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Yigal Gawze

Form and Light

From Bauhaus to Tel Aviv

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Ed. Philipp Demandt et al.

King of the Animals

Wilhelm Kuhnert and the Image of Africa

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Ed. Dieter Castenow et al.

Cars - Driven by Design

Sports Cars from the 1950s to 1970s

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Built towards the Light

John Pawson´s Redesign of the Moritzkirche in Augsburg

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Riccardo Naldi

Magnificence of Marble

Bartolomé Ordóñez and Diego de Silóe

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Ed. Nicole Fritz et al.

Almost Alive

Hyperrealistic Sculpture in Art

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Riccardo Naldi

Magnificence of Marble
Bartolomé Ordóñez and Diego de Silóe

Two of the most important Spanish sculptors of the sixteenth century and their work in Naples can be found here together in an opulent art book. During the period between 1513 and 1518, Bartolomé Ordóñez and Diego de ...

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Christoph Wagner

Johannes Itten
Catalogue Raisonné Vol. I. Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings. 1907-1938

The Swiss artist Johannes Itten (1888–1967) was not only a pioneering art theorist and a prominent teacher at the Bauhaus, but he also left an extensive and wide-ranging oeuvre which is only known in part today. The lavishly illustrated ...

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Ed. Bernd Ebert et al.

Utrecht, Caravaggio and Europe

What a shock it must have been for the Utrecht painters Hendrick ter Brugghen, Gerard van Honthorst and Dirck van Baburen when they first encountered the breathtaking and unconventional paintings of Caravaggio in Rome. This volume shows ...

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Ed. Jacob Proctor

Alex Katz
Painting the Now

Over a career that now spans nearly seven decades, the American painter Alex Katz (b. 1927, New York) has devoted himself to the representation of the here and now and to the immediacy of human perception – a commitment to what the artist has ...

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Ed. Karl Borromäus Murr

Koho Mori-Newton
No Intention

The Japanese artist Koho Mori-Newton is a master when it comes to handling silk, which he places in an exciting dialogue with architecture. In this way he creates cult-like spaces which interact with light in a fascinating way. In addition to the ...

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Ed. Gaëlle Morel

True to the Eyes
The Howard and Carole Tanenbaum Photography Collection

This catalogue, published in conjunction with an accompanying exhibition at the Ryerson Image Centre in Toronto, Canada, presents a selection of more than 200 photographs from the extraordinary and eclectic collection of Howard and Carole Tanenbaum.

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Ed. Niels Lehmann et al.

Fragments of Metropolis - East | Osten
The Expressionist Heritage in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia

The Architecture of Expressionism is the upheaval of architecture in the roaring twenties – with regionally different emphases, schools and protagonists. The series’ third volume documents all surviving buildings in Poland, the Czech ...

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Ed. Karin Althaus et al.

World Receivers
Georgiana Houghton - Hilma af Klint - Emma Kunz

Abstract paintings were being produced even before Kandinsky. Completely independently from each other, Georgiana Houghton (1814–1884) in England, Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) in Sweden and Emma Kunz (1892–1963) in Switzerland ...

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Ed. Philipp Demandt et al.

King of the Animals
Wilhelm Kuhnert and the Image of Africa

Wilhelm Kuhnert was a pioneer. He was one of the first European artists to travel to the largely unexplored savannahs and jungles of the German colonies in North and East Africa. Under hazardous conditions he documented at close quarters the ...

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Ed. Hermann Mayer et al.

James Loeb
Sammler und Mäzen in München, Murnau und weltweit / Collector and Patron in Munich, Murnau and Beyond

James Loeb (1867–1933), the son of a German-Jewish banker in New York, followed his artistic and art historical inclinations and used his tremendous financial wealth for the purpose of cultural and social philanthropism. This publication ...

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Ed. Robert Ferry et al.

Energy Overlays
Land Art Generator Initiative

Energy Overlays provides a glimpse into our post-carbon future where energy infrastructure is seamlessly woven into the fabric of our cities as works of public art. Fifty designs use a variety of renewable energy technologies to arrive at ...

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Ed. Andreas Schumacher

Florence and its Painters
From Giotto to Leonardo da Vinci

Painting re-invented itself during the 15th century in Florence. Artists experimented in an innovative manner with pictorial subjects, forms and techniques and thus arrived at an unprecedented diversity of means of artistic expression. ...

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Yigal Gawze

Form and Light
From Bauhaus to Tel Aviv

"Yigal Gawze’s photographs capture the abstraction, the simplicity and the optimism of early modernism in Tel Aviv. He distils the essence of the Bauhaus to bring it alive in a modern city and concentrates on the subtle effects ...

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Ed. Kerstin Jesse et al.

Egon Schiele
The Making of a Collection

2018 marks the centenary of Egon Schiele’s death. To coincide with this occasion the publication will present the painting collection of the Belvedere Vienna including highlights such as Eduard Kosmack, House Wall, Death and Girl, ...

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Ed. Pieter Bisboer et al.

Frans Hals
A Familiy Reunion

Frans Hals (1582/83–1666) is one of the foremost portrait painters of the Dutch Golden Age. This exhibition is the first devoted to his family group portraiture. The show and the catalogue unite all of his four family portraits ...

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Ed. Ina Ewers-Schultz et al.

Tailored For Freedom
The Artistic Dress in 1900 in Fashion, Art, and Society

Seen as an expression of individuality and personality, fashion around 1900 became a synonym for the physical and social emancipation of women and progressed to become an object of artistic interest. The clothes designs of famous artists like ...

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Ed. Kathrin Beßen et al.

Cao Fei

The projects of Beijing-based artist Cao Fei (*1978) reflect the evolving societal and urban situation in China. Her works often make use of the latest digital media. Lying on the threshold between reality and fiction, the videos, photographs, ...

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Ed. Dieter Castenow et al.

Cars - Driven by Design
Sports Cars from the 1950s to 1970s

The sports cars of the 1950s to the 1970s are fast, beautiful, eccentric and innovative. In recent decades these automobiles not only became coveted collector’s items; they also enjoy cult status. In an exciting journey through time ...

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Maria Schneider

Alfred Haberpointner

Alfred Haberpointner (*1966 in Salzburg) is a sculptor of international repute. He became famous with his wooden sculptures, and he has subsequently expanded his work to include the used of materials like steel, lead and paper. This volume ...

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Ed. Jon Knowles et al.

LIBRE DHC / ART

DHC/ART LIBRE tells the story of a contemporary art foundation unlike any other. Situated in the cosmopolitan city of Montreal, DHC/ART – as well as this publication – is dedicated to bringing impactful experiences with contemporary art ...

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Ed. Jon Knowles et al.

LIBRE DHC / ART

DHC/ART LIBRE tells the story of a contemporary art foundation unlike any other. Situated in the cosmopolitan city of Montreal, DHC/ART – as well as this publication – is dedicated to bringing impactful experiences with contemporary art ...

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Ed. Stephan Koja et al.

Shadows of Time
Giambologna, Michelangelo and the Medici Chapel

Giambologna (1529–1606) is regarded as the most important European sculptor between Michelangelo and Bernini. How did he achieve this status? This volume investigates this question and examines above all Giambologna’s study of ...

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Ed. Roland Enke et al.

“The most beautiful pastel ever seen”
The Chocolate Girl by Jean-Étienne Liotard in the Dresden Gemäldegalerie

The Chocolate Girl is one of the most famous works by the Genevan artist Jean-Étienne Liotard. This richly illustrated volume leads the reader through the age in which it was created during the French-inspired Rococo and into the Vienna of ...

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Ed. Heinz Kress et al.

Japan in miniature
A Gift of Inrō, Ojime und Netsuke

The private collection of 80 inrō, ojime and netsuke presented here was donated to the Museum for Lacquer Art in 2017. The wealth of objects reproduces plants and animals with symbolic significance, literary subjects, historical scenes and famous ...

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Ed. Deutsche Bundesbank et al.

Germany's Gold

How were Germany’s gold reserves created, and what role has gold played as a means of payment over the centuries? What meaning have gold reserves had in the past, and what is their significance in the present? This book provides a vivid ...

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