Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
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Neutra. Complete Works
$116.67 Add to cartOriginally from Vienna, Richard Neutra came to America early in his career, settling in California. His influence on postwar architecture is undisputed, the sunny climate and rich landscape being part
- Author: Lamprecht, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 22 2010
- ISBN10: 3836512440
- Language: English
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Koolhaas/Obrist. Project Japan. Metabolism Talks
$81.67 Add to cart“Once there was a nation that went to war, but after they conquered a continent their own country was destroyed by atom bombs… then the victors imposed democracy on the vanquished. For a group of ap
- Author: Obrist, Hans Ulrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: September 15 2011
- ISBN10: 3836525089
- Language: English
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Anni and Josef Albers: Art and Life
$60.00 Read moreThis career-spanning monograph reveals the enormous artistic achievements–both individual and shared–of two of the greatest pioneers of twentieth-century modernism.
Featuring more than two hundred a- Author: Garimorth, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 3791379976
- Language: English
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100 Turn-Of-The-Century Brick Bungalows with Floor Plans
$12.95 Add to cartReprinted from rare 1912 catalog, this book presents 100 winning entries from a nationwide competition for brick bungalow designs. Superb renderings show houses in perspective, floor plans, some lands… [more below]
- Series: Dover Architecture
- Author: Rogers & Manson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 13 1994
- ISBN10: 0486281191
- Language: English
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The Materials of the Artist and Their Use in Painting: With Notes on the Techniques of the Old Masters, Revised Edition
$18.99 Add to cartThe leading authority on the materials and techniques of painting. Index; illustrations. Translated and revised by Eugen Neuhaus.
- Author: Doerner, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 09 2011
- ISBN10: 015657716X
- Language: English
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The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han Van Meegeren
$20.99 Add to cartNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, THE LAST VERMEER, STARRING GUY PEARCE: A revelatory biography of the world’s most famous forger–a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush–and a deliciously detailed s
- Author: Lopez, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0547247842
- Language: English
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The Eiffel Tower
$46.67 Read more“The Tower is also present to the entire world… a universal symbol of Paris… from the Midwest to Australia, there is no journey to France which isn’t made, somehow, in the Tower’s name.”
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 18 2021
- ISBN10: 3836584417
- Language: English
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Carlo Scarpa: Classic Format
$59.95 Add to cartThe acclaimed survey of the life and works of the celebrated Italian modernist master, Carlo Scarpa, from the highly regarded architectural author, Robert McCarter
The work of Carlo Scarpa challenge
- Author: McCarter, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1838662928
- Language: English
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Modern Painting: A Concise History
$24.95 Add to cartWhile acknowledging the legacy of Herbert Read’s classic 1959 study A Concise History of Modern Painting in the World of Art series, academic and artist Simon Morley places the foundation of modern ar
- Series: World of Art
- Author: Morley, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0500204896
- Language: English
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Creative Haven an Old-Fashioned Christmas Coloring Book
$7.99 Add to cartRediscover the nostalgic charm of the most festive of holidays with these 31 traditional designs. Adult colorists can celebrate the Christmas season all year long with vintage scenes of bustling shopp… [more below]
- Series: Creative Haven Coloring Books
- Author: Menten, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 21 2016
- ISBN10: 0486812367
- Language: English
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Living in
$90.00 Add to cartLeading 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 t
- Author: Gestalten
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 24 2020
- ISBN10: 3899558588
- Language: English
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Modern Architecture: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSomewhere between 1910 and 1970, architecture changed. Now that modern architecture has become familiar (sometimes celebrated, sometimes vilified), it’s hard to imagine how novel it once seemed. Expen… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Sharr, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198783442
- Language: English
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Postmodernism
$12.99 Add to cartPostmodernism has become the buzzword of contemporary society over the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this highly readable introduction the mysteries of this most elusive of concepts are u… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #74
- Author: Butler, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 16 2003
- ISBN10: 0192802399
- Language: English
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Architecture and Abstraction
$34.95 Add to cartA landmark study of abstraction in architectural history, theory, and practice that challenges our assumptions about the meaning of abstract forms.
In this theoretical study of abstraction in architec- Series: Writing Architecture
- Author: Aureli, Pier Vittorio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545233
- Language: English
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The Impressionists at First Hand
$23.95 Read moreThe impressionists–Claude Monet, ?douard Manet, Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and others–are probably the most popular of all artistic schools.
- Series: World of Art
- Author: Denvir, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0500297320
- Language: English
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Modern Architecture A-Z
$29.17 Add to cartWith more than 280 entries, this architectural A-Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. From the period
- Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
- Author: Taschen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: August 26 2016
- ISBN10: 3836556316
- Language: English
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Sears House Designs of the Thirties
$12.95 Add to cartProudly promoting itself as the largest home building organization in the world, Sears, Roebuck and Company advertised in 1932 products in a handsome catalog that also displayed a full-size replica of… [more below]
- Series: Dover Architecture
- Author: Sears Roebuck and Co
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 16 2003
- ISBN10: 0486429946
- Language: English
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Art Boozel: Cocktails Inspired by Modern and Contemporary Artists
$20.95 Read moreRaise a glass to the world’s most exciting modern and contemporary artists in this inspired cocktail book with over 50 tribute recipes.
Go on a boozy tour of art history with this collection of recipe- Author: Croll, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1797202987
- Language: English
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Anders Zorn: Sweden’s Master Painter
$65.00 Add to cartAccompanying a major retrospective of Anders Zorn’s work, this is the first volume in English to explore the Swedish Impressionist’s entire career in depth. Anders Zorn (1860-1920) is one of Sweden’s … [more below]
- Author: Cederlund, Johan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 29 2013
- ISBN10: 0847841510
- Language: English
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Frida Kahlo: The Paintings
$34.99 Add to cart“[Herrera’s] expressive and fluid prose is able to keep pace with Kahlo’s riveting canvases and adds to the experience of viewing them. . . . A superb tribute.” — Booklist
In small, stunningly rendere
- Author: Herrera, Hayden
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 04 2002
- ISBN10: 0060923199
- Language: English
