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One of the most distinctive features of Islamic design is the evolution of an increasingly abstract and repetitive repertoire of motifs, which are shared among all media ¿ metalwork, woodwork, ceramics, tilework and textiles. In textiles the main themes are based on angular and geometric shapes ¿ vertical and horizontal striped bands, hexagons and octagons, which can be linked and infinitely extended, stylized and rhythmic scrolls of foliage a...

This lavishly illustrated book accompanies an exhibition celebrating the achievements of Mark Gertler (1891-1939), comprising works from 1912 to 1928. It charts Gertler's career from an early British modernist at the close of the Edwardian era, through his most radical period during the years of the First World War, to the 'return to order' of the 1920s, when Gertler was recognized as a consummate painter with a highly individual vision. This ...

Exploring one of the most important but historically neglected painters of the Italian Renaissance, Carlo Crivelli (c.1435-c.1495). Pushing the boundaries between painting and sculpture, Crivelli's works are distinguished by their radically expressive compositions, luxuriant ornamental display and bravura illusionism.

Jonathan Richardson (1667¿1745) was one of 18th-century England¿s most significant cultural figures. A leading portrait painter and influential art theorist, he also amassed one of the period¿s greatest collections of drawings. But there was another, highly unusual dimension to his pursuits. In 1728, at the age of 61 and shortly before his retirement from professional life, Richardson began to create a remarkable series of self-portrait drawin...

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This catalogue of Books of Hours, the 'best seller' of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, presents two dozen Books of Hours mostly dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Examples from France, the Netherlands, and Belgium are presented chronologically with illustrations in color for each entry. Highlights include a fine early Dutch Book of Hours with illuminations closely related to those by the artists of the Utrecht History Bib...

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In 1882 the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (Prints and Drawings Museum) acquired, from the collection of the Duke of Hamilton, Sandro Botticelli¿s spectacular series of drawings on parchment illustrating scenes from Dante¿s ¿Divine Comedy¿. It also acquired nearly all the items in the duke¿s priceless collection of illuminated manuscripts. The wider British public only became aware of these masterpieces when rumours of the Berlin museum¿s attempts...

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In 1966 Mark Gambier-Parry bequeathed to the Courtauld the art collection formed by his grandfather Thomas Gambier Parry (who died in 1888). Since then, of the 28 ivories in the collection, about half have been on permanent display at The Courtauld, yet they have remained largely unknown, even to experts. This scholarly catalogue, full of beautiful new photography, is the first publication dedicated solely to the collection. There are examples...

Peterborough Cathedral - one of the finest Romanesque cathedrals in Northern Europe - was ravaged by fire on 22 November 2001.The first part of this book is a personal account of the process of restoring the Cathedral after that devastating event, illustrated with colour photographs from the day of the fire, through the restoration process, to the Festival of Thanksgiving four years later.The second part of the book focuses on Peterborough Cat...

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First published to accompany 'Into the Twentieth Century, New Displays at the Courtauld', October 2002"--T.p. verso.

Un secolo fa Venezia era colpita dal fenomeno dell'acqua alta meno di dieci volte all'anno, dal 2000, nello stesso arco di tempo, il fenomeno si è verificato più di sessanta volte. La città rischia di essere sommersa in caso di moti ondosi provenienti dall'Adriatico. Un altro fattore di rischio è costituito dai cambiamenti climatici, un'altra grave minaccia per la sopravvivenza della città lagunare: nei prossimi cento anni il livello dei mari ...