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This highly accessible overview of Art Deco, embraces nearly every artistic medium-offering paintings and photography to furnishings and film-through fifty superb examples of Art Deco style that reveal the period's richness and range.

These radiant images from the renowned 19th-century biologist and illustrator Ernst Haeckel, featuring marine microorganisms, will enthrall fans of his previous collections and garner-renewed attention for Haeckel's unparalleled artistry.

new edition to Prestel's popular "50s" series, this collection of the finest examples of Art Nouveau showing how the movement impacted every artistic discipline.

This delightful and engaging introduction to the history of art for children comes in a beautiful oversized format and features intricate illustrations with hidden details.

Now available in a new edition, this intimate book captures the sensual pleasure of an artist's sketchbook as well as the genius behind Gustav Klimt's vision of women.

This book reveals how the Aga Khan Development Network and its Historic Cities Programme transformed an area of Cairo's urban blight into a dynamic public space.

Now available in an updated edition, this visually stunning collection of landscape paintings and drawings by Egon Schiele brings to light a lesser-known aspect of this famous painter's oeuvre.

Now available in a new edition, this lavishly illustrated volume draws on the latest research to present an exciting new interpretation of Albrecht Durer, both as a man and as an artist.

This illustrated survey celebrates the panoramic holdings and colorful history of the Archivio Storico Ricordi, one of the world's most important musical archives.

This generously illustrated book takes readers inside Nick Cave's newest work: an enormous, elaborate journey through the workings of the artistic mind.

This highly regarded survey of the works of a master of Japanese printmaking is now available in a convenient and attractively priced flexi edition.

This volume surveys the acclaimed work of Dara Friedman, exploring her innovative approach to 16mm film and video art.

A young boy learns that art is all around us in this captivating picture book about a day at the museum.

This celebration of contemporary street photography-in all its edgy, strange, beautiful, haunting, colorful, and humorous glory-brings together the work of a new generation of talented artists.

This fun and educational journey through art history shows young readers how the materials artists use in their work have evolved over the centuries, around the world.

This expansive book commemorates the fifteenth anniversary of the Neue Galerie New York and includes highlights of the museum s collection. "

Big art for little hands, this enchanting activity book allows young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to color outside the lines.

The first book to explore the mutual influence of the groundbreaking modernists Kurt Schwitters, Joan Miro, and Hans Arp.

Now available in a new edition, this introduction to fifty visionary architects traces the major aesthetic movements over the past six centuries and offers concise portraits of the geniuses behind them.

Now available in a new edition, this chronologically arranged volume covers a century and a half of masterpieces which beautifully capture the development of art in the modern age.

Young readers will find themselves immersed in art history with this large-format coloring book that provides hours of fun with great educational opportunities along the way...

This revised edition is a comprehensive and detailed overview of every university in Germany and is essential for anyone searching for a complete guide to the German university landscape.

This original, eye catching volume celebrates the hottest new collectibles: office and personal stationery supplies.

Now available in a new edition, this book explores Hieronymus Bosch's masterpiece Garden of Earthly Delights.

Now available in a new edition, this celebration of the life and art of the Renaissance genius presents Sandro Botticelli's complete paintings and offers a comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date study of his work

The amazing story of the life and work of the renowned botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian is told alongside her beautiful illustrations of butterflies in this charming and elegant book.

The most recent addition to Prestel's acclaimed series, which introduces children to important works of art and architecture, is a fascinating look at bridges that span the centuries as well as the globe.

This fascinating look into the world of the artist Frida Kahlo introduces children to the themes that infused Kahlo's vibrant paintings, while demonstrating how her life influenced her art.

This generously illustrated book offers the first comprehensive overview of the work of the Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary artist Francis Stark.

This generously illustrated volume on the work of Vincent van Gogh makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation.