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An exploration of the architecture, sculpture, and painting was created to embellish the network of monastic sites affiliated with the Benedictine Cassinese Congregation of Italy. Text in English, Italian and German.

Frederic Zaavy's artistic career as a master French jeweller, who painted with precious stones and engineered remarkable settings to hold them almost invisibly. Text in English and Simplified Chinese.

The story of the magnificent bas relief commissioned to celebrate the marriage between the nephew of Pope Sixtus IV and the niece of King Ferdinand I of Naples.

A biography of Anne Eisner: from her early years and art in New York to the Ituri Forest in the Congo with Patrick Putnam, and back again

A photographic atlas of the historic farms (masi) of Val Gardena, Sudtirol/Alto Adige in northern Italy, some dating back to the 13th century but now endangered. Text in Ladin, German, Italian with short abstract in English.

Rarely seen images from China's detention system; the stark and beautiful photography is accompanied by texts that place the images in a precise historical period and explain the context. Text in English, Chinese, and Italian.

The catalogue presents the recently rediscovered Christ Carrying the Cross by the mannerist artist Giorgio Vasari and painted in Rome in 1553 for Bindo Altoviti, banker and art collector. Text in English and Italian.

The reproduction of the 96-page sketchbook filled with Roman landscapes by the French painter Pierre Henri de Valenciennes during his stay in the city (1778-1782). Text in French.

Angry, outrageous, defiant, and courageous are some of the words that describe the American Abstract Expressionist artist Lee Krasner (1908-1984) - the subject of this very personal memoir inspired by Ruth Appelhof's 1974 summer with her in East Hampton, Long Island.

Assembly of the Exalted presents some 50 pieces from the remarkable collection of Alice S. Kandell. The works, dating from the late 13th century to the early 20th, include great masterpieces and emblematic examples of Tibetan Buddhist art.

The complete sketchbook of French architect Gilles Marie Oppenord (1672-1742), which reproduces Baroque architecture and ornaments of Rome, where he was a royal pensioneer. Text in French.

Collection of 66 pieces of petrified wood, mainly from the Western United States, photographed to show the artistic beauty hidden in Nature's masterpieces.

Published to mark the 500th anniversary of the creation of the Venice ghetto, and accompanies an exhibition currently taking place in Venice. Relevant for social and urban historians, as well as those interested in the history of Venice and Jewish history.

This is the first complete reproduction of Saint- Aubin's sketchbook which will of interest not only to art historians, but also to all who are concerned with Paris and its social history.

The first exhibition and catalogue focused on Lichtenstein's seascapes, it will feature a recreation of his since destroyed Super Sunset billboard commission. This monumental Pop image has not been seen since its one-time presentation outside Philadelphia in 1967. x

The only photographic book on the largest wildlife area in Africa. Four years in the making, and including a great variety of wildlife, with brief but informative texts on the history of the Selous and the challenges it faces.

Providing a source book for those interested in masks, but also of interest to general art historians, theatre and performing arts fans and historians of classical civilisation.

Rab Hatfield uses rarely examined laboratory photographs, a recently discovered annotation, and a hitherto unknown letter to shed new light on Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

Designed for devotees of soul music, and containing photographic portraits of the greats, as well as lesser-known artists and those working behind the scenes. Foreword by Dan Aykroyd.

Examines the life and work of artist Giovanni Battista Franco. Text in French.

The golden age of Bolognese art was the XVII century: in this catalogue the drawings of the great masters held in the Louvre's collections.

Sleepy during the day and restless and howling at night. Read this charming story of a little wolf that drives his family crazy!

131 works by Leonardo and his contemporaries to celebrate the restoration of his masterpiece, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne.

Over two hundred drawings held in the Louvre are analysed in this scholarly publication: they include autograph drawings, those by his workshop and those rejected.

Exhibition catalogue (muse du Louvre) on the civilisation of Mero, legendary capital of the ancient Kingdom of Kush and famous for its necropolis of pyramids.

Cats in books, books on cats. Our feline friends' images from the Middle Ages to modern illustrations, ranging from Europe to Japan.