Cai Guo-Qiang
The Artist's Materials
ISBN: PB: 9781606069493,
Getty Publications,
July 2025
160 pp., 25,4x19,0 cm, 146 colour illus., 10 black&white illus.
160 pp., 25,4x19,0 cm, 146 colour illus., 10 black&white illus.
This groundbreaking book provides the first material study of the celebrated contemporary Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, known worldwide for his use of subversive materials, particularly gunpowder.
Cai Guo-Qiang (b. 1957) is among the most prominent...
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35.00 GBP
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Conservation of Granite in Cultural Heritage
ISBN: PB: 9781606069516,
Getty Publications,
July 2025
272 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 153 colour illus., 7 tables
272 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 153 colour illus., 7 tables
Bridging scholarly research and conservation practice, this volume presents fundamental guidance on the preservation of granite used in built heritage.
The field of stone conservation has long needed a holistic perspective that embraces the needs of...
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65.00 GBP
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Daring
The Life and Art of Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun
ISBN: HB: 9781947440104,
Getty Publications,
June 2025
112 pp., 25,4x22,2 cm, 81 colour illus., 3 black&white illus.
112 pp., 25,4x22,2 cm, 81 colour illus., 3 black&white illus.
The dramatic life story of Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, one of the greatest portrait painters of all time.
Supremely talented and strategically charming, Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (1755-1842) overcame tragedy and broke gender barriers to reach the height...
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18.99 GBP
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Kingdom of Pylos
Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece
ISBN: HB: 9781606069677,
Getty Publications,
June 2025
336 pp., 28,7x24,1 cm, 273 colour illus., 55 black & white illus., 5 maps
336 pp., 28,7x24,1 cm, 273 colour illus., 55 black & white illus., 5 maps
Presenting archaeological objects from the rich tombs of warrior-princes and the best-preserved Bronze Age palace on the Greek mainland, this volume features the latest discoveries from the dynamic world of Mycenaean Messenia.
Ancient Pylos has long...
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55.00 GBP
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Ed Ruscha's Streets of Los Angeles
Artist, Image, Archive, City
ISBN: PB: 9781606069523,
Getty Publications,
May 2025
282 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 92 colour illus., 165 black&white illus.
282 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 92 colour illus., 165 black&white illus.
Through analysis of Ed Ruscha's visionary Streets of Los Angeles Archive, this volume provides new understandings of his artistic practice, the history of L.A., and the innovative role of technology in the archive.
In 1966, Ed Ruscha drove a pickup...
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55.00 GBP
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Queer Lens
A History of Photography
ISBN: HB: 9781606069691,
Getty Publications,
May 2025
342 pp., 30,5x24,1 cm, 293 colour illus., 1 gatefold
342 pp., 30,5x24,1 cm, 293 colour illus., 1 gatefold
Copiously illustrated, Queer Lens explores the transformative role of photography in LGBTQ+ communities from the nineteenth century to the present day.
Photography's power to capture a subject – representing reality, or a close approximation – has i...
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55.00 GBP
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Terra 2022
Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage
ISBN: PB: 9781606069158,
Getty Publications,
April 2025
576 pp., 27,9x22,9 cm, 488 colour and 60 black&white illus.
576 pp., 27,9x22,9 cm, 488 colour and 60 black&white illus.
Earthen architecture is one of the oldest forms of construction and is evidenced around the globe. This volume gathers the research and presentations from Terra 2022: 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage, which brought together in Sa...
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85.00 GBP
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Ancient Glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum
ISBN: PB: 9781606069196,
Getty Publications,
April 2025
436 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 650 colour illus.
436 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 650 colour illus.
The J. Paul Getty Museum's collection of ancient glass – astonishingly delicate, richly hued, and fancifully shaped-is among the most celebrated in the United States. With objects ranging from the Bronze Age to the medieval period (1500 BCE - 1000 CE...
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95.00 GBP
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Ancient Roman Villas
The Essential Sourcebook
ISBN: PB: 9781606069370,
Getty Publications,
March 2025
424 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 30 colour illus.
424 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 30 colour illus.
While the term villa is generic today, its meaning extended across the entirety of ancient Roman life: villas supplied food, oil, and wine to towns and cities and produced raw materials for craft industries and building construction. Villas were also...
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50.00 GBP
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Guidelines for the Technical Examination of Bronze Sculpture
ISBN: PB: 9781606066904,
Getty Publications,
February 2025
518 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 468 colour illus., 80 charts, 15 diagrams
518 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 468 colour illus., 80 charts, 15 diagrams
Since the fourth millennium BCE, bronze has been the preferred medium for some of the most prestigious and sacred works of art. But only through interdisciplinary research can the fabrication of these extraordinary objects be properly investigated, i...
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65.00 GBP
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