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20th Century Ceramics by Edmund De Waal
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art S.
Ceramics have kept pace with - or even led - new movements in art, from Art Nouveau, Art Deco, the Bauhaus and Futurism, through Abstract Expressionism, Pop and Performance, to Land Art and Installation Art. From orientalism and colour theory to modernism, postmodernism and the profuse diversity of appr ...Show more
Ben Nicholson - From the Studio by Lee Beard; Louise Campbell; Simon Martin; Edmund de Waal; Louise Weller
Category: Art
An intimate look at Ben Nicholson's everyday inspirations Throughout his career, Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) transformed everyday homewares into extraordinary experiments in abstract art. Nicholson's studio was filled with objects that inspired him. From patterned mocha-ware jugs and cut glass goblets to ...Show more
Edmund de Waal - Library of Exile by Edmund de Waal; Hartwig Fisher (Introduction by); Elif Shafak (Preface by)
Category: Art and Design
Published to mark the display of library of exile at the British Museum, this beautifully produced new book reflects on the themes raised by de Waal's thought-provoking work of art. The introduction from Hartwig Fischer, Director of the British Museum, positions the artwork within the wider context of t ...Show more
Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
Category: REM Biography
An" Economist" Book of the Year Costa Book Award Winner for Biography Galaxy National Book Award Winner (New Writer of the Year Award) Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots--which are then sold, collected, and handed on--he has a particular sense ...Show more
Hiroshi Sugimoto Time Machine by Hiroshi Sugimoto (By (photographer)); James Attlee (Text by); Geoffrey Batchen (Text by); Allie Biswas (Text by); David Chipperfield (Text by); Edmund de Waal (Text by); Mami Kataoka (Text by); Ralph Rugoff (Text by); Lara Strongman (Text by); Margaret Wertheim (Text by)
Category: Photography Books
Magical images that defy time from the grand master of conceptual photography.Through his expansive exploration of the possibilities of still images, the internationally renowned artist and photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto has created some of the most alluringly enigmatic photographs of our time; pictures ...Show more
Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal
Category: Biography
A haunting sequence of imagined letters to the Count de Camondo -- the owner of a Parisian palace filled with beautiful objects, turned into a memorial for his lost son -- by the bestselling author of The Hare with Amber Eyes. 'Consistently illuminating... considered, compassionate and appreciative... T ...Show more
Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal
Category: Biography
A haunting sequence of imagined letters to the Count de Camondo -- the owner of a Parisian palace filled with beautiful objects, turned into a memorial for his lost son -- by the bestselling author of The Hare with Amber Eyes'Consistently illuminating... considered, compassionate and appreciative... Thi ...Show more
Quiet Spaces by William Smalley; Edmund de Waal (Foreword by); Harry Crowder (Photographer); Hélène Binet (Photographer)
Category: Interior Design
An elegant presentation of interiors for introverts, placing the memorable work of London architect William Smalley alongside buildings around the world that have inspired his practice. The interiors in Quiet Spaces were made for private contemplation: calm places in which to read a book, listen to musi ...Show more
The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
Category: Biography
"264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox- potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. Later, when Edmund inherited the netsuke, they unlocked a story far larger than he could ever have imagined The ...Show more
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance: Illustrated Edition by Edmund De Waal
Category: Biography
"The classic hardback edition, completely reimagined with gorgeous new photography of the now-famous netsuke collection, and sumptuous full-colour images hand-picked by Edmund de Waal from his family archive 264 Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox- Edmund de Waal was en ...Show more