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This book reveals how the Aga Khan Development Network and its Historic Cities Programme transformed an area of Cairo's urban blight into a dynamic...

Featuring the work of 25 artists from diverse backgrounds, this triennial addresses the topic of architecture and permanence by exploring history a...

Widely considered one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, Alexander Calder revolutionised modern sculpture - most significantly...

As one of the founding figures of Impressionism, Camille Pissarro exerted considerable influence over the movement''s other members, such as Paul C...

The 90s are back! In a richly illustrated volume, which accompanied her first ever curated exhibition, Claudia Schiffer brings together legendary f...

This book examines in depth the painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (15711610) and the sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (15981680). Other painte...

Although fewer than eighty of Caravaggio's painted works exist, they represent a critical moment in the development of European painting as the Ren...

Unapologetically incorporating her body into her works of art,Carolee Schneemann emerged as one of the leading forcesin the feminist art movement o...

A painting must stand as a painting, made by human hand, wrote Caspar David Friedrich, not seek to disguise itself as Nature. One of his generation...

Considered one of the most important figures in German art of the nineteenth century, Caspar David Friedrich is best known for his dramatic and emo...

The perfect place for a mouse is inside a cozy, warm house, but a cat lives there too, and once the cat sees the mouse, a chase ensues. As the cat ...

Theres no question that cats rule the worldask any cat owner and theyll tell you how these balls of fur insert themselves into our lives and establ...

Widely regarded as the bridging link between late nineteenth-century Impressionism and Cubism, Cezanne's work is characterized by his intense study...

This groundbreaking book explores the Russian avant-garde during the early post-revolutionary years of 1918-1922 and brings together the works of t...

Virtually no other musical discipline is as closely linked with the culture and essence of a country as the chanson with France. With roots in the ...

Charmion von Wiegand started painting figuratively in 1926, when she received encouragement from her friend and painter, Joseph Stella. After being...

In 2015 in Lyon, France, Team USA medaled for the first time ever at the Bocuse d''''Or-often called the Olympics of the cooking world - taking si...

Growing up between the Netherlands and South Africa, Dennis Swiatkowski knew early on that sunny climates suited him best. As a result, much of his...