History of art & design styles: from c 1900 - books

Employing an interdisciplinary approach, this book breaks new ground by considering how Robert Motherwell’s abstract...  Read More >>

Structured around sexual desire as the central analytical category, this monograph systematically approaches a heterogeneous...  Read More >>

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This book looks to expand the definition of translation in line with Susan Bassnett and David Johnston’s notion...  Read More >>

This book examines the French theatricalization of India from 1770 to 1865 and how a range of plays not only represented...  Read More >>

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When beautiful heiress Nicky Samuel (1951-2019) left school at the age of 16, she was caught up in the world of...  Read More >>

Chronicles of Play: Unveiling the Rich History of Board Games Ever wondered about the origins and evolution...  Read More >>

"Strategies of Playful Resistance Within the Consumer Society Guy Ben Ner makes a lot out of very little, radically...  Read More >>

Material Modernity explores creative innovation in German art, design, and architecture during the Weimar Republic,...  Read More >>

After the Fall explores the many traces of fascism that can be found in the architecture and urban form of Rome...  Read More >>

""(...) La belleza del ajedrez se asemeja a la de la poesía. Las figuras del ajedrez son un alfabeto que da forma...  Read More >>

"The long-awaited work monograph on the biennial and documenta artist Reinhard Mucha. ... For me, things only become...  Read More >>

A classic of modernism - a new Feininger retrospective in the light of current knowledge Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)...  Read More >>

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After the Fall explores the many traces of fascism that can be found in the architecture and urban form of Rome...  Read More >>

""I want to have an effect at this time, in which people are at such a loss and so much in need of help."" Käthe...  Read More >>

Deceivingly Beautiful Creatures between Truth and Imagination The Romanian-German artist Miron Schmuckle is a singular...  Read More >>

Portraits of the Last Golden Age is the latest major monograph on the work of Budapest-based artist Attila Szűcs...  Read More >>

""An art historical study of the Notgeld, or emergency money, produced during the hyperinflation in Germany in the...  Read More >>

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"""An innovative new history of how the migration of designers in the 20th century shaped modernist art and architecture""--"...  Read More >>

Lavishly illustrated in full colour, the volume features 119 African artists drawn from 10 countries including influential...  Read More >>

A fascinating journey into Pierre Bonnard’s world and the inspiration behind his spatially arresting and intimate...  Read More >>

The most complete book on Outsider Art environments in Spain, documented by Jo Farb Hernández, director emerita...  Read More >>