Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960 books

""If the function of the artist is to see, the first duty of the critic is to understand what the artist saw.""...  Read More >>

An introduction to sixty unknown treasures, wonderful objets d'art made by world-renowned jeweller Andre Chervin,...  Read More >>

At the beginning of the 20th century, a group of artists around Henri Matisse and André Derain were carrying out...  Read More >>

Explores how Hollywood, an industry based on world-building, was the product of photography, painting, and tourist...  Read More >>

Explores how Hollywood, an industry based on world-building, was the product of photography, painting, and tourist...  Read More >>

Offers a groundbreaking exploration of the diversity and vitality of urban Jewish identity and culture in Polish...  Read More >>

This magnificently illustrated catalogue accompanies the retrospective devoted to American artist Mark Rothko by...  Read More >>

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Offers a groundbreaking exploration of the diversity and vitality of urban Jewish identity and culture in Polish...  Read More >>

The book discusses the unprecedented influence of Richard Wagner’s operas on a number of prominent avant-garde artists...  Read More >>

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"Erwin Osen: Egon Schiele's artist friend as a fascinating discovery As the charismatic artist friend of Egon...  Read More >>

The first half of the twentieth century witnessed the rise of modernist architects. Brokers of Modernity reveals...  Read More >>

This sweeping work, at once a panoramic overview and an ambitious critical reinterpretation of European modernism,...  Read More >>

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Available again in an attractive package and price, this highly regarded monograph celebrates Münter’s important...  Read More >>

The first publication on the personal and professional relationship between Manet and Degas, two giants of nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

A thoughtful selection of works which celebrates the opening of the new Buffalo AKG Art Museum, and provides a flavor...  Read More >>

The ""gripping and meticulously researched"" (The Times, London) true story of the determined museum curators who...  Read More >>

This new concise history of modern painting offers an indispensable reference to the complexities and characteristics...  Read More >>

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The Art of Fantasy is an inspiring curation of art for fans of myth, magic and the unreal - from gallery greats...  Read More >>

Frida Kahlo transcended art history like no woman artist before her. She was a key figure of Mexican revolutionary...  Read More >>

Frida Kahlo transcended art history like no woman artist before her. She was a key figure of Mexican revolutionary...  Read More >>

This magnificent boxed-set features stunning, accordion-fold, color reproductions of Van Gogh’s essential works,...  Read More >>