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Art Book reviews and news from the art world.
Updated on Nov 24, 13
Created on Jun 05, 09
Category: Entertainment & Arts
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Frances Spiegel's List: Art books
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Nov 18, 13
The British Library has some of the world's finest and most important medieval Hebrew manuscripts including the magniciently illuminated North French Miscellany. Read about the manuscript's fascinating history, its beautiful illustrations and its complex and highly skilled calligraphy in this article published on Infobarrel. Every page is a work of art in its own right. The images demonstrate great skill and a fine sense of humour.
Thanks to a collaboration between the British Library and London publishers Facsimile Editions a limited edition facsimile has been produced thus allowing many more museums to display copies and increase awareness of this wonderful manuscript. -
Jan 25, 13
Looking for a special gift for an art lover. Visual Art Books that Make Fabulous Gifts offers comprehensive book reviews of art books to help you decide which book would make the perfect present.
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Aug 24, 12
Brilliant book takes a look at the exciting changes in design, culture and fashion that took place from the late 1950s to the late 1970s.
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Jul 09, 12
Extremely interesting publication explores abstraction in Italy. It outlines the key factors in the development of Italian abstract art between 1930 and 1980.
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Jun 01, 12
Jewish artist/designer Hyla Shifra Bolsta presents the Mourner's Kaddish accompanied by extraordinarily beautiful artwork and insightful interpretations.
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Jun 20, 11
Publication examines friendship between Toulouse-Lautrec and his favourite model, Jane Avril, dancer at the Moulin Rouge.
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Jun 06, 11
1000 Tattoos explores history of tattoos, tattoo methods and tattoo artists. What is the significance of tattoos, who wears them, and why they choose to decorate their bodies in this way.
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Jun 01, 11
The history of tattoos, how it's done, who wants them?
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Apr 24, 11
The book, Dutch Landscapes, explores 17th-century landscape painting, and accompanies an exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
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Apr 21, 10
Book explores clothes worn by Grace Kelly as a young actress, her wedding trousseau and the evolution of her styles and tastes as Princess Grace of Monaco.
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Mar 17, 10
Horace Walpole's extraordinary collections were housed at Strawberry Hill. The publication explores each room, showing how items were displayed, and in what context.
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Feb 26, 10
During World War II the British population learnt new skills to alleviate wartime food shortages. Book shows how those skills are just as useful now as they were then.
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Feb 20, 10
Wellcome Library, part of the Wellcome Collection, a medical museum, has appointed a new Head. Dr Simon Chaplin took up the post in February 2010.
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Dec 13, 09
Who are we? How do we identify ourselves? What makes us unique? How is our concept of self shaped by biological, philosophical, historical and socio-political issues?
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Jul 21, 09
Publication explores 100 years of fashion ads. It looks at the changing image of women through the Century, as well as technology, and the development of the mass market.
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Jul 03, 09
This catalogue accompanies an exhibition at London's Estorick Collection. It explores the relationship between Missoni designs and Futurist art in the Gallery's display.
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Jun 25, 09
This catalogue presents results of research into Omega Workshops, the Bloomsbury Group and the designs of Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, Wyndham Lewis, Duncan Grant and others.
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Jun 24, 09
Stephen Jones explores the creation of hats, the history of their construction and the materials used. Who should wear hats? Where, when, how and why should they be worn?
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Jun 05, 09
This book explores Kuniyoshi's career by looking at his varied subject matter from Chinese hero warriors of The Water Margin to portrayals of beautiful women.
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Jun 05, 09
This remarkable catalogue offers a new perspective on Indian painting by artists of the Marwar School, specific to the Jodhpur region of Rajasthan, in north-west India.
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