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A Kid's Guide to the Louvre for Adults.

The Louvre is the inevitable museum shop when on a trip to Paris. How should one approach such an imposing place with children? How can you best visit without putting kids off and tiring yourself out? What should you show children and how can you help...

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Alighiero e Boetti: Mappa.

In 1971 Alighiero e Boetti commissioned Afghan embroiderers to create a map of the world, with each country bearing the colours and pattern of its flag. Here, Italian curator Luca Cerizza looks at Boetti's Mappa in relation to world events and the...

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Ancient American Art in Detail.

Illuminates the design and production of a wide range of objects from Mexico, Central, and South America. By enlarging some of the details we are brought closer to the world of the Olmecs, Mayans, Mixtecs, Aztecs and Incas. There are beautiful objects of...

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Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt.

The Fatimids were the Shi'ite dynasty that ruled in north Africa and Egypt from 909 to 1171. They founded the walled city of Cairo in 969 and their art has been admired for centuries. It is 'known for its strongly figural imagery, and its elegant and...

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Contemporary Australian Photography

A portfolio of six fine art prints conveniently sized for standard frames (24 x 30 cm). They are all b/w and are quirky and exuberant views (eg Sydney Harbour Bridge and Luna Park) or of people (at Circular Quay, fashion model, nuns roller skating down...

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Culture is Everywhere: The Museum of Corn-temporary Art.

The Museum of Corn-temporary Art, one of the lesser-known small private museums in the United States, was founded in Chicago in 1988 and houses a new category of contemporary culture that should not be confused with kitsch but could be termed 'low art'...

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Egyptian Statues.

Begins by examining the materials and techniques employed by sculptors and the various statue types and poses that occur. Next it explores the function of statues and the different contexts for which they were made. Statues were not intended to be exact...

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Eloquent Line: Contemporary Japanese Calligraphy.

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Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete and the Olympic Spirits.

Publisher Description As Athens prepares for 2004, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, proudly presents the original Olympics in all their sweaty, heroic glory. Like today, sports were a vital part of daily life in ancient Greece. Games for the Gods...

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Indian Folk and Tribal Paintings.

An introduction to this vibrant art form of India, this is a spectacular chronicle of its evolution, contextual development, continuity, brief obscurity, and the recent marvellous resurgence. Based on painstaking fieldwork and research this will appeal...

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Islamic Art: The Past and Modern.

Examines Islamic painting, calligraphy, carpet and textile weaving, decorative pottery, ceramics, glass and metal, architecture and Islamic art and the modern world. A serious study, beautifully illustrated in colour. Publisher Description

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Kings as Collectors: Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts from the Musee du Louvre.

Here are beautiful pictures and knowledgeable text about these wonderful objects collected by Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI. This book accompanied a travelling art exhibition which went from 2003 - 2009. Simply gorgeous. Publisher Description

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Oriental Rugs Today: A Guide to the Best New Carpets from the East.

Describes developments in design and manufacture of Oriental rugs; organises rugs by country; identifies the major producers; helps you distinguish natural from synthetic dyes; handspun from machine-spun wool; genuine silk from imitation. 'A well-written...

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Paris: Memories of the Past: 75 Paintings by Mortimer Menpes.

Mortimer Menpes was born in Adelaide in 1856, moved to England in the 1870s and became an assistant to James McNeill Whistler, whose style he admired and emulated. His collaboration with publisher A&C Black resulted in his paintings appearing in more...

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Restoring Byzantium: The Kariye Camii in Istanbul and the Byzantine Institute Restoration.

The Kariye Camii is a glorious Byzantine monument in Istanbul. It is lavish and splendid. This catalogue of photographs and essays introduce us to it - its art, architecture and history. We also learn about its history, the multifaceted story of its...

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Rome from the Ground Up.

Looks at many angles of this wonderful old city - the materials with which Rome was built; the Tiber and its bridges; roads, aqueducts and sewers; and the power of leaders and institutions to shape the city. Gives us an excellent tour of ancient...

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Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island.

A splendid exhibition catalogue featuring outstanding works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's select collection of Easter Island sculpture, as well as other objects and designs of Oceanic artistic traditions. Publisher Description Candace Wheeler...

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The Louvre, The: 500 Masterpieces.

Publisher Description This new book presents in a small and modern format 500 masterpieces of the Louvre.The artworks are presented by category, representing the different departments of this vast museum: Oriental Antiquities, Greek, Etruscan and Roman...

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Word and Image: The Art of the Early Middle Ages, 600-1050.

Publisher Description This up-to-date, reliable introductory account and interpretation of early medieval art combines art, history, and ideas from around 600 to 1050. Diebold describes diversity and complexity of early medieval art by examining the...

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