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20th Century Classic Cars 100 Years of Automotive Ads by Phil Patton
$50.00 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Wheels of history: From the Model T and DB5 to the VW Beetle and the Hummer Henry Fordjump-started the age of the automobile with the first assembly-line car in 1908: theModel T. Over the next century the automobile evolved from chugging workhorse to tail fin era showboat to sleek status symbol, complet ...Show more
A History of Photography - from 1839 to the Present by Steven Heller
$39.99 NZD
Category: Photography | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
This is a unique survey of photography from its origins until now. From a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, George Eastman's career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak died in 1932, and left his house to the University of Rochester. ...Show more
Albertus Seba's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities by Albertus Seba; Irmgard Müsch
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Category: History | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Spectacular specimens: Albertus Seba's unrivaled catalog of animals, insects and plants The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his era often collected ...Show more
Auguste Racinet - The Complete Costume History by Françoise Tétart-Vittu
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Category: History | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Togas, turbans, tailcoats, and top hats: The evolution of style from antiquity to 1888 Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet's Le Costume historique was the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted. Covering the world history of costume, dress, and ...Show more
Camera Work by Alfred Stieglitz
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Category: Photography | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
This title includes highlights from the legendary photo journal. Photographer, writer, publisher, and curator Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a visionary, far ahead of his time. Around the turn of the 20th century he founded the Photo-Secession, a progressive movement concerned with advancing the creat ...Show more
Design of the 20th Century by Charlotte Fiell; Peter Fiell
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Category: Art & Design | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The bible of 20th-century design: From Art Nouveau to minimalism and everything in between Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics entered into everyday life with often staggering results. Ou ...Show more
Leonardo Da Vinci : The Complete Paintings by Frank Zöllner; Johannes Nathan
$45.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Da Vinci in detail The paintings of the Renaissance genius One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect companion to the Leonardo Graphic Work edition, this book is a compact catalogue raisonne of all of ...Show more
Modern Architecture A-Z by Taschen
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Category: Architecture and Interior Design | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Space shapers: An encyclopedia of modern architecture The architecture encyclopedia that puts the architects themselves in the spotlight. With more than 270 entries, this indispensable overview, now in our popular Klotz format, covers key players from the 19th to 21st century. Each architect entry featu ...Show more
Monet. The Triumph of Impressionism by Daniel Wildenstein
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Category: Art & Design | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Master of the sublime: The essential Impressionist No other artist, apart from J.M.W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840-1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man Cezanne called "only an eye, but my God what an eye " who stayed true to the principle of a ...Show more
North American Indian - The Complete Portfolios by Edward Sheriff Curtis
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Category: History | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
In search of a lost time: The complete portfolios by Edward S. Curtis on Native Americans At the turn of the 20th century, the American photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868 1952) started on his 30-year project to produce a monumental study of North American Indians. Using an approach that was both a ...Show more
Photographers A-Z by Hans-Michael Koetzle
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Category: Photography | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Masters and monographs: An encyclopedia of 20th century photographers and their finest publications Arranged alphabetically, this biographical encyclopediafeatures every major photographer of the 20th centuryalongside her or his most significant monographs.From the earliest representatives of classical ...Show more
The Grand Tour by Harry Seidler
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Category: Travel | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Window on the world. Travelling the world with an architect's eye. Architect Harry Seidler spent more than 50 years traveling the globe, extensively photographing the peak achievements in architecture from 3000 B.C. to the present day. Thanks to sound advice given to him early on by his photographer bro ...Show more