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Made from sterling silver
From Frida Kahlo confronting her anxieties to Henri Matisse embracing happiness
Written and edited by art historian Wes Hill – with critical contributions from key international voices
Yurruwi (Milingimbi Island
Book of Ruins Publisher / Abrams Made from sterling silverBook of Ruins offers a survey not encyclopedic, but substantial of leading moments when the fact and idea of ruins were taken up by writers, travellers and artists: painters, film makers, landscape architects, and architects. Gathering together short texts and extracts that describe and reflect on ruins, dating from remote antiquity (Scipio shedding tears when viewing the destruction of Carthage) to present times (the ruins of a modern city, portrayed