Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Books
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Arctic
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£27.00
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Jorn & Pollock: Revolutionary Roads
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£33.15
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art German Art in the Louisiana Collection: Louisiana
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£30.60
Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki L'Inferno Di Claudio Sacchi
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£31.72
Artbook D.A.P. Sleeping Beauties
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£33.18
Silvana Michael Rakowitz
Book SynopsisIraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz''s (b. 1973, USA) first major European survey presents a sequence of installations drawing on architecture, cultural artefacts and cuisine to tell stories of social ritual, conflict and loss. It encompasses work considering the citizen visionaries of post Soviet Hungary, Middle Eastern Beatles fans and the stonecarvers of Afghanistan, with Rakowitz''s casts of players and objects revealing the legacy of colonisation, modernism and globalism. The artist''s life-size replica of the gigantic lamassu, one of two monumental winged bulls that once guarded the gates of Nineveh in Iraq, currently features on Trafalgar Square''s Fourth Plinth. This recreation of an ancient mythological creature is made from everyday date syrup cans and is part of an epic endeavour to recreate all 7,000 objects looted from the Iraq Museum in 2003, as well as those destroyed more recently at archaeological sites like Nimrud, also presented
£29.95
Silvana Expressionism in Art and Film
Book SynopsisThe exhibition Expressionism in Art and Film aims to shed new light on Expressionism across traditional genre boundaries and to show the mutual influences between the arts of painting, graphics and film. In painted and moving images, the exhibition shows how deeply Expressionism was permeated by the crises of its time and how it loudly gave expression to the rapid social upheavals. Expressionism as a cultural revolutionary movement endeavored from the beginning to unite art and life, to abolish the separation of the arts and thus multiple talents became the ideal of the artists and the total work of art the desired goal. Text in English and German.
£35.00
Forma Edizioni Roberto Fanari: Il Cielo Ritrovato/The
Book SynopsisThis catalogue documents an exhibition of paintings by the Italian artist Roberto Fanari at the Studio Museo Francesco Messina in Milan. The central feature of the show is The Rediscovered Sky, a painting on canvas, 12 metres long and 6 metres wide, on two panels composed of 36 individual canvases and placed at a height of 12 metres. Other works shown on the ground floor are closely connected to the painted ceiling piece through their affinity or contrast. The centrality of nature in his work, and the link between art and nature, are evident in the way architectural elements of the surrounding space are incorporated into a seamless dialogue with the work. The artist, inspired by John Constable, has often focused on the subject of the sky and clouds, achieving an effect that evokes the dreamlike and visionary aspects of the imagination. Text in English and Italian.
£39.95
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Leonardo Da Vinci: La Scienza Prima Della Scienza
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£999.99
Skira Speed Limits
Book SynopsisThe pivotal role played by speed in modern life: from art and architecture to graphics and design to the material culture. One hundred years ago, “The Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism,” proclaimed that “the world’s magnificence has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed.” A century later, the tempo of life continues to accelerate, propelled by the ubiquity of portable media and communications devices. Speed sports are as popular as ever, air travel continues to grow, and car culture is invading the most populous areas of the globe. Business books with titles like The Need for Speed, Speed is Life, Rev it Up, and The Age of Speed proliferate on bookstore shelves as never before. Yet speed seems anything but beautiful to a growing chorus of voices that has arisen to denounce its deleterious impact upon contemporary life: whether from the standpoint of environmental devastation, stressful lifestyles, urban sprawl, or the ubiquity of nutritionally deficient fast food.
£25.65
Skira Moscow Splendours of the Romanovs
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£36.00
Skira Of Peace and War A Spanish Collection of Russian
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£39.95
Skira Parergon Japanese Art of the 1980s and 1990s
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£45.00
Skira Aelita Andre: Prodigy of Colour
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£29.75
Damiani Srl Magnum Photos with Reda 150
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£45.00
Edizioni Terra Santa Abana: Sguardi Sui Cristiani del Medio Oriente
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£999.99
Edizioni Terra Santa Selected Works from the Collections of the Terra
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£94.88
Mousse Publishing Rock Paper Scissors Positions in Play
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£31.50
Mousse Publishing Prometheus Unbound
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£13.30
Mousse Publishing Villa Design Group Tragedy Machine
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£36.00
Mousse Publishing Take Me (I'm Yours)
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£24.00
Mousse Publishing Second Yinchuan Biennale
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£26.60
Mousse Publishing Furla Series #01 Time After Time, Space After
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£24.00
Mousse Publishing Lua Cao: Alexandre Estrela, Joao Maria Gusmao &
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£29.45
Mousse Publishing Bert Theis Building PhilosophyCultivating Utopia
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£26.96
Mousse Publishing Abbas to Yuki Writing Alongside Exhibitions
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£25.50
Mousse Publishing The Floor Is Uneven. Does It Slope?
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£22.50
Mousse Publishing Interdependencies Perspectives on Care and
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£33.75
Five Continents Editions Before Time Began
Book SynopsisOverview of the Aboriginal Art, focusing on the first large-scale exhibition staged by the Fondation Opale (Switzerland). The common thread running right through this work is man's link with the land, the legacy of the ancestors that still echoes in the present. It is no accident that Before Time Began is one of the expressions used by Aboriginal artists in central Australia to refer to the creation of the world, in an oneiric sense. Understanding and following this underlying bond enables the reader to explore the art's narrative content in its association with dreams and the passage of time, elements that inevitably distinguish the temporal dimension in the different societies. But it is also a way of exploring the first stirrings of contemporary art in an Aboriginal context through works made at the beginning of the 1970s in Arnhem Land and in the territory of the Papunya, as well as more recent paintings by artists living in the APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara). These last examples in particular highlight the fusion between contemporary art and traditional customs, in which ancestral knowledge is fused with elements drawn from the inevitable march of progress.
£28.80
L'Erma Di Bretschneider La Favola Di Amore E Psiche: Il Mito Nell'arte
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£142.50
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Italia Napoli Museo
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£187.15
Skira Great Museums of Italy
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£33.25
Skira Madly in Love
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£83.95
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Mater: Percorsi Simbolici Sulla Maternita
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£999.99
L'Erma Di Bretschneider The Villa Laurentina of Pliny the Younger in an
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£109.00
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum: Sweden and Norway,
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£164.35
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Claudio Imperatore: Messalina, Agrippina E Le
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£999.99
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Joseph Anton Koch: E La Sua Grande Famiglia - Und
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£143.45
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Attic Red-Figure Pelikai of the 4th Century BC
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£455.05
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Arte Nell'orto
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£103.55
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Etruscan Mirrors: Collections in Baltimore and
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£393.30
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Italia Musei Da Scoprire. Liguria
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£69.00
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Leonor Fini Fabrizio Clerici: Insomnia
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£284.05
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Fidia: Roma, Musei Capitolini, Villa Caffarelli
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£284.05
Mondadori Electa Naty Abascal: The Eternal Muse Inspiring Fashion
Book SynopsisThe publication presents a handpicked selection of designs by Cristobal Balenciaga, Oscar de la Renta, Eliee Saab, Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino, among others. Abascal has been part of the history of these haute couture masters, not only as a model, but also as a muse, inspiration, and companion of their most significant successes, in daily life and in the pages of fashion magazines. This book marks the occasion of the exhibition Naty Abascal and Fashion! organized by Museo Jumex, Mexico City, from November 7, 2019 to January 5, 2020. Like the exhibition, it aims to evoke the big ateliers or couture studios, whose mirrors have witnessed the evolution of fashion, along with designers and models. Their reflections highlight the unique details of the cut and the proportion of the outfits that contribute to the transformation of the female silhouette, which testifies to contemporary times like any other art form.Trade Review"Naty Abascal: The Eternal Muse offers the reader a rare look at not only the contents of Naty's closets but also of an unerring taste level that does not radiate from one specific point of view. She is always flawlessly turned out whether in the slickest and simplest of tailleurs or the most outrageous feathered and beaded couture pieces. Much of what is seen here might jar the reader's memory in terms of which designer created what and when they came about. Naty was/is a hoarder of sorts but in the most discerning of ways...The collective images are superbly and dramatically styled all by the hand of Naty herself! If her name and fame are unknown to you then this is certainly a great primer demonstrating the making of a fashion icon. Good taste is not learned or taught; it is innate and honed by its possessor. Even an astute and well-read fashionphile will find Naty Abascal: The Eternal Muse enlightening." —NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
£38.40
Franco Maria Ricci Editore La Chine: En Miniature
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£63.75
Scripta Maneant The Francis Bacon Collection
Book SynopsisFrom a private collection in Italy, these previously unpublished works by Francis Bacon are presented here in thematic sections, each of which is preceded by a short introductory text. Nearly 700 drawings, pastels, and collages were gifted by Bacon over the course of many years to his close friend, Italian journalist Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino. His commentary is included here, along with texts by noted art historians Edward Lucie-Smith and Fernando Castro Flórez, and an authentication report from Ambra Draghetti, graphological consultant to the Court of Bologna. The works were photographed expressly for this publication. Text in English and Italian.Table of ContentsEditor’s Note Francis Bacon, Drawings by Edward Lucie-Smith The Parallel Worlds of Francis Bacon by Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino Francis Bacon, Full-body Drawing by Fernando Castro Flórez Drives Essere and Tempo The Pope Crucifixions Devotion Portraits Love Drawings as Rebellion and Love by Umberto Guerini Signum Baconiensia by Ambra Draghetti Unfinished by Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino
£999.99
Scripta Maneant Mannerism in Italian Museums
Book SynopsisAlessandra Bigi Iotti and Giulio Zavatta are noted art historians, authors, and professors who have organised exhibitions, events, and conferences in Italy and abroad. In this book, they take the reader on a journey through art galleries, museums, and places of worship, looking for celebrated as well as forgotten masterpieces of Mannerism – the most controversial style of the Renaissance period. Mannerism emerged in the later years of the High Italian Renaissance and continued into the early 17th century. Noted artists who worked in this style include Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Parmigianino, and Giulio Romano. This book offers insight into this movement in the context of its time and brings to light forgotten works that represent an important part of Italian art history. Text in English and Italian.Table of ContentsManner, Mannerism, and Beautiful Manner Florence: Genesis and Models of the Manner. Andrea del Sarto and Fra Bartolomeo Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino Eccentric Artists: Beccafumi, Aspertini, and Pordenone At the Origins of the Manner: the Artists in Rome from the Death of Raphael up to the Sack of Rome: the Closest Disciples Artists in Rome in the 1530s Diaspora of the Artists and Spreading of the Manner in Italy: Parmigianino from Rome to Bologna Parmigianino from Bologna to the Last Years in Parma Perin del Vaga and the Manner in Genoa Polidoro da Caravaggio and the Manner in Naples Rosso Fiorentino and the Manner in Central Italy Giulio Romano and the Spreading of the Manner in North Italy The Manner in Veneto The Manner in Lombardy The Manner in Florence in the Time of Cosimo I de’ Medici Palazzo Vecchio as Emblem of the Cultural Rebirth in Florence: Bronzino and Salviati Vasari and Cosimo I de’ Medici The Studiolo of Francesco I and the Late Florentine Manner The Manner in Rome from 1530 to the Late 1500 Big Yards Federico Barocci and His Epigones (Metaurensi Mannerists) The Oratorio del Gonfalone Villa d’Este in Tivoli Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola Foreign Artists in Italy in the Time of the Manner Northern and Flemish Artists in Veneto
£999.99
