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The work of Manet is defined in this book - he was an artist who interpreted modern life with a fresh handling of colour and tone. Yet he craved official recognition and was dogged by notoriety. He rejected traditional conventions in paintings such as "Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe" and "Olympia".

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Piero Manzoni was the enfant terrible of the post-war Italian avant-garde before his untimely death in Milan at the age of just twenty-nine in 1963. This book charts the entire career of the post-war Italian artist Piero Manzoni (1933 - 1963).

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A monograph of Marianne Heske, one of Norway's most important contemporary artists.

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The main subject in the creative work of the sculptor Mario Dilitz (b 1973) from Tyrol is to give expression to the human form, to convey and translate the language it speaks. In photographs, this volume introduces the artist's work and provides insight into the artistic development and process of creation of his unusual sculptures.

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A comprehensive study of Mark Wallinger's career that draws on conversations with the artist. It traces his development from early influences to winning the Turner Prize in 2007 and beyond. It reveals Wallinger as an artist committed to making art that is not only brilliantly accessible and witty, but also conscientious and politically incisive.

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Following on from Volume IV, the second volume of the Martin Kippenberger catalogue raisonn.

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Astonishing details of the paintings by Van Eyck in an attractively priced guide.

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Through eye-popping colors and simple forms, rejoice in the restless creativity and infectious energy of Henri Matisse, the artist who never stopped making art, and whose vivid palette gave nudes, landscapes, and interior views a whole new modernity. This compact yet comprehensive monograph includes preparatory sketches, full-page reproductions, and enlarged details.

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Presents an extraordinary immersion in the range and depth of the art of Henri Matisse, one of the worlds most beloved, innovative and influential artists

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Illustrated throughout with superb watercolours printed on textured paper, Yvan Martial's handwritten captions reveal the author's passion for his island's history, resulting in a sketchbook that gives a very personal account of the island, its natural beauty and cultural diversity.

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Introduces one of the greatest Renaissance masters through his drawings. A short illustrated essay opens the book, describing Michelangelo's life and the background behind some of his greatest works, including the Sistine chapel ceiling and the Last Judgement. This book then illustrates a selection of his most important drawings.

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An anthology dedicated to DAIM, one of the greatest names in graffiti that contains never-before-seen images and detailed deconstructions of DAIM's production process

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Claude Monet transformed light and colour into art. This book traces his career from his "Impression, Sunrise" of 1874, which caused uproar among the critics, to his last near-abstract paintings of water and reflection which he painted when he was almost blind.

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Born in 1924 in the ancient Persian city of Qazvin in a grand old house replete with carpets, stained glass, nightingales, and gardens, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian audaciously left occupied Iran during World War II for New York. This is a monograph on the eminence grise of Middle-Eastern art - Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian.

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Profiles of great women, too long overshadowed by their writer or artist husbands, boyfriends and lovers

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This is the first account of the work of New Zealand's leading abstract painter, Milan Mrkusich. Trained as an architect, and drawing on ideas from alchemy, phenomenology, and modernist thinkers, Mrkusich soaked up the work of international artists to establish his own New Zealand modernism.

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