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ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
By Ettore Rocca
The first monograph on the art of significant Danish artist Peter Brandes. Peter Brandes is one of the most significant Danish visual artists alive today, represented in the collections of leading museums worldwide, including the Louvre, and is featured in the most important Danish museums. This is the first monograph on the art of Peter Brandes, pursuing a series of central themes that cut across Brandes’ artistic production, connecting and traversing these with lines that the book’s author, Ettore Rocca, calls the “meridian of art.”
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Aarhus University Press • 9788772190815 • Hardback 260 pages • April 2020 • £42.00
Leaping the Dragon Gate
The Sir Michael Butler Collection of 17th-Century Chinese Porcelain By Teresa Canepa and Katharine Butler
Celebrates the most important collection of 17th-century Chinese porcelain in the world. The most important collection of 17th-century Chinese porcelain in the world was assembled by the distinguished British diplomat Sir Michael Butler. This lavish and comprehensive collection covers most of the types of porcelain produced at Jingdezhen, in Jiangxi province, during the 17th century, illustrated by the variety of the pieces in this collection. An introduction by Katharine Butler also reveals the fascinating story of the circumstances that encouraged her father to acquire, collect and passionately study Chinese porcelain of the 17th century.
Ad Ilissum • 9781912168163 • Hardback • 600 illus. 300 x 245mm • 384 pages • November 2020 • £155.00
Living with Architecture as Art
The Peter May Collection of Architectural Drawings, Models and Artefacts By Peter May, Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, Charles Hind, Basile Baudez and Wells Matthew
Introduces readers to one of the largest private collections of architectural drawings in the world. This stunning two-volume publication introduces readers to one of the largest private collections of architectural drawings in the world, assembled over 30 years by investor and philanthropist Peter May. Showcasing drawings and related models and artefacts dating from 1691 to the mid-20th century, this lavish tome includes both a catalogue and new texts by leading authorities and provides a fascinating look at these often very beautiful by-products of architectural training and practice.
The Dark Side of Design By Francesco Galli Examines the economic, political and social aspects of design.
We are used to thinking of design in terms of both quality and the beauty of the tangible or intangible artefacts that are generated by an industrialised system. The main difference between craftsmanship and design stays in the replicability and scalability of the proposed solution measured against an existent market and its hierarchical dynamics. This book looks closer to show that all design production involves a carefully controlled balance driven by economic, political and social interests.
Mimesis International • 9788869773006 • Paperback 210 x 210mm • 290 pages • September 2020 • £23.99
The City as Photographic Text
Urban Documentary Photography of Sao Paulo Edited by David William Foster
The first comprehensive presentation of photography on São Paulo. This collection of photography of São Paulo is more than just a study of one city’s photographic legacy—it is a manual for how to understand and talk about Latin American photography in general. Focusing on major figures and referencing widely available books of their work, David William Foster offers a unique analysis of how photographers have contributed to our understanding of the megalopolis São Paulo has become.
University of Pittsburgh Press • 9780822946236 • Hardback 57 b/w illus. • 280 x 203mm • 232 pages • August 2020 • £35.00
Magnetic Woman
Toyen and the Surrealist Erotic By Karla Huebner Examines the life and work of the artist Toyen (Marie Čermínová, 1902–80).
Part art book and part biography, Magnetic Woman examines the life and work of the artist Toyen (Marie Čermínová, 1902–80), a founding member of the Prague surrealist group, and focuses on her construction of gender and eroticism. Using primary sources gathered from disparate disciplines and studies of the artist’s own work, the book is organised both chronologically and thematically, moving through Toyen’s career with attention to specific historical circumstances and intellectual developments approximately as they entered her life.
Thorvaldsen's Plaster Casts from the Antique and 1400-1800
By Jan Zahle A complete mapping and reevaluation of Thorvaldsens Museum’s cast collection.
Aarhus University Press 9788771843590 • Hardback 652 pages • May 2020 £84.00 Unknown Letters to an Artist and a Friend
By Jean-Paul BouillonA catalogue of the Middle Kingdom. Publishes the letters from Édouard Manet (1832–1883) to artist Félix Bracquemond (1833–1914).
Great Art Critics (1750- 2000)
By Jesús Pedro Lorente Pays homage to the most influential art critics in different cultural contexts.
Mimesis International 9788869772566 • Paperback 192 pages • March 2020 £17.99 Governing by Design
History Collective Examines the influence of politics, culture, economics and globalisation in the role of architectural history.
Hartford Seen
By Pablo Delano The first modern-day ar t photography book to focus on Connecticut’s capital.
Wesleyan University Press 9780819579256 • Paperback 160 pages • April 2020
Manet to Bracquemond:
By the Aggregate Architectural
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C o l o n i a l i s m a n d Modern Architecture in Germany
By Itohan Osayimwese
C o n s i d e r s t h e e f f e c t s o f c o l o n i a l i s m , t r a v e l , a n d globalisation on modern architecture in Germany.
Ad Ilissum • 9781912168170 University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh Press
Paperback • 136 pages 9780822961789 • Paperback 9780822945086 • Hardback
September 2020 • £35.00 300 pages • April 2012 352 pages • June 2017 £29.50 £49.95
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