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Art & Place

376 pages · 2013 · Rating 4.3

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This book is a collection of site-specific art in the Americas. It features hundreds of powerful artworks in 60 cities—from Albuquerque to Boston and Baja to Rio de Janeiro—and is both an informative guide and a virtual bucket list of outstanding art destinations. Conceived by Phaidon editors, Art & Place covers carving, painting, murals, frescos, earthworks, land art, and more. Each of the works has a dedicated entry pairing gorgeous, large-format images with in& hyphen; depth descriptions. Maps pinpoint the sites’ locations while specially commissioned plans reveal some of the more complex layouts. The book is organized geographically and offers fresh juxtapositions among familiar artworks.

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