Ancient Glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum
ISBN: PB: 9781606069196,
Getty Publications,
February 2025
436 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 650 colour illus.
436 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 650 colour illus.
The J. Paul Getty Museum's collection of ancient glass – astonishingly delicate, richly hued, and fancifully shaped-is among the most celebrated in the United States. With objects ranging from the Bronze Age to the medieval period (1500 BCE - 1000 CE...
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85.00 GBP
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Crossing Over
Art and Science at Caltech, 1920-2020
ISBN: PB: 9781606069424,
Getty Publications,
December 2024
352 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 250 colour illus.
352 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 250 colour illus.
Science is as much a visual practice as a textual or quantitative one. For centuries, scientists have used microscopes, telescopes, painting, illustration, printing, and photography to perceive nature and communicate what they see in it, often in col...
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55.00 GBP
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Gustave Caillebotte
Painting Men
ISBN: HB: 9781606069448,
Getty Publications,
December 2024
240 pp., 27,9x24,1 cm, 195 colour illus.
240 pp., 27,9x24,1 cm, 195 colour illus.
More than any other French Impressionist, painter Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) observed and depicted the many men in his life, including his brothers and friends, employees, and the workers and bourgeois in his Parisian neighborhood. Male subjects...
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45.00 GBP
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Terra 2022
Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage
ISBN: PB: 9781606069158,
Getty Publications,
December 2024
576 pp., 27,9x22,9 cm, 488 colour and 60 black&white illus.
576 pp., 27,9x22,9 cm, 488 colour and 60 black&white illus.
Earthen architecture is one of the oldest forms of construction and is evidenced around the globe. This volume gathers the research and presentations from Terra 2022: 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage, which brought together in Sa...
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85.00 GBP
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Nordic Art and Way of Life
Art World, Artists and Themes
ISBN: HB: 9780300276275,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
November 2024
304 pp., 29,2x23,8 cm, 274 colour illus.
304 pp., 29,2x23,8 cm, 274 colour illus.
An exploration of the development of the art scene, its socio-political context, and the role of the fine arts in nineteenth-century Nordic society.
This book captures for the first time the full story of Nordic art and its corresponding way of lif...
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60.00 GBP
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Designing with Colour
The Use of Gradients in Graphic Design: The Use of Gradients in Graphic Design
ISBN: HB: 9788410650084,
Hoaki,
November 2024
256 pp., 25,0x19,0 cm, colour and black&white illus.
256 pp., 25,0x19,0 cm, colour and black&white illus.
A graphic reference work by best-selling author Wang Shaoqiang for both design students and professionals, this book about colour gradient usage will help readers learn how to harness the potential of different colour combinations and acquire the ess...
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29.99 GBP
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Ancient Thrace and the Classical World
Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece
ISBN: HB: 9781606069400,
Getty Publications,
November 2024
408 pp., 29,2x24,1 cm, 310 colour illus.
408 pp., 29,2x24,1 cm, 310 colour illus.
The Thracians – a collection of tribal peoples who inhabited territories north of ancient Greece, an area that comprises present-day Bulgaria, much of Romania, and parts of Greece and Turkey-were renowned for their skill as warriors and horsemen, as...
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55.00 GBP
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Paper and Light
Luminous Drawings
ISBN: PB: 9781606069301,
Getty Publications,
October 2024
112 pp., 24,1x21,6 cm, 82 colour illus.
112 pp., 24,1x21,6 cm, 82 colour illus.
The treatment of light and shadow is one of the building blocks of drawing. From techniques such as reserves, and highlights to material selection and the creation of translucent tracing paper, to the use of light as a medium for viewing artworks, ar...
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21.99 GBP
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Eyes that Commit
Black Women and Non-Binary Photographers. A Visual Survey
ISBN: HB: 9783791389271,
Prestel Publishing,
October 2024
256 pp., 28,0x24,0 cm, 150 colour illus., 150 black&white illus.
256 pp., 28,0x24,0 cm, 150 colour illus., 150 black&white illus.
A major new publication looking at the rich history of photographic practice by Black female and non-binary artists from the late 19th century to the present day.
For decades, women have been overlooked in the cultural history of photography, especi...
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40.00 GBP
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German Paintings before 1800
National Gallery Catalogues
ISBN: SET: 9781857099195,
Yale University Press,
National Gallery London,
September 2024
750 pp., 28,5x21,6 cm, 700 colour and black&white illus.
750 pp., 28,5x21,6 cm, 700 colour and black&white illus.
An authoritative new volume cataloguing the German paintings before 1800 in the collection of the National Gallery, London.
This fully illustrated catalogue presents the most up-to-date research on the seventy-five paintings in the National Gallery...
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120.00 GBP
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