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This groundbreaking work elucidates the symbolism and an entire allegorical system in Islamic painting of the Golden Age between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. Barry, a leading expert on art ...

Wristwatches are the ultimate collector's item and this handsome volume chronicles the history of a Swiss watch manufactory that is an industry standard setter. Arriving at the crossroads of design ...

Rodin, the first authoritative monograph from the Musée Rodin, is written by the museum's leading experts, with a foreword from its director. All facets of the artist's life and art ...

African Rock Art is the only book of its kind to examine this particular form of art throughout Africa. The paintings and engravings discovered on African rocks are amazing works ...

Témoins de l'Histoire, les ruines conjuguent savoir et imaginaire: leur pouvoir d'évocation n'a cessé de fasciner artistes et écrivains. Depuis la Renaissance, chaque époque y a projeté sa vision du ...

This sumptuous collector's volume showcases, at actual size, over 600 objects and drawings from Cartier's vast archives-many for the first time. The text recounts how this collection of over 1,200 ...

Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann (1879-1933), pioneer of the Art Deco movement, is one of the most influential and refined of the great French architect-decorators of the 20th century. A skilled draftsman, a ...

La cirugía es usada para reparar o embellecer el cuerpo humano sin que nadie se indigne por ello. Al contrario: es vista como un signo que participa de un libre ...

Think plastic. Think inflatable PVC chairs and TV tables. It must be the 1960s, when radical furniture designs "popped" next to new art, traditional designs were recast with new materials, ...

In a celebration of Morocco's vibrant culture, this book brings the delicate patterns, vivid colors, and traditional techniques of this extraordinary handicraft to decorative artisans and textile enthusiasts alike. The ...

Etrange personnage que Tamara de Lempicka. Peintre le jour, femme fatale la nuit tombante, la sulfureuse polonaise, véritable icône de l'entre-deux guerres, avait tout pour symboliser son époque. A Paris, ...

Nabis : prophètes en hébreu. Ainsi se proclama un groupe de jeunes peintres en 1888. Paul Sérusier, Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Félix Vallotton, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Paul Ranson, Georges ...

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Presents a comprehensive overview of Islamic architectural decoration in all its diversity from a vast geographical area: not only the Middle East, but also Spain, northern Africa, Turkey, Iran, and ...