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Emile Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879, a French orientalist, author and artist, was one of the greatest pre-20th century Egyptologists. He was enamored of Arab art. For 40 years, he explored the Orient, converted to islam, and he returned to France with with hundreds of folio drawings, photographs, sketches, plans. In 1877, he published his outstanding survey on Islamic art and architecture. This publication reproduces the 3 atlas volumes containing 200 plates, mainly by Prisse d'Avennes.

Taschen, 2010; 392 pp.; EN / FR / GE; ills. b/w & col; L; hb

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Giuseppe Arcimboldo became celebrated for his wonderfully eccentric and truly extraordinary portraits of fruits and vegetables, roots and animals, which he composed into witty portraits and teasing allegorical allusions.

TAJ Books, 2011; 96 pp.; EN; index; ills. col; S; hb

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The magnificent bronze doors of Hildesheim Cathedral, bejeweled book covers, the startling reliquary caskets and other sacred objects were contained within church treasuries. This beautiful book traces the development of these so-called Minor Arts.

Yale; 334 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

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The catalogues of the Paris Salons provide a unique archive of illustrations of the decorative arts at that time. Duncan examines the position of the both the textile and bookbinding industries at the end of the 19th century. The fabric designers of the Art Nouveau produced a remarkable oeuvre in printed and woven textiles -silk, satin, damask, brocade, linens a.o. Leather bookbinding saw dramatic developments with bibliophiles ordering unique bindings. Lavishly illustrated.

Antique Collectors' Club, 2002; 397 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Een belangrijk kenmerk van de Belgische Art Nouveau en Art Deco is het streven naar samenwerking met de industrie en aandacht voor het constructieve. In deze rijk geillustreerde uitgave worden een aantal topstukken uit het Design museum Gent besproken.

Waanders, 2009; 84 pp.; NL; ills. col; pb

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In this wide-ranging survey of art, design, and architecture in the Central Europe of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during its momentous last decades, Elizabeth Clegg interleaves fluctuating political and cultural developments.

Yale, 2006; 306 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hb

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This is the first comprehenisve monograph of modern Renaissance man Arthur Carter. Successful in journalism and business, and trained as a classical pianist, Carter is an accomplished artist in the modern abstract tradition. His sculptures allude to human gestures and interactions, with delicate linear forms that appear on the verge of flight. His drawings and paintings, often studies for sculptures, are informed by a deep familiarity with Picasso, Mondrian, Calder, and David Smith.

Abrams, 2009; 207 pp.; EN; index; ills. col; hb

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More than 450 little-known works of art spanning 3 centuries represent the creative output of 10 Central and South American countries, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. Accompanied by essays that address everything from city planning and architecture to mysticism, politics and everyday life are decorative arts, textiles, silver and furniture, as well as paintings and sculpture a.o.

Yale, 2006; 568 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; L; hb

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This book presents an extensive panorama of Rodin's graphic work, from the black drawings contemporaneous with the Gate of Hell to his great watercolour nudes. It reproduces hundreds of the most beautiful drawings held at the Musee Rodin.

Thames and Hudson, 2006; 440 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Barbara Hepworth Reconsidered is part of the first large-scale critical reappraisal of sculptor Barbara Hepworth. It brings together historians who are extending and consolidating conventional interpretation of Barbara Hepworth and those proposing alternative critiques.

Tate Gallery; 262 pp.; EN; ills. b/w; pb

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This book is the fruit of a unique relationship between the Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo and the photographer Jean-Marie del Moral, whose access to Barcelo's world takes the form of an artistic rite of passage, accompanying Barcelo on his journeys
through Europe and Africa, encompassing projects and periods spent in Majorca, Barcelona, Mali, Paris a.o. A remarkable insight into his creative process where the ancient and the modern, the organic and the artificial are intermingled and juxtaposed.
Thames and Hudson, 2003; 256 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Roh, krafvoll, expressiv, kuhn, seit 50 Jahren lasst sich das weltweit einflussreiche Werk von Georg Baselitz mit diesen Begriffen kennzeichen. Die retrospectiv angelegte Monografie gewahrt Einblick in seinen reichen Ideeen- und Gedankenkosmos.

Hatje Cantz, 2009; 207 pp.; GE; ills. b/w & col; hb

hb € 32,95