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Art History
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William Blake and The Sea Monsters of Love (Paperback)€15.99How one visionary inspired 200 years of art, poetry, and protest. Weaving between the historical, cultural and personal, award-winning author Philip Hoare reveals a web of creative minds and artistic iconoclasts fired with the wild and revolutionary genius of William Blake.
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The Secret Lives of Colour : AMAZING NEW EDITION + 25 NEW COLOURS€31.99NOW BOLDER, BRIGHTER AND EXPANDED INTO GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOUR WITH 25 NEW COLOURS.
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The History of Art in One Sentence : 500 Years of Art (But Funny)€19.99What’s so special about Dutch paintings of cheese? When does Art Nouveau become Art Deco? Why were the Pre-Raphaelites obsessed with gingers? Find out in one sentence with comedian and art historian Verity Babbs.
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Your Brain on Art : How the Arts Transform Us€15.99We're on the verge of a cultural shift in which the arts can deliver potent, accessible and proven solutions for the well-being of everyone.
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The Story of Drawing : An Alternative History of Art€37.99Drawing is at the heart of human creativity. The most democratic form of art-making, it requires nothing more than a plain surface and a stub of pencil, a piece of chalk or an inky brush.
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The Story of Art without Men€16.99How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Have your sense of art history overturned, and your eyes opened to many art forms often overlooked or dismissed.
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Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith€16.99Central to this huge question are the ways in which we have depicted the human and the divine from prehistory to the present day.
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Titian: His Life and Works in 500 Images€21.99An illustrated exploration of the artist and his context, with a gallery of his paintings and drawings.
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Design : The Definitive Visual Guide (Hardback)€39.99A true celebration of classic design - and the perfect gift for design lovers of any age.
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What Great Paintings Say. 100 Masterpieces in Detail€24.99This important addition to our understanding of art history's masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a magnifying glass to uncover their most small and subtle elements and all they reveal about a bygone time, place, and culture.
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The Madman's Gallery : The Strangest Paintings, Sculptures and Other Curiosities From the History of Art€37.99Enter The Madman's Gallery - the perfect gift book for any art lover. Discover an eccentric exploration through the curious history of art, to find the strangest paintings, sculptures, drawings and other artistic oddities ever made. From the author of the bestseller The Madman's Library (SundayTimes Literature Book of the Year 2020, Radio 4 Book of the Week) comes an extraordinary new illustrated collection.
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African Art Now : Fifty pioneers defining African art for the twenty-first century€52.00Over the past two decades contemporary African art has taken its rightful place on the world stage.
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Starry Night : Van Gogh at the Asylum€25.99Starry Night is a fascinating, fully illustrated account of Van Gogh's time at the asylum in Saint-Remy, during which he created some of his most iconic pieces of art.
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Russian Art in the New Millennium€46.00There is surprisingly little, and certainly nothing comprehensive, written about the contemporary Russian scene now.
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Art History For Dummies€29.99Ready to discover the fascinating world of art history? Let's (Van) Gogh! Fine art might seem intimidating at first. But with the right guide, anyone can learn to appreciate and understand the stimulating and beautiful work of history's greatest painters, sculptors, and architects.
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The Mirror and the Palette : Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits€13.99Until the twentieth century, art history was, in the main, written by white men who tended to write about other white men.
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Little Book of Christian Louboutin : The Story of the Iconic Shoe Designer€17.99Among designers of luxury shoes, there is one whose designs are instantly recognizable: Christian Louboutin. His iconic red soles can be seen everywhere from the red carpet, the silver screen and the catwalk to city streets around the world.
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The Whole Picture€19.99The colonial story of the art in our museums & why we need to talk about it. Should museums be made to give back their marbles? Is it even possible to 'decolonize' our galleries? Must Rhodes fall?
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Francis Bacon : Revelations€35.50Bacon concealed many important aspects of his life. He described himself as an asthmatic child in Ireland with foxhunting parents and a tyrannical father, but he was also rescued by a series of formidable women - women who in this biography emerge in their own right.
