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A good eye and well-trained senses are essential requirements for an aesthetic garden design. Peter Berg’s philosophy takes a very special approach: he expects his gardens to be both sustainable and natural – which the use of natural stone in particular is intended to ensure. They should be reduced to just a few materials, and along with the colour scheme, radiate a pleasant inner calmness. Each garden should also meet the individual needs of its owners. His concept has resulted in gardens that are unique and whose fascination lies in the clarity of their design. This splendid volume presents the most beautiful among them for the first time. It will serve as a source of inspiration for both the professional garden designer as well as the ambitious and passionate private gardener.

PETER BERG is a renowned German garden- and landscape-designer who is famous for being the undisputed master of the European rock garden. His reputation of being the perfect designer in using natural stone in all their possibilities is caused by shaping gardens to look finely balanced, each stone being like an instrument of big orchestra playing in harmony. His main challenge are gardens situated in hillside-properties. The office of Peter Berg is located in the Eifel-region in western Germany.

JÜRGEN BECKER, MARIANNE MAJERUS AND PHILIPPE PERDEREAU are among the top three of European’s commercial garden photographers, their images have been published in numerous successful magazines, books and calendars around the world. Jürgen lives in Germany, Marianne in Luxemburg and Philippe in France.

240 pages with 212 colour illustrations and 14garden-designs in 3dHardcover29.5 x 29.5 cmISBN 978-3-421-04107-4£45.00Pub. date: May 2018

NATURE AESTHETICS DESIGN PETER BERG, WITH PHOTOGRAPHY BY JÜRGEN BECKER, MARIANNE MAJERUS, PHILIPPE PERDERAU A.O., AND TEXTS BY INA SPERL, EDITED BY THOMAS HAGEN

FOREWORD BY JAMES ALEXANDER SINCLAIR


In 1939, Georgia O’Keeffe, who at 51 was among the most famous artists in the United States, accepted a commission from the Hawaiian Pineapple Company to produce two paintings for advertising campaigns. Her nine-week trip to Hawai’i resulted in 20 paintings, which reveal that O’Keeffe—most commonly associated with the stark deserts of New Mexico—was profoundly inspired by what she saw and experienced on the lush, tropical Hawaiian Islands. The exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawai’i, and this accompanying volume, explores this little-known chapter in the artist’s career. Glowing with colour and feeling, these paintings demonstrate O’Keeffe’s unique ability to make any place she happened to be in her own, and this groundbreaking volume offers a unique perspective by foregrounding the ecological complexity of the Hawaiian Islands—one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth—that is hidden behind O’Keeffe’s depictions.

THERESA PAPANIKOLAS is Deputy Director of Art and Programs and Curator of European and American Art at the Honolulu Museum of Art.

128 pages with 100 colour illustrations Hardcover24 x 27 cmISBN 978-3-7913-5727-0£27.50Pub. date: May 2018DelMonico Books

GEORGIA O’KEEFFEVISIONS OF HAWAI’ITHERESA PAPANIKOLAS, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY BRIAN BOOM, DESOTO BROWN, AND SAM ’OHU GON III

This book explores Georgia O’Keeffe’s love for Hawai’i through more than 15 paintings inspired by the beautiful landscape.

Exhibition Itinerary:The New York Botanical GardenMay 19–October 28, 2018

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, TennesseeDecember 1, 2018–February 24, 2019

Published in association with The New York Botanical Garden


WILLIAM CORDOVANOW’S THE TIME: NARRATIVES OF SOUTHERN ALCHEMYMARÍA ELENA ORTIZ, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY JEFF CHANG, LESLIE HEWITT, AND CANDICE HOPKINS

200 pages with 80 color illustrationsHardcover8 x 10 in. / 20 x 25.5 cmISBN 978-3-7913-5767-6US$45 £35 Can.$60Pub. date: US / UK September 2018 DelMonico Books

This gorgeously illustrated book explores the three main themes that have inspired William Cordova’s work for decades: transmission, alchemy, and transcendence.

Exhibition Itinerary:Pérez Art Museum Miami April 27–October 17, 2018

Published in association with the Pérez Art Museum Miami Growing up in Miami, and of Afro-Peruvian descent, William

Cordova’s life has been marked by the transformation of materials and identities. In this monograph, the celebrated artist draws from his experiences to create elegant, thoughtful works that traverse narratives including hip-hop culture, Afro diasporic realities, and pre-Columbian Andean history. Exhibition curator María Elena Ortiz gives an overview of Cordova’s practice while an interview with the artist focuses on the artist’s memories and artistic influences. Additional texts explore the impact of hip-hop on minority groups and the role of sculpture and installation art in Andean spirituality. Electrifying and beautiful, these works challenge traditional Western ideologies and reflect the cultural movements and transformations of today.

MARÍA ELENA ORTIZ is Associate Curator at the Pérez Art Museum Miami.


VIVIANE SASSENHOT MIRRORELEANOR CLAYTON

Viviane Sassen is one of today’s most innovative photographers and this stunning book looks back at a decade of her work, including new collages and previously unpublished photographs.

Exhibition Itinerary:The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, United KingdomJune 22–October 7, 2018

160 pages with 60 colour illustrationsHardcover25 x 35 cmISBN 978-3-7913-8476-4£35Pub. date: June 2018

This mid-career retrospective volume focuses on Viviane Sassen’s fine art photography, revealing a surrealist undercurrent in her work. Sassen recognizes Surrealism as one of her earliest artistic influences, seen in the uncanny shadows, fragmented bodies, and otherworldly landscapes she captures in her work. In addition to images from the acclaimed series “Umbra,” this volume draws from the series “Flamboya,” in which she returned to Kenya, “Parasomnia,” a dreamlike exploration of sleep, the “Roxane” series, a mutual portrait created with her muse, Roxane Danset, “Of Lotus and Mud,” a study of procreation and fecundity, and “Pikin Slee,” a journey to a remote village in Suriname. This book features a contextualizing essay and an insightful interview with the artist. Throughout, Sassen emerges as a poetic photographer obsessed with light and shadow and a brilliant technician, who is a master of both vibrant colour and muted hues. Selected by Sassen herself from across the last ten years, the images draw on the surrealist strategies of collage and unexpected juxtapositions to give a survey of her practice.

ELEANOR CLAYTON is Curator at The Hepworth Wakefield. She has written widely on contemporary art practice for periodicals such as Frieze, Art Monthly and Tate Etc., and has also published widely on 20th-century art.


PRESTEL ART

288 pages with 200 illustrations, 109 in colourHardcover23.5 x 28.5 cmISBN 978-3-7913-5760-7£39.99Pub. date:March 2018

BEFORE THE FALLGERMAN AND AUSTRIAN ART IN THE 1930SEDITED BY OLAF PETERS, WITH ESSAYS BY STEFANIE HECKMANN, ANDREAS HUYSSEN, OLAF PETERS, ALFRED PFABIGAN, AND ERNST PLOIL

The 1930s in Germany and Austria were marked by economic crisis, political disintegration, and social chaos. This beautifully illustrated catalog surveys the development of the arts in these two countries between the two world wars. Presenting nearly 150 paintings and works on paper, this book reveals artistic developments that foreshadowed, reflected, and accompanied the beginning of World War II. Works by Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Max Ernst, Oskar Kokoschka, and Alfred Kubin are presented alongside pieces by lesser-known artists such as Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Karl Hubbuch, Richard Oelze, Josef Scharl, Franz Sedlacek, and Rudolf Wacker. This book features essays about the appropriation of artistic idioms, the reactions of artists toward their historical circumstances, and major political events that shaped the era.

OLAF PETERS is Professor of Modern Art at Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg and the author of Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany 1937 and Berlin Metropolis: 1918-1933 (both by Prestel).

Franz Sedlacek Rudolf Wacker

This generously illustrated and comprehensive book examines German and Austrian artists in the 1930s as they reacted to a time of crisis and dissent.

Exhibition Itinerary:Neue Galerie New YorkMarch 8–May 28, 2018

Published in association with the Neue Galerie New York


During his lifetime, Hokusai was one of the most revered artists working in the ukiyo-e school of painting and printmaking. This book gathers the finest examples of Hokusai’s breathtaking prints, including his iconic The Great Wave off Kanagawa, views of Mt. Fuji, landscapes, domestic scenes, and painstakingly rendered flora and fauna. An introduction by Matthi Forrer offers a brief biography of Hokusai and commentary on his practice and influence. Each full colour poster is backed with a substantial caption that provides insights into the piece’s significance and notable characteristics. Printed on heavy coated paper, these detachable posters are suitable for framing, but also taken together create a lasting and illuminating introduction to Hokusai’s extraordinary accomplishment.

MATTHI FORRER is one of the world’s foremost experts on Hokusai. He is the author of numerous books on the artist and is a former curator for Japanese Arts at the national Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, Netherlands.

46 pages with 22 detachable postersPaperback28 x 35 cmISBN 978-3-7913-8430-6£19.99Pub. date: June 2018

HOKUSAI 22 PULL-OUT POSTERS MATTHI FORRER

Perfect for display or close observation, this impeccably produced collection of some of Hokusai’s most renowned prints highlights the exquisite lines and delicate hues that have entranced viewers for centuries.


Started in the early 19th century by a group of British painters who rejected the sovereignty of the Royal Academy, the Pre-Raphaelites embraced the natural world and bright colours—as opposed to the dark palettes and amorphous lines that emerged in the wake of the Renaissance. Their mission was to be fundamentally modern by emulating the past. Now readers can appreciate their achievements in this volume that offers side-by-side comparisons of 19th-century masterpieces with the 15th- and 16th-century Early Italian and Early Netherlandish paintings that inspired them. Exquisite reproductions of works by Giotto, Fra Angelico, van Eyck, Botticelli, Titian, Veronese, and Raphael are presented alongside examples by William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, and others. The book traces the evolution of the Pre-Raphaelites, and details how these painters were exposed to the early masters as they traveled and encountered the finest European collections. The volume also features decorative arts, including stained glass and tapestries in emulation of Flemish and French textiles as well as “medievalized” ecclesiastic decorations. The result is an illuminating examination that delves into the aesthetic vocabulary of the Pre-Raphaelites and broadens our understanding of their motives and inspiration.

MELISSA E. BURON is Associate Curator of European Paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

256 pages with 200 colour illustrations Hardcover25 x 30.5 cmISBN 978-3-7913-5728-7£49.99Pub. date: June 2018DelMonico Books

TRUTH & BEAUTYTHE PRE-RAPHAELITES AND THEIR SOURCES OF INSPIRATIONMELISSA E. BURON

This dazzling book examines the inspiration behind the work of the Pre-Raphaelites and offers comparisons between the radical 19th-century artists and the masterworks they revered.

Exhibition Itinerary:Legion of Honor, San FranciscoJune 30–September 30, 2018

Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco


46 pages with 22 detachable postersPaperback28 x 35 cmISBN 978-3-7913-8429-0 £19.99Pub. date: June 2018

Dating from the late 19th-century to the 1970s, this collection features vintage posters from cycling’s most iconic brands—such as Bianchi and Peugeot—as well as races—such as the now-defunct Peace Race, the Olympics, and Paris–Brest–Paris. Featuring artwork by A. M. Cassandre, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and other significant names in design history, alongside extraordinary works from lesser known artists and designers, each impeccably reproduced poster is detachable from the spine, ready for framing. The reverse side of each image includes information about the artist and subjects depicted, and a brief introduction offers an overview of the origins, rise and development of the poster. Spanning decades and continents, these striking full-colour posters celebrate the beauty of cycling and are the perfect gift for bicycle enthusiasts

ANDREW EDWARDS is the co-author of City Cycling Europe—a set of cycling guides to European cities—and Fixed, a history of fixed wheel bicycles. He lives in London.

This thrilling book of detachable vintage cycling posters captures the sport’s style and speed throughout the years.

VINTAGE CYCLING POSTERSANDREW EDWARDS


272 pages with 200 illustrations, 100 in colourHardcover21 x 27 cmISBN 978-3-7913-8306-4£29.99 Pub. date: April 2018

PAPERMATERIAL, MEDIUM, MAGICNEIL HOLT AND NICOLA VON VELSEN

Wide-ranging and multi-faceted this intriguing and beautifully produced book will change the way you relate to paper in an increasingly “paperless” society.

While sheets of paper are disappearing from our homes and offices, the medium is experiencing a renaissance in the worlds of art, design, and architecture. Suddenly, paper is everywhere—but not only in the old familiar places or forms. This fascinating book looks at every aspect of paper: its history, composition, production, application, and trade. Beginning with the anatomy of paper and its earliest forms, this book looks at paper as a symbol of political and economic importance and as a carrier of ideas, from literature to art, design, and music. It looks at the different surfaces, opacities, weights and volumes of paper and how it is used for printing, typography, graphics, and maps as well as a vehicle for origami, architecture, and fashion. Sumptuously illustrated with photographs and drawings, this book includes a variety of papers for readers to examine and feel, highlighting the sensual aspects of this seemingly ordinary product. Engaging, entertaining, and informative, this book contains a wealth of useful and surprising information on every printed, coloured, and textured page.

NEIL HOLT is a book designer and teacher of typography in Schwerte, Germany.NICOLA VON VELSEN is a book editor and proprietor of “Pop Up Paper” in Cologne, Germany.


Sourdough bread, delicious, tangy, satisfying, is one of life’s real pleasures, but like all good things, it takes time. In this journey through the world of sourdough bread baking, Martina Goernemann reveals how the process of baking bread exemplifies food awareness, a way of life that is becoming increasingly popular. Beginning with her own first attempts, Goernemann then goes on to interview a series of people across countries and cultures who, like her, have incorporated the practice of sourdough baking as a healing ritual for overscheduled lives. From interior design expert Delia Fischer finding her way in the kitchen of her grandmother, to John Whalley, an American realist painter who appreciates the simplicity of things and therefore discovered sourdough as a perfect object for his portraits, each of the individuals profiled represent a different appreciation for the time and patience necessary to create the perfect loaf. What they all have in common is Goernemann’s starter recipe, now part of the Puratos Company’s sourdough library. She’s also included valuable tips from professional bakers around the world. Whether it’s carving out time in a busy day, contemplating the miraculous combination of flour, and water, or painstakingly searching for the optimum conditions, bakers at every level will take away something valuable from this nourishing guide to living well through sourdough.

MARTINA GOERNEMANN is an experienced journalist and author of six books about interior-styling and lifestyle. She also has a successful blog “RAUMseele” that deals with topics like living, food, and DIY.

192 pages with 220 colour illustrationsHardcover23 x 26 cmISBN 978-3-7913-8432-0£27.50Pub. date: April 2018

SOURDOUGHMARTINA GOERNEMANN, WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY BARBARA SIMON

This book celebrates the complexity and simplicity of sourdough bread making which offers a nourishing and meditative counterpoint to stressful lives and fast food.

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