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The activity of the most glorious Italian costume tailoring company of our time, founded by Umberto Tirelli in 1964.

The figure of Saint Francis of Assisi and his perennial message of peace seen through exceptional historical manuscripts.

This beautiful and definitive monograph showcases the enchanting work of Indian master painter Sakti Burman.

The first major publication devoted to the contemporary Iranian artist Farhad Moshiri, covering a span of twenty years in his career, from his earliest works to the present day.

This monograph celebrates the forty year artistic career of SueWilliamson, one of South Africa's most respected artists and a key member of the pioneering generation whose work challenged the apartheid state in the 1970s and 1980s.

This volume celebrates the work of the Italian artist Paolo Scheggi during the 1960s: the seminal and crucial creative decade prior to his untimely death in 1971 at the age of thirty-one.

A tribute to excellence in the know-how of leading French firms. The material transformation of an intention in an object is the result of a meeting between a designer and a craftsman, between know-how and project. The French know-how societies were born from Colbertism and closely associated with the evolution of French society, accompanying the major sociological changes. In the 19th century, they were adopted by a middle class that demanded to gain a status hitherto reserved for the aristocracy. Their heritage and archives are immense, as is their know-how. They contributed to the century to the extent that they regenerated their forces and raison d'être: a transmission implemented by today's creators. This book will not be a mere catalogue but is instead intended as a tribute to excellence in the know-how of leading French firms which have succeeded in reinventing themselves in contact with designers and the unceasing challenges they face. Retracing the history of the most prestigious of these and highlighting their capacity to reinvent themselves by tackling the proposals formulated by the meltingpot of French designers, this volume will also aim to reveal and stress the unique qualities of craftsmanship. Transmission, Know-how and French design will be a must for graphic and fashion designers, marketing professionals, collectors and students.

Suitable as a tool for a deeper understanding of the multifaceted reality of Asian visual arts, this catalogue presents the works of twenty-one of Asia's most important contemporary artists who have made their mark on the international contemporary art scene in the fields of photography, video and film.

A volume testifying to an initiative that nurtures artistic talent worldwide, recognizing fresh art and helping launch the careers of emerging artists.

One hundred portraits of celebrities by the talented and renowned Italian photographer.

We have been walking upright for almost six million years and soon learned how to offload our bodys weight on the arch of the foot. The author has dedicated all his life to the study of the foots anatomy. This volume is based on the comparison among magnificent, important and meaningful artworks of various origin.

This two volume edition presents an overview of mosaics through which Jan Fabre has created a great epic on terror in beauty as a reflection on our own dark being.

The art of the Pollaiolo brothers, protagonists of the 15th-century artistic scene, in a volume accompanying the exhibition that gathers for the first time the four Portraits of a lady from Milan, Berlin, New York and Florence.

The first monograph devoted to Lahore-based artist Fahd Burki, covering a decade of his unique works on paper.

Offers an overview on the development of British painting in the eighteenth century, which anticipated themes, and techniques that later became paradigms of modernity. This book focuses on the English context at a time when the growth of artistic standing was accompanied by the country's conquest of hegemony on a political and economic plane.