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From the same series as Abrams' successful "Saints: A Year in Faith and Art", this work presents the celestial heralds from early Christian mosaics to the paintings of Marc Chagall. It is organised by significant Biblical events, beginning with the Creation in Genesis and ending with John the Evangelist's vision of Heaven on Earth in Revelation.

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The seven centuries of the Anglo-Saxon period in England, roughly AD 4001100, were a time of extraordinary and profound transformation in almost every aspect of its culture, culminating in a dramatic shift from a barbarian society to a recognizably medieval civilization. This book traces the different roles art has played in Anglo-Saxon culture.

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A complete career monograph on British sculptor Sir Anthony Caro

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Re-inventing calligraphy, and focusing on the formal elements of the Arabic letter, Hurufiya is one of the most significant art movements that took place in the Arab world beginning in the 14th century, and peaking again in mid-twentieth century. This title recollects the history of a modern art movement in the Arab world, called "Hurufiya".

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Proposes to reveal the eclecticism of Arcimboldo placing him in the cultural context in which he lived and worked. This volume includes a selection of his paintings, tapestries, drawings and illustrations, realised throughout his life, from the period of his training in Lombardy to his time at the Hapsburg court.

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Through various visual and literary media, this book helps in understanding the effervescent artistic context of 1930s-40s Egypt.

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Brings together a group of Iraqi artists with varying working methodologies, whom are united in their experience of exile. This title documents their continuing contribution to Iraqi art, and highlights its importance in contemporary Middle Eastern art history.

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A world history of art styles, schools and movements.

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Updated edition of the bestselling book on modern Viennese art

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In a new exclusive slipcase, the prestigious five-volume series covering the fundamental events and pivotal works of international art in the twentieth century.

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Explains the birth, evolution and death of phenomena, trends and groups of artists since the fifties.

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Offers a history of the major movements of twentieth century art that provides an accessible entry into contemporary art for various people. This book presents some of the most famous artists of the 20th-century from Arp to Brancusi, Bacon to Basquiat, Gris to Koons, Gaudi to Schnabel, Warhol to Grant Wood and their greatest master works.

(Paperback, Abridged edition)

The definitive overview of this highly influential and innovative art movement.

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A monograph on the female painters, photographers, architects, sculptors, and designers of the vanguard Bauhaus School, who helped shape the cultural history of the twentieth century. It celebrates the work of twenty women artists who created in the teaching, workshop, and production branches of the Bauhaus women.

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A detailed and highly personal account of the life and works of the most influential female Impressionist painter: Berthe Morisot.

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Celebrates one of the greatest and most beloved painters of the Early Renaissance with luxurious, large-format images

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The perfect introduction to the life and work of Brice Marden

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The most comprehensive overview of the art of Bruce Nauman

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An introduction to the work of Jean Baptiste Chardin.

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Embodying the dynamics and diversity of methods and styles, this book features artists from China, who have broken free from artistic legacy to draw upon a transversal, worldwide culture.

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Claude Monet (1840-1926) devoted the last 25 years of his career to paintings of the Japanese-style pond and gardens of his house in Giverny, France. This title recounts the history of Monet's water lilies at the Museum and, underscores the paintings resonance with the art and artists.

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Edited by Okwui Enwezor, Chika Okeke-Agulu.

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"Picasso's Les Demoiselles dAvignon" (Museum of Modern Art, New York) dubbed by Pierre Daix as the first painting in modern art represents a milestone in the history of art. Picasso's radical break with tradition was to be a decisive influence on modern visual art.

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This book re-evaluates Dal's career from the crucial early years in Spain, to membership of the Surrealist group in 1930s Paris, then on to New York and Hollywood, where his behaviour made him a media star.