Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960 books

The coastline of Coromandel, an enchanting stretch along the southeastern tip of India, is a tapestry woven with...  Read More >>

This book examines three exhibitions of contemporary art held at the Vienna Künstlerhaus during the period of National...  Read More >>

Beirut and the Golden Sixties revisits a turbulent chapter in the development of modernism in Beirut.  Read More >>

His paintbrush set everything in motion: the landscape of Provence, the colourful still lifes, his portraits and...  Read More >>

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New scholarship on a little-known decorative commission undertaken by Pablo Picasso offers insight into the artist’s...  Read More >>

A vivid portrait of Picasso’s early life and the city he called home.   Part biography of the young artist, part...  Read More >>

This refreshing and clear-eyed overview of modern and contemporary art is the first to focus on how, from Impressionism...  Read More >>

C.C. Wang (1907-2003) is best known as a preeminent twentieth-century connoisseur and collector of pre-modern Chinese...  Read More >>

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World War II (hereafter referred to as WWII) is a fascinating era in fashion, society, and politics. The fashion...  Read More >>

Collecting Art Deco highlights the beauty, flamboyance and the variety of Art Deco design in all its iterations...  Read More >>

Examines Western-inspired fashion objects in Japanese cinema between 1923 and 1939  Read More >>

Traditional Chinese edition of Van Gogh and the Artists He Loved  Read More >>

The book presents a different history of the Russian avant-garde and its cultural encounters with the sciences....  Read More >>

Van Gogh, after his first breakdown, wrote to Theo: Just a few words to tell you that I'm getting along so-so as...  Read More >>

This book examines the legacy of international interwar modernism as a case of cultural transfer through the travels...  Read More >>

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was a British painter best-known for his fashionable society portraits.  Read More >>

An illustrated biography of the pioneering British artist and writer, tracing her life and work through the many...  Read More >>

Flat Pack, catalogue and pre-manufactured homes have a secret history in the Bay Area. Many homes were pre-cut and...  Read More >>

This book explores how the city was transformed to accommodate different political ideologies in the period from...  Read More >>

When a war ends provisionally, the agreement is called a ceasefire. But when peace ends, there is only war. War...  Read More >>

This book aims to place the Ottoman Empire within its proper context in the Napoleonic Age and calls for a recognition...  Read More >>

Vincent van Gogh was a controversial artist and the life story of the artist has never been told in such a detailed...  Read More >>

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