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William Gaunt Renoir ENCelebrates one of the giants of French Impressionism with luxurious, large-format images. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was one of the founders of Impressionism and a friend of Monet, Pissarro and Sisley. He worked side-by-side with Monet on the banks of the Seine, sharing his concern with light and colour, but landscape painting never displaced his enduring love of figure painting. Delighting in the ample…
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Peter Buchanan Renzo Piano Building Workshop ENRenzo Piano is an architect whose work seems increasingly relevant to our times. Winner of the Pritzker Prize in 1998, Piano is certainly one of the most interesting and acclaimed contemporary architects. Since his first building, the Centre Pompidou in Paris produced in collaboration with architect Sir Richard Rogers, he has realised a great number of attractive buildings all over the world, always creating new…
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Antonia Pesenti Rhyme FliesStunningly stylish art accompanies indulgent word play, ridiculous rhymes, and giggle-inducing punch lines Suitcase... FRUITcase! This deceptively simple pattern offers up one surprising rhyme per spread revealed behind a dramatic gatefold flap. Readers w
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Kenneth Powell Richard Rogers ENRichard Rogers is head of an internationally respected architectural practice responsible for many landmark buildings around the world and well-known for the quality of its work and its expertise in urban planning. This third volume of the Complete Works looks at the most recent projects by the Richard Rogers Partnership - the period from 1994 to 2004 - and discusses in detail many of the innovative and often hi…
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Robert A. Sobieszek Roger Ballen : Shadow ChamberPhaidon Press (5 Oct 2005): Since the late 1990s, Roger Ballen's work has moved away from the category of documentary photography into the realms of fiction. Though he continued to portray people on the fringes of South African society, his subjects began to act out dark and discomfiting tableaux, providing images that are exciting and disturbing but also contain flashes of dark humour. Ballen's most recent images…
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Room ENRoom is a comprehensive overview of contemporary world interior design and designers. A lavishly illustrated volume, Room presents 100 exceptional emerging designers, selected by 10 international leaders in the interior design world; featuring curators from a broad range of disciplines, including groundbreaking design publications, world-renowned academics and tutors on design, influential interior design practices,…
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Will Goldfarb Room for DessertThe definitive guide to perfect pastry from the former elBulli apprentice and his destination restaurant in Bali Will Goldfarb showcases a menu of desserts and fine pastry work at Room4Dessert in Ubud, Bali, with an approach inspired ...
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Tomi Ungerer Rufus ENTomi Ungerer's classic tale about a bat who learns to embrace his differences through friendship. Like all bats, Rufus sees life in black and white, until he chances upon an outdoor movie theatre and is awakened to the dazzling world of colours for the first time. Inspired and excited, Rufus paints his own wings and ventures out into the day, only to discover that his unusual appearance attracts unwelcome attention.…
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Dan Barasch Ruin and Redemption in ArchitectureLost, forgotten, reimagined, and transformed: the compelling beauty of abandoned, reinvented, and rescued architecture This book captures the awe-inspiring drama of abandoned, forgotten, and ruined spaces, as well as the extraordinary designs ...
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Stefan Sagmeister Sagmeister amd WalshAcclaimed designers Sagmeister and Walsh explore the essence of beauty and the transformative power of beautiful design. In this groundbreaking highly visual book, world-renowned designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh set out on a mission...
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Bruce Altshuler Salon to Biennial, Volume I: 1863-1959 ENSalon to Biennial documents in two volumes the most important international group art exhibitions from 1863 to today, and is the most comprehensive reference book on the subject. The result of years of research, it assembles for the first time a wealth of rare and never before published documentary material and ephemera, from installation images and reviews, to floor plans and catalog excerpts. Providing a unique…
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SAMPLE ENSAMPLE presents 100 outstanding fashion designers selected by 10 of the field’s leading professionals, including editors, stylists, designers, curators and writers. Truly global in scope, it has collected the world’s most exceptional international young designers from fashion`s four capitals – London, Paris, Milan and New York – as well as from other less prominent but no less flourishing centres of activity, such…
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Sample: 100 Fashion Designers ENSAMPLE presents 100 outstanding fashion designers selected by 10 of the field’s leading professionals, including editors, stylists, designers, curators and writers. Truly global in scope, it has collected the world’s most exceptional international young designers from fashion`s four capitals – London, Paris, Milan and New York – as well as from other less prominent but no less flourishing centres of activity, such…
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Sarah LucasThe most thorough survey of the provocative British artist, sculptor, and photographer, Sarah Lucas, one of the most important living British artists. Sarah Lucas, having emerged in the UK in the late 1980s alongside artists including ...
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Laura Hoptman, Okwui Enwezor, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh Sarah SzeThe first substantial monograph on an artist whose sculptures capture the proliferation of information and objects in contemporary life.
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Judith Collins Sculpture Today ENContemporary sculpture is a wide-ranging and fascinating subject, surprisingly unrepresented in the current marketplace. This beautifully illustrated book is a comprehensive overview of developments in the world of sculpture during the past fifty years, and follows the successful, highly illustrated formula of Phaidon's best-selling volumes Art Today and Architecture Today. In the great sea-change marking the end of…
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Sara Gillingham Seeing StarsA graphically stunning, comprehensive introduction to the constellations. This artful and accessible introduction to constellations equips readers with the information they need to locate, name, and explain all 88 internationally ....
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Mary Ellen Mark Seen Behind the Scene ENSince the 1960s Mary Ellen Mark has worked on over 100 film sets as what the film studios call a 'special stills photographer', making thousands of documentary photographs of life behind the scenes, rather than the conventional still photographs made of actors on camera. This exciting book presents the best of her images ranging from the first films that Mark shot in the 1960s such as Fellini's Satyricon, to…
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Nobuyoshi Araki Self, Life, Death ENThis major publication provides the most comprehensive overview yet of Araki’s prolific 40-year career. Araki’s key series of works are included alongside many rare and previously unpublished photographs. Featuring an interview and essays by writers from Japan and Europe, this book examines Araki from a broad range of perspectives and gives a cultural context to his work. Also included are a large selection of…
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Ricky Burdett, Philipp Rode Shaping Cities in an Urban AgeAn authoritative – and fascinating – investigation into the spatial and social dynamics of cities at a global scale. Shaping Cities in an Urban Age is the third and final addition to Phaidon's hugely successful ...
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Julia Bryan-Wilson, Jeannine Tang, Lanka Tattersall Sharon HayesThe first comprehensive publication to capture Hayes's unique blend of performance and social engagement which has been at the forefront of questions of feminist history, queer time, and protest culture for over a decadeAmerican artist Sharon Hayes uses p
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Sicily ENA stunning cookbook containing more than 50 authentic recipes from the tables of Sicily, the most colorful region of Italy. Recipes are accompanied by texts detailing Sicilian ingredients, producers, food markets, and specialty stores.
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Christine Muhlke, Adriano Rampazzo (ilustrácie) Signature Dishes That MatterA global celebration of the iconic restaurant dishes that defined the course of culinary history over the past 300 years. Today's food-lovers often travel the globe to enjoy the food of acclaimed chefs. Yet the tradition of seeking out unforgettable...