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The Cat in Ancient Egypt
Many modern cats are descendants of the cats of ancient Egypt. These beautiful creatures thus represent a living link between the modern world and the ancient Egyptian civilization. Cats in Egypt were probably domesticated by around 4,000 BC, from wild ancestors. Over the following centuries, they became popular household pets; they are regularly shown in [...]
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Haunted
Haunted – Contemporary Photography / Video / Performance Much of contemporary photography and video seems haunted by the past, by ghostly apparitions that are reanimated in reproductive media, as well as in live performance and the virtual world. By using dated, passe or quasi-extinct stylistic devices, subject matter and technologies, these arts can embody a [...]
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African Art from the Menil Collection
Banana masks and headdresses, Lega ivories, Dogon sculpture, and Benue bronzes are among the many exquisite African artifacts found in the renowned Menil Collection. This book – the first comprehensive catalogue on John and Dominique de Menil’s collection of African art – features 115 of the museum’s finest pieces. Dating primarily from the nineteenth and [...]
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Henry Moore
Henry Spencer Moore (1898-1986) was arguably the most influential British sculptor of the twentieth century. Brought up in Castleford in Yorkshire, Moore ended his life fabulously wealthy, completing commissions for large-scale public sculptures in countries around the world. The scale of Moore’s success in later life has tended to obscure the radical nature of his [...]
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Gabriel Orozco
Gabriel Orozco was born in Veracruz in Mexico in 1962. Since the early 1990s, his career has been characterised by constant surprise and innovation. He roams freely and fluently between drawing, photography, sculpture, installation and painting, creating a body of work that resists categorisation. Ranging from subtle interventions in the landscape to meticulously executed sculptures [...]
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Joyous Machines: Michael Landy and Jean Tinguely
Accompanying the Tate Liverpool exhibition, this book examines the intriguing relationship between renowned British artist Michael Landy and Jean Tinguely, one of the most subversive sculptors of the 20th century. Having seen Tate’s 1982 Tinguely retrospective while still a student, Landy has drawn inspiration from the artist for some of his most well known works, [...]
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On Being a Sculptor: Henry Moore
Written by Henry Moore in the 1930s, these powerful, polemical texts lay out his ideas about sculpture, calling for truth to materials, openness to artistic traditions in other cultures and understanding of the importance of scale. Illustrated with archival photographs showing Moore at work, this book gives new insights into the working methods and inspiration [...]
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Fornasetti
Piero Fornasetti is often described as a visionary. A Milan artist, Fornasetti was at the same time a painter, sculptor, designer, craftsman, and an engraver of art books. In his lifetime, he created more than 11,000 items, most of which are one-of-a kind. It is actually said that his production of objects and furniture is [...] |
Art Deco Complete
Straddling two World Wars and the Great Depression, ushering in the Jazz Age and the era of the automobile and skyscraper, fomenting in the great cities of Europe and America and shaping everything from the Golden Gate Bridge to the humble desk lamp, the story of Art Deco is the story of our modern world. [...]
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Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor is one of the foremost artists of his generation. His majestic sculptures demand a physical response and suggest a metaphysical realm. This richly illustrated book traces Kapoor’s artistic development during a career spanning 30 years. Eminent scholars explore the philosophical issues pertinent to his work and examine its place in the history of [...]
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