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Polo Heritage
Aline Coquelle
Assouline, 2021
English - 300 Pages - 25 x 3.8 x 33 cm - 3 Kg
ISBN: 9781614289661
Aline Coquelle
Assouline, 2021
An illustrious and storied history accompanies the sport of polo, spanning continents, cultures and classes. One of the world’s oldest team sports, it evolved from the training of cavalry units in Asia. Referred to as the “sport of kings,” it is no surprise that polo is a favorite among the British royal family and counts Winston Churchill and General Patton among its devoted followers. However, delving deeper into polo’s heritage, one learns of the diverse community that has made it a global pastime.
Polo Heritage guides the reader on a journey from Mongolia to Mexico, from Barbados to Pakistan, and inside the most prestigious tournaments on grass, sand or snow. Traverse the historic polo grounds in India, become immersed in the high society of British polo, learn about the Argentinian polo culture that has produced some of the best polo families in the world. An introduction by legendary polo player Nacho Figueras is accompanied by Aline Coquelle’s original photography offering a modern, authentic perspective on the spirit of polo.
English - 300 Pages - 25 x 3.8 x 33 cm - 3 Kg
ISBN: 9781614289661
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Afterlives, recovering the lost stories of looted art
Alexander Darsie
Yale University Press, 2022
ISBN: 9780300250701
Alexander Darsie
Yale University Press, 2022
By the end of World War II an estimated one million artworks and 2.5 million books had been seized from their owners by Nazi forces; many were destroyed. The artworks and cultural artifacts that survived have traumatic, layered histories. This book traces the biographies of these objects—including paintings, sculpture, and Judaica—their rescue in the aftermath of the war, and their afterlives in museums and private collections and in our cultural understanding. In examining how this history affects the way we view these works, scholars discuss the moral and aesthetic implications of maintaining the association between the works and their place within the brutality of the Holocaust—or, conversely, the implications of ignoring this history.
Afterlives offers a thought-provoking investigation of the unique ability of art and artifacts to bear witness to historical events. With rarely seen archival photographs and with contributions by the contemporary artists Maria Eichhorn, Hadar Gad, Dor Guez, and Lisa Oppenheim, this catalogue illuminates the study of a difficult and still-urgent subject, with many parallels to today’s crises of art in war.
ISBN: 9780300250701
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The Maurice & Margo Cohen Collection
Christie's
Christie's, 1999
ISBN: N/A
Christie's
Christie's, 1999
This book gathers important paintings, drawings & sculpture from the 20th century, following a live auction held in New York in 1999.
English - 170 Pages - 22 x 2 x 27 cm - 1.3 KgISBN: N/A
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Genesis
Sebastião Salgado
Taschen, 2013
French - 704 Pages - 56.5 cm x 29.2 cm x 83.8 cm - 56 Kg
ISBN: 9783836543729
Sebastião Salgado
Taschen, 2013
Genesis est la lettre d’amour adressée par Sebastião Salgado à la planète: un portfolio monumental dédié à la nature, aux peuples indigènes et aux animaux qui montre la Terre dans toute la splendeur inestimable de ces contrées encore préservées. Dans les tonalités monochromes caractéristiques de Salgado, ce recueil au format SUMO est absolument saisissant, autant dans ses panoramas sublimes que dans les plus infimes détails et matières de la nature.
French - 704 Pages - 56.5 cm x 29.2 cm x 83.8 cm - 56 Kg
ISBN: 9783836543729
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Swedish Wooden Toys
Amy F. Ogata, Susan Weber
BGC Yale, 2014
English - 432 Pages - 19.7 cm x 3.4 cm x 26.4 cm - 1.6 Kg
ISBN: 9780300200751
Amy F. Ogata, Susan Weber
BGC Yale, 2014
The Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colorful, quality wooden items that reflect Scandinavian design and craft traditions. This superbly illustrated book, including specially commissioned photography, looks at over 200 years of Swedish toys, from historic dollhouses to the latest designs for children. Featuring rattles, full-size rocking horses, dollhouses, and building blocks to skis, sleds, and tabletop games with intricate moving parts, Swedish Wooden Toys also addresses images of Swedish childhood, the role of the beloved red Dala horse in the creation of national identity, the vibrant tradition of educational toys, and the challenges of maintaining craft manufacturing in an era of global mass-production.
English - 432 Pages - 19.7 cm x 3.4 cm x 26.4 cm - 1.6 Kg
ISBN: 9780300200751
