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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.

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The perfect introduction to the life and work of Jackson Pollock

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Presents the history of jewellery in the age of Victoria. This book focuses on the attitudes of owners to their jewellery and the symbolic weight that it was expected to carry.

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Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and Andy Warhol each significantly shaped the development of art in the 20th century. These books present the stories behind masterpieces of the modern canon and the contributions of individual artists to the history of modern art.

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Over the past decade, New York artist Jordan Wolfson has gained a reputation for his surprising, thought-provoking works in a wide range of media, including video, sculpture, installation, photography, and performance. This book deals with the life of this artist.

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The perfect introduction to the life and art of Joseph Beuys.

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The most comprehensive book yet on this inspired, inventive chronicler of the African-American experience

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Korean Eye is regarded a pioneering global promoter of Korean art and culture, and as such has attracted huge numbers of artists wishing to enter their work for the forthcoming 2012 exhibition. This title helps us understand the work of Korean Contemporary Artists, and provides a gateway to the wider culture of their homeland.

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How to capture that breadth in one work of art How to celebrate a single system while also reflecting the millions of lives that it transports every day This book explores the historic and mythological significance of the labyrinth.

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The latest addition to the best-selling Colour Library series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art features all Leonardo's painted works and a detailed illustrated introduction.

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Suitable for scholars, collectors and Aivazovsky's admirers, this book focuses on the works of 19th century master who raised European maritime painting to a new level.

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The life and work of the French-American sculptor in our series Art to Read

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Features masterpieces of Italian Renaissance drawings from the British Museum, the Louvre and other French public collections in Lille, Rennes and Montpellier. Examining the drawing as part of the creative process, and showing how it reveals the artists mind at work, this book explains the materials and techniques used in Renaissance drawings.

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The British Museum has one of the finest collection of antiquities from ancient Greece and Rome outside of those countries. This book investigates 180 of these works, including the most famous and also a selection of lesser known but equally important pieces.

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Goldsmiths were among the most highly regarded craftsmen in the medieval world, making extravagant objects from precious gold and silver, often enriched with rare stones and engraved gems. This title explores the goldsmiths craft through works in the British Museum and from collections around the world.

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Michelangelo was a genius of unrivaled virtuosity. This dependable edition traces the extraordinary depth and breadth of his work and his ascent to the elite of the Renaissance and art history with ten richly illustrated chapters covering the artist's paintings, sculptures, and architecture with special focus on the tour de force frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.

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Offers an analysis of the work of Mimmo Paladino, one of the most innovative and established contemporary artists in the world. This book covers his entire oeuvre from 1963 to 2015, his role in renewing painting that, after including environmental interventions, shifted to photography and sculpture, architecture and cinema, opera and theatre.

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Displaying the beauty and skill of Chinese ink paintings through a selection of highlights from the British Museum's collection, Modern Chinese Ink Paintings features hanging scrolls, hand scrolls, large-scale paintings and album leaves to explore the innovative contributions of individual masters from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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In this survey, Richard Weston traces the course of Modernism from its beginnings to its contemporary manifestations.

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A masterfully narrated account of painting in London from the Second World War to the 1970s, illustrated throughout with documentary photographs and works of art

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A splendid catalogue devoted to the work of an artist who was responsible for some of the most original glass artworks in art history.

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An in-depth look at the work and career of this fascinating artist, who is having a profound impact on contemporary painting