under title: History unhoused.