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The Book of Labyrinths and Mazes
Silke VryCurrent price €16.79Original price €19.99This brilliant book on mazes and labyrinths in history and the modern world encourages young readers to really think about why these puzzles are so...
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The Book of Time
Kathrin KollerCurrent price €19.74Original price €23.50In this thought provoking book, curious readers will discover all kinds of fascinating information about how and why we think about time. Chapters ...
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The Cathedral of Music: The Archivo Storico Ricordi
PrestelCurrent price €52.43Original price €56.99This comprehensive and captivating book follows the evolution of Milan's Ricordi archive, from its founding in 1808 by publisher Giovanni Ricordi t...
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The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy
PrestelCurrent price €49.58Original price €56.99Chiaroscuro woodcuts are among the most immediately appealing of all historic prints, displaying exquisite invention, refined draftsmanship, techni...
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The Day Time Stopped: 1 Minute - 26 Countries
Flavia RuotoloCurrent price €14.70Original price €17.50One afternoon in Italy, a little girl is about to take a bite of her delicious popsicle when time . . . stops. At that very moment, across the plan...
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The Designer''s Cookbook: 12 Colors, 12 Menus
Caro MantkeCurrent price €33.14Original price €38.99Looking for something new to try in the kitchen? How about a delicious dinner in which each course - from appetizer to dessert - is the same colour...
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The Drawings of Al Taylor
PrestelCurrent price €35.87Original price €38.99This book investigates important and illuminating aspects of Al Taylors drawings, which numbered over five thousand at the time of his death. It in...
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The Drum Thing
Deirdre O'CallaghanCurrent price €38.24Original price €44.99The drummer is usually the least well-known member of any band. Yet behind every frontman is the person keeping the beat, and often acting as the m...
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The Dusseldorf School of Photography
PrestelCurrent price €40.52Original price €55.50Now reissued in an attractively priced, compact edition, this classic and authoritative survey is the first detailed account of a seminal era in ph...
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The Egg
Britta TeckentrupCurrent price €15.29Original price €17.99Is there anything as simple as an egg? Is there anything as complex? In this gorgeous picture book, Britta Teckentrup portrays eggs through the eye...
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The Enduring Legacy of Weimar: Graphic Design & New Typography 1919-1933
Alston PurvisCurrent price €52.43Original price €56.99This vibrant book tells the history of the Modernist design movement and how it completely revolutionized graphic design. Graphic Design as an arti...
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The Essential Louis Kahn
PrestelCurrent price €53.84Original price €55.50This photographic tour of every one of the buildings designed solely by Louis Kahn represents the architect''s greatest accomplishments.This book f...
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The Fantastic Gustave Doré
Alix PareCurrent price €58.87Original price €63.99If you were a consumer of literature in the nineteenth century, chances are the volumes in your library featured the illustrations of Gustave Doré....
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The Feel Good Home: A Practical Guide to Conscious Living
Marion HellwegCurrent price €23.09Original price €28.50This endlessly informative and inspiring guide to interior design shows how sensory perception is the key to creating a happy place inside your own...
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The Finest Colors for Artists: The History of the Art Paint Factory H. Schmincke & Co.
Andrea H. Schneider-BraunbergerCurrent price €25.59Original price €31.99Since its founding in 1881, H. Schmincke & Co has been a premier producer of artists paints. Artists such as Otto Dix, Emil Nolde and Oskar Kok...
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The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting
Norbert WolfCurrent price €103.95Original price €112.99The Golden Age in Holland and Flanders roughly spanned the 17th century and was a period of enormous advances in the fields of commerce, scienceand...
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The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting
PrestelCurrent price €46.91Original price €50.99This beautifully illustrated, expansive overview of Dutch and Flemish art during the 17th century illuminates the creative achievements of one of t...
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The Great Big Art History Colouring Book
Annabelle Von SperberCurrent price €14.00Original price €17.50Filled with imaginative drawings and sketches to color in and paint, this book features all twelve large plates and many more individual scenes fro...
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The Great Wave: A Children''s Book Inspired by Hokusai
Veronique MassenotCurrent price €15.11Original price €17.99On a stormy winter's day, a baby boy, Naoki, is swept into a fisherman's boat by a great wave. Years pass, but still Naoki does not grow. Must he r...
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The Green Florilegium
PrestelCurrent price €52.43Original price €56.99Very little is known about The Green Florilegium. Neither signed nor dated, it is generally attributed to the German painter Hans Simon Holtzbecker...
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The House of Happy Spirits: A Childrens Book Inspired by Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Géraldine ElschnerCurrent price €14.39Original price €17.99In this fairy tale-like story a beloved tree is saved and children learn how architecture can co-exist with nature.The Austrian artist Friedensreic...
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The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris
Andrew HunterCurrent price €39.99Original price €49.99Sparse landscapes of Lake Superior's northern shores, bold visions of the Rocky Mountains and haunting landscapes from the Eastern Arctic are hallm...
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The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1999
PrestelCurrent price €52.43Original price €56.99Featuring the work of around 30 artists in a wide array of mediums, this exhibition catalog captures a unique moment in modern Indian art, one mark...
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The Inside World: Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles
Henry F. SkerrittCurrent price €43.49Original price €49.99Traditionally used in Aboriginal funeral ceremonies, memorial poles have been transformed into compelling contemporary artworks. The memorial pole ...
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The Last Days of Summer: The Photographs of Akila Berjaoui
Akila BerjaouiCurrent price €35.09Original price €44.99Akila Berjaoui's incredibly sensual photographs often feature sand, sun, water-or a combination of all three. In her first book, this highly sought...
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The Little Dancer: A Children''s Book Inspired by Edgar Degas
Geraldine ElschnerCurrent price €14.70Original price €17.50Degass ballerina paintings are well known and admired and his sculptural work Little Dancer Aged Fourteenthe only sculpture he exhibited in his lif...
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The Little Hippo: A Children''s Book Inspired by Egyptian Art
Geraldine ElschnerCurrent price €15.11Original price €17.99To the ancient Egyptians, the hippopotamus was one of the most dangerous animals in their world. The huge creatures were a hazard for small fishing...
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The Magic Doll: A Children''s Book Inspired by African Art
Adrienne YabouzaCurrent price €13.43Original price €15.99In a small village in West Africa, a young girl explains the special way she was born. Her mother had difficulty getting pregnant, so she seeks hel...
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The Magical Tree: A Children''s Book Inspired by Gustav Klimt
Myriam OuyessadCurrent price €14.75Original price €17.99Painted during the artist's golden period, Gustav Klimt's The Tree of Life has been interpreted in myriad ways. This children's book deftly incorpo...
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The Mermaid and the Parakeet: A Children''s Book Inspired by Henri Matisse
Veronique MassenotCurrent price €14.88Original price €17.50Henri Matisse s massive and joyous cutout work, The Parakeet and the Mermaid, is the basis for this delightful children s book about the unlikely f...
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The Monet Cookbook: Recipes from Giverny
Florence GentnerCurrent price €29.74Original price €34.99It's well known that Claude Monet was a gourmand as well as an artistic genius. His culinary journals are filled with detailed recipes and notes ab...
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The New Premises of the European Central Bank
PrestelCurrent price €61.10Original price €62.99Designed by the renowned architecture firm COOP HIMMELB (L)AU, the new European Central Bank (ECB) is one of Europe's most exciting new structures....
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The Novembergruppe, 1918-1935: From Höch to Taut, From Klee to Dix
PrestelCurrent price €52.43Original price €56.99In the wake of World War I and the German Revolution of November 1918, a group of German artists, architects, composers, and writers banded togethe...
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The Paintings That Revolutionized Art
PrestelCurrent price €28.69Original price €33.75What makes the Book of Kells such an extraordinary example of illuminated manuscript? Why is Durer''s self-portrait so iconic? How did Turner''s Ra...
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The Paintings That Revolutionized Art
PrestelCurrent price €20.00Original price €22.99What makes the Book of Kells such an extraordinary example of illuminated manuscript? Why is Durer's self-portrait so iconic? How did Turner's Rain...
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The Paris Flea Market: Les Puces de Paris, Saint-Ouen
Kate van den BoogertCurrent price €40.49Original price €44.99This inspiring stroll through Pariss mythic flea market spotlights a fascinating array of influential vendorsrevealing their unique wares, trade se...
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The Power of Architecture: 25 Modern Buildings from Around the World
Annette RoederCurrent price €17.79Original price €19.99Although popular culture and classrooms are filled with references to classic and iconic buildings such as the Parthenon, the Cathedral of Notre Da...
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The Pre-Raphaelite Language of Flowers
Debra N. MancoffCurrent price €22.07Original price €23.99This exquisite collection of paintings illustrates just how marvelously the Pre- Raphaelites' focus on the natural world intersected with the Victo...
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The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium
Eleanor HeartneyCurrent price €33.92Original price €38.99In After the Revolution, the authors concluded that The battles may not all have been won ...but barricades are gradually coming down, and work pro...
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The Renaissance Cities: Art in Florence, Rome and Venice
Norbert WolfCurrent price €90.39Original price €112.99The idea of renaissance, or rebirth, arose in Italy as a way of reviving the art, science, and scholarship of the Classical era. It was also powere...
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The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections from the 3rd Century BC to the 20th Century Germany, Austria, and France
Alessandra Comini€68.99Providing a rare glimpse into one of the finest private art collections in the world, this book presents the extraordinary collection of the Neue G...
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The Rooster of Notre Dame: A Children''s Book Inspired by the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
Geraldine ElschnerCurrent price €13.43Original price €15.99One of Paris''s iconic symbols comes to life in this picture book that explores the tragic 2019 fire that destroyed parts of Notre Dame Cathedral a...
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The Scary Book
Thierry DedieuCurrent price €13.11Original price €15.99Snakes, bats, and spiders aren''t that frightening-but just wait till you see what they''re like on the inside! This delightfully ghoulish book is ...
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The Sea Ranch: Architecture, Environment and Idealism
Jennifer Dunlop FletcherCurrent price €54.14Original price €56.99Situated on a ten-mile stretch of rugged Northern California coastline, The Sea Ranch was conceived as a retreat from urban living with connection ...
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The Seedling That Didn''t Want to Grow
Britta TeckentrupCurrent price €14.70Original price €17.50Its early spring and below the earths surface seeds are just starting to sprout. One by one they stretch through the dirt and towards the sun, exte...
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The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945
PrestelCurrent price €39.99Original price €49.99Following World War II, Western painting went in completely new directions. A young generation of artists turned their backs on the dominant styl...
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The Swing
Britta TeckentrupCurrent price €21.83Original price €25.99A swing on a hill overlooking the water is at the center of this lovely meditation on childhood, growing older, friendship and loss. The swing ha...
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The Thirlby: A Field Guide to a Vibrant Mind, Body, and Soul
Almila Kakinc-DoddCurrent price €24.23Original price €28.50Almila Kakinc-Dodd has made a name for herself in the digital world. Her website, The Thirlby, attracts a worldwide audience hungry for her tips on...
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