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Kurt Beers 100 Painters of Tomorrow ENPainting is enjoying a remarkable creative renaissance in the twenty-first century, with many of the world’s leading artists now working in this most enduring and seductive of media. 100 Painters of Tomorrow is the culmination of a new project, initiated by curator Kurt Beers and Thames & Hudson, to find the 100 most exciting painters at work today. This major publication introduces and presents the work from a…
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Kurt Beers 100 Sculptors of TomorrowHow do you find the most promising emerging artists at work in a rapidly transforming medium? Bypassing traditional art world channels, 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow is the culmination of a major, democratic open call for up-and-coming sculptors...
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Thomas Pavitte 1000 Dot-to-Dot Book ENIn an age of childhood fun for grown-ups, we bring you The Dot-to-Dot Book. Thomas Pavitte has put together a unique collection of dot-to-dot drawings, all of them consisting of exactly , dots and taking a satisfyingly long time to complete. His unique style, recreating iconic people and portraits in dot form, results in images that are not only fun to join, but cool enough to put on your wall.
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Tracy Fitzgerald, Alison Taylor 1000 Dresses ENThis book is a comprehensive library of dress styles to be used as a reference for the fashion designer, fashion student and anyone interested in the fashion industry. The book is a springboard for ideas. Designer-educators Tracy Fitzgerald and Alison Taylor document all aspects of the dress, offering a lexicon of design inspiration. Illustrated with a superb catalogue of visual imagery, the book provides a common…
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Joanna Rzezak 1001 AntsWe're on an adventure with 1,001 ants! Visit the ants in their home, meet their queen, and see how ants look after their colony. Then join them on a walk through the countryside, discovering plants, insects, mushrooms ...
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Ana Benaroya 120 Ways to Annoy Your Mother (and Influence People) ENAna Benaroya, a brilliant, young, independent American illustrator, has brought together 120 tips that provide an ironic, witty and gently subversive twist on all the guides to life for would-be prom queens and cheerleaders. This book provides the things that really matter for a teenage rebel, including How Not to Make Eye Contact with Your Mother and How to Turn Your Life into a Soap Opera, alongside humorous…
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Susan North 18th-Century Fashion in DetailThis beautifully illustrated book reveals sharp pleats, high collars, gleaming pastes, colorful beads, elaborate buttons, and intricate lacework that make up some of the garments in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s extensive fashion collection...
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Rebecca C. Tuite 1950s in VogueOne of only seven editors-in-chief in American Vogue's history, Jessica Daves has remained one of fashion's most enigmatic figures-until now. Diana Vreeland's direct predecessor in the role, it is Daves who first catapulted the magazine into modernity...
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Ana Benaroya 20 Notecards to Annoy Your Friends (or Make Them Smile) ENThe perfect way for all quiet renegades to send those important messages and thoughts at special moments to friends, family, loved ones and ... not such loved ones.
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200 Trips from the Counter-Culture ENPacked with words and graphics, this nostalgic tour de force illustrates and celebrates the 60s and 70s heyday of alternative magazine publishing in Europe and America, reproducing images from magazines both seminal and obscure whose influence continues to reverberate through culture, politics and society. It will be a must-buy for retro graphics fans and for anyone interested in '60s counterculture.
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Stefano Papi, Alexandra Rhodes 20th Century Jewelry & the Icons of Style ENFor many centuries the collecting of precious jewels was the preserve of kings and queens, emperors and maharajahs. But in the aftermath of the First World War, with the fall of several European monarchies, royal gems passed into the hands of a different kind of elite that included celebrities from the silver screen and a coterie which revelled in a new-rich social whirl. Eleven of these rich and glamorous women,…
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Claire Wilcox 20th-Century Fashion in DetailRevealing the elaborate embroidery, intricate pleats and daring cuts that make up some of the 20th century's most beautiful garments, this book explores the specific techniques used by couturiers as tastes and textile technologies evolved....
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Roger Burrows 3D Thinking in Design and ArchitectureThe geometric foundations, forms and patterns in today’s architecture, design and decorative arts have been deeply influenced by past cultures. From humankind’s first path-like doodles on cave walls through to the higher abstractions developed to ...
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Gene Kannenberg 500 Essential Graphic Novels ENIn 500 Essential Graphic Novels the finest paperbacks, collections and hardcovers from around the world are gathered together for the first time in a volume that reveals the sheer diversity and rich talent that abounds in this visually thrilling medium. The creme de la creme of contemporary graphic novels are listed with a plot breakdown, the creators, publisher, date of first collected release, ISBN and, of course,…
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A Chronology of ArchitectureA Chronology of Architecture presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the complex links between structural innovations, social changes, and artistic interventions...
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Iain Zaczek A Chronology of ArtA fresh take on the history of art, using cultural timelines to reveal little-known connections and influences between artworks and artistic movements. Most surveys of the history of art are divided into historic periods, artistic schools, and movements. In reality, movements and artists’ careers overlap and intertwine, reacting to events in the world around them. By prioritizing a purely chronological approach, A…
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Paul Lowe A Chronology of PhotographyA Chronology of Photography presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the complex links between technological innovations, social changes, and artistic interventions. Structured around a c
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Andy Warhol, Arthur Edelman A Coloring BookIt was 1953 when, not long after arriving in New York City, a young artist named Andy Warhol had begun to make his way in the world of commercial illustration. As Arthur Edelman, his former employer, relates in his introductory note...
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Noodoll Studio A Day in RicetownA mixture of puzzles, games, colouring and drawing activities, this super hands-on activity book is absolutely packed full of fun! Draw pictures around the puppets as you explore all the different areas...
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David Hockney, Martin Gayford A History of Pictures ENThe making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. Two-thirds of it is irrevocably lost, since the earliest images known to us are from about 40,000 years ago. But what a 40,000 years, explored here by David Hockney and Martin Gayford in a brilliantly original book. They privilege no medium, or period, or style, but instead, in 16 chapters, discuss how…
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David Hockney, Martin Gayford, Rose Blake (ilustrácie) A History of Pictures for ChildrenA History of Pictures for Children takes readers on a journey through art history, from early art drawn on cave walls to the images we make today on our computers and phone cameras. Based on the bestselling book for adults, this children's edition of A Hi
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Stephen Campbell, Michael Cole A New History of Italian Renaissance ArtCampbell and Cole, respected teachers and active researchers, draw on traditional and current scholarship to present complex interpretations in this new edition of their engaging account of Italian Renaissance art. The book’s unique decade-by-decade structure is easy to follow, and permits the authors to tell the story of art not only in the great centres of Rome, Florence and Venice, but also in a range of other…
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Kelly Grovier A New Way of SeeingFrom a carved mammoth tusk (c. 40,000 bce) to Duchamp's Fountain (1917), and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights (1505-10) to Louise Bourgeois's Maman (1999), a remarkable lexicon of astonishing imagery has imprinted itself onto cultural consciousness ...