The artist’s multiple is perhaps the art of the twentieth century. If in the nineteenth century art could be seen as distinct from products of industry, in the early twentieth century industry could confidently project itself as art. The artist’s multiple, in its delight in reproducibility, industrial fabrication, and new processes and materials, exemplifies this trend. Stephen Bury explores the historical background of the multiple, examining its relationship to the jeu d’ esprit of the artist’s studio, the readymade, constructivism, the store and the everyday. It looks at the work of Marcel Duchamp, George Maciunas, Joseph Beuys and Felix Gonzalez-Torres as well as contemporary practice, such as The Multiple Store’.

Artists' Multiples 1935 2000

Arts & Photography

Bury, Dr Stephen

History & Criticism

Lund Humphries

The Encyclopedia of Furnishing Textiles is an accessible and comprehensive reference work describing the furnishing textiles, soft furnishings and floor coverings used in Western domestic interiors over the period 1200-1950.Included with descriptions and histories are details of the manufacture, distribution and consumption of furnishing goods. The encyclopedia incorporates details of most historic furnishing practices (which have often been dealt with only individually), and benefits from extensive consultation of primary or out-of-print sources to show how the products were viewed historically. The book includes nearly 1200 entries covering generic topics such as woven textiles, printed textiles, embroidered textiles, tapestry, painted clothes, yarns, dyes, carpets, rugs, non-woven fabrics, oil-cloths, wall materials, upholstery materials, loose covers, trimmings (passementeries), beds, cushions and many more. Entries vary according to their role and importance, but usually include a description, historical explanations of use, technical details, and primary and secondary source material.A companion volume to the author's Encyclopedia of Furniture Materials, Trades and Techniques, this book will be an essential resource for students, historians, curators, textile designers, interior designers, conservators and collectors.

Encyclopedia of furnishing textiles, floorcoverings and home furnishing practices, 1200-1950

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Edwards, Professor Clive

Antiques & Collectibles

This book describes one of the great sources of British architectural history: the collection of nearly five hundred drawings from the office of Sir Christopher Wren, today housed at All Souls College, Oxford. The collection reveals how Wren went about designing one of the largest buildings in Christendom - St Paul's Cathedral; how he rebuilt fifty parish churches after the Great Fire of London; and how he furnished England with some of its best-loved public buildings, including Hampton Court Palace, the Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich, and the Library at Trinity College, Cambridge. This is the first catalogue of the All Souls drawings in sixty years, and the first to reproduce the whole of the collection in colour. It will be an indispensable work of reference for students of British architectural history.

The Architectural Drawings of Sir Christopher Wren at All Souls College, Oxford: A Complete Catalogue

Geraghty, Anthony

This book is the first to examine the symbolism and design of Southern African fertility dolls. Beautifully illustrated throughout with over 200 colour images, it includes texts from several of the leading experts in the field of African art studies.

Evocations of the Child: Fertility Figures of the Southern African Region

Dell, Elizabeth

Alan Davie

Bowness, Alan (Editor)

Aspects of Form

Whyte, Lancelot Law Ed.

Basic Course in Art

Biographies & Memoirs

L W Lawley

True Crime

Fortress: Architecture and Military History in Malta

Fortress: architecture and military history in Malta,

History

Hughes, Quentin

Europe

This book is the valuable Key to A New Arabic Grammar, the bestselling introduction to the Arabic language for over thirty years.

Key to a New Arabic Grammar

Reference

Nahmad, H. M.

Haywood, John A.

Words, Language & Grammar

The Nabis and their period;

Chassé, Charles

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