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Bestiary by Christopher Masters
Category: Art and Design
Drawing on the world-leading scholarship and vast collections of the British Museum, Bestiary is a wonderful visual, thematic exploration of animals--real, surreal, and imaginary--as depicted on beautiful ritual objects and works of art. Famous masterpieces mix with little-seen artifacts from every age ...Show more
Contemporary Architecture in Saudi Arabia by Christopher Masters (Text by)
Category: Architecture General | Series: Culture and Society in Saudi Arabia Ser.
The first building-by-building survey of the remarkable architectural achievements in Saudi Arabia over the last fifty years, featuring case studies of 45 outstanding projects as well as previews of buildings due for completion by 2030. Since the mid-1970s, there has been unprecedented construction in ...Show more
Dali by Christopher Masters
Category: Art and Design | Series: Phaidon Colour Library
Salvador Dalí (1904-89) was one of the most controversial and paradoxical artists of the twentieth century. A painter of considerable virtuosity, he used a traditional illusionistic style to create disturbing images filled with references to violence, death, cannibalism and bizarre sexual practices, fro ...Show more
Windows in Architecture by CHRISTOPHER MASTERS
Category: Architecture
This new study explores the development of the window, showing how it both transformed human experience by increasing access to light and air and changed our perception of architectural space Christopher Masters celebrates the multiple roles of the window in architecture by providing engaging commentari ...Show more
Windows in Art by Christopher Masters
Category: Art and Design
A window provides access to two of life's essentials, light and air, but it is more than just a means to an end. Windows also have symbolic, expressive and architectural qualities that have for centuries inspired some of the world's greatest artists. In this engaging new study, Christopher Masters celeb ...Show more
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