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Reviews Arts and Crafts movement's background, history, personalities and glorious products. This book identifies the origins of the movement. It also celebrates the inspiration of its founder, William Morris, craftsman, poet and social reformer.

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Presents nearly 500 masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, the largest and finest privately owned collection of Islamic art in the world. This book includes pictures of precious objects that were created for sultans, princes and merchants between the 7th and early 20th centuries, and includes rare illustrated manuscripts and Qurans.

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Join the heady ride of Der Blaue Reiter, the group of artists who galloped just three years of the early 20th century together, but in their rejection of establishment standards and charge into a new artistic realm marked a major step in the evolution of European Expressionist and abstract art.

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The surprisingly modern-looking, sometimes hallucinatory illustrations and the cursory descriptions of the Book of Miracles strikingly convey a unique view of the concerns and anxieties of the 16th century, of apocalyptic thinking and eschatological expectation. This facsimile volume reproduces the Book of Miracles in its entirety.

(Paperback, 2nd ed.)

Hassan Massoudy's elegant calligraphy depicts the four seasons of the garden. From the icy palettes of winter and the fading hues of autumn to delicate spring growth and the dazzling sunshine and blooms of summer, he captures in calligraphy what countless poets have wrought with words.

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The letters of Vincent van Gogh lay bare the events of his dramatic life, providing remarkable insight into the creative process, and touching revelations of his personal anguish. They are reproduced in these three volumes with over 200 ink drawings that the artist sketched into them.

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This new biographical look at Leonardo da Vinci explores the Renaissance master's groundbreaking feminist portrayal of women which forever changed the way the female form is depicted.

(Paperback, 3rd Edition, Third Edition)

In full colour, with over 750 images to enhance and clarify the concepts, this thought-provoking resource is for graphic designers, professors, and students.

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An authoritative overview of Cy Twomblys complex body of work, bringing together the most important of his paintings and painting cycles, as well as a selection of his drawings, sculptures and photographs.

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This concise, beautifully illustrated guide explores the enigmatic Franks Casket, carved from whalebone in 8th century northern England, and decorated with scenes from tales both pagan and Christian, as well as runic inscriptions.

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From Achilles to Zephyr, from Abraham to Ursula, "The Gallery Companion" provides a complete background to the classical and biblical knowledge necessary for a fuller appreciation of paintings.

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States that no single curator, critic or dealer can or should monopolize our view of what is happening in the art world today. Instead, the author aims to show us how exciting and rewarding it is to steer our own way through the art world today.

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A celebration of the finest 300 works of Byzantine art.

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In undertaking an analysis of the representation of motherhood, this book traces a history of women's empowerment, chronicling gender struggles, sexual politics, and clashes between tradition and emancipation.

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Defines the relationship between an architect of genius, William Wardell, and the first Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, James Goold, an Irishman educated in Risorgimento, Italy. Together, they actively and creatively shaped the city that became a major international metropolis.

(Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

Presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. This book discusses the social and political institutions that existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and analyses the ways of thinking and seeing that characterized this period of artistic creativity.

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A collection of 100 final paintings from 100 deceased artists, with accompanying biographies and thought-provoking text.

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The third title in an exciting new series called Unicorn Icons, bringing out-of print biographies and autobiographies of celebrated artists and key figures from the world of art back into print.

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The stories behind some of the most unusual and remarkable artworks from around the world, beautifully illustrated throughout

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This monumental new book is the first to celebrate the greatest and most iconic paintings of one of the largest, most important, and most beloved museums in the world.