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The 87 artefacts and 8 essays in this catalogue, published to accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities at the University of Canterbury, offer an insight into the complex world of the gods and heroes of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Teece Museum is the new home of the James Logie Memorial Collection.

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A new and accessible way to understand art, looking at the love affairs that inspired our greatest masterpieces

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William Scott, born in 1913, first came to the publics attention when he participated in the Arts Councils exhibition at the 1951 Festival of Britain. His work ranges from abstract paintings to ever-richer still lifes with multiple levels of paint, and multiple levels of meaning.

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William Wegman's postcard paintings reflect a lifetime of engagement with narrative, perspective, art history, architecture, popular culture, humour and philosophy in art.

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Is it possible to speak of a contemporary art with an Islamic difference This question will be the subject of an exhibition that brings together artists who come from the Islamic world. Tapping into certain aesthetic, political, and spiritual notions, this book seeks to highlight the nuanced reactions of each individual artist.

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Founded in 1903, the Wiener Werkstatte - "Vienna Workshops" - was a movement to unite the fine and applied arts with the goal of creating beautifully designed and crafted objects for every purpose. This illustrated, compact book offers an exhaustive record of the group.

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In the first book to focus on Nordic conceptual art, Norwegian art critic Red argues that artworks are entangled in collective histories. In closely examining conceptual artworks, Red illustrates how works of art can be used to understand the past. the past.

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A catalogue that illustrates chronologically every confirmed work, inclusive of all media by the artist, with a time span from 1980s to 2015. For each singular work, it offers comprehensive information including detailed description, inscription, provenance, background, preparatory studies, photographs, literature and exhibition records.

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Published to accompany a major exhibition highlighting Quentin Blake's prolific but unknown work, giving an insight into the creative practice of one of the world's most celebrated illustrators.100 Figures is a beautifully packaged, affordable collection of previously unpublished artworks.

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A concise compendium of the lives and work of the 101 most significant surrealists by one of the last surviving members of the movement, bestselling author and artist Desmond Morris, who knew several of the key participants personally.

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It was the decade of Coco Chanel, Josphine Baker, Art Deco, Surrealism, caf culture and cabarets. American luminaries mingled with European artists like Dal and Picasso in Montparnasse's bohemian arts scene, while Brassa captured the vibrant dance halls of Montmartre. Explore anew the annes folles of 1920s Paris through this vibrant portrait.

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A Financial Times Book of the Year 2022

A major publication showcasing the history of Indian art across the subcontinent and South Asia from the late-nineteenth century to the present day.

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The bestselling book of conversations between David Hockney and art critic Martin Gayford as they explore the nature of creativity.

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Offers a look at the dynamic relationship between performance and painting from 1950 onwards. Moving through half a century of work in painting, video and photography, and including archival and documentary material, this book shows how performance art has challenged and energised the medium of painting for successive generations.

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An accessible and richly illustrated introduction which celebrates the work of Black British artists.

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A visual journey through eighty years of protest art, which is more relevant than ever in our digital, visually-rich and social-media driven age

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A fresh take on the history of art, using cultural timelines to reveal little-known connections and influences between artworks and artistic movements.

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Featuring seventy colourful, pseudo-historical collage-drawings, this book includes documents from the authors personal archive relating to some of the unlikely things that really happened in Performance Art showbiz over the years.

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The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. In this book, each chapter addresses an important question: What happens when we try to express reality in two dimensions Why is the 'Mona Lisa' beautiful and why are shadows so rarely found in Chinese, Japanese and Persian painting

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A new, compact edition of David Hockney and Martin Gayfords brilliantly original book, with a revised final chapter and three entirely new Hockney artworks

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