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Herbarium Amoris – Floral Romance – Book Review
Interesting essays discuss the work of Carl Linnaeus and his Calendarium Florae. Outstanding photography captures minute details of flowers in vivid, colourful close-ups.
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Leonardo da Vinci – Book Review
The work of masterful Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci, comes alive on the pages of this book, claimed to be the definitive guide to the artist's paintings and drawings.
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The Most Beautiful Bibles - Book Review
Medieval manuscripts are brought to life through high quality reproductions accompanied by fascinating and scholarly, yet easy to understand, essays.
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20th Century Fashion – 100 Years of Apparel Ads
Publication explores 100 years of fashion ads. It looks at the changing image of women through the Century, as well as technology, and the development of the mass market.
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Palladio The Rules of Harmony – Book Review
The life and work of Andrea Palladio is brought to life by high quality reproductions accompanied by scholarly, but easy to understand, descriptions by Manfred Wundram.
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Andrea Palladio – His Life and Legacy
The RA presents the 'architects' architect'. Andrea Palladio's work and treatise, "I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura", has shaped buildings around the world for 500 years
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Palladio The Complete Buildings – Book Review
This publication is a study of all the buildings designed by Andrea Palladio. Clear descriptions and high quality reproductions make the book accessible to all.
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Gardening As a Sacred Act
People garden for different reasons. Some just enjoy being outdoors, while others want a serene place that can fulfill our spiritual needs.
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The Bible in Pictures – Book Review
Lucas Cranach provided 117 images for Martin Luther's Bible of 1534. The history of German Bibles, Cranach's images, and Luther's work is explored by Stephan Fussel.
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Type – A Visual History of Typefaces, Volume 1
This publication is the first of two volumes exploring typographic fonts and graphic design. It investigates the development of the printed letter between 1628 and 1900.
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Sex to Sexty - The Most Vulgar Mag
New from Taschen, this tribute to the underground dirty magazine "Sexty to Sexty" is a raw and funny document of American history from 1965 to 1983.
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Futurist Manifesto – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
In 1909 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti published The Founding and First Manifesto of Futurism in Paris, and established an art movement that lasted from 1909 until 1944.
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Jeff Koons the Post-Pop Superstar – Book Review
Jeff Koons the Post-Pop Superstar is a detailed investigation of the artist's entire output. This book contains some explicit erotic art and is only suitable for adults.
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Museu Picasso Barcelona
Eclipsing Picasso Museums in Paris and Malaga, Barcelona's Museu Picasso traces the artist's early progress inexorably toward brilliant maturity.
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Experience the Art of Pierre-Auguste Renoir
A book review of "Renoir ~ Painter of Happiness" by Gilles Neret.
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The Mediterranean Food, Travel,and Life Summer Reading List!
A summer reading "wish list" on the Mediterranean theme.
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HOLIDAY GIFTBOOKS FOR GARDENERS
Whatever the gardener's interest, there's a book that makes the perfect holiday gift.
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MEDLARS-A FRUIT FOR CONNOISSEURS
This little known fruit, which is perfect for today's all-seasons landscapes, is the fruit for connoisseurs
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SPACE SAVING PEAR TREES
Choosing dwarf pear trees has never been easier than now.
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The Enigma of Da Vinci's The Virgin of the Rocks
This strange and magical altarpiece is made all the more mysterious because, although pictures by Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) are rare, two versions exist.
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Casa Mila – La Pedrera
Barcelona features many buildings by local legend, architect Antoni Gaudi, but none illustrates his inimitable take on modern urban living better than Casa Mila.
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La Sagrada Familia
Famously "unfinished", Antoni Gaudi's Temple Expiatori Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is a modern masterpiece in the making.
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The Tower of Babel
Pieter Bruegel's rendition is a symbol of his contemporary city of Antwerp.
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