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The Hoerengracht – Book Review
The Hoerengracht evolved after many visits by the Kienholzes to Amsterdam's red light district where they interviewed the girls and gathered information about their life.
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Maharaja – the Splendour of India's Royal Courts
This book explores changing tastes and lifestyles within India's royal courts in the 200 years leading up to Independence in 1947, and the role of maharajas thereafter.
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Frank Auerbach The London Building Sites 1952–62
Frank Auerbach's series of 14 building-site paintings are the subject of this book. It explores his life and work and presents the results of new research into his art.
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Moctezuma Aztec Ruler – Catalogue Review
The life, death and legacy of Moctezuma II is examined through art, sculptures, monuments, gold, and gold jewellery, codices, archaeological discoveries and new research.
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Masterpieces of World Ceramics – Book Review
Publication marks the opening of the V&A's new Ceramics Galleries. It sets out 5,000 years of pottery manufacture through 120 of the finest items in the V&A collection.
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Braving the Art of Watercolor Painting
Alwyn Crashaw's accessible introduction to the art of watercolor painting puts a difficult medium within a beginner's reach.
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Wallace Collection Children's Art Book – Review
A book for children encourages them to look at and engage with art, so that as they grow up they will be able to understand and appreciate art, art galleries and museums
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The Bible in Pictures – Book Review
Lucas Cranach provided 117 images for Martin Luther's Bible of 1534. The history of German Bibles, Cranach's images, and Luther's work is explored by Stephan Fussel.
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Type – A Visual History of Typefaces, Volume 1
This publication is the first of two volumes exploring typographic fonts and graphic design. It investigates the development of the printed letter between 1628 and 1900.
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20th Century Fashion – 100 Years of Apparel Ads
Publication explores 100 years of fashion ads. It looks at the changing image of women through the Century, as well as technology, and the development of the mass market.
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Live Forever Elizabeth Peyton – Catalogue Review
The publication, Live Forever Elizabeth Peyton, says as much about the life and times of the artist and the popular culture she records, as it does about her paintings.
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Workshop Missoni – Daring to be Different
This catalogue accompanies an exhibition at London's Estorick Collection. It explores the relationship between Missoni designs and Futurist art in the Gallery's display.
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Beyond Bloomsbury – Exhibition Catalogue Review
This catalogue presents results of research into Omega Workshops, the Bloomsbury Group and the designs of Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, Wyndham Lewis, Duncan Grant and others.
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Jeff Koons the Post-Pop Superstar – Book Review
Jeff Koons the Post-Pop Superstar is a detailed investigation of the artist's entire output. This book contains some explicit erotic art and is only suitable for adults.
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The Story of Writing – Book Review
A fascinating book explores links between sounds, symbols, pictures and scripts including cuneiform, Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs and the scripts of Japan and China.
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Bible Manuscripts – Book Review
Bible Manuscripts looks at Christian Bibles from 2nd Century Egyptian and Greek fragments to the Psalter of Henry VIII, the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Codex Sinaiticus.
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Kuniyoshi Exhibition Catalogue – Book Review
This book explores Kuniyoshi's career by looking at his varied subject matter from Chinese hero warriors of The Water Margin to portrayals of beautiful women.
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Garden & Cosmos, the Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
This remarkable catalogue offers a new perspective on Indian painting by artists of the Marwar School, specific to the Jodhpur region of Rajasthan, in north-west India.
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Sacred Books of the Three Faiths – Book Review
This book explores how the sacred texts evolved and were passed down over time. It looks at the differences and similarities between Jewish, Christian and Muslim texts.
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Michelangelo and Sistine Chapel – Book Review
Andrew Graham-Dixon explores Michelangelo's attitude to art as a noble profession, the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling and its symbolism, plus later works of art.
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Women Artists An Illustrated History – Review
A chronological survey, by historian Nancy G. Heller, of the work and life of American and European women painters and sculptors, from the Middle Ages to modern times.
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Baroque 1620-1800 – Style in Age of Magnificence
This catalogue accompanied an exhibition, of the same name, shown at London's V&A Museum. The book explores the development and universal spread of the Baroque style.
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Design & the Decorative Arts – Book Review
This book examines innovations in manufacturing methods, changing tastes and fashion trends in Georgian Britain from tableware to wallpaper and from ceramics to clothing.
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Babylon Myth and Reality – Catalogue Review
"Babylon: Myth and Reality" shows how the legacy of ancient Babylon has survived into the 21st Century. It looks at the history, culture and religious life of the time.
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Henry VIII Man and Monarch – Catalogue Review
"Henry VIII: Man and Monarch" provides an outstanding record of an excellent exhibition. A good read provides fascinating insights into the mind of a great monarch.
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