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xiv, 232 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1996], ©1996
The shape of the holy : early Islamic Jerusalem / Oleg Grabar ; with contributions by Mohammad al-Asad, Abeer Audeh, Saïd Nuseibeh.
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xiv, 232 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1996], ©1996
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This new edition of the most famous of vampire stories has been illustrated by James Pyman and has been designed by John Morgan, in collaboration with the artist. Although the figure of Dracula has long loomed large in the public consciousness, for this edition, Pyman returned to the original text, illustrating a line or phrase from each of the book's 27 chapters in a(...)
Dracula
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This new edition of the most famous of vampire stories has been illustrated by James Pyman and has been designed by John Morgan, in collaboration with the artist. Although the figure of Dracula has long loomed large in the public consciousness, for this edition, Pyman returned to the original text, illustrating a line or phrase from each of the book's 27 chapters in a series of beautiful pencil drawings. The yellow clothbound cover echoes that of the first UK edition.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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"Blur" presents a look at Sandra Brewster’s eponymous series, a body of work exploring memory, movement and diasporic identity. Featuring gel transfer reproductions made from photographs, the book documents the development of Brewster’s photographic techniques and themes since the series began in 2016. An essay by Pamela Edmonds explores how this work challenges(...)
BLUR
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"Blur" presents a look at Sandra Brewster’s eponymous series, a body of work exploring memory, movement and diasporic identity. Featuring gel transfer reproductions made from photographs, the book documents the development of Brewster’s photographic techniques and themes since the series began in 2016. An essay by Pamela Edmonds explores how this work challenges established representations and evokes stories of migration. Blur offers a detailed examination of Brewster’s methods and her engagement with concepts of opacity, resilience and the complexities of black identity.
Photography monographs
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The second issue of ''Entangled Landscapes'' explores the food culture and agricultural heritage of Catalunya through interviews, essays, and recipes. Inside, you’ll meet seed-keepers, cheesemakers, agroecological activists, and cider producers working to preserve and regenerate the region’s landscapes. Stories include efforts to revive Collserola’s farming traditions,(...)
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November 2024
Entangled landscapes Vol. 2: Catalunya
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The second issue of ''Entangled Landscapes'' explores the food culture and agricultural heritage of Catalunya through interviews, essays, and recipes. Inside, you’ll meet seed-keepers, cheesemakers, agroecological activists, and cider producers working to preserve and regenerate the region’s landscapes. Stories include efforts to revive Collserola’s farming traditions, protect the native cattle of the Albera Mountains, and trace the influence of mushroom foraging on local policy. The volume also highlights edible wild plants and seasonal recipes that reflect the rhythms of the Catalan countryside.
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The keeper
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The Keeper accompanies an exhibition dedicated to the act of preserving objects, artworks and images. Through a variety of imaginary museums, personal collections and unusual assemblages, it offers a reflection on the impulse to save both the most precious and the apparently valueless, and reveals the devotion with which artists, collectors, scholars and hoarders have(...)
The keeper
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The Keeper accompanies an exhibition dedicated to the act of preserving objects, artworks and images. Through a variety of imaginary museums, personal collections and unusual assemblages, it offers a reflection on the impulse to save both the most precious and the apparently valueless, and reveals the devotion with which artists, collectors, scholars and hoarders have created sanctuaries for endangered images and artifacts. Through works spanning the 20th century, The Keeper tells the stories of various individuals through the objects they chose to safeguard.
Museology
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"Tacita Dean: Writing and Filmography", published as a companion to "Tacita Dean: Landscape, Portrait, Still Life", collects the artist’s writings and pairs them with a complete filmography. Dean’s writings reveal her to be as sensitive a thinker as she is an image maker, and her filmography shows the depth and breadth of the artist’s interests. Beautifully illustrated(...)
Tacita Dean: Writing and filmography
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"Tacita Dean: Writing and Filmography", published as a companion to "Tacita Dean: Landscape, Portrait, Still Life", collects the artist’s writings and pairs them with a complete filmography. Dean’s writings reveal her to be as sensitive a thinker as she is an image maker, and her filmography shows the depth and breadth of the artist’s interests. Beautifully illustrated throughout with film stills, archival photographs and related artworks, this two-volume publication provides an unparalleled insight into the stories and inspiration behind her work.
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A is for art museum
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In A is for Art Museum, children are encouraged to see art in new ways. Each image is accompanied by questions designed to engage their imaginations and spark lively conversations. Activities at the back of the book suggest ways for children and adults to create stories out of each picture, or to turn a trip to an art museum into a treasure hunt. Like a visit to a museum,(...)
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October 2008, Philadelphia
A is for art museum
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In A is for Art Museum, children are encouraged to see art in new ways. Each image is accompanied by questions designed to engage their imaginations and spark lively conversations. Activities at the back of the book suggest ways for children and adults to create stories out of each picture, or to turn a trip to an art museum into a treasure hunt. Like a visit to a museum, A is for Art Museum provides endless opportunities for interaction, fun, and learning.
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Desired Landscapes, issue 2
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'Desired Landscapes' brings together creatives, writers, tour guides, the people who write the stories of today’s cities, to share their most unique and personal findings. Here’s what we found: a postcard moment cannot be fully replicated, and iconic imageries are just the starting point of a journey. After all, destinations are plain images waiting to be transformed(...)
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May 2021
Desired Landscapes, issue 2
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'Desired Landscapes' brings together creatives, writers, tour guides, the people who write the stories of today’s cities, to share their most unique and personal findings. Here’s what we found: a postcard moment cannot be fully replicated, and iconic imageries are just the starting point of a journey. After all, destinations are plain images waiting to be transformed through one’s experiences. Issue 2 takes you to GRANDE MOTTE – PISA – KUWAIT – BERLIN – ZURICH – ATHENS – SOUR LAKE – CONCRETE ISLAND – ALEXANDRIA – HONG KONG – BARCELONA – FLORENCE
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The color revolution
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The Color Revolution traces the relationship of color and commerce, from haute couture to automobile showrooms to interior design, describing the often unrecognized role of the color profession in consumer culture. Blaszczyk examines the evolution of the color profession from 1850 to 1970, telling the stories of innovators who managed the color cornucopia that modern(...)
The color revolution
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The Color Revolution traces the relationship of color and commerce, from haute couture to automobile showrooms to interior design, describing the often unrecognized role of the color profession in consumer culture. Blaszczyk examines the evolution of the color profession from 1850 to 1970, telling the stories of innovators who managed the color cornucopia that modern artificial dyes and pigments made possible. These "color stylists," "color forecasters," and "color engineers" helped corporations understand the art of illusion and the psychology of color.
Colour Theory and Design
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Artist's book with a great variety of personal theories from ordinary people. Beltrán drew his inspiration from micro-history, a genre in cultural history that focuses on personal stories and apparently minor events, sketching a picture of a culture or mentality of a particular period. "Our view of the world is determined not just by what we learned about the world or(...)
The world explained : a microhistorical encyclopaedia
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Artist's book with a great variety of personal theories from ordinary people. Beltrán drew his inspiration from micro-history, a genre in cultural history that focuses on personal stories and apparently minor events, sketching a picture of a culture or mentality of a particular period. "Our view of the world is determined not just by what we learned about the world or even what we have actually experienced", Beltrán explains. "It consist to a large extent of suspicions, makeshift connections and personal interpretations".
Contemporary Art Monographs