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In this provocative book, Timms asks confronting questions. Why is contemporary art so in thrall to spruikers and promoters, and why do their extravagant claims so rarely match the reality Why does the market have such power, and how does it dictate the sort of art we are allowed to see

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A renowned authority on the history of color and the author of celebrated volumes on blue, black, green, and red now traces the visual, social, and cultural history of yellow. Focusing on European societies, with comparisons from East Asia, India, Africa, and South America, he tells the intriguing story of the color's evolving place in art, religion, fashion, literature, and science.

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For 150 years Auckland Museum has been a storehourse of New Zealand's and the Pacific's treasures, in addition to arts from around the world. This text displays 150 pieces of Auckland Museum's collection, with each piece accompanied by an account of its origins and significance.

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Covers the fundamental events and pivotal works of international art in the 20th century. This book relates how artists reacted to the greatest tragedy of the 20th century and responded to the advent of the society of mass communication and consumption, to the moulding of the world.

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Winchester College was founded in 1382 and is one of England's oldest schools. This publication includes essays on fifty objects from across these collections, each written by a member of the school community.

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A lavishly illustrated exploration of Orla Kiely's design evolution, published to coincide with a major exhibition Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern at The Fashion and Textile Museum.

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An unparalleled collection of postwar and contemporary art assembled by two gutsy collectors.

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Printmaking was fundamental to Pablo Picasso's artistic vision. Over his career, he made well over 2,000 printed images, focusing on the intaglio techniques of etching, engraving, drypoint and aquatint, lithography and linoleum cut. This book explores Picasso's creative process in printmaking from the early years of the 20th century onwards.

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A beautiful and sumptuously illustrated book presenting the highlights of Renaissance court treasures.

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A monograph on this prolific artist with particular reference to his love for Manhatten, featuring previously unseen paintings, prints and drawings.

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Offers tremendous insight in to African culture. This book showcases works of wood, stone, ceramics, beadwork, textiles and metalwork from Africa from the Mediterranean coast to the Cape and from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. It also offers close-up views of individual details will allow the reader to see these pieces in a new way.

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Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Craft and Design focuses on some of the most interesting conceptual technical trends in wood working today, showing how today's creators have played against expectations of wood as a medium.

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A distinctive feature of Alberto Burris artistic imagery: the treatment of black in his Cellotex works.

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Now available in a new edition, this gorgeously illustrated book showcases botanical masterpieces by Alexander von Humboldt, one of historys great scientists and explorers.

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Rediscover M.C. Escher, a giant of twentieth-century art. This book illustrates c.100 prints and drawings, accompanied by short essays.

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From soup cans to car crashes, the early work of Andy Warhol is reconsidered in this illustrated collection of essays from a wide variety of scholars, writers, and artists.

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Comprehensive and entertaining, this volume presents black-and-white and color images from medieval illuminated manuscripts, woodcuts from the dawn of printing, and illustrations by Merian, Seba, Cuvier, Audubon, and many others. Detailed bibliographies and artist biographies.

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Celebrating the 400th anniversary of traditional Japanese ceramic culture as interpreted by todays leading designers

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Published to accompany the major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this book examines the work of the celebrated Venezuelan artist Armando Reveron.