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Rome is the city where past and present, spectacle and the everyday collide around every corner; where Baroque drama flourishes alongside ancient classical wonders; where necks crane to admire Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel; and where Fellini immortalized la dolce vita. This photographic portrait of Rome brings you all the history and all the wonders of an incomparable cultural capital.

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Initially, working only in sculpture, in industrial materials in machine-made forms, in recent years Roni Horn has also turned to producing photographs, often of Iceland, which she has visited regularly for the past twenty-five years. These photographs capture the changes in lighting and mood in images of the same subject.

This book explores the way that African rulers have employed art and architecture to define individual and state identity.

Paintings of San Antonio landmarks in flamboyant color by W. B. Thompson

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

What makes Scandinavia such a hotbed of design talent and innovation In this suitably stylish volume, explore a century of masterful forms and lyrical lines from across Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland. Bridging the gap between crafts and industrial production, organic forms and every functionality, this must-have guide includes in-depth entries featuring more than 180 designers.

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What makes Scottish art Scottish What are the threads that bind it into a single tradition This book examines the factors and the individual men and women that have shaped the nature and identity of Scottish art.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Hardback, In Association with the New Museum)

The official catalogue for the 2018 New Museum Triennial, a global survey of today's up-and-coming artists

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(Hardback)

(Hardback)

This scholarly, yet jargon-free, exploration of the relationship between music and the visual arts examines how that relationship was conceived at various times by practising artists and musicians, by critics and theorists of art

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Drawing on the British Museums wide-ranging collections, this intriguing and thought-provoking catalogue provides a fascinating contextual survey of political art across Asia, covering the period from approximately 1900 to 1976 (the end of the Cultural Revolution and Maos death; the end of the Vietnam War).

(Paperback, Fifth edition)

Dealing with Teotihuacan, this book discusses the rulership and ethnicity of that powerful yet enigmatic city. With many illustrations and analysis of recent discoveries, this book is suitable for the art historian, student and traveller.

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Step-by-step illustrations show how to create pencil compositions - from still life and landscape to animals and people. This text should be suitable for anyone who draws in pencil, and covers the range from rough, bold sketches to fine detail with subtle contrasts of texture and shading.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

The Art Puzzle Book is a fun introduction to art with puzzles, riddles and trivia relating to 36 iconic works of art.

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William Morris was a man of tremendous energies, his accomplishments astonishing in their range and depth. He became successively a poet, embroiderer, pattern designer, calligrapher, dyer, weaver, translator, architectural preservationist, socialist, and book publisher and printer. Here, the man, and 'The Firm', are considered.

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Featuring work across a range of media, from painting and sculpture to installation, video art and performance, this book examines the different roles played by the body in art, from being the subject of portraiture to becoming an active presence in live and participatory events.

(Paperback)

(Paperback, Bilingual edition)

From artworks, design, and everyday objects to political posters and flags, Stasi equipment, and uniforms: sift through never-before-seen archives in this encyclopedia of socialist East Germany.

(Hardback)

The ancient Greeks perceived the human body as an object of sensory delight and its depiction as the expression of an intelligent mind. This sumptuous photographic book explores ancient Greek sculptures of the body from every angle.