Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Books
Valiz Mothering Myths
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£33.25
Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East
Book SynopsisPublished to coincide with the first UK exhibition of these masterworks at The Wallace Collection, Forgotten Masters celebrates the work of a series of extraordinary Indian artists. As the East India Company extended its sway across India in the late eighteenth century, many remarkable artworks were commissioned by Company officials from Indian painters who had previously worked for the Mughals. Each had their own style, tastes and agency, and all of them worked for British patrons between the 1770s and the bloody end of the Mughal rule in 1857. Edited by writer and historian William Dalrymple, these hybrid paintings explore both the beauty of the Indian natural world and the social realities of the time in one hundred masterpieces, often of astonishing brilliance and originality. They shed light on a forgotten moment in Anglo-Indian history during which Indian artists responded to European influences while keeping intact their own artistic visions and styles. These artists represent the last phase of Indian artistic genius before the onset of the twin assaults - photography and the influence of western colonial art schools - ended an unbroken tradition of painting going back two thousand years. As these masterworks show, the greatest of these painters deserve to be remembered as among the most remarkable Indian artists of all time.Trade ReviewThe book accompanying the exhibition is far more than just a catalogue….this [is] the best and most handsome book on the subject currently available. -- Peter Parker * Literary Review *He does a sensitive, subtle job of reframing the argument by focusing attention back on the artists, who fashioned a captivating hybrid style that drew on European and Mughal models. -- Alastair Sooke * The Daily Telegraph *Table of ContentsDirector’s Foreword Xavier Bray Introduction William Dalrymple The Master Artists of Lucknow Painting in Lucknow 1776–1799 Rosie Llewellyn-Jones The Master Artists of the Impey Album The natural history paintings of Shaikh Zain ud-Din, Bhawani Das and Ram Das Andrew Topsfield The Natural World Indian Export Art? The botanical drawings H.J. Noltie The Bengali artist Haludar Malini Roy Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya and Yellapah of Vellore Bespoke: painting to order in 1830s Calcutta and Vellore Lucian Harris The Late Mughal Master Artists of Delhi And Agra Ghulam Ali Khan and the Delhi School of Painting Yuthika Sharma Sita Ram and the Hastings Albums Sita Ram J.P. Losty
£31.50
Yale University Press Detroit Style
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£28.50
Yale University Press The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum
Book SynopsisWritten by one of the world's leading authorities on medieval textiles and illustrated with many lovely colour reproductions, The Unicorn Tapestries traces the origins of the tapestries as well as possible interpretations of their symbolic meaning. This is an essential book for any lover of medieval art and textiles.
£18.04
George Braziller Inc George Inness and the Visionary Landscape
Book SynopsisThis eloquent examination of Innes''s most important paintings illuminates the artist''s philosophical and religious preoccupations. It provides an overview of his life and situates Inness within the contexts of key issues in American history, such as the Hudson River School, Transcendentalism, Swedenborgianism, and the work of William James. It explains for the first time how Inness treated landscape painting as a form of philosophical inquiry that could communicate his holistic belief in the unity of nature and spirit. Bell''s handsomely illustrated, eloquently written, and well-documented text considerably expands previous scholarship. ..[A] first-rate study. Highly recommended. Choice
£999.99
Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide
Book SynopsisFeaturing beautiful color reproductions and enlightening descriptions, this is the definitive guide to one of the largest, and most beloved, collections of art in the world More than a simple souvenir book, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide provides a comprehensive view of art history spanning five millennia and the entire globe, beginning with the ancient world and ending in contemporary times. It includes media as varied as painting, photography, costume, sculpture, decorative arts, musical instruments, arms and armor, works on paper, and many more. Presenting works ranging from the ancient Egyptian Temple of Dendur to Canova’s Perseus with the Head of Medusa to Sargent’s Madame X, this revised edition is an indispensable volume for lovers of art and art history, and for anyone who has ever dreamed of lingering over the most iconic works in the Metropolitan’s unparalleled collection.Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
£18.04
Pie International Co., Ltd. Tokyo Sweet Gwendoline
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£33.75
Glasgow Museums Publishing Introducing European Embroideries
Book SynopsisThis book offers an introduction to the internationally renowned collection of European embroideries in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow. Richly illustrated and written for a general interest adult audience, it features over 60 objects, each shown in full colour, with close-up images of details.The embroideries are highlights from a collection of more than 300 objects, and date from the medieval period to the eighteenth century. The accessible textgives an insight into their designs and themes, the techniques used to make them and the historical contexts in which they were created. The varied selection includes ecclesiastical vestments, secular garments and accessories, furnishings, embroidered panels, samplers, boxes and decorative items, and objects with royal connections.
£11.78
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Magdalena Abakanowicz à Lausanne
Book SynopsisA pioneer of the Nouvelle Tapisserie (New Tapestry) movement, Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930–2017) revolutionised the practice of weaving in the 1960s. She elevated this craft to the status of sculptural expression, using the possibilities of organic fibers such as wool, sisal, and linen as living, malleable materials to realise her artistic vision based on the observation of nature and man. Her spectacular wall-mounted and spatial woven works made her name internationally and marked several editions of the Biennale of Tapestry, held in the Swiss city of Lausanne between 1962 and 1995. This French-language book illuminates the crucial role that Lausanne played at the beginning of Abakanowicz’s international career and in her artistic explorations. Her reflections and creative paths are juxtaposed with places and encounters in Lausanne and the rest of Switzerland: the Bienniale of Tapestry and the Alice Pauli Gallery, local patrons and collectors of art, scholars, and friends. Text in French.
£28.80
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,Germany Formafantasma: Why Wool Matters
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£25.50
Metropolitan Museum of Art Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll
Book SynopsisA brash and dazzling celebration of the instruments that created the sounds of rock and roll from the 1940s to the present dayPlay It Loud celebrates the musical instruments that gave rock and roll its signature sound—from Louis Jordan’s alto saxophone and John Lennon’s Rickenbacker to the drum set owned by Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Lady Gaga’s keytar, and beyond. Seven engrossing essays by veteran music journalists and scholars discuss the technical developments that fostered rock’s seductive riffs and driving rhythms, the thrilling innovations musicians have devised to achieve unique effects, and the visual impact their instruments have had. Abundant photographs depict rock’s most iconic instruments—including Jerry Lee Lewis’s baby grand piano, Chuck Berry’s Gibson ES-350T guitar, Bootsy Collins’s star-shaped bass, Keith Moon’s drum set, and the white Stratocaster Jimi Hendrix played at Woodstock—as works of art in their own right. Produced in collaboration with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, this astounding book goes behind the music to offer a rare and in-depth look at the instruments that inspired the musicians and made possible the songs we know and love.Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (04/08/19–09/15/19)The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland (11/20/19–09/13/20)
£33.25
Cannibal/Hannibal Publishers RembrandtHoogstraten
Book SynopsisPublished to accompany the once-in-a-lifetime Rembrandt exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Rembrandt's powerful art left a lasting impression on his gifted pupil Samuel van Hoogstraten. The fascinating interplay between Rembrandt and Hoogstraten is on display in a unique way you have never seen Rembrandt like this before.This book delves into the depths of colour and illusion, exploring the powerful techniques employed by the master artists Rembrandt and Hoogstraten to create virtual realities on canvas. Through insightful analysis and breathtaking visuals, this in-depth examination reveals the secrets behind the magnificent illusionist effects that have captivated audiences for centuries. Rembrandt-Hoogstraten offers a profound exploration of the transformative power of colour and technique in the hands of two of history''s greatest painters.Image The Royal Caste, Warsaw photo Andrzej Ring, Lech Sandzewicz
£41.25
Getty Trust Publications Images in the Margins
Book SynopsisImages in the Margins is the third in the popular Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books drawing on manuscript illumination in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library. Each volume focuses on a particular theme and provides an accessible, delightful introduction to the imagination of the medieval world.Trade Review"A truly unique and sublime visual study into medieval artistry - awe-inspiring in its detail and imagination." Harry Bliss, cover artist for the New Yorker; "One of a series of well-produced books that showcases the riches of the Getty's collections." Reference and Research Book News; "The reproductions are intricate and lovely puzzles for the grown-up eyeball/mind, so beauteously high-coloured and attractive that it is hard to stop looking." Lincoln County News (Damariscotta, Maine); "Strikes the perfect tone, focusing in each instance on the role of marginalia within its manuscript." Comitatus, A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
£17.09
Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Sylvie Fleury: Exhibition History 1991-2023: Cat.
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£37.40
De Gruyter Matisse, Derain, and their Friends: The Parisian
Book SynopsisAt the beginning of the 20th century, a group of artists around Henri Matisse and André Derain were carrying out revolutionary colour experiments. The art critic Louis Vauxcelles gave them their name in 1905: the "Fauves". Translated into English, this means something like "beasts" or "wild animals". This catalogue is being published for the first survey exhibition on the Fauves staged in Switzerland for decades. It presents the expressive painting style and unusual colour combinations employed by Matisse, Derain and their companions in the years 1904 to 1908, situating them in the aesthetic and socio-political debates of that time. The male connotation of the term Fauves already suggests the exclusion of women artists on a conceptual level. The exhibition and catalogue challenge this traditional view and draw attention to female protagonists on the Paris art scene. Richly illustrated and supplemented by new art-historical research contributions, the publication offers an insight into the diversity of the colourful painting by the "beasts". Fauvism – the first avantgarde movement of the 20th century Brilliant colour experiments in a break with academic conventions Exhibition: Kunstmuseum Basel, New building, September 2, 2023 to January 2, 2024 Look inside https://issuu.com/deutscher_kunstverlag/docs/look_inside_matisse_derain_and_friends
£45.45
Skira Beyond the Door of No Return: Confronting Hidden
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£21.25
Tuttle Publishing Eyes of the Ancestors
Book SynopsisLavish photography and groundbreaking texts unlock the magic of the island cultures of Indonesia, Malaysia, and East Timor through examples of textiles, sculpture, and metalwork from this prestigious collection.
£15.29
Silvana Seeing Is Believing
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£34.20
Metropolitan Museum of Art Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at
Book SynopsisThe first publication to examine the pioneering designer and prolific collector who led Tiffany & Co. to creative and commercial success A silversmith, designer, and prodigious collector, Edward C. Moore (1827–1891) was the creative leader who brought Tiffany & Co. toun paralleled originality and success during the late nineteenth century. This informative, richly illustrated volume—the first study of Moore’s life and influence—presents more than 175 examples from his vast collection, ranging from Greek and Roman glass to Spanish vases, Islamic metalwork, and Japanese textiles. These are juxtaposed with sixty-nine magnificent silver objects created by the designers and artisans at Tiffany who were inspired by Moore’s acquisitions. The illuminating texts have been enriched by groundbreaking research into newspapers, periodicals, the Tiffany & Co. Archives, a newly identified technical manual, and supervisor’s diaries, all of which provide an intimate look at the firm’s design processes and Moore’s role in shaping them. A valuable contribution to the history of American decorative arts, Collecting Inspiration illuminates the legendary Tiffany aesthetic and the legacy of a significant collector, designer, and entrepreneur of the Gilded Age.Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:
£45.00
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. New York
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£11.68
Hirmer Now Painting in Germany Today
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£999.99
National Gallery Company Ltd Bartolomé Bermejo: Master of the Spanish
Book SynopsisPainted in 1468, Saint Michael Triumphant over the Devil is the first documented work by Bartolomé Bermejo (c. 1440–c. 1501), a 15th-century Spanish artist by whom only about 20 paintings are known. Acquired by the National Gallery in 1995, the painting depicts the Archangel Michael defeating Satan, in the form of a hybrid monster, with Antoni Joan, feudal lord of Tous, kneeling nearby. The work is remarkable for its mastery of the oil-painting technique, influenced by Netherlandish painting and unrivaled by Bermejo’s contemporaries in Spain. Following the painting’s detailed technical examination and restoration, the authors provide a fascinating account of this rare work, accompanied by high quality new photography and placing the painting in the broader context of Bermejo’s career in 15th-century Aragon.Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:National Gallery, London (06/12/19–09/29/19)
£999.99
Cannibal/Hannibal Publishers Margaret Duchess of Parma
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£40.00
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Botanical Art from India: The Royal Botanic
Book SynopsisThe links between the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and India go back for two and a half centuries. Surgeons who had studied botany at the Garden laid the foundations of western knowledge of the Indian flora. Supplementing their written plant descriptions with botanical drawings, commissioned from Indian artists, they established collections which survive today at Edinburgh, the Natural History Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This book tells the story of these collections, reproducing a selection of 86 exquisite, original drawings – including examples made in all three of the Presidencies (administrative units) of British India (Bombay, Bengal and Madras), between 1770 and 1860.
£27.00
Yale University Press Millet and Modern Art
Book SynopsisAn insightful overview of how Millet influenced and inspired many modernist artists that followed him
£30.88
University of Texas Press Dancing with Life
Book SynopsisThis visually stunning book reframes how Mexican folk masks and dances are depicted, by centering the voices of local and Indigenous artists, dancers, and scholars.
£33.25
Cannibal/Hannibal Publishers Mirror Mirror: Fashion & the Psyche
Book SynopsisA unique take on fashion in 2022. In Mirror Mirror – Fashion & the Psyche, MoMu – Fashion Museum Antwerp and Dr. Guislain Museum examine how fashion, psychology, self-image and identity are connected. The personal experience of the body is the main theme of this unexpected dialogue between visual art and avant-garde fashion. Featuring work by Ed Atkins, Walter Van Beirendonck, Noir Kei Ninomiya, Genieve Figgis, Genesis Belanger, Hussein Chalayan, Comme des Garçons, Joseph Schneller, Ezekiel Messou, Giovanni Battista Podestà, Helga Goetze and Yumiko Kawai, among others. Publication accompanies the exhibition Mirror Mirror – Fashion & the Psyche at MoMu – Fashion Museum Antwerp and Dr. Guislain Museum, Ghent from 8 October 2022 to 26 February 2023. With textual contributions by curators Yoon Hee Lamot and Elisa De Wyngaert, Mara Johanna Kölmel, Lucy Moyse Ferreira, Monika Ankele and Renate Stauss, who also wrote a text contribution.
£40.00
Editions Skira Paris Omar Ba
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£28.05
Yale University Press Vida Americana Mexican Muralists Remake American
Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at the transformative influence of Mexican artists on their U.S. counterparts during a period of social change The first half of the 20th century saw prolific cultural exchange between the United States and Mexico, as artists and intellectuals traversed the countries' shared border in both directions. For U.S. artists, Mexico's monumental public murals portraying social and political subject matter offered an alternative aesthetic at a time when artists were seeking to connect with a public deeply affected by the Great Depression. The Mexican influence grew as the artists José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros traveled to the United States to exhibit, sell their work, and make large-scale murals, working side-by-side with local artists, who often served as their assistants, and teaching them the fresco technique. Vida Americana examines the impact of their work on more than70 artists, including Marion Greenwood, Philip Guston, Isamu Noguchi, JacTrade Review“If you aren’t in New York to see the show, the beautifully illustrated catalog, published by Yale University Press, offers great consolation.”—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times
£49.50
Getty Trust Publications Illuminated Manuscripts from Belgium and the
Book SynopsisThis is a lavishly illustrated survey of the J. Paul Getty's collection of illuminated manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands. During the Middle Ages, the region now occupied by Belgium and Netherlands flourished economically and artistically. While widely known as the era of Jan van Eyck - the master oil painter - the 15th and 16th centuries also witnessed the greatest flowering of the art of illumination anywhere in Europe. The region's colourful, naturalistically painted books were eagerly sought after across the continent. "Illuminated Manuscripts of Belgium & the Netherlands" is a magnificently illustrated volume that includes works by the finest and most original artists for the most discerning patrons - "The Prayer Book of Charles the Bold", illuminated by Lievin van Lathem for the Duke of Burgundy, 1469; "The Visions of Tondal" by Simon Marmion for Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, 1475; "The Spinola Hours", 1510-20, considered to be one of the most important Flemish manuscripts of the 16th century; and "The Brandenburg Prayer Book", illuminated by Simon Bening for Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, 1525-30.
£16.14
Yale University Press Bouguereau and America
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£38.00
Getty Trust Publications More than One Picture: An Art History of the
Book SynopsisIn exhibitions, illustrated art books, and classrooms, artworks or their photographic reproductions are arranged as calculated ensembles that have their own importance. In this volume, Felix Thurlemann develops a theory of this type of image use, arguing that with each new gathering of images, an art object is reinterpreted. These hyperimages have played a major role in the history of art since the seventeenth century, and the main actors of the art world are all hyperimage creators. In part because the hyperimage is not permanently available, this interplay of images has been largely unexplored. Through case studies organized within three groups of producers-collectors and curators, art historians, and artists-Thurlemann proposes a theory of the hyperimage, explores the semiotic nature of this plural image use, and discusses the arrangement and interpretation of such pictures in order to illuminate the phenomenon of Western image culture from the beginning of the seventeenth century until today. His analysis of the ways in which images are assembled and associated provides a crucial context for the explosive present-day deployment of images on digital devices.
£45.60
Wisconsin Historical Society Press Thinking Like a Historian Rethinking History
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£999.99
National Gallery Singapore Latiff Mohidin: Pago Pago (1960−1969)
Book SynopsisSeen as a step toward addressing this gap, this catalogue seeks to position Mohidin within Berlin art circles of the 1960s, and unravel what could be contingently described as painting from within the tradition. The catalogue also explores the formative role of Mohidin’s Pago Pago series not only in his oeuvre, but also in our very ability to write about Southeast Asian history.
£29.75
Metropolitan Museum of Art Jewelry: The Body Transformed
Book SynopsisA cross-cultural examination of jewelry spanning 5,000 years that investigates not only the objects themselves but also the bodies they decorated As an art form, jewelry is defined primarily through its connection to and interaction with the body—extending it, amplifying it, accentuating it, distorting it, concealing it, or transforming it. But how is the meaning of jewelry bound to the body that wears it? Establishing six different modes of ornamenting the body—Deconstructed, Divine, Regal, Idealized, Alluring, and Resplendent—this artfully designed book illustrates how these various definitions of the body give meaning to the jewelry that adorns it. More than 200 examples of exceptional jewelry and ornaments, created across the globe from antiquity to the present, are shown alongside paintings and sculptures of bejeweled bodies to demonstrate the social, political, and aesthetic role of jewelry. From earflares of warrior heroes in Pre-Columbian Peru to designs by Yves Saint-Laurent, these precious and most intimate works of art provide insight not only about the wearer but also into the designers, artisans, and cultures that produced them.Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (11/12/18–02/24/19)
£999.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Scandinavian Glass 19302000 Smoke Ice
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£46.74
Yale University Press Florine Stettheimer
Book SynopsisA new look at the art of one of the most charming and idiosyncratic personalities of early 20th-century New York
£35.62
Getty Trust Publications Woven Gold - Tapestries of Louis XIV
Book SynopsisMeticulously woven by hand with wool, silk, and gilt-metal thread, the tapestry collection of the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, represents the highest achievements of the art form. Intended to enhance the king's reputation by visualizing his manifest glory and to promote the kingdom's nascent mercantile economy, the royal collection of tapestries included antique and contemporary sets that followed the designs of the greatest artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, including Raphael, Giulio Romano, Rubens, Vouet, and Le Brun. Ranging in date from about 1540 to 1715 and coming from weaving workshops across northern Europe, these remarkable works portray scenes from the bible, history, and mythology. As treasured textiles, the works were traditionally displayed in the royal palaces when the court was in residence and in public on special occasions and feast days. They are still little known, even in France, as they are mostly reserved for the decoration of elite state residences and ministerial offices. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition of fourteen marvelous examples of the former royal collection that will be displayed exclusively at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center from December 15, 2015, to May 1, 2016. Lavishly illustrated, the volume presents for the first time in English the latest scholarship of the foremost authorities working in the field.Trade Review"Clear, distinct, and lucid in the extreme, Woven Gold is positively Cartesian. . . . The reproductions of the exhibited tapestries, their accompanying images and superb selection of details--even the woven gold cloth of the hard cover, makes for a beautiful book, as well as a great Franco-American collaborative achievement."--Burlington Magazine "Lavishly illustrated, the volume presents for the first time in English the latest scholarship of the foremost authorities working in the field."--Apollo Magazine
£42.75
Art Gallery of New South Wales Hoda Afshar
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£32.00
Yale University Press Vija Celmins
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£54.62
Yale University Press Jacob A. Riis Revealing New Yorks Other Half
Book SynopsisThe definitive study of the images made by a pioneer journalist and photographer who passionately advocated for America's urban poorTrade Review"Jacob Riis’s late-19th-century admonition that the battle against the slum began only when conscience joined forces with fear and self-interest still resonates with modern readers in a gripping anthology of his original photographs."—Sam Roberts, The New York Times, Bookshelf section
£40.38
Fontanka A Cabinet of Wonders
Book SynopsisDr Thierry Morel is an art historian and curator of the exhibition A Cabinet of Wonders at the Palazzo Grimani. George Loudon is a collector and patron who has amassed a renowned and unique collection of objects relating to the study and teaching of life sciences. His collection is inspired by the scientific breakthroughs made from the Enlightenment to the 19th and early 20th centuries. Dr Rainald Franz is curator of the glass and ceramics collection at MAK, the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts. Dr Marianna Bressan is director of the Palazzo Grimani, Venice. Dr Valeria Finocchi is curator at the Palazzo Grimani, Venice. Dr Agnese Chiari is independent curator at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice. Dr Paola Bressan is curator at the Ca' d'Oro, Venice. Dr Federica Giacobello is an independent scholar specialising in ancient ceramics and bronzes.
£36.00
Yale University Press John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonne Volume 2
Book SynopsisThe second in a projected four-volume series of the complete catalogue of works by John Baldessari
£144.00
Yale University Press Made in the U.S.A.
Book SynopsisA comprehensive survey of The Phillips Collection's spectacular holdings in American artTrade Review“A revealing lens on the history of American art.”—Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *
£999.99
Yale University Press For Kith and Kin Folk Art at the Art Insitute of
Book SynopsisThe Art Institute of Chicago is home to one of the world's finest - and largest - collections of American folk art. Including reproductions and detailed entries for each of the sixty-one objects it features, this book highlights an array of masterworks such as "primitive" New England portraits, a face jug from South Carolina, and ship figureheads.
£19.00
Yale University Press City of Gold The Archaeology of Polis
Book SynopsisThe modern Cyprian town of Polis Chrysochous - 'City of Gold' - lies above the city of Arsinoe and the earlier city - kingdom of Marion. Combining archaeological investigation and historical analysis, this book relates the discoveries establishing that these cities had close ties with Greece and with regions from Egypt to Anatolia.Trade ReviewBest Book of the Year, 2012—Philadelphia Inquirer * Philadelphia Inquirer *
£36.00
Yale University Press Cubism
Book SynopsisAn innovative new history of Cubism told through some of the most significant artworks ever produced, drawn from a distinguished private collectionTrade Review"Lavishly illustrated, this groundbreaking new history of Cubism is told through important works by Braque, Gris, Leger and Picasso from the Leonard A. Lauder collection."—Apollo MagazineBoth Emily Braun and Rebecca Rabinow received First Place Awards for the 2014 Awards of Excellence for Catalogue Publication, sponsored by the Association of Art Museum CuratorsWinner of the 2015 Henry Allen Moe Prize given annually by the New York State Historical Association
£42.75
Yale University Press Mona Hatoum
Book SynopsisA fresh and engaging look at the groundbreaking work of contemporary artist Mona Hatoum The work of London-based artist Mona Hatoum (b. 1952) addresses the growing unease of an ever-expanding world that is as technologically networked as it is fractured by war and exile. Best known for sculptures that transform domestic objects such as kitchen utensils or cribs into things strange and threatening, Hatoum conducts multilayered investigations of the body, politics, and gender that express a powerful and pervasive sense of precariousness. Her works are never simple and often elicit conflicting emotions, such as fascination and fear, desire and revulsion. This copiously illustrated presentation of Hatoum's oeuvre offers critical and art historical essays by Michelle White and Anna C. Chave and imaginative texts by Rebecca Solnit and Adania Shibli, which contextualize the artist's work and its relationship to Surrealism, Minimalism, feminism, and politics. With extensive discussions on a s
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