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Halsey Ricardo: A Life in Arts and Crafts

Mark Bertram

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1960s University Buildings: The Golden Age of British Modern Architecture

John Barr

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Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Extraordinary Art Collector

Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth

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For half a century 'everyone wanted to know about Berenson,' said Proust, the 'everyone' being collectors, dealers, art historians and socialites.

Bernard Berenson: Connoisseurship and the Art Market

Mark Campbell

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This astonishing painter, famous for her flower paintings, still-lives and portraits, counted Marie Antoinette among her patrons.

Anne Vallayer-Coster

Kelsey Brosnan

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Not so long ago, there was nothing available on this beloved artist. Now we have half a shelf on him. This is a general, well illustrated account of his work by an authority

Eric Ravilious: Artist and Designer

Alan Powers

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A fine study, bringing together architectural, urban and social history.

The Modern British City 1945-2000

Simon Gunn

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An exemplary study, via the great masterpieces (Blenheim Palace, Castle Howard etc). CSS casts the romantic, emotional work of Vanbrugh against that of his more staid contemporaries, Wren an... read more

John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture

Charles Saumarez Smith

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Lahr was the New Yorker's leading theatre critic for over twenty years. Here his portraits of actors and directors (incl Helen Mirren, Al Pacino and Judi Dench) are brought together for the ... read more

Razzle Dazzle ‘Em: New Yorker Profiles of Show-Biz Legends

John Lahr

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Housing Atlas: Europe – 20th Century

Orsina Simona Pierini

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The Master Builder: William Butterfield and His Times

Nicholas Olsberg

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Paul Huxley

Jeremy Lewison

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A smart biography of a lesser-known figure at the heart of the British Avant-Garde. Close to Ben Nicholson, Herbert Read, Barabara Hepworth, and particularly Henry Moore, Gregory was a major... read more

Peter Gregory: Publisher and Patron of Modern British Artists

Valerie Holman

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A welcome reissue of a monograph originally published in 2011, to coincide with the centenary of the British abstract painter's birth. Draws from MB's conversations with the artist in her st... read more

Sandra Blow

Michael Bird

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A lavishly illustrated survey of the Dutch gardener's creations, several of which are now listed as National Monuments. Her life spanned the C20th and her gardens do express many of the Mode... read more

Mien Ruys: The Mother of Modernist Gardens

Julia Crawford

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A fine illustrated biography, from his childhood in Pembrokeshire to the end of WW1.

Brilliant Destiny: The Age of Augustus John

David Boyd Haycock

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Angelica Kauffman , Marie-Anne Collot, Elisabeth Vig?e Le Brun, Grand Duchess Maria Fedorovna and others. Blakesley's The Russian Canvas was excellent.

Women Artists in the Reign of Catherine the Great

Rosalind P. Blakesley

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Owen Jones and the V&A: Ornament for a Modern Age

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Turner, Olivia Horsfall

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Louise Moillon

Lesley Stevenson

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How the architects of the Renaissance created canonical orders from the wealth of classical examples. By the renowned Irish architectural historian.

The Language of Architectural Classicism: From Looking to Seeing

Edward McParland

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A careful chronological survey, from prehistory to the present.

Art and Architecture of Sicily

Julian Treuherz

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Enriching the V&A: A Collection of Collections (1862-1914)

Julius Bryant

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The impact of C18th moral philosophers such as Hume and Smith on European art, including that of Cezanne and Monet.

Scotland and the Origins of Modern Art

Duncan Macmillan

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The Art of Elizabeth Blackadder

Duncan Macmillan

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Bridges was an American painter(1834-1923). Her oddly static pictures of birds and flowers were celebrated during her lifetime and display a startling intensity.

Fidelia Bridges: Nature into Art

Katherine Manthorne

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The first book in English on the (entire) work of this wonderful C17th Dutch artist.

Godefridus Schalcken: A Late 17th-century Dutch Painter in Pursuit of Fame and Fortune

Wayne E. Franits

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Moore's second commission as a war artist was to draw the miners of Wheldale colliery - as the son of a coal miner himself, this commision must have had particular resonance for him.

Drawing in the Dark: Henry Moore’s Coalmining Commission

Chris Owen

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A slim, well-illustrated monograph, by one of the leading mandarins in British art.

John Wonnacott: A Biographical Study

Charles Saumarez Smith

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With terraces overlooking the Severn estuary, water gardens and an enormous pillared pergola, the house was an Edwardian dream that fell into decay. Luckily it has been restored, and its gar... read more

Mounton House: The Birth and Rebirth of an Edwardian Country Home

Helena Gerrish

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From Pliny and Piranesi to Alexander Pope and John Piper: a magnificent wander through ruins with writers, travellers and artists, through their eyes and in their words. Arranged chronologic... read more

Book of Ruins

David Leatherbarrow

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Symphonies of timber in Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Republic of Karelia.

The Wooden Architecture of Northern Europe: From the Viking Era to the 20th Century

John B. Hilling

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The Art Fair Story: A Rollercoaster Ride

Melanie Gerlis

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The Rise and Rise of the Private Art Museum

Georgina Adam

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An illustrated biography of this gifted Baroque painter who achieved wealth, reputation and an international clientele.

Artemisia Gentileschi

Sheila Barker

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Full of gorgeous pictures and authoritative text that explores Bernini's legacy as well as his world.

Bernini and His World: Sculpture and Sculptors in Early Modern Rome

Livio Pestilli

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A look at Nash's other work - illustration, book jackets, posters, set design, pattern papers, fabrics, glass, ceramics and photography. The author has previously written biographies of Nash... read more

Paul Nash: Designer and Illustrator

James King

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