Art & Photography Books
University of Washington Press The Art of Ceremony
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£35.89
University of Washington Press Capturing Glaciers
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] beautifully, almost lyrically written study that blends science, perception, the human condition, the vagaries of ice, and much, much more. After reading this fascinating story, you will not look at and see glaciers the same way twice." -- Peter Boag * Mazama Magazine *
£29.66
University of Washington Press Queer World Making
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£35.89
University of Washington Press Doris Chase Artist in Motion
Book SynopsisDoris Chase has achieved international stature as a pioneer in the field of video art since she moved from Seattle to New York City in 1972. An artist of remarkable and continuous creativity, Chase now divides her time between her video headquarters in New York and a Seattle studio where she works on new projects in painting and sculpture. Beginning as an innovative painter and sculptor in Seattle in the 1950s, Chase created sculpture that was meant to be touched and manipulated by the viewer. Chase then developed large-scale kinetic sculptures in collaboration with choreographers, and her art was set in motion by dancers. In New York, her majors contribution to the evolution of artists' video has been her work in videodance. On videotape, dancers and sculpture evolve into luminous abstract forms which represent some of the most sophisticated employments of video technology by an artist of the 1970s. In the 1980s, Chase began working in the nascent genre of video theater. In these pr
£49.14
Yale University Press Discovering the Vernacular Landscape
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£22.50
Yale University Press The Fabrication of Louis XIV Paper
Book SynopsisThe money spent by the French government on the public image of Louis XIV was extensive and succeeded in making him into a god like figure. In this book the author gives an account of the contemporary representations of Louis XIV and illustrates the relationship between art and power.Table of ContentsIntroducing Louis XIV; persuasion; sunrise; the construction of the system; self-assertion; the years of victory; the reconstruction of the system; sunset; the crisis of representations; the reverse of the medal; the reception of Louis XIV; Louis in perspective.
£18.16
Yale University Press Elizabethan Architecture
Book SynopsisDiscusses social structure and the way of life behind Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture, the ferment of excitement aroused in English patrons and craftsmen as they learnt about the classic Five Orders and the buildings of Ancient Rome from publications and engravings, and architectural drawings which survive from the period.Trade Review “If you are interested in high Elizabethan–style country houses, this is the book for you.”--Library Journal * Library Journal *"This wondrous book--written by the preeminent historian of British architecture, and beautifully designed and printed. . . combines sweeping range and a precise grasp of detail."--Ben Schwarz, The Atlantic -- Ben Schwarz * The Atlantic *Winner of the 2010 Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion, as given by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain -- Alice Davis Hitchcock Award * Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain *"Girouard's synthesis of his own previous work and the work of other eminent architectural historians makes the book a very useful reference tool, which is bound to become a key source for students of Elizabethan architecture."—Rebecca Roberts, Cahiers Elisabethains -- Rebecca Roberts * Cahiers Elisabethains *Shortlisted for the 2009 William M.B. Berger Prize for British Art History presented by the Berger Collection Educational Trust and The British Art Journal -- William M. B. Berger Prize * Berger Collection Educational Trust and The British Art Journal *"As one might well expect from a scholar who has dominated his field for over a half century, [the book] is nothing short of magisterial in its authority and encyclopedic in its range. . . . Between the bookends of the 1540s and 1630s, this full, gloriously illustrated (even by Yale's standards), and extensively documented work simply brims with copious examples of virtually every sort of architectural construct characteristic of the chosen era."—Robert Tittler, Sixteenth Century Journal -- Robert Tittler * Sixteenth Century Journal *
£45.00
Yale University Press Devon
Book SynopsisExeter Cathedral is but the crowning glory of Devon's wealth of medieval churches, replete with sumptuous fittings and monuments. The county's peak of prosperity is reflected too in its castles, its secluded manor houses, and its scores of sturdily built farmhouses.
£54.00
Yale University Press London 4 North
Book SynopsisThis volume on London architecture covers the boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey and Islington. It gives a view of London's expansion northward from formal Georgian squares, to the hill towns of Hampstead and Highgate.Trade Review"The inheritors of Pevsner have exceeded his achievement with no compromises. This is a great feat of publishing in the best traditions of architectural history." Colin Amery, The Times Literary Supplement
£54.00
Yale University Press Norfolk 2 NorthWest and South
Book SynopsisThis second volume on Norfolk provides a comprehensive survey from prehistoric times to the present day. The 17th- and 18th-century treasures of King's Lynn are explored, as well as the market towns of Swaffham and Wymondham. Castle remains and medieval churches are also explored.
£54.00
Yale University Press Edinburgh
Book SynopsisThe historic capital of Scotland is well known as a fortified medieval city with castle and crown-steepled church, its Royal Mile leading down to the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood. It is discussed as a merchant city, as a Georgian town, and as a 20th century city.
£999.99
Yale University Press Bath
Book SynopsisThis title is a comprehensive architectural guide to Bath, England's finest Georgian city. Full of new discoveries and lively descriptions of the city's notable buildings, the book features specially taken colour illustrations throughout and numerous easy-to-use walking maps.
£18.04
Yale University Press Pembrokeshire
Book SynopsisThis authoritative guide to the southwest corner of Wales encompasses a wide sweep of history, from the rugged prehistoric remains that stud the windswept landscape overlooking the Atlantic to distinguished 20th-century buildings that respond imaginatively to their natural setting.
£999.99
Yale University Press Liverpool
Book SynopsisJoseph Sharples describes the architecturally significant buildings in central Liverpool, and gives an account of the overall development of the city. He includes some suburban areas of outstanding interest, and features excursions to notable sites further out.Trade ReviewThis comprehensive, full-color guidebook describes all the architecturally significant buildings in Liverpool as well as in suburban areas of interest and notable sites further away.“A detailed, authoritative, and practical guide.”—Listed Heritage (London)
£18.04
Yale University Press Bristol
Book SynopsisLively, up-to-date accounts of every significant building are included, with detailed walks exploring the outer areas, and a scholarly narrative introduction to put the architecture in context.Trade Review“Of all the new Pevsner guides I have picked up, none has been so immediately enticing as David Foyle’s new volume on Bristol.” M.B , The Times (Business)“If you value your heritage, don’t wait until Christmas comes around: go out and buy one . . . now.”—The Bristol Evening Post
£18.04
Yale University Press Leeds
Book SynopsisThe twentieth century gave the city its outstanding university campus and recent regeneration has led to a revival of the city's public spaces and famously ornate and opulent Edwardian shopping arcades and markets.
£18.04
Yale University Press The Unknown Monet
Book SynopsisClaude Monet (1840-1926) is one of the best-known and most beloved painters in the history of art, with myriad publications and exhibitions devoted to his oeuvre. This book focuses on Monet's pastels, drawings, and sketchbooks, offering a different interpretation of the artist's life and work.
£38.00
Yale University Press Brighton and Hove
Book SynopsisA guide to the historic heart of Brighton and Hove, the greatest of England's seaside resorts. It traces its development from late medieval fishing settlement to the 'Queen of the Watering Places', with a commentary on its unique architectural character.
£18.04
Yale University Press Berkshire
Book SynopsisBerkshire's houses range from intriguing early timber-framed dwellings to the splendors of Windsor Castle, at once England's greatest fortress and finest royal palace, through Georgian, Victorian and Arts-&-Crafts mansions of exceptional diversity and richness. This title offers a guide that follows Berkshire's historic boundaries.
£999.99
Yale University Press Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Bradford and the
Book SynopsisThe West Riding of Yorkshire was the largest of England's historic counties. This title covers the northern half of the territory from the outskirts of York to the edge of the Lake District.
£999.99
Yale University Press Lancashire North
Book SynopsisThe landscapes range from the shores of Morecambe Bay and the wild Forest of Bowland in the north to the coastal flatlands and Pennine mill towns in the south. Lancaster, the historic county town, boasts some of the finest Georgian buildings in northern England. This book features numerous maps and color photographs of the area.
£54.00
Yale University Press Cornwall
Book SynopsisCornwall is a land apart. Here are some of the richest and best preserved prehistoric and medieval landscapes in Britain. Its medieval churches show monumental Norman fonts, accomplished C14 sculpture, striking C15 west towers and generously proportioned C15 and C16 aisles, with a wealth of medieval and Renaissance bench ends.Trade Review‘Undeniably, the Buildings of England is a stupendous achievement, unequalled in any other country, and any lover of architecture, pottering around with a volume at his side, must sing a constant Te Deum for its beneficent present publisher Yale.’—Christopher Howse, The Daily Telegraph -- Christopher Howse * The Daily Telegraph *‘An important milestone in Yale’s revision of the whole series. . .the variety and idiosyncrasy of Cornwall’s heritage that this books conveys is compelling, from the fogou at Chysauster or the preaching pit at Gwennap to the Old Post Office at Tintagel, Prideaux Place and the biomes of the Eden Project. How can you not visit again with the new Pevsner in hand?’ —John Goodall, Country Life -- John Goodall * Country Life *‘The Pevsner series is gradually being updated, and Peter Beacham and colleagues have made a splendid job of the Cornish volume. . .the modern scholars, more than the Herr Professor, have conveyed that mysterious thing, a sense of place.’—A.N.Wilson, The Daily Telegraph -- A. N. Wilson * The Daily Telegraph *‘While revering both Pevsner and Betjeman, what Peter Beacham has done with the latest Cornwall is to perform magic: he has brought the two together. In consequence it’s a wonderful guidebook. . .Yale University Press made an inspired choice in Beacham. Not only is he a lyrical and sometimes funny writer with a true gift for evoking place, but he also cares passionately about architecture and about doing full justice to Cornwall. . .If anyone understands and loves Cornwall, Peter Beacham does.’—Candida Lycett Gree, The Spectator -- Candida Lycett Gree * The Spectator *‘Germanic correctness has been supplanted by something more English, closer to Betjeman’s poetical evocations of standing stones, holy wells and the small fry of fisher cottages, miners’ terraces, tabernacles and windy tamerisk-fringed holiday houses.’—Ruth Guilding, Times Literary Supplement -- Ruth Guilding * TLS *'Wonderful year for Pevsner, or rather for us who use the guides as we potter about. Four new vols: Bedfordshire, Somerset, Cornwall, Cambridgeshire, too big for the pocket, but a reasonable £35 a kick, thanks to Yale. A triumph of perseverance.'—Christopher Howse, The Spectator -- Christopher Howse * The Spectator *
£54.00
Yale University Press Gwynedd
Book SynopsisThe spectacular landscapes of Gwynedd - the historic counties of Anglesey, Caernarfon and Merioneth - are the setting for many of Wales' greatest buildings. Beaumaris, Caernarfon, Conwy and Harlech castles are unsurpassed as works of medieval military architecture.
£54.00
Yale University Press Sol LeWitt
Book SynopsisPublished to accompany MASS MoCA's installation of Lewitt's wall drawings, this book celebrates the artist and his illustrious 50-year career.
£38.00
Yale University Press Patti Smith
Book Synopsis"Each photograph is like a diary entry of my life." —Patti Smith
£20.90
Yale University Press Sussex East
Book SynopsisA volume of The Buildings of England that covers an area ranging from the High Weald in the north of Sussex county to the massive ridge of the South Downs and the resort towns and ancient ports of the coast. It also features castles at Camber, Bodiam and fortified town walls at Rye and Winchelsea that attest to its military past.Trade Review“Sussex is seen as a deeply rural county of picturesque villages and endearingly squat Norman churches. In this latest Pevsner volume on East Sussex, skilfully revised by Nicholas Antram, it is the town and cities which emerge as the stars.”—Marcus Binney, The Times -- Marcus Binney * The Times * “The revised Pevsner Architectural Guide to East Sussex was truly a labour of love for Nicholas Antram. Suffering from a mortal illness, he was determined to finish his task of updating Pevsner’s 1964 original; he died soon after its completion. It has all the rigour of this admirable series, and a humanity and sensitivity of its own.”—Charlotte Moore, The Spectator -- Charlotte Moore * The Spectator *
£54.00
Yale University Press Kent North East and East
Book SynopsisA city of Canterbury, Kent is the county's greatest treasure, and its glorious cathedral is the first mature example of Gothic architecture in England. This book covers the exceptionally rich architecture of eastern Kent.Trade Review'Within four years, Newman had researched and written two volumes on Kent, described by Pevsner as ‘the best of the whole series […] [while also adding] I have nothing but admiration or his perspicacity and his talent for finding the mot juste’. Returning once again to the Kent volumes after nearly four decades in academia at the Courtauld, those capacities which Pevsner identified in Newman remain undiminished and are now matched by the vast experience and expertise of one of England’s most distinguished architectural historians. [This book is] not something new but something mature and wiser’—Owen Hopkins, Burlington Magazine -- Owen Hopkins * Burlington Magazine *‘Newman’s prose strikes just the right balance between telling and sharing, combining authority and impulse, and steering deftly between Pevsnerian analysis and Ian Nairn’s evocation of a sense of place. It is just the right style to dip into, to invite distraction. . .Whatever the case, the new edition represents the maturation, not the replacement of the old. Pevsner himself declared that Newman’s Kentish volumes represented ‘the best in the series’; it is hard to disagree.’—Geraint Franklin, Burlington Magazine -- Geraint Franklin * Burlington Magazine *
£54.00
Yale University Press Northamptonshire
Book SynopsisCovers some of England's grandest country houses in Northamptonshire such as the Elizabethan Renaissance Kirby Hall, the Jacobean mansion at Apethorpe, the late seventeenth-century French-inspired Boughton, Hawksmoor's stately Baroque Easton Neston and the interiors of Althorp that provide a survey of changing taste through the centuries.Trade Review“The newly revised Pevsner addition to Northamptonshire shows the county batting well above its size in numbers of fine buildings.”—Marcus Binney, The Times -- Marcus Binney * The Times *“The Pevsner architectural guides to the counties of Britain are crammed with . . . tiny fascinating details. Yale University Press and the Paul Mellon Centre in British Art . . . must be praised for this work of scholarship, unequalled in the world."—Harry Mount, The Daily Telegraph -- Harry Mount * Daily Telegraph *“I walked over the fields to Rushton on a fresh sunny morning this week to try out the new Pevsner Buildings of England volume, Northamptonshire, which Harry Mount wrote about on Monday. We agree that the series is unequalled in the world.”—Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph -- Christopher Howse * Daily Telegraph *“Pevsner’s achievement in visiting and writing about every building of architectural importance in England was breathtaking. . . Bailey, without lowering the tone, is more expansive and easier to read, and he tells us much more about the families and craftsmen responsible for these buildings than Pevsner had the space to do.”—Alexander Chancellor, The Spectator -- Alexander Chancellor * The Spectator *
£54.00
Yale University Press Powys
Book SynopsisPart of the Buildings of Wales series, this title describes the historic counties of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire, wherein, prehistoric hill-forts and standing stones, Roman encampments, Early Christian monuments, ruined castles and the enigmatic remains of early industry enhance the landscapes of this wild and beautiful region.Trade Review‘Scourfield’s and Haslam’s Powys is both a great celebration of its architectural heritage and a fine contribution to its future.’—Peter Wakelin, Burlington Magazine -- Peter Wakelin * Burlington Magazine *
£54.00
Yale University Press History of Design
Book SynopsisA survey of spectacular breadth, covering the history of decorative arts and design worldwide over the past six hundred yearsTrade Review"For those with deep pockets this season, the best titles are undoubtedly Susan Weber and Pat Kirkham’s History of Design, which is both a stunning visual survey of 600 years of making, and an in-depth look at the evolution of the very idea of design itself."—Michael Glover, The Independent"Masterminded by Susan Weber, founder of New York’s prestigious Bard Graduate Center for the study of decorative arts, the book is the culmination of a long-cherished aim to create an authoritative reference work treating the design and cultural context of useful and decorative artefacts with the same degree of intellectual rigour and enthusiasm that is generally accorded in scholarly circles only to painting and sculpture."—Stephen Calloway, House & Garden Magazine"This ambitious survey, which has been produced by the Bard Graduate Center in New York, grew out of the perceived lack of a satisfactory introduction to the applied arts that spanned historical and geographical borders. It looks set to fix that, gathering together 'adventurous scholars' and illustrating their incisive contributions with an excellent range of high-quality images."—Apollo Magazine"History of Design is a remarkable achievement and should play a central role for encouraging the ongoing studies of decorative arts and design among students, and, one hopes, a broader public."—Christopher Menz, Australian Book Review"This is an excellent resource not only for its breadth of content and its structure, but the opportunity it affords to approach and critically discuss the development of designed objects in relationship to their own cultures within a globalized world."—Carla Cesare, Journal of Design History
£52.25
Yale University Press Suffolk West
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘James Bettley is proving to be one of Pevsner’s most respectful successors…’—Gillian Darley, the Guardian. -- Gillian Darley * The Guardian *‘… the most ambitious recent Pevsner revision, with so many new entries it has been divided into east and west, each well over 600 pages. The illustrations, almost all taken by Paul Highnam, are a consistent triumph, capturing every building in a revealing light’—Marcus Binney, the Times. -- Marcus Binney * The Times *“Much of the additional material and on both rural and urban buildings represents original research, well presented and well-illustrated and from documentary archives… Reason enough for even the seasoned professional to reach for the Pevsner before tackling the internet.”—Leigh Alston, Landscape History -- Leigh Alston * Landscape History *
£54.00
Yale University Press Oxfordshire Oxford and the SouthEast
Book SynopsisThe newly revised Pevsner guide to the buildings of Oxford and South-East OxfordshireTrade Review“Oxford is filled with masterpieces, which is why walking its streets, preferably with this book in hand, is an inexhaustible delight.”—Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph“An undertaking achieved by no other country. Its editors should certainly be raised to the higher peerage. Cancel next year’s holiday and buy the lot.”—Christopher Howse, Oldie“This is a magnificent achievement and essential for anyone who wants to explore the buildings of Oxfordshire.”—John Goodall, Country Life“Simon Bradley’s new edition of Oxford and the South-East is a magnificent feat of scholarship that should find its place in the Christmas stocking of every Oxonian student and don.” —John Adamson, The Critic
£40.50
Yale University Press Oxfordshire North and West
Book SynopsisThis volume is a fully expanded and revised architectural guide to the greater part of Oxfordshire, based on Jennifer Sherwood's 1970s account, full of new information and with specially commissioned photography.The vernacular architecture of the villages and farms is well represented here, as well as notable town architecture and the medieval parish churches for which the area is well known. Oxfordshire is also a county of great houses, from the romantic medieval ruins of Minster Lovell to the late flowering of Lutyens's 1930s Middleton Park; the grandest, however, is Blenheim Palace, the Baroque masterpiece designed by John Vanbrugh (16641726).Trade Review“England is blessed in having a Pevsner architectural guide to each county. A long-term project of scholarship of the sort in which this country shines, it is all the better for help of Yale as publishers.”—Christopher Howse, The Daily Telegraph 3 June 2017"Alan Brooks and his collaborators are to be congratulated in providing an excellent up-to-date guide to the buildings of north and west Oxfordshire." – David Roffe, Ecclesiology Today“The appearance of a revised volume covering part of Oxfordshire presents an opportunity [. . .] to consider how the county has changed in almost fifty years.” —Robert Parkinson, Oxoniensia“An attractive and well-illustrated volume” – Stephen Mileson, Vernacular Architecture“England is blessed in having a Pevsner architectural guide to each county. A long-term project of scholarship of the sort in which this country shines, it is all the better for help of Yale as publishers.”—Christopher Howse, The Daily Telegraph 3 June 2017 -- Christopher Howse * The Daily Telegraph *
£54.00
Yale University Press Samuel Palmer
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Vaughan’s magisterial, readable account gives us the whole story of this artist whose work still resonates and surprises.”—Ruth Guilding, Evening Standard -- Ruth Guilding * Evening Standard *“At every point, Vaughan refuses to comply with the image of Palmer as an isolated visionary, doing him far greater justice instead by painting a rich portrait of the age as well of the man: where he was influenced and where he influenced, where he triumphed and where he fell short.”—Alice Spawls, TLS -- Alice Spawls * TLS *“[A] substantial, fully illustrated, color monograph . . . [that] presents Palmer’s career chronologically and comprehensively.”—K. Rhodes, Choice -- K. Rhodes * Choice *“Vaughan’s Samuel Palmer, with its many gorgeously reproduced images, shows Palmer’s deeply rural world . . . Palmer was an artist of an imaginary, unspoiled Arcadian England that nonetheless referenced contemporary costume and details of domestic architecture.”—Kate Flint, Public Books -- Kate Flint * Public Books *
£47.50
Yale University Press Leap Before You Look Black Mountain College
Book SynopsisA dynamic new look at the legendary college that was a major incubator of the arts in midcentury AmericaTrade Review"The richly illustrated catalog . . . offers a visual record of the early efforts of such eminences as choreographer Merce Cunningham, composer John Cage, and the painters Cy Twombly and Robert Rauschenbeg."—Wall Street Journal, 2015 'Best Books for Art Lovers'Finalist for the 2015 George Wittenborn Book Award, given by the Art Libraries Society of North AmericaWon an honorable mention for the 2016 Dedalus Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award"I cannot praise the show’s beautiful and accessible catalog highly enough. It will have a long life, and will ensure that Leap Before You Look will be looked back on for years to come as the landmark event that it is."—Sebastian Smee, Boston Globe"Strikingly desiged and weighty . . . [the authors] have delved deeply into the history of the unconventional North Carolina art school."—Introspective: The 1stdibs Magazine, 2015 Holiday Book Roundup
£61.75
Yale University Press Nature by Design The Practice of Biophilic
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This posthumous book by Stephen R. Kellert, a pioneering social ecologist at Yale, provides beautifully illustrated examples of designs that successfully integrate nature into built environments.”—Barbara Paul Robinson, The Wall Street Journal“A thoughtful look at architecture through the lens of biophilia-our affinity for nature and the processes of life.” —Michael Cockram, Architectural Record“Nature by Design does a masterful job translating research on the human and ecological benefits of biophilia into vivid, useful examples integrating culture, history, and aesthetics into a coherent whole.”—Judith Heerwagen, co-editor of Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life“There are few more pressing problems than finding a sustainable balance in the human-nature relationship, and there are few writers who have made a greater contribution to that search in the field of environmental design than Stephen Kellert.”—Kevin Nute, author of Vital: Using the Weather to Bring Buildings and Sustainability to Life"Wonderfully illustrated, compelling, and authoritative, Nature by Design reveals how application of our innate affinity with nature is so important to design aesthetics. People and the built world benefit profoundly when we embrace this principle."—Thomas E. Lovejoy, George Mason University; Science Envoy, Department of State“Nature by Design captivates the reader with artful prose and images illustrating benefits of biophilic design to societies around the world; nature-inspired architecture and landscaping that at once soothe and invigorate human emotions, and fundamentally elevate the human condition.”—Daniel J. Witter, D.J. Case & Associates “This richly illustrated book shows how incorporating biophilic design principles into buildings can contribute to the health and well-being of people who spend much of their lives in them.”—Gordon H. Orians, author of Snakes, Sunrises, and Shakespeare: How Evolution Shapes Our Loves and Fears
£30.88
Yale University Press Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen
Book SynopsisThe second of two books exploring the buildings of the north-east of Scotland, this volume surveys Aberdeen the nation's third-largest city and the southern area of Aberdeenshire, including the former county of Kincardineshire. Among Aberdeen's architectural highlights are the great medieval cathedral and burgh church of St Nicholas, the buildings of King's College, and magnificent civic, commercial and domestic buildings of the Victorian and Edwardian age. In addition, the book showcases not only Aberdeenshire's greatest houses and castles including Crathes, Craigievar and Balmoral, the royal family's Scottish estate, but also buildings and monuments as varied in scale and type as prehistoric hillforts, Georgian town houses, rural churches, fishing lodges and textile mills. Both volumes are comprehensively illustrated with specially commissioned colour photography.
£57.00
Yale University Press Derbyshire
Book SynopsisThis is the essential guide to the architecture of Pevsner's county of contrasts, home to an amazingly diverse assortment of landmarks. Among Derbyshire's many distinguished country houses are Haddon Hall and Hardwick Hall. 17th-century highlights include the adventurous architecture of Bolsover Castle and the Baroque splendors of Chatsworth, while the dazzling Neoclassical interiors of Kedleston Hall are the summit of the county's many Georgian achievements. Numerous spa towns, pioneering industrial settlements, and parish churches from Anglo-Saxon to modern are also included. The settings range from the Trent valley to the sublime landscape of the Peak District, making Derbyshire one of England's most visually arresting counties. Trade Review“The sheer diligence of fieldwork is breath-taking… With these volumes in hand, glorious days of exploration lie ahead.”—Marcus Binney, Country Life -- Marcus Binney * Country Life *“one of Hartwell’s best revisions”—Elain Harwood, C20 June 2017 -- Elain Harwood * C20 *
£999.99
Yale University Press Hieronymus Bosch
Book SynopsisAn accessible survey on a genius artist, published to accompany the 500th anniversary of Bosch's deathTrade Review"Lushly illustrated with descriptions of the works . . . [in] reader-friendly prose."—Nina Siegal, New York Times Book Review
£19.00
Yale University Press Hieronymus Bosch Painter and Draughtsman
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Dense [and] beautifully illustrated"-Ingrid D. Rowland, New York Review of Books -- Ingrid D. Rowland New York Review of Books "[A] landmark achievement ... a comprehensive catalog raisonne, produced by the Bosch Research and Conservation Project ... it contains revelations that have led to controversial new attributions ... The wealth of new data and ideas will no doubt keep scholars busy for decades."-Nina Siegal, New York Times Book Review -- Nina Siegal New York Times Book Review
£999.99
Yale University Press Birmingham and the Black Country
Book SynopsisThe latest revised volume in the Pevsner Architectural Guides, covering Birmingham and the towns and settlements of the Black CountryTrade Review“Each revision of the Pevsner architectural guides — with their copious additional details and superb colour photography — opens readers' eyes to what should have been obvious...Seldom has this been more evident than with the latest volume, Birmingham and the Black Country.”—Simon Heffer, The Daily Telegraph“A tirelessly comprehensive book…[This is] a city of rich oddities and pleasingly bewildering contrasts.”—Jonathan Meades, The Oldie "The updated Buildings of England series get better and better, but Andy Foster's Birmingham and the Black Country is especially worthy of celebration...It is fair to say that it is a region that has rarely been the focus of sustained admiration, so much of the contents are revelatory...The book is a triumph."—Otto Saumarez Smith, Friends of Friendless Churches
£54.00
Yale University Press Yorkshire West Riding Sheffield and the South
Book SynopsisTrade Review'...this volume describes one of the great architectural treasure grounds in Britain.' – Marcus Binney, The Sunday Times (30/09/2017)‘The new Pevsner guide is a scholarly and illuminating companion [...] and definitive proof that Yorkshire is a jewel in England’s crown.’ — Simon Heffer, The Telegraph, 14th October 2017 ‘No village too small; no hamlet too obscure.’ / ‘The original Pevsner West Riding included the whole Riding and could just about slip in a jacket pocket. This update – staggeringly well-researched – feels more like the Bible which Pevsner guides represent for their admirers.’— Steve McClarence, Yorkshire Post 14th October 2017"[An] exemplary revision." – Kenneth Powell, The Victorian “In updating the text in the light of current scholarship and illustrating it with historic engravings and a series of fine colour photographs, Ruth Harman is to be congratulated in doing justice to a region with widely varying landscape and building types”— David Roffe, Ecclesiology Today
£54.00
Yale University Press Dorset
Book SynopsisTrade Review“[A] splendid new edition of Pevsner’s architectural guide to Dorset.”—Christopher Howse, Daily TelegraphMichael Hill is “the excellent and thoughtful reviser” – Roger White, Country Life“As usual, YUP have produced a high quality book, which should stand up to the frequent usage to which these volumes are often put, whether it be in the hand or in the backpack [. . .] In summary, this is another excellent volume in this remarkable series. Any reader planning to visit or residing in Dorset will obviously want to have a copy” —Graham Kent, Transactions of the Ancient Monuments“It is almost needless to say that this new edition is an essential requirement for anyone visiting Dorset. As with its companion volumes in the series, the amount of information it contains and the amount of work and research this represents is astonishing. Michael Hill deserves every congratulation.” – Peter Child, Vernacular Architecture“This book is a truly worthy addition to the canon of Dorset architectural literature.”—Patrick Newberry, The Georgian
£54.00
Yale University Press Hampshire South
Book SynopsisTrade Review“It is obvious the book is designed to be actively used and not just referred to and for those who perhaps have a limited knowledge of architectural features and nomenclature. It has a fine glossary describing clearly a great number of architectural terms, ranging through the classical period to everyday, vernacular architecture and enhanced by eight pages devoted to very clearly drawn architectural details which explain most of those details that might otherwise be obscure.” —Jude James, New Milton Advertiser“The physical expansion of the book makes tangible the extraordinary architectural riches of the county as well as the extent to which the new edition enlarges on its predecessor, with the fresh treatment of recent buildings and updated discussion of familiar ones.” —Country Life“This volume is magisterial”— Rosemary Baird Andreae, The Georgian
£54.00
Yale University Press County Durham
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to County Durham, one of Northern England’s most fascinating and architecturally diverse countiesTrade Review“This exhaustive and scholarly book makes discovering this cornucopia a revelation and a delight.”—Simon Heffer, The Telegraph“You should arrive at Escomb church on foot...I grew hungry to see it whilst eagerly sampling the 900-page new volume, County Durham, part of the Pevsner Buildings of England series, revised and amplified by Martin Roberts. It is a strong invitation to a holiday in the county.”—Christopher Howse, The Telegraph“What a lush and plush book it is. Half as large again as the previous edition, which dated back to 1983, it is uncommonly handsome and scholarly.”—Lucinda Lambton, The Oldie“The 70 pages devoted to the Durham Cathedral and Castle precinct would make an excellent guidebook alone...Period images and engravings are reproduced, complementing the new colour photography which captures the range and diversity of the county.”—Greg Finch, Hexham Local History Society Newsletter“Delightful enthusiasm is combined with thorough fieldwork — every building has been visited, many have been measured and important aspects researched, especially craftsmen working for the Church. Roberts is an authority on the county’s parks and gardens as well as its vernacular architecture…A superb achievement.”—Adrian Green, Vernacular Architecture “This new volume of County Durham…is now greatly enhanced. It will remain a treasured and essential work for all those with an interest in the heritage of the county and the architectural history of England more generally and is likely to be so for decades to come.”—Martin Lowe, Journal of Historic Buildings and Places“Martin Roberts, assisted by his son Will, who took most of the superb photographs in the book, has produced a revelatory account, elegantly written and stamped with his knowledge of and affection for one of England's least well-known counties.”—Kenneth Powell, The Victorian
£54.00
Yale University Press Robert Motherwell Drawings
Book SynopsisThis highly anticipated, definitive publication documenting Robert Motherwell’s 1,413 known drawings is an essential resource for artists, scholars, collectors, and aficionadosTrade Review“Rogers’s catalogue raisonné provides a wonderfully rich and in-depth analysis of Motherwell’s drawings that will be an essential point of reference for many years to come.” —Beth Williamson, Burlington magazine
£142.50
Yale University Press Posing Modernity The Black Model from Manet and
Book SynopsisAn ambitious and revelatory investigation of the black female figure in modern art, tracing the legacy of Manet through to contemporary artTrade Review“Two decades ago, few areas of art history seemed as exhausted, if not overstudied as late-19th-century French painting. But new ideas and approaches change everything. Thus we have Posing Modernity — the catalog to the exhibition.”—Roberta Smith, New York Times “[a] lavish exhibition catalogue.”—David Carrier, Hyperallergic“Often overlooked in the history of western Modernism, the black female figure was in fact central to the development of modern art. A new book by Denise Murrell Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet to Matisse to Today (2018) reasserts the importance of these women” —Frieze News Desk“[a] compelling and beautifully made volume”— Michele Valerie Ronnick, caa.reviewsFinalist for the 2019 PROSE awards, art exhibitions categoryWinner of the 2019 Exhibition Catalogue Award, sponsored by the Dedalus FoundationWinner of the Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award for Smaller Museums, Libraries, Collections, and Exhibitions, sponsored by the College Art Association“What distinguishes Posing Modernity is its understanding of reframing beauty as black women perform it specifically for painters and photographers. It is a striking book, a remarkable read.”—Deborah Willis, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
£38.00
Yale University Press Fashion in Steel
Book SynopsisA gloriously illustrated volume that looks at the remarkable armor of a key Habsburg commander and its relationship to contemporary Renaissance fashionTrade Review“Combines both scholarly worthiness with a coffee-table presentation.”—Duncan Evans, The Armourer“Krause has uncovered a great deal of previously unpublished information.”—Sophie Littlewood, Burlington Magazine
£28.50
