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Domus 1950s by Charlotte Fiell (Editor)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Architecture | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Hopeful modernism: The optimism and triumphs of the 1950sFounded in 1928 as a "living diary" by the great Milanese architect and designer Gio Ponti, domus has been hailed as the world's most influential architecture and design journal. With style and rigor, it has reported on the major themes and stylis ...Show more
Encyclopaedia anatomica by Monika Von During
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Category: Science | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Know thyself. This book explores the complex and amazing universe that lives beneath your skin. From the eccentric Museo La Specola in Florence comes this amazing collection of waxworks depicting the human anatomy in all its dazzling complexity. A selection of wax bodies and body part and organ studies ...Show more
Film Noir by Alain Silver, James Ursini
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Category: Film & Performing Arts | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Into the Night All you need to know about Film Noir Whether it's Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, or The Big Sleep, roam a screen world of dark and brooding elegance with this essential handbook to Film Noir. From private eyes and perfect crimes to corrupt cops and doomed affairs, editors Paul Duncan ...Show more
Funk & Soul Covers by Joaquim Paulo
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Category: Music | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Original covers: The golden age of African-American music Following the success of Jazz Covers, this epic volume of groove assembles over 500 legendary covers from a golden era in African-American music. Psychedelia meets Black Power, sexual liberation meets social conscience and street portraiture meet ...Show more
Green Architecture by Philip Jodidio
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Category: Architecture | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Where the grass really is greener: Eco-friendly building in the world today The most exciting new buildings in the world are now almost all environmentally aware, sustainable, and conceived to consume far less energy than ever before. That architecture is one of the major sources of greenhouse gases in ...Show more
Gustav Klimt. Drawings and Paintings by Tobias G. Natter
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Category: Art | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Defining DecadenceThe legacy of Gustav KlimtA century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. In this neat, dependable monograph, we gather all of Klimt's major works alongside authoritative a ...Show more
Hiroshige One Hundred Famous Views of Edo by Melanie Trede
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Category: Art | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
City lights and cherry trees: The woodblock prints of Tokyo that captured Europe's imagination Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world," ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that flourished between the 1 ...Show more
Karl Blossfeldt The Complete Published Work by Hans Christian Adam
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Category: Design | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
A fascination for flora: Timeless photos in which plants become sculptures German photography pioneer Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) photographed plants so beautifully, and with such originality, that his work transcends the medium itself. Over more than 30 years, he took thousands of photographs, revealin ...Show more
Leonardo. The Complete Drawings by Frank Zöllner, Johannes Nathan
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Category: Art | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
The deftness of da vinci. The drawings of Art History's master genius. One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world's most famous paintings, this scientist, artist, philosopher, inventor, builder, and mech ...Show more
Lewis W. Hine - America at Work by Peter Walther
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Category: Photography | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Reforming Lens Lewis W. Hine's images of child labor and American working life Photographer, teacher, and sociologist Lewis W. Hine (1874-1940) shaped our consciousness of American working life in the early 20th century like no other. Combining his training as an educator with his humanist concerns, Hin ...Show more
Living in Bali by Anita Lococo; Angelika Taschen (Editor)
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Category: Interiors | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
In a WorldWithout WallsBalinese homes in harmony with natureLiving in BaliCarved wood, secluded courtyards, and frangipani blossoms:soak up the Eastern elegance of these heavenlyIndonesian interiors. Opening onto gorgeous green landscapes,majestic mountains, or beautiful coastlines, theseBalinese homes ...Show more