Praeterita

(Paperback)

Praeterita is the autobiography of John Ruskin (1819-1900), art critic and social commentator and one of the most influential figures of the nineteenth century. An elegy for lost places and people, Praeterita recounts Ruskin's childhood, and his travels across Europe with passion and intimacy.

The Ambassador Magazine: Promoting Post-war British Textiles and Fashion

(Hardback)

The Ambassador has been described as 'probably the most daring and enterprising trade magazine ever conceived'. This book takes a detailed look at the background and impact of the magazine and the ambitious photo shoots that showcased the latest couture fashions.

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$125.73NZD

Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola and the Battle for the Soul of the Renaissance

(Paperback)

Reveals the paradoxes, self-doubts and political compromises which made the battle for the soul of the Renaissance city one of the most complex and important moments in Western history.

Images in Spite of All: Four Photographs from Auschwitz

(Paperback / softback)

Of one and a half million surviving photographs related to Nazi concentration camps, only four depict the actual process of mass killing perpetrated at the gas chambers. "Images in Spite of All" reveals that these rare photos of Auschwitz, taken clandestinely by one of the Jewish prisoners forced to help carry out the atrocities there, were made as a potent....

Durer and Beyond: Central European Drawings Before 1700 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

(Hardback)

"Durer and Beyond" presents a selection of 100 works from the Metropolitan Museum's outstanding collection of German, Swiss, Austrian, and Bohemian drawings. Featured are numerous drawings by Albrecht Durer, including his celebrated study sheet with a self-portrait. In addition to drawings by major artists such as Martin Schongauer, Albrecht Altdorfer, Urs Graf, Hans Holbein the Younger, Friedrich Sustris, and Wenceslaus....

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$83.49NZD

Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition

(Hardback)

A groundbreaking investigation of the extraordinary art and material culture of the southern provinces of the Byzantine Empire during the momentous 7th to 9th century

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$93.17NZD

Leonardo: Masters of Art

(Paperback)

This generously illustrated volume on the work of Leonardo da Vinci makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation.

Ends of the Earth: Art of the Land to 1974

(Hardback)

This fascinating and generously illustrated catalogue documents the history of Land art from its emergence during the early 1960s through 1974.

The Gift Tradition in Islamic Art

(Paperback)

The offering of gifts - state, religious and personal - is a practice nearly as ancient and widespread as human culture itself. This illustrated book explores the complex interplay between artistic production and gift-based patronage by discussing works of great aesthetic refinement that were either commissioned or repurposed as gifts.

Graffiti Coloring Book 3: International Styles: International Styles

By Bj Rn Almqvist(Paperback / softback)

The third coloring book in Dokument Press's popular Graffiti Coloring Book series is packed with the world's most prominent graffiti styles.More than 60 pictures and writers from the whole world fill the pages.Color in fresh, wild and playful letters and fantasy-filled characters.A game of color and form for grown-ups and children alike, and a chance to learn form some of....

Classic Hits: New York's Pioneering Subway Graffiti Writers

By Alan Fleisher & Paul Iovino(Hardback)

The most visual book on early 1970s graffiti ever published.Early 70s New York saw the growth of a new phenomenon. Graffiti is the greatest and most influential artistic movement of our time. It was created by kids, for kids. In Classic Hits, the key persons and pioneers tell their own story. Classic Hits is an eye-opening first-hand story told in....

Music and Cultural Politics in Greek and Chinese Societies, Volume 1: Greek Antiquity

(Hardback)

Music and Cultural Politics in Greek and Chinese Societies, Volume 1: Greek Antiquity is the first part of a three-volume set focused on the intriguing interaction between music and song-making and practices of cultural politics. Volume I investigates major aspects of this intricate sociocultural phenomenon exclusively in ancient Greek societies.

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$116.79NZD

Virgin of Guadalupe: Art and Legend

(Hardback)

The Virgin of Guadalupe is a brilliant art book that celebrates a popular cultural icon, a venerable symbol of compassion, hope, and humility-and "one of the most popular pieces of ancient art ever created." Featuring color photographs, bilingual English and Spanish captions, and an evocative essay, the book includes lyrical quotes from Aztec legends, miraculous apparitions, storied histories, and colorful....

Depositions: Scenes from the Late Medieval Church and the Modern Museum

(Hardback)

From late medieval reenactments of the Deposition from the Cross to Sol Lewitt's Buried Cube, Depositions is about taking down images and about images that anticipate being taken down. Foretelling their own depositions, as well as their re-elevations in contexts far from those in which they were made, the images studied in this book reveal themselves to be untimely--no....

From Ummmm to Der: Recent Works Via Thomas Campbell 2009-2011

By Thomas Campbell(Hardback)

Thomas Campbell is a self-taught painter, sculptor, photographer, and filmmaker. He splits his time between his painting, sewing, sculpture, and stuff-making studio in Bonny Doon, California and traversing the globe making films and taking part in different art situations. Campbell was prominently featured in the ground-breaking touring exhibition (2003-2008) Beautiful Losers and also the subsequent bookand film. From UMMMM to....

Metatextile: Identity and History of a Contemporary Art Medium

(Paperback / softback)

Today, the relevance of the textile medium as a technique, material, and metaphor in contemporary art, architecture, and criticism is growing. Nonetheless, the rise of textiles as a prominent medium of art since the 1990s has not been subjected to comprehensive historical and theoretical reflection thus far. The present volume attempts to map out some of the many meanings and....

Cartographies of Time

By Daniel Rosenberg & Anthony Grafton(Paperback / softback)

Accumulating Histories: African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery

(Hardback)

This comprehensive publication celebrates one of the largest and most significant bequests in the Yale University Art Gallery's history: the exceptional Charles B. Benenson Collection of African art. Bequeathed from 2002 to 2004, this gift of 586 objects nearly tripled the Gallery's holdings in this area, transforming what was once a modest installation into one of the nation's premier university....

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$101.76NZD

The Art of George Rodrigue

By Ginger Danto(Paperback / softback)

Long overdue, this volume is a retrospective on the artist most noted for theBlue Dog, covering his 40-year career.

Chinese Arts and Crafts

By Jian Hang & Qiuhui Guo(Paperback)

This illustrated introduction discusses the colorful history and development of distinctive Chinese crafts, including ceramics, furniture, clothing and decorative arts.