History of Art
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Inside the Tattoo Circus
Schiffer£36.99| /This expansive book presents 97 international tattoo artists and their best work in words and images. Organized in 19 different "acts," it presents...
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International Glass Art
Schiffer£86.99| /The studio glass movement has truly become international, and this gorgeous book features the works of over 175 of the top known artists, such as D...
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Investigation and Conservation of East Asian Cabinets in Imperial Residences (1700-1900)
Bohlau Verlag GmbH & Co.KG£42.99| /The international workshop on conservation of East Asian cabinets in imperial residences (1700-1900) marked the starting point for the FWF-funded r...
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Investigation and Conservation of East Asian Cabinets in Imperial Residences (1700-1900)
Bohlau Verlag GmbH & Co.KG£61.99| /A project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) allowed interdisciplinary research on the so-called "Chinese Cabinets" and the "Porcelain Room"...
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Ironwork Today: Inside & Out
Schiffer£45.99| /Here is an exciting foray into the world of the artist-blacksmith. Dona Z. Meilach discovers the growing numbers of men and women who revel in ligh...
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Islamic Art of Illumination
Blue Dome Press (US)£25.99| /This book presents an amazing mixture of classical Turkish illumination patterns and their contemporary interpretations. It illustrates how illumin...
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It Must Be Art
Schiffer£45.99| /Throughout the 1960s and 70s, London-based Big O Posters helped define the new and democratic art medium of the psychedelic poster, a vehicle for r...
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Italian Tattoo Flash
Schiffer£31.99| /Stizzo, the proud owner of Best of Times Tattoo, presents the best work to come out of his famous parlor in Milan, Italy, in the form of beautiful ...
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Itee Pootoogook
Goose Lane Editions£34.99| /Winner, 2021 Melva J. Dwyer AwardItee Pootoogook belonged to a new generation of Inuit artists who are transforming and reshaping the creative trad...
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Jack Chambers
Goose Lane Editions£34.99| /Published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Jack Chambers: Light, Spirit, Time, Place and Life is the first major ...
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Jacques Hurtubise
Goose Lane Editions£46.99| /Showcasing the major career highlights and some of the most recent work of abstract painter Jacques Hurtubise, this lavishly illustrated bilingual ...
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Japanese Children's Fabrics
Schiffer£31.99| /This book will take you on an unforgettable comic adventure through the colorful and cute imaginations of mid-century Japanese textile designers. T...
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Japanese Style Tattoo Art
Schiffer£36.99| /Explore the art of Rodrigo Melo's Japanese style tattoos through more than 150 lush studio photographs of bodysuits, rib pieces, back pieces, and s...
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Japanese Tattooing Now
Schiffer£27.99| /Japanese men have been marked by tattoo artists for the past 300 years. Todays urbane Japanese youth continue the tradition, proudly creating and w...
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Japanese War Art and Uniforms 1853-1930
Schiffer Military£63.99| /This beautifully illustrated book reviews the extraordinary evolution of Japans military institutions at a period of enormous transformation. Conve...
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Jerry West
Museum of New Mexico Press (US)£51.99| /Jerry West: The Alchemy of Memory is the long-awaited, richly deserved retrospective of one of Santa Fe and New Mexico's most prominent artists. We...
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Johannes Wiedewelt
Museum Tusculanum Press (DK)£53.99| /In the latter half of the 18th century, Johannes Wiedewelt (1731-1802) played a pivotal role in introducing an early form of Neoclassicism in Danis...
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John Greer
Goose Lane Editions£50.00| /A man in a darkened workshop, surrounded and obscured by dust clouds. A pair of larger-than-life hands, holding a mallet, ready to strike. Spectacl...
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John Rogers Statuary
Schiffer£27.99| /The clay and plaster statuary groups made by John Rogers (1829-1904) from 1859 until after 1888 were so appealing in late Victorian America that "s...
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Julian Schnabel
Art Gallery of Ontario£26.99| /A personal look at a highly curated and special glimpse at the art of Julian Schnabel. The only comprehensive look at Schnabel's work. American art...
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Kachinas
Museum of New Mexico Press (US)£35.99| /First published in 1973, this publication adds an important chapter to the body of work that brings Kachina art and scholarship together. The 237 K...
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Edition Axel Menges (D)£46.00| /Text in German. This monograph was first published in 1980, and appears now in a third, improved edition. It is the first and to date the only book...
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Ken Danby
Goose Lane Editions£34.99| /Ken Danby (1940-2007) was one of Canada's foremost practitioners of contemporary realism. Rooted in the Canadian psyche, nourished by his Ontario r...
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Ko Rongowhakaata
Te Papa Press£30.99| /The Ko Rongowhakaata: Story of Light and Shadow exhibition at Te Papa is a window into the world of Rongowhakaata, the prominent iwi from the Tūran...
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La Maison peinte de Maud Lewis
Goose Lane Editions£17.99| /Maud Lewis a peint lintérieur de sa minuscule maison dune seule pièce : pas seulement les murs, mais aussi lintérieure et lextérieure des por...
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Lacquered Boxes
Schiffer£63.99| /Exquisitely painted, small, round, papier-mÆ'ch- and lacquer boxes are sought after today for their beauty and the high level of craftsmanship the...
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Land So Remote
Museum of New Mexico Press (US)£153.99| /3 books & slipcase. This three volume set is the most comprehensive visual document ever published of Spanish colonial and frontier artefacts o...
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Late Antiquity -- Art in Context
Museum Tusculanum Press (DK)£39.99| /Papers presented by Nordic scholars at a seminar held at Aarhus University 1987.
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Laurits Tuxen
Museum Tusculanum Press (DK)£64.99| /Laurits Tuxen (1853-1927) was a phenomenally talented artist, and thanks to his skill for both painting and diplomacy, he would establish himself a...
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Leonardo
Brick Tower Press (UK)£18.95| /Based on entirely fresh primary research. Leonardo presents important new information and perspectives on one of the most interesting men and great...
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Les retrouvailles
Cerf£70.99| /Art work of Fr Kim En Joong OP, a Korean born abstract artist who has lived in Paris for 50 years.
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Light within the Shadows
Granville Island Publishing (CA)£19.99| /This is a lively and moving memoir that chronicles Pnina Granirers life as an artist, wife and mother. Conceived as a play in three acts, it begins...
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Liturgy & the Arts in the Middle Ages
Museum Tusculanum Press (DK)£47.99| /This volume contains a collection of essays in honour of the late Professor of Comparative Literature, C Clifford Flanigan, who died suddenly in 19...
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Lloyd Kiva New
Sonflower Publishing Company£40.99| /This catalogue commemorates the life of Lloyd Kiva New, artist, fashion designer, and renowned arts educator. Always a trailblazer, from his early ...
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Looted Beauty
Schiffer£13.99| /Artists are invited to color line-drawn interpretations of 30 masterpieces seized or destroyed by the Nazis during WWII. Combining the artistic ski...
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Lost and Found
Harmony Gaits£50.99| /The artists featured in this book have embarked on the strange and risky path where they never quite know what they are making until it is finished...
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Lucy Jarvis
Goose Lane Editions£34.99| /Winner, Best Atlantic Published Book AwardShortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-FictionWriting early in 1962, Lucy Jarvis said she felt "ju...
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Luis Tapia
Museum of New Mexico Press (US)£20.99| /Luis Eligio Tapia is one of the leading contemporary Hispanic artists in the United States. Tapia's keen interpretations of modern culture and dail...
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Mabel Dodge Luhan & Company
Museum of New Mexico Press (US)£45.99| /Mabel Dodge Luhan (18791962) was a political, social, and cultural visionary; salon hostess; and collector of genius in almost every field of mode...
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Magnificent 19th Century Furniture
Schiffer£113.99| /The Historicism movement in art (1830-1920) was perhaps the most democratic of all. European furniture makers sought to recapture the magic and aff...
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Mai-Kai
Schiffer£36.99| /In 1956, a few brash young men created the Mai-Kai Restaurant and bar in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by poaching key staff from Don the Beachcomber, ...
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Manhattan's Hotel des Artistes
Schiffer£59.99| /Over 600 archival colour and black-and-white photos take readers inside the magnificent Hotel des Artistes on Manhattan's West Side. This is the we...
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Marked for Life
Schiffer£27.99| /Take a look through the lens of acclaimed photographer Steve Bonge, who has traveled worldwide for years to capture the best of modern tattoo art. ...
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Marlene Creates
Goose Lane Editions£38.99| /"... I was able to make a simple gesture which left no permanent mark on the land."In 1979 Marlene Creates signaled her intent. In contrast to the ...
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Marlene Creates
Goose Lane Editions£38.99| /... jai pu intervenir simplement, sans laisser de traces durables sur le terrain. Jeune encore, lartiste Marlene Creates signalait déjà en 1979 s...
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Mary Pratt
Goose Lane Editions£30.99| /"The light in Pratt's paintings seems sentient, a living thing, a pulsation or emission, imbuing the paintings with an erotic and almost mystical d...
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Masks of the World
Schiffer£45.99| /An extensive collection of beautiful masks from around the world, all portrayed in beautiful color. Powerful in their form, nearly every continent ...
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