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Les Enfants Du Paradis Editions Xavier Barral 2012 ISBN 9782365110181 Acqn 21833 Pb 23x29cm 264pp 200ills 70col 48 Text in French A film with dazzling dialogues that remain etched into our collective memory and an unforgettable cast, Les Enfants du Paradis is the most beautiful film by the famous Carn/Prvert duo. The book, published on the occasion of the first major exhibition devoted to Les Enfants du Paradis at the Cinmathque Franaise, aims to showcase exceptional documents that have been rediscovered for the occasion. Posters, drawings, photos from the set, colour photographs, publicity materials, costumes, scripts, correspondence, film extracts, drawings and paintings by Alexandre Trauner the set designer, gouache by Mayo the costume designer and more. The book provides experts accounts and reveals the sources of inspiration for the film, relating the story of production under the Occupation, describing the complex relationship between Carn and Prvert; without forgetting portraits of the actors, technicians and producers; the music; and the promotion and distribution of the film, which continues to garner international success and is now listed as World Heritage by UNESCO.

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Fabienne Verdier - Palazzo Torlonia Editions Xavier Barral 2011 ISBN 9782915173802 Acqn 21835 Hb 17x27cm 96pp 53ills 52col 36 From September 2009 to June 2010, Fabienne Verdier dedicated herself to rising to an artistic challenge, the scope of which surpassed her expectations. Every day in her studio, the artist tackled the execution of four monumental frescoes destined for the walls of the Palazzo Torlonia, a 16th century palace in Rome. For nearly ten months, photographer Philippe Chancels lens followed the evolution of these frescoes and the artists work her studio, gestures and artistic world. A film, and a book with images from the film resulted, bearing witness to this unique artistic creation.

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Dada Paris, Washington, New York Editions Xavier Barral 2010 ISBN 9782915173666 Acqn 21837 Hb 17x24cm 320pp 260ills 180col 44.50 Text in French Dada is an artistic, literary and political movement that emerged in Zurich and New York in around 1916. This book invites us on a journey into the madness of the dada revolt, presenting over a thousand works. After a historical approach to the major dada events since 1916, the book focuses on the itinerant exhibition initiated by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, coproduced with the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the MoMA in New York between 2005 and 2006. As is often the case when an exhibition tours, the three curatorial approaches offer three different interpretations of the movement based on an identical corpus of works. The aim of this book is to retrace the itinerant pathway of this event, offering comparative views of how the works were presented.

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Kyoto-Tokyo, Des Samourais Aux Mangas Editions Xavier Barral 2010 ISBN 9782915173659 Acqn 21838 Hb 17x24cm 512pp 400ills 300col 37.95 Text in French Japan has spawned a modernity that affects us all, whether in relation to cars, computers, robotics, video or Manga. Unlike in the West, modernity and tradition are not mutually exclusive, they coexist. Indeed, tradition is often the matrix of modernity. This is precisely the subject of this book. It contains over four hundred reproductions of artworks from the worlds leading museums, together with forty essays by specialists on topics such as Buddhism and Manga, not to mention film, video games, samurais, Japanese history, the 1964 Olympic Games and contemporary art.

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