Books from Phaidon Press
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How Old Am I?: 1-100 Faces from Around the World
By Julie PugeatMeet people from ages 1 to 100 across the world in this first-ever visual reference book on age.
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Art Deco Style
By Stephen Escritt, Bevis HillierThe dominant style in architecture and design of the 1920s and 30s, Art Deco was an exuberant reaction to the austerity of the war years. Characterized by geometric shapes, stylized...
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Home Farm Cooking
By John Pawson, Catherine PawsonA long-awaited second cookbook from celebrated architectural designer John Pawson and his wife Catherine
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Titian
By Peter Humfrey, Titian, Tiziano VecellioPeter Humfrey’s engaging monograph offers an informative overview to the life and works of Titian, one of the most successful Italian painters of the sixteenth century. Renowned for his extraordinary...
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Conceptual Art
By Peter OsborneConceptual art is first and foremost an art of questions. As this book demonstrates, Conceptual art continues today to raise fundamental questions not only about the definition of art itself but also about politics, the media and society.
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Pierre Koenig
By James SteeleA monograph documenting the work of the significant Case Study architect.
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Cooking for Your Kids: At Home with the World's Greatest Chefs
By Joshua David Stein"Cooking for kids is a cookbook for families - featuring real-life recipes from great chefs in thirty countries around the world.
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The Story of Art: Pocket Edition
By Ernst Hans Gombrich, E.H. GombrichThe Story of Art, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over half a century. Attracted by the simplicity...
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A World of Your Own
By Laura CarlinA beautiful picture book for children 4+ taking the reader on a journey through Laura Carlin’s own colorful and imaginative visual world.
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Video/Art: the First Fifty Years
By Barbara LondonThe text is both art-historical and personal - weaving together background information and insightful interpretations with unique anecdotes and experiences to trace the history of video art as it transformed into the broader field of media ...
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Julia Margaret Cameron
By Joanne LukitshJulia Margaret Cameron (1815-79) was almost fifty - and practically self-taught - when she took up photography seriously, yet she produced some of the most innovative and visually striking portraits...
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Drawing Architecture
By Helen ThomasThis gorgeous collection brings together more than 250 of the finest architectural drawings of all time, revealing each architect's process and personality as never before.
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Vehicles Hide and Sneak
Truck, truck, truck... turtle! Spot the imposter on each page, in this handsome collection of vehicles and look-alikes.
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Béla Bartok
By Kenneth ChalmersIllustrated throughout with contemporary photographs of people and events, the book brings a reclusive creator strikingly to life, showing inextricable links between his life, his music and the turbulence of two world wars.
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Katsura: Imperial Villa
By Arata IsozakiThis book documents the palace in detail, combining newly commissioned photographs, detailed drawings, archival material, and historical analysis.
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My Art Book of Friendship
By Shana GozanskyThis appealing board book is guaranteed to educate and inspire and will help toddlers and pre-schoolers connect their own experiences to those they see on the canvas - adding depth of meaning to what they see. Ages 2-4
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Art in Time: A World History of Styles and Movements
By The Editors of Phaidon PressArt in Time is the first book to embed art movements within the larger context of politics and history.
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The Great Dixter Cookbook: Recipes from an English Garden
By Aaron BertelsenDixter was home to the revered and highly influential gardener and writer, Christopher Lloyd, and a number of this book's recipes have been taken from the Lloyd family's personal kitchen notebooks.
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Portraits
By Steve McCurrySteve McCurry never set out to take portraits. In 1985, he photographed an Afghan girl for the National Geographic. The intensity of the subject's eyes and her compelling gaze made...
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Twinkle, Twinkle, ABC: A Mixed-up, Mashed-up Melody
By Barney SaltzbergA musical mash-up for the toddler set that will bring them to their feet! ... until it's time to sleep. Veteran children's book author and singer/ songwriter Barney Saltzberg has created a classic sing-aloud book with enduring appeal!