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1	Artists, Land, Nature more books like this by Mel Gooding, William Furlong add to wishlist Following the huge success of Abrams' books by artist Andy Goldsworthy comes this striking volume on six important contemporary artists who work in the landscape and make use of the materials and processes of nature. While the artists showcased -- herman de vries, Chris Drury, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Nikolaus Lang, Richard Long, and Giuseppe Pennone ... see all copies from £19.78! new only from £22.64! \| first editions
2	Painting and Sculpture in Europe: 1880-1940 more books like this by George H Hamilton add to wishlist see all copies from £4.10! first editions
3	Interpreting Matisse Picasso more books like this by Elizabeth Cowling add to wishlist When Matisse and Picasso first met in the spring of 1906, Matisse was already crowned "King of the Fauves" and Picasso was poised to challenge the leadership of the avant-garde. Although the two artists never became intimate friends, they were in regular contact for the last 20 years of Matisse's life, and their friendship became much warmer when ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.22! \| first editions
4	From Millet to Leger: Essays in Social Art History more books like this by Professor Robert L Herbert add to wishlist A scholar of 19th- and 20th-century French art, Robert L. Herbert has written extensively on aspects of this subject during his long career. This volume brings together some of his most important essays - works that discuss the artistic and social issues that lie behind the surfaces of notable prints and paintings by such artists as Millet, ... see all copies from £5.35! new only from £6.43! \| first editions
5	Utopia and Reality: Modernity in Sweden 1900-1960 more books like this by Cecilia Widenheim (Editor) add to wishlist The 20th century was characterized by an obsession with the impulse to be "modern". New times demanded new ideologies and models of social organization that in turn stimulated new forms of art, architecture, photography, film and design. This volume examines how modernity was expressed in Sweden during the 20th century. Over 200 illustrations ... see all copies from £5.48! new only from £7.01! \| first editions
6	Balthus Drawings more books like this by Vilo International, Balthus add to wishlist This beautifully-produced volume includes nudes, portraits, still lifes, landscapes and sketches, and combines quotes by the artist and a poetic text offering an exceptional insight into this essential, if little-known, aspect of the work of a major twentieth century artist. see all copies from £35.28! new only from £109.39! \| first editions
7	Breaking Down the Barriers: Art in the 1990s more books like this by Mr. Richard Cork add to wishlist The third part of a four-volume set of art criticism by Richard Cork, written over a 30-year period. It offers a chronicle of a turbulent period as well as an overview and survey of British art and its reception at this time. This particular work addresses the art of the 1990s. Against the odds, artists emerged from the economic blight of the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24!
8	Post-Impressionism to World War II more books like this by Debbie Lewer (Editor) add to wishlist "Post-Impressionism to World War II" is an exciting anthology of the best art history writings of the Post-Impressionist period. Several key essays by critics including Benjamin, Greenberg and Burger knit together primary sources and classic, 'canonical' criticism. This book: collects the most important writings on art history from Post ... see all copies from £18.21! new only from £23.53!
9	Jack Vettriano more books like this by Anthony Quinn (Text by) add to wishlist In December 2003 the painter Jack Vettriano, a coalminer's son, met his parents off the train from Scotland on his way to collect an OBE. Over the last few years Vettriano has had a meteoric rise to fame - emerging from the unlikely background of the Scottish coalfields, unknown and untutored, he has become Scotland's most successful and ... see all copies from £14.15! new only from £17.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Anglomodern: Painting and Modernity in Britain and the United States more books like this by Professor Janet Wolff add to wishlist Early twentieth-century art and art practice in Britain and the United States were, Janet Wolff asserts, marginalized by critics and historians in very similar ways after the rise of post-Cubist modern art. In a masterly book on the sociology of modernism, Wolff explores work that was primarily realist and figurative and investigates the social, ... see all copies from £4.08! new only from £4.08!
11	Andre Salmon on French Modern Art more books like this by Andre Salmon, Beth S Gersh-Nesic (Editor) add to wishlist Andre Salmon was one of the premier art critics of his day and the author of two important eyewitness accounts of early twentieth century art in France, La jeune peinture francaise and La jeune sculpture francaise. These works capture the revolutionary spirit of the period and include references and jokes of a small coterie of artists and poets ... see all copies from £10.71! new only from £10.71! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	Soviet Impressionism more books like this by Vern Grosvenor Swanson add to wishlist From a unique set of circumstances that would be impossible to duplicate, Soviet Art from 1930 to 1980 was the 20th century's major realist school of painting. It powerfully expresses itself with a simple clarity of pictorial language, consumate adeptness and truthful portrayal of life. The Soviet artist acted as a willing collaborator with and ... see all copies from £86.21! first editions
13 view cover	Buttner more books like this by Uta Grosenick (Editor) add to wishlist Born in Jena, Germany in 1954, Werner Buttner was a law student when he befriended artist Albert Oehlen, whose influence prompted him to take up art. This book covers over 150 pieces of his work from the last two decades, from oil on canvas and drawings, to collages. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.41! \| first editions
14 view cover	Continental Crosscurrents: British Criticism and European Art 1810-1910 more books like this by Barrie Bullen, J B Bullen add to wishlist Continental Crosscurrents is a series of case studies reflecting British attitudes to continental art during the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. It stresses the way in which the British went to the continent in their search for origins or their pursuit of sources of purity and originality. This cult of the primitive took many forms; ... see all copies from £14.23! new only from £57.12! \| first editions
15 view cover	Ilya/Emilia Kabakov: Monument to a Lost Civilization / Monumento Alla Civilta Perduta / A Cura Di Chiara Bertola, Paolo Falcone more books like this by Charta, Il'ia Iosifovich Kabakov add to wishlist Together with his wife Emilia, Russian artist Ilya Kabakov reconstructs the pattern of life in the Soviet Union and its institutional paradigns through the voices, false hopes and dreams of the people. This volume brings together 38 of Kabakov's installations and includes writings by the artist. see all copies from £6.16! new only from £6.16! \| first editions
16 view cover	Art in Vienna more books like this by Pater Vargo, Peter Vergo add to wishlist The artistic stagnation of Vienna at the end of the nineteenth century was rudely shaken by the artists of the Secession. Their works at first shocked a conservative public; but their successive exhibitions, their magazine "Ver Sacrum", and their application to the applied arts and architecture soon brought them an enthusiastic following and ... see all copies from £6.09! new only from £17.07!
17 view cover	All These Black Days - Between more books like this by Rebecca Horn add to wishlist see all copies from £8.36! new only from £12.37! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Essential: Marc Chagall more books like this by Howard Greenfeld add to wishlist For readers who are short on time, long on curiosity, and turned off by art-world jargon, Abrams presents a series of hip, entertaining books on artists and pop culture. * A fascinating account of the artist's life and work * Fresh anecdotes, both professional and personal * Concise sidebars on major players and cultural and social movements that ... see all copies from £3.60! new only from £3.60! \| first editions
19 view cover	Modern Life & Modern Subjects: British Art in the Early Twentieth Century more books like this by Professor Lisa Tickner add to wishlist In May 1914 the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London opened its exhibition of "Twentieth-Century Art". The catalogue identified four main strands in modern painting but included a fifth group of Jewish artists, hung in the "Small Gallery". In this illuminating book art historian Lisa Tickner takes a fresh look at the work of artists from each of ... see all copies from £19.13! new only from £34.01! \| first editions
20 view cover	Barcelona 1900 more books like this by Teresa-M Sala add to wishlist see all copies from £20.92! new only from £27.14!
21 view cover	Essential Pablo Picasso more books like this by Ingrid Schaffner add to wishlist Focusing on Pablo Picasso, this is one of an illustrated series which provides accounts of the lives of individual artists, professional and personal anecdotes, and concise definitions of cultural and social movements that shaped their work. The book discusses how Picasso rose to eminence - and stayed there. It depicts him as tender romantic and ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.97! \| first editions
22 view cover	Blind Spots: Critical Theory and the History of Art in Twentieth-Century Germany more books like this by Frederic Schwartz add to wishlist Art historians and critics have long found inspiration in the works of Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno, Ernst Bloch and Siegfried Kracauer. Indeed, these figures have been crucial to the recent theoretical developments and self-consciousness in the discipline. For their part, the early German Critical Theorists had a sophisticated sense of the ... see all copies from £19.78! new only from £21.04! \| first editions
23 view cover	Art in crisis; the lost center. more books like this by Hans Sedlmayr add to wishlist The history of art from the early nineteenth century onward is commonly viewed as a succession of conflicts between innovatory and established styles that culminated in the formalism and aesthetic autonomy of high modernism. In "Art and Crisis", first published in 1948, Hans Sedlmayr argues that the aesthetic disjunctures of modern art signify ... see all copies from £24.22! new only from £24.22! \| first editions
24 view cover	Vistas de Espana: American Views of Art and Life in Spain, 1860-1914 more books like this by M Elizabeth Boone add to wishlist In the decades following the American Civil War and leading up to the First World War, a definitive shift in power took place between Spain and the United States. This original book explores American artists' perceptions of Spain during this period of turmoil and demonstrates how their responses to Spanish art helped to answer emerging, complex ... see all copies from £25.62! new only from £31.09! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Little Book of Matisse more books like this by Laurence Millet add to wishlist The perfect introduction to the life and work of an extraordinary artist. Flammarion presents its series of informative, richly illustrated guides, covering lifestyle and cultural topics. Find out everything you want to know about your favorite subject in one handy volume. - Unique thematic treatment with extensive use of key words and cross ... see all copies from £3.71! new only from £3.71!

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