Book Highlights - Phrontisterion

Art of Costa Rica : Pre-Colombian painted and sculpted ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections / essays by Doris Stone, Dr. Jane Stevenson Day, Toby & Robert Stoetzer ; introduction and catalogue by Paul Clifford ; edited by Lois Katz / curator of the Arthur M. Sackler collections and Administrator of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation 798 5 connected

Lois Katz, Doris Stone, Jane Day, Toby Stoetzer, Robert Stoetzer, Paul Clifford Ground, S2 bay 4, shelf 5

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Treasures of Pre-Colombian art : collection of Janos Szekeres / Ronald A. Kuchta 1089

Colombia before Columbus : the people, culture, and ceramic art of Prehispanic Colombia / Labbé, Armand J 846

Art of the Andes : from Chavín to Inca /​ Rebecca R. Stone 15249

Ancient Maya art at Dumbarton Oaks / [edited by] Joanne Pillsbury, Miriam Doutriaux, Reiko Ishihara-Brito and Alexandre Tokovinine ; with additional contributions by Barbara Arroyo [and 14 others] 12570

Moche art of Peru : Pre-Colombian symbolic communication 861

Mythology of the Americas / Cottie Burland, Irene Nicholson & Harold Osborne 707 5 connected

Cottie Arthur Burland, Irene Nicholson, Harold Osborne Ground, S2 bay 5, shelf 4

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The people of the ancient Americas / Cottie Burland 708

African mythology : an encyclopedia of myth and legend 1017

Ancient America : contributions to New World archaeology 1826

The lost history of Aztec & Maya : the history, legend, myth and culture of the ancient native peoples of Mexico and Central America : Olmec, Maya, Chichimec, Huastec, Zapotec, Toltec, Mixtec, Totonac, Aztec 3267

Andean culture history / Wendell C. Bennett and Junius B. Bird 14883

Beautiful geometry / Eli Maor and Eugen Jost 11674 5 connected

Eli Maor, Eugen Jost

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Here's looking at Euclid : a surprising excursion through the astonishing world of math / Alex Bellos 10746

The art of more : how mathematics created civilisation / Michael Brooks 18102

The seduction of curves : the lines of beauty that connect mathematics, art, and the nude / Allan McRobie ; photographs by Helena Weightman 12681

Fearful symmetry : is god a geometer? / Ian Stewart and Martin Golubitsky 16576

Mathematical mountaintops : the five most famous problems of all time / John L. Casti 30292

Anrealage A & Z / texts, Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa and Alexandre Samson 25769 5 connected

Anrealage (Firm), Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa, Alexandre Samson

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Patternity : a new way of seeing : the inspirational power of pattern / Anne Murray ; Grace Winteringham ; contributing editor Dal Chodha 10466

V&A pattern : digital pioneers / [Honor Beddard and Douglas Dodds] 25077

Making strange : the modernist photobook in France / Kim Sichel 27604

Invisible colors : the arts of the atomic age / Gabrielle Decamous 14492

What painting is : how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy / James Elkins 25096

The source of the Nile : the lake regions of central Africa : a picture of exploration / by Richard F. Burton ; introduced by Ian Curteis 19278 5 connected

Richard Francis Burton, Ian Curteis Ground, S2 bay 3, shelf 3

May 18, 16:33:25 inactive

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West Africa : a Lonely Planet travel survival kit / Alex Newton & David Else 8079

The African giant : the story of a journey / by Stuart Cloete ; illustrated by Rehna Cloete 26822

The lost world of the Kalahari / Laurens van der Post 10663

West Africa : the rough guide 8085

Camping with the Prince and other tales of science in Africa / Thomas Bass 6556

Anrealage A & Z / texts, Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa and Alexandre Samson 25769 5 connected

Anrealage (Firm), Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa, Alexandre Samson

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Patternity : a new way of seeing : the inspirational power of pattern / Anne Murray ; Grace Winteringham ; contributing editor Dal Chodha 10466

V&A pattern : digital pioneers / [Honor Beddard and Douglas Dodds] 25077

Making strange : the modernist photobook in France / Kim Sichel 27604

Invisible colors : the arts of the atomic age / Gabrielle Decamous 14492

What painting is : how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy / James Elkins 25096

Beam in thine own eye / [organised and produced by the Museum of Old and New Art ; texts by David Walsh, Olivier Varenne ; curators, Nicole Durling and Olivier Varenne] 6770 5 connected

Museum of Old and New Art (Mona), David Walsh, Olivier Varenne, Nicole Durling

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Monanisms / David Walsh, Elizabeth Mead and Museum of Old and New Art 8133

The critical eye : a new approach to art appreciation / Guido Ballo ; translated by R. H. Boothroyd 24340

The luminous interval : the D. Daskalopoulos collection / Guggenheim Bilbao ; curated by Nancy Spector and Katherine Brinson 15672

The bird of self-knowledge : folk art and current artists' positions / edited by Peter Weiermair ; with essays by Wolfgang Brückner, Jean-Hubert Martin, Saul Ostrow, Marie-Louise von Plesson, Peter Weiermair, Beat Wyss 12268

Body of art / [edited by Diane Fortenberry and Rebecca Morrill] 10549

Beam in thine own eye / [organised and produced by the Museum of Old and New Art ; texts by David Walsh, Olivier Varenne ; curators, Nicole Durling and Olivier Varenne] 6770 5 connected

Museum of Old and New Art (Mona), David Walsh, Olivier Varenne, Nicole Durling

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Monanisms / David Walsh, Elizabeth Mead and Museum of Old and New Art 8133

The critical eye : a new approach to art appreciation / Guido Ballo ; translated by R. H. Boothroyd 24340

The luminous interval : the D. Daskalopoulos collection / Guggenheim Bilbao ; curated by Nancy Spector and Katherine Brinson 15672

The bird of self-knowledge : folk art and current artists' positions / edited by Peter Weiermair ; with essays by Wolfgang Brückner, Jean-Hubert Martin, Saul Ostrow, Marie-Louise von Plesson, Peter Weiermair, Beat Wyss 12268

Body of art / [edited by Diane Fortenberry and Rebecca Morrill] 10549

Anrealage A & Z / texts, Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa and Alexandre Samson 25769 5 connected

Anrealage (Firm), Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa, Alexandre Samson

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Patternity : a new way of seeing : the inspirational power of pattern / Anne Murray ; Grace Winteringham ; contributing editor Dal Chodha 10466

V&A pattern : digital pioneers / [Honor Beddard and Douglas Dodds] 25077

Making strange : the modernist photobook in France / Kim Sichel 27604

Invisible colors : the arts of the atomic age / Gabrielle Decamous 14492

What painting is : how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy / James Elkins 25096

Beam in thine own eye / [organised and produced by the Museum of Old and New Art ; texts by David Walsh, Olivier Varenne ; curators, Nicole Durling and Olivier Varenne] 6770 5 connected

Museum of Old and New Art (Mona), David Walsh, Olivier Varenne, Nicole Durling

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Monanisms / David Walsh, Elizabeth Mead and Museum of Old and New Art 8133

The critical eye : a new approach to art appreciation / Guido Ballo ; translated by R. H. Boothroyd 24340

The luminous interval : the D. Daskalopoulos collection / Guggenheim Bilbao ; curated by Nancy Spector and Katherine Brinson 15672

The bird of self-knowledge : folk art and current artists' positions / edited by Peter Weiermair ; with essays by Wolfgang Brückner, Jean-Hubert Martin, Saul Ostrow, Marie-Louise von Plesson, Peter Weiermair, Beat Wyss 12268

Body of art / [edited by Diane Fortenberry and Rebecca Morrill] 10549

Beam in thine own eye / [organised and produced by the Museum of Old and New Art ; texts by David Walsh, Olivier Varenne ; curators, Nicole Durling and Olivier Varenne] 6770 5 connected

Museum of Old and New Art (Mona), David Walsh, Olivier Varenne, Nicole Durling

May 18, 16:33:00 inactive

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Monanisms / David Walsh, Elizabeth Mead and Museum of Old and New Art 8133

The critical eye : a new approach to art appreciation / Guido Ballo ; translated by R. H. Boothroyd 24340

The luminous interval : the D. Daskalopoulos collection / Guggenheim Bilbao ; curated by Nancy Spector and Katherine Brinson 15672

The bird of self-knowledge : folk art and current artists' positions / edited by Peter Weiermair ; with essays by Wolfgang Brückner, Jean-Hubert Martin, Saul Ostrow, Marie-Louise von Plesson, Peter Weiermair, Beat Wyss 12268

Body of art / [edited by Diane Fortenberry and Rebecca Morrill] 10549

Horemkenesi may he live forever! : the Bristol mummy project 2343 5 connected

D. Dawson, S. Giles, M. Ponsford Ground, S2 bay 9, shelf 5

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The mummy in ancient Egypt : equipping the dead for eternity 452

Mummies, magic and medicine in ancient Egypt : multidisciplinary essays for Rosalie David / edited by Campbell Price, Roger Forshaw, Andrew Chamberlain and Paul T. Nicholson with Robert Morkot and Joyce Tyldesley 11714

Hieroglyphs and the afterlife in ancient Egypt 57

The archaeology of ancient Egypt : beyond pharaohs 5302

The Egyptian book of the dead : documents in the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago 4464

Anrealage A & Z / texts, Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa and Alexandre Samson 25769 5 connected

Anrealage (Firm), Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa, Alexandre Samson

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Patternity : a new way of seeing : the inspirational power of pattern / Anne Murray ; Grace Winteringham ; contributing editor Dal Chodha 10466

V&A pattern : digital pioneers / [Honor Beddard and Douglas Dodds] 25077

Making strange : the modernist photobook in France / Kim Sichel 27604

Invisible colors : the arts of the atomic age / Gabrielle Decamous 14492

What painting is : how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy / James Elkins 25096

Anrealage A & Z / texts, Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa and Alexandre Samson 25769 5 connected

Anrealage (Firm), Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa, Alexandre Samson

May 18, 16:32:52 inactive

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Patternity : a new way of seeing : the inspirational power of pattern / Anne Murray ; Grace Winteringham ; contributing editor Dal Chodha 10466

V&A pattern : digital pioneers / [Honor Beddard and Douglas Dodds] 25077

Making strange : the modernist photobook in France / Kim Sichel 27604

Invisible colors : the arts of the atomic age / Gabrielle Decamous 14492

What painting is : how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy / James Elkins 25096

Modern poetry from Africa / edited by Gerald Moore and Ulli Beier 17090 5 connected

Gerald Moore, Ulli Beier Ground, S2 bay 2, shelf 6

May 18, 16:32:52 inactive

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Africa : the art of a continent / Edited by Tom Phillips 647

The arts of black Africa / Jean Laude ; translated by Jean Decock 1044

Myth, literature and the African world / Wole Soyinka 1434

African art masterpieces / George Preston 662

African art from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva / Edited by Werner Schmalenbach 666

Anrealage A & Z / texts, Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa and Alexandre Samson 25769 5 connected

Anrealage (Firm), Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa, Alexandre Samson

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Patternity : a new way of seeing : the inspirational power of pattern / Anne Murray ; Grace Winteringham ; contributing editor Dal Chodha 10466

V&A pattern : digital pioneers / [Honor Beddard and Douglas Dodds] 25077

Making strange : the modernist photobook in France / Kim Sichel 27604

Invisible colors : the arts of the atomic age / Gabrielle Decamous 14492

What painting is : how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy / James Elkins 25096

Anrealage A & Z / texts, Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa and Alexandre Samson 25769 5 connected

Anrealage (Firm), Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa, Alexandre Samson

May 18, 16:32:19 inactive

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Patternity : a new way of seeing : the inspirational power of pattern / Anne Murray ; Grace Winteringham ; contributing editor Dal Chodha 10466

V&A pattern : digital pioneers / [Honor Beddard and Douglas Dodds] 25077

Making strange : the modernist photobook in France / Kim Sichel 27604

Invisible colors : the arts of the atomic age / Gabrielle Decamous 14492

What painting is : how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy / James Elkins 25096

Ancient Egyptian chronology 3441 5 connected

Erik Hornung, Rolf Karauss, David Warburton Ground, S2 bay 10, shelf 5

May 18, 16:32:19 inactive

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The Egyptian Calendar : a work for eternity 1518

The archaeology of ancient Egypt : beyond pharaohs 5302

Egypt from Alexander to the early Christians : an archaeological and historical guide 1952

The ancient Egyptian state : the origins of Egyptian culture (c. 8000-2000 BC) 3491

Ancient Egyptian jewelry / Carol Andrews 1632

Anrealage A & Z / texts, Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa and Alexandre Samson 25769 5 connected

Anrealage (Firm), Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa, Alexandre Samson

May 18, 16:32:12 inactive

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Patternity : a new way of seeing : the inspirational power of pattern / Anne Murray ; Grace Winteringham ; contributing editor Dal Chodha 10466

V&A pattern : digital pioneers / [Honor Beddard and Douglas Dodds] 25077

Making strange : the modernist photobook in France / Kim Sichel 27604

Invisible colors : the arts of the atomic age / Gabrielle Decamous 14492

What painting is : how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy / James Elkins 25096

Anrealage A & Z / texts, Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa and Alexandre Samson 25769 5 connected

Anrealage (Firm), Kunihiko Morinaga, Yuko Hasegawa, Alexandre Samson

May 18, 16:32:07 inactive

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Patternity : a new way of seeing : the inspirational power of pattern / Anne Murray ; Grace Winteringham ; contributing editor Dal Chodha 10466

V&A pattern : digital pioneers / [Honor Beddard and Douglas Dodds] 25077

Making strange : the modernist photobook in France / Kim Sichel 27604

Invisible colors : the arts of the atomic age / Gabrielle Decamous 14492

What painting is : how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy / James Elkins 25096