Bachelor Japanists: Japanese Aesthetics and Western Masculinities
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Challenging cliches of Japanism as a feminine taste, Bachelor Japanists argues that Japanese...
Francis Bacon in Your Blood
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"This fine memoir is more insightful than gossipy, and as a subject Bacon is just about unbeatable."...
Growing Up with the Impressionists: The Diary of Julie Manet
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Julie Manet, the niece of Edouard Manet and the most famous female Impressionist artist, Berthe...
Kinesthesia: Latin American Kinetic Art, 1954-1969
Dan Cameron, Susan Green, Elizabeth Armstrong and Jesus Fuenmayor
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Kinesthesia: Latin American Kinetic Art, 1954-1969 examines the influential and visually stunning...
Modigliani Unmasked
Mason Klein and Richard Nathanson
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One of the great artists of the 20th century, Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) is celebrated for...
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
Edmund De Waal and Alex Clark Introduces Shelf Help
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264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox: potter Edmund de Waal was...
The Medieval Calendar: Locating Time in the Middle Ages
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The intricacies of the medieval calendar are examined in this sumptuously illustrated volume,...
A Place for All People: There is More to Architecture Than Architecture
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Richard Rogers is one of the pre-eminent architects of his generation, whose approach to buildings...
At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
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Paris, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz...
The City: A World History
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The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and development of urban centers from ancient...