Modernism & Bauhaus

In a fleeting fourteen year period, sandwiched between two world wars, Germanys Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideals for the future, the school developed a pioneering fusion of fine art, craftsmanship...

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In a fleeting 14-year period between two world wars, Germanys Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideas for the future, the school developed a pioneering fusion of fine art, craftsmanship, and technology, w...

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Beautifully designed and featuring breathtaking photography, this book from the creator of The Modern House makes the perfect coffee table book and is the ultimate gift for home design enthusiasts 'A source of fascination, inspiration and fan...

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Sloane's beautifully detailed paintings take you on a journey to a simpler time and place where a team of horses pull the plow, the pie's freshly baked, and the warmth of family is ever-present. This 12-month calendar is printed on linen...

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Traces the evolution of Matisses work on paper, from experimental beginnings to the artists instantly recognizable mature style An internationally recognized expert in the European tradition of draughtsmanship, Christopher Lloyd offers rare insigh...

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A landmark study of how the famed Bloomsbury Group developed their distinct aesthetic Fascinating and wide-ranging. . . . Will be enjoyed by both Bloomsbury aficionados and newcomers alike.Lucinda Willan, V&A Magazine The Bloomsbury Group was ...

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This book will transform the way you think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal to the medical equipment used to save lives. John Heskett goes beyond style and taste to lo...

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"We benefit from Saltz's rare ability to articulate the mysterious alchemy of great art." - New York Times "An entertaining, informative, and, at times, profoundly affecting read." - Canberra Times "The most famous, m...

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New York Times Notable Book Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist Wall Street JournalOne of Five Best Artist Biographies Edward Hopper's canvasses are filled with stripped-down spaces and unrelenting light, evocative landscapes, and the lonel...

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The fascinating untold story of how Nazi architects and planners envisioned and began to build a model Aryan society in Norway during World War II Between 1940 and 1945, German occupiers transformed Norway into a vast construction zone. This remar...

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An unparalleled reassessment of Pierre Bonnard, exploring his paintings, drawings, photography, and prints As one of the founders of the post-Impressionist group the Nabis, French artist Pierre Bonnard (18671947) is frequently seen as a transition...

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A thought-provoking volume on Edvard Munchs often neglected pictures of nature, exploring the Norwegian artists landscapes, seascapes, and existential environments in light of his own time and ours This richly illustrated catalogue provides a mult...

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A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the Foiled Quarto Journals combine high-quality production and FSC pages with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, list-makers, travellers, stu...

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Captivating and informative, BLK Art is an essential work that elevates a globally dismissed legacy to its proper place in the mainstream art canon. From the hushed corridors of royal palaces to the bustling streets of 1920s Paris-this is Black hi...

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In the summer of 1905, the French painters Henri Matisse and Andr Derain changed the course of art history with their radical color experiments During the summer of 1905, Henri Matisse and Andr Derain went on holiday in Collioure, a modest French ...

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CLEVER AND CONTEMPORARY ILLUSTRATIONS - 50 witty illustrations by Baltimore-based illustrator, designer and educator George Wylesol THE PERFECT GIFT - Design-led, high-spec illustrated product for maximum gifting potential LEARN ABOUT ART, YOUR WA...

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A brand new look at the extremely beautiful, if underappreciated, later works of one of the most inventive artists of the 20th century Between 1935 and his death at midcentury, Henri Matisse (18691954) undertook many decorative projects and commis...

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The first monographic publication in English on German Expressionist artist and architect Paul Goesch, who long struggled withand was persecuted and ultimately murdered forhis schizophrenia Paul Goesch (18851940) produced one of the most inventive...

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In 1956, TIME magazine called him one of the defining form-givers of the 20th century. Today, Marcel Breuer (19021981) remains a locus classicus of modernism for architects and designers alike. As a Bauhaus pioneer, even his earliest work was mark...

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In the mid-1930s, three giants of the international Modern movement, Bauhaus professors Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, fled Nazi Germany and sought refuge in Hampstead in the most exciting new apartment block in Britain. The...

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Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti (18911979) is difficult to pin down. With an extraordinarily prolific output and eclectic style, his oeuvre remains one of the most diverse and groundbreaking in design history. Trained initially in archite...

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John Heskett wants to transform the way we think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal, and the car we drive to work in, to the medical equipment used to save lives. Design...

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Leading design magazine Openhouse has spent the last six years giving readers a closer look at some of the most extraordinary houses around the globe. In their first book, the editors open the doors to their highlights, including exclusive photogr...

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Emerging in the death throes of colonial rule, the story of Tropical Modernism is one of politics and power, decolonization and defiance. Its leading proponents, British architects Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry, adapted a utopian Bauhaus-derived Moder...

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Making the Arctic City explores the unwritten history of city-building in the Arctic over the last 100 years. Spanning northern regions of North America, through Greenland, Svalbard to Russia, this is the first book to provide a truly circumpolar ...

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At the turn of the 20th century, Vienna became an epicentre for new thought. A multi-disciplinary environment emerged where music, writing and intellectual thought all flourished, often brought together in the capitals famous coffee houses. This w...

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Theo van Doesburg was a jack of all trades: painter, writer, architect, typographer, and art theorist. In this volume of the Bauhausbcher, he attempts to make elementary concepts in the visual arts generally comprehensible. He was addressing the m...

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The twentieth century was the most destructive in human history, but from its vast landscapes of ruins was born a new architectural type: the cultural monument. In the wake of World War I, an international movement arose which aimed to protect arc...

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Als Orte der Neugier, sind Bibliotheken seit jeher kollektives Gedächtnis, Quellen der Inspiration, flüsternd denkende Räume der Stille und des Studiums: Dieses Buch ist eine Ode an das Lesen. Doch diese Kathedralen des Wissens sind weit mehr als ...

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A transformative study, freeing the artist from outdated art historical narratives and revealing his work as newly strange again Czannes Gravity is an ambitious reassessment of the paintings of Paul Czanne (18391906). Whereas previous studies have...

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