Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Books
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago Let me consider it from here
Book SynopsisPublished on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition, Let me consider it from here features color reproductions of artworks by Saul Fletcher, Brook Hsu, and Tetsumi Kudo and transcriptions of the audio works of Constance DeJong, alongside newly commissioned poems by Geoffrey G. O'Brien, Simone White, and Lynn Xu, and an epilogue by Solveig Øvstebø. These artists frequently draw from their own histories, humors, and instincts as they grapple with or reimagine what's happening in the world around them. Across a range of mediums, their works open up spaces that oscillate between strange and familiar, registering deeply personal experiences as well as more ambient cultural and political pressures. Their practices are all similarly anchored in solitude and stretch outward to meet the world, guiding us to the liminal realms between the public and the intimate, the concrete and the fantastical.
£19.00
Sam Fogg Art of the Middle Ages
Book SynopsisRanging from paintings and sculpture to stained glass, manuscripts and caskets, many of the objects presented here are of absolute rarity, some are previously unpublished and - until recently - unknown.
£19.00
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library Five Centuries of Books and Manuscripts in Modern
Book SynopsisThis work explores the emergence of modern Greek language, thought, and sensibility reflected in Harvard’s collection of Greek books and manuscripts, ranging from 15th century liturgical manuals to Renaissance translations into modern Greek of Homer and other classical authors to the works and papers of 20th-century Greek literary figures.
£16.10
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Cuba Avantgarde Contemporary Cuban Art from the
Book SynopsisPresents examples of contemporary Cuban art drawn from the distinguished collection of Howard and Patty Farber (New York and Miami Beach). Created primarily during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, these works represent the combination of utopian impulses and dystopian realities, the ruptures and new beginnings that have characterized Cuban art.
£23.96
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Africa Interweave Textile Disaporas
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£23.96
DePaul University Art Museum Matt Siber Idol Structures Matt Siber
Book SynopsisIdol Structures accompanies an exhibition at the DePaul Art Museum of recent photographs and sculptures by Chicago-based artist Matt Siber, whose work explores the systems of corporate and mass-media communication that permeate the urban landscape. Instead of focusing on the information itself, Siber emphasizes the physical infrastructure of these systems. Photographs of the narrow edges of signs, sculptures of billboard ads hanging so loosely that their text is obscured in the folds, and other unique treatments of promotional materials distort and subvert the intended messages. The artist's deconstruction of such commercial efforts reveals an element of communication meant to remain invisible and subservient to image, text, and graphics. By highlighting the everyday objects used to persuade and influence, Siber's art undermines these communication systems' ability to do precisely what they were intended to do.
£21.38
American Museum of Western Art Painters and the American West Volume 2
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£58.65
Buffalo Bill Center of the West Drawn to Yellowstone Artists in Americas First
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£19.90
Duke University Press Circles and Circuits
Book SynopsisThis catalog—which examines Chinese Caribbean art in Cuba, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Panama—accompanies the exhibition, Circles and Circuits: Chinese Caribbean Art, presented in two parts: History and Art of the Chinese Caribbean Diaspora at the California African American Museum and Contemporary Chinese Caribbean Art at the Chinese American Museum.Trade Review"The historical, geographical, and biographical information in this book rivals the art in terms of interest and variety." -- Don J. Cohn * ArtAsiaPacific *"A genuine contribution to the growing literature on modern and contemporary Caribbean art. . . . A fundamental publication for anyone interested in the artistic production of the modern and contemporary Caribbean." -- Deborah Cullen-Morales * American Quarterly *Table of ContentsPreface. California African American Museum / Mar Hollingsworth 6 Preface. Chinese American Museum / Steven Y. Wong 7 Introduction. Coolies, Shopkeepers, and Artists: A Historical Overview of Chinese Immigrants and Their Descendants in the Caribbean / Evelyn Hu-DeHart 9 Circles and Circuits: Chinese Caribbean Art / Alexandra Chang 14 Artists in the Exhibition 58 A Historical Context for Chinese Migration / Walton Look Lai 150 Intersecting Trajectories: Chinese and Indian Artists in Trinidad in the Early Twentieth Century / Patricia Mohammed 158 Past - Present: Conversations with Maria Lau and Katarina Wong / Julia P. Herzberg 178 Caribbean Art and Chinese Imaginaries / Sean Metzger 196 Diasporic Affect: Circulating Art, Producing Rationality / Lok Siu 214 Works in the Exhibition 222 Acknowledgements 228
£31.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to British Art
Book SynopsisThis companion is a collection of newly-commissioned essays written by leading scholars in the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to British art history. A generously-illustrated collection of newly-commissioned essays which provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of British art Combines original research with a survey of existing scholarship and the state of the field Touches on the whole of the history of British art, from 800-2000, with increasing attention paid to the periods after 1500 Provides the first comprehensive introduction to British art of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, one of the most lively and innovative areas of art-historical study Presents in depth the major preoccupations that have emerged from recent scholarship, including aesthetics, gender, British art's relationship to Modernity, nationhood and nationality, and the institutions of the British art world Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements xiii Notes on Contributors xiv Part 1 Editors’ Introduction 1 Part 2 General 11 1 The “Englishness” of English Art Theory 13Mark A. Cheetham 2 Modernity and the British 38Andrew Ballantyne 3 English Art and Principled Aesthetics 60Janet Wolff Part 3 Institutions 77 4 “Those Wilder Sorts of Painting”: the Painted Interior in the Age of Antonio Verrio 79Richard Johns 5 Nineteenth-Century Art Institutions and Academies 105Colin Trodd 6 Crossing the Boundary: British Art across Victorianism and Modernism 131David Peters Corbett 7 British Pop Art and the High/Low Divide 156Simon Faulkner 8 When Attitudes Became Formless: Art and Antagonism in the 1960s 180Jo Applin Part 4 Nationhood 199 9 Art and Nation in Eighteenth-Century Britain 201Cynthia Roman 10 International Exhibitions: Linking Culture, Commerce, and Nation 220Julie F. Codell 11 Itinerant Surrealism: British Surrealism either side of the Second World War 241Ben Highmore 12 55° North 3° West: a Panorama from Scotland 265Tom Normand 13 Retrieving, Remapping, and Rewriting Histories of British Art: Lubaina Humid’s “Revenge” 289Dorothy Rowe Part 5 Landscape 315 14 Defining, Shaping, and Picturing Landscape in the Nineteenth Century 317Anne Helmreich 15 Theories of the Picturesque 351Michael Charlesworth 16 Landscape into Art: Painting and Place-Making in England, c.1760–1830 373Tom Williamson 17 Landscape Painting, c.1770–1840 397Sam Smiles 18 Landscape and National Identity: the Phoenix Park Dublin 422Dana Arnold Part 6 Men and Women 449 19 The Elizabethan Miniature 451Dympna Callaghan 20 “The Crown and Glory of a Woman”: Female Chastity in Eighteenth-Century British Art 473Kate Retford 21 Serial Portraiture and the Death of Man in Late-Eighteenth-Century Britain 502Whitney Davis 22 Virtue, Vice, Gossip, and Sex: Narratives of Gender in Victorian and Edwardian Painting 532Pamela M. Fletcher Index 552
£34.15
Johns Hopkins University Press Who Owns Americas Past
Book SynopsisCombining information from hitherto-untapped archival sources, extensive interviews, a thorough review of the secondary literature, and considerable personal experience, Post gives the reader a behind-the-scenes view of disputes among curators, academics, and stakeholders that were sometimes private and at other times burst into headline news.Trade ReviewPost's thoughtful elucidation of the exhibits and the ensuing controversies demonstrate the complexities of the environment in the national museum in the twentieth century. Further, this work documents the shifting priorities of the Smithsonian, revealing the many different actors that took part in the creation of both well-known exhibits and many smaller ones. The book also provides many interesting and important examples of the interconnections between historians of technology and the Smithsonian. This excellent work will be valuable to public historians as well as laypersons. Choice A pick for any collection strong in museum management and history. The result goes beyond a recommendation for arts holdings, examining how American history itself is documented and presented. Midwest Book Review A detailed insider's look at growth and change across the institution. The book offers a rich and readable intellectual biography of the Smithsonian. Journal of American History The Smithsonian finally gets its Washington insider-tells-all memoir. Who Owns America's Past? documents the value of the Smithsonian's distinctive culture-and also the way it has kept the institution from being all that it might be. The American Historian Weaves original primary source research, scholarly synthesis, and personal experiences into a highly readable study of the cultural history of America's most popular museum institution. -- Nick Sacco Museums and Social Issues Here is an eyewitness account of many of the personalities, controversies, artifacts, and interpretations that most of us know in their final, burnished form, upon the walls of the world's greatest history museum. Who Owns America's Past? is a needed book. American Historical Review This is an important book that examines the inner workings of the Smithsonian in ways that are both interesting and useful. There are no easy answers to the questions Post raises with this insightful text. Technology and Culture For readers curious about the upper stories and basement spaces beyond the exhibits, it provides access to decision makers and the collections they oversaw because the author regularly walked those spaces and conversed with their denizens... This book did not promise comprehensiveness or even an answer to the general question of 'who' or even 'what' defines history, but Post's account does provide a reminder that it is important to seek out the answer to that question in specific places because-particularly at one of the nation's most visible and influential institutions-it matters. -- Sally Kohlstedt Isis This is a most readable account written by an insider of a fascinating institution. The International Commitee for the Conservation of the Industrial HeritageTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. A Chain of Events Linking Past to Present2. Modernization3. A Worthy Home for National Treasures4. Allies and Critics5. To Join in a Smithsonian Renaissance6. A Special Kind of Insight7. The Winged Gospel8. Celebration or Education?9. A Crisis of Representation10. Small's World11. Timely and Relevant Themes and Methods of PresentationEPILOGUE What Is the Story?NotesIndex
£25.20
Johns Hopkins University Press Evergreen
Book SynopsisThis volume will appeal to art collectors and lovers of historic houses, museums, and libraries, as well as readers fascinated by the intersection of art and architecture, literature and history, and the history of ideas and collecting.Trade ReviewThis book takes us inside the home of the Garrett family, which is now a museum and library... Its sumptuous pages give us a glimpse of Evergreen's splendid architectural detail and the family's impressive 20th-century art collection, including the likes of degas and Picasso. Baltimore MagazineTable of ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsChapter 1. Evergreen: A HistoryChapter 2. The Garrett Collection of Chinese and Japanese ArtChapter 3. The Decorative Arts Collection: A Cross-SectionChapter 4. Contemporary and Cosmopolitan: The Evergreen Collection of Twentieth-CenturyArtChapter 5. "A Memorial to My Family": The John Work Garrett Library of Rare Books and ManuscriptsAfterwordAbbreviationsNotesIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Who Owns Americas Past
Book SynopsisCombining information from hitherto-untapped archival sources, extensive interviews, a thorough review of the secondary literature, and considerable personal experience, Post gives the reader a behind-the-scenes view of disputes among curators, academics, and stakeholders that were sometimes private and at other times burst into headline news.Trade ReviewPost's thoughtful elucidation of the exhibits and the ensuing controversies demonstrate the complexities of the environment in the national museum in the twentieth century. Further, this work documents the shifting priorities of the Smithsonian, revealing the many different actors that took part in the creation of both well-known exhibits and many smaller ones. The book also provides many interesting and important examples of the interconnections between historians of technology and the Smithsonian. This excellent work will be valuable to public historians as well as laypersons. Choice A pick for any collection strong in museum management and history. The result goes beyond a recommendation for arts holdings, examining how American history itself is documented and presented. Midwest Book Review A detailed insider's look at growth and change across the institution. The book offers a rich and readable intellectual biography of the Smithsonian. Journal of American History The Smithsonian finally gets its Washington insider-tells-all memoir. Who Owns America's Past? documents the value of the Smithsonian's distinctive culture-and also the way it has kept the institution from being all that it might be. The American Historian Weaves original primary source research, scholarly synthesis, and personal experiences into a highly readable study of the cultural history of America's most popular museum institution. -- Nick Sacco Museums and Social Issues Here is an eyewitness account of many of the personalities, controversies, artifacts, and interpretations that most of us know in their final, burnished form, upon the walls of the world's greatest history museum. Who Owns America's Past? is a needed book. American Historical Review This is an important book that examines the inner workings of the Smithsonian in ways that are both interesting and useful. There are no easy answers to the questions Post raises with this insightful text. Technology and Culture For readers curious about the upper stories and basement spaces beyond the exhibits, it provides access to decision makers and the collections they oversaw because the author regularly walked those spaces and conversed with their denizens... This book did not promise comprehensiveness or even an answer to the general question of 'who' or even 'what' defines history, but Post's account does provide a reminder that it is important to seek out the answer to that question in specific places because-particularly at one of the nation's most visible and influential institutions-it matters. -- Sally Kohlstedt Isis This is a most readable account written by an insider of a fascinating institution. The International Commitee for the Conservation of the Industrial HeritageTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. A Chain of Events Linking Past to Present2. Modernization3. A Worthy Home for National Treasures4. Allies and Critics5. To Join in a Smithsonian Renaissance6. A Special Kind of Insight7. The Winged Gospel8. Celebration or Education?9. A Crisis of Representation10. Small's World11. Timely and Relevant Themes and Methods of PresentationEPILOGUE What Is the Story?NotesIndex
£20.25
Johns Hopkins University Press A Paris Life A Baltimore Treasure
Book SynopsisThe gripping biography of a man and his passion for art. In 1857, George A. Lucas, a young Baltimorean who was fluent in French and enamored of French art, arrived in Paris. There, he established an extensive personal network of celebrated artists and art dealers, becoming the quintessential French connection for American collectors. The most remarkable thing about Lucas was not the art that he acquired for his clients (who included William and Henry Walters, the founders of the Walters Art Museum, and John Taylor Johnston, the founding president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art) but the massive collection of 18,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and etchings, as well as 1,500 books, journals, and other sources about French artists, that he acquired for himself. Paintings by Cabanel, Corot, and Daubigny, prints by Whistler, Manet, and Cassatt, and portfolios of information about hundreds of French artists filled his apartment and spilled into the adjacent flat of his mistress. BTrade ReviewWith rich period detail and a genuine warmth towards its subject, it is eminently readable. Written for scholars and a general audience alike A Paris Life, a Baltimore Treasure amplifies Lucas's vital role in linking collectors in the United States and French artists during the highpoint of American buying power, from the Civil War until the mid 1880s, a story that, to date, has only been told in temporary exhibitions of Lucas's collection.—Nineteenth-Century Art WorldwideMazaroff details three decades of uncertainty over the ownership and importance of Lucas's gift. This story is greatly enhanced by the fact that most of the actors in the legal drama, which played out from the 1960s to the 1990s, gave interviews to the author; this oral history is the kind of vital inside information that scholars in future decades will relish. The book raises questions about art and money, personal enthusiasms and institutional priorities, and the grey areas in between, which make the process of shepherding gifts of art so political and complex.—Jo Briggs, The Art NewspaperTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrologue1. The Cultivation of Lucas2. The Wandering Road to Paris3. Lucas and Paris in a Time of Transition4. Lucas and Whistler5. The Links to Lucas6. From Ecouen to Barbizon7. M, Eugene, and Maud8. When Money Is No Object9. The Lucas Collection10. The Final Years11. The Terms of Lucas's Will12. A Collection in Search of a Home13. The Shot across the Bow14. The Glorification of Lucas15. In Judge Kaplan's Court16. Lucas SavedPostscriptAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex
£49.95
The University of North Carolina Press Art of the State Celebrating the Visual Art of
Book SynopsisIllustrates the vitality and importance of North Carolina’s contemporary art scene, showcasing the creation, collection, and celebration of art in all its richness and diversity. Featuring profiles of individual artists, interviews, and colour photography, this book tells the story of the state’s evolution through the lens of its art world.
£48.00
University of Texas Press Strange Pilgrims
Book SynopsisStrange Pilgrims is the catalogue accompanying an exhibition at The Contemporary Austin that features fourteen artists whose experiential practices lead viewers on an open-ended journey through strange and unfamiliar spaces.Table of Contents Foreword by Louis Grachos Acknowledgments Lenders to the Exhibition Exhibition and Catalogue Sponsors Strange Pilgrims (Heather Pesanti) Operating in the Shadows: History’s Pilgrims (Ann Reynolds) Lawrence Weschler and Alva Noë in Conversation Artist’s Texts by Tatiana Reinoza and Robin Williams Environment & Place Millie Chen Andy Coolquitt Roger Hiorns Nancy Holt Angelbert Metoyer Bruce Nauman Artist’s Voice: Roger Hiorns Technology & Information Charles Atlas Trisha Baga Phil Collins Paul Sharits Artist’s Voice: Trisha Baga and Jessie Stead Performance & Process Charles Atlas Ayşe Erkmen Lakes Were Rivers Yoko Ono Sofía Táboas Artist’s Voice: Lakes Were Rivers Notes and Bibliography Credits Index
£48.60
University of Texas Press Andy Summers
Book SynopsisAndy Summers, guitarist of the rock band The Police, presents the visual equivalent to his musical work in this career-spanning collection of photographs, accompanied by essays from Summers and prominent French photographer and critic Gilles Mora.Trade ReviewThe frames [Summers] composes and chooses for the book are epic scenes of life that are at once mundane and magnificent. They are a way of looking and seeing the world that are rich and resonant with a sensitivity to the moment: a sense of being fully present and discovering that which is hiding in plain sight — the eternal, ethereal mystery of the this thing we call life. * Feature Shoot *
£28.80
University of Texas Press Charles White
Book SynopsisAn exhibition catalog featuring the artwork of Charles White, an influential and beloved artist, educator, and activist.Table of Contents Foreword Greg Fenves Part I: Short Essays Sidewalk of New York (ca. 1938–1942), by John P. Murphy Can a Negro Study Law in Texas? (1946), by Rudolph H. Green We Have Been Believers (1949), by Carter E. Foster General Moses and Sojourner (Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth) (1954), by Phillip A. Townsend I’ve Been ’Buked and I’ve Been Scorned (1956), by Edmund T. Gordon Awaken from the Unknowing (1961), by Edmund W. Gordon Young Woman (1964), by John P. Murphy Harvest (1964), by Esther Adler Head (1967), by Phillip A. Townsend Elijah (1969), by John P. Murphy Wanted Poster Series #6 (1969), by Phillip A. Townsend Wanted Poster Series #10 (1970), by Veronica Roberts Homage to Sterling Brown (1972), by Cherise Smith Harriet (1972), by Ashley James Vision (1973), by John P. Murphy Prophet II (1975), by Esther Adler I Have a Dream (1976), by Jared Quinton Love Letter III (1977), by Jared Quinton Sound of Silence II (1978), by Veronica Roberts At the Table (1978), by John P. Murphy Study of Heads (1979), by Phillip A. Townsend Part II: Interview with Dr. Edmund W. Gordon and Edmund T. Gordon Excerpts from an Interview with Drs. Edmund W. Gordon and Edmund T. “Ted” Gordon Conducted and Edited by Cherise Smith; Transcribed by Lynne Maphies Part III: Sphere of Influence Compiled, with Biographical Introductions, by Veronica Roberts Benny Andrews (1930–2006) Romare Bearden (1911–1988) Harry Belafonte (b. 1927) John Biggers (1924–2001) Margaret Burroughs (1915–2010) Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) Michael Ray Charles (b. 1967) Eldzier Cortor (1916–2015) Ernest Crichlow (1914–2005) W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) Philip Evergood (1901–1973) Edmund W. Gordon (b. 1921) David Hammons (b. 1943) Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965) Langston Hughes (1902–1967) Rockwell Kent (1882–1971) Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) Norman Lewis (1909–1979) Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955) Alice Neel (1900–1984) Gordon Parks (1912–2006) Sidney Poitier (b. 1927) Paul Robeson (1898–1976) May Stevens (b. 1924) Kent Twitchell (b. 1942) Vincent Valdez (b. 1977) Hale Woodruff (1900–1980) Acknowledgments Glossary of Printmaking Terms Contributors Photo Credits
£22.79
University of Texas Press Imagined Realism
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive publication featuring the art and lives of brothers Scott and Stuart Gentling, two visionary Texas artists whose lifelong creative output captured an amazing array of subjects.
£45.00
New York University Press Make Art Not War
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRalph Youngs Dissent: The History of an American Idea, published by New York University Press in 2015, invoked the daring spirit and moral resolve of the late Howard Zinn. Make Art, Not War is the essential visual companion to this instant classic. Drawing from thousands of compelling and provocative posters housed in the famed Tamiment Poster and Broadside Collection, Young presents a centurys worth of fierce dissent and unyielding opposition to hate, sexism, war, fascism, homophobia, and racism. This is the coffee table book for the Bernie moment. -- Bryant Simon,Temple UniversityThe story of American dissent movements, so often expressed in word, also has a rich visual legacy brought to life in this volume curated by master historian Ralph Young. His general narrative and image specific commentary brings these images to life, making their stories relevant for a new generation continuing the age old tradition of dissent in America. -- Bobby A. Wintermute,Queens College - City University of New YorkThis collection of postersa sampling of the art and design of dissentis a wonderful visual counterpart to the protest music of the age. Every page should provoke discussion. -- Beth Bailey,Foundation Professor, Department of History, University of KansasWhat a wonderful collection! Make Art, Not War combines the aesthetic with the political to show how the arts and culture have informed and protested social injustices and wars. Often, art and culture are the first ways we learn of politics and dissent. More than heavy theoretical tomes, we can see, in a poster or painting, powerful statements on racism, sexism, homophobia, or war. Bruce Springsteen sang I learned more from a three-minute record than I ever learned in school," and the same is true of Ralph Young's smart and incisive essay and the art presented. It's educational and not heavy, anger-inducing but not shrill. -- Robert Buzzanco ,author of Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam EraHistorian Ralph Young has presented a valuable collection of 20th century American political posters...Young's selection is a useful historical and thematic cross section. * Truthdig.com *
£22.79
Baylor University Press Voices of the Voiceless
Book SynopsisPresents readers with twenty-five essays on a curated selection of images and artifacts from the Keston Archive. Some of the world's leading authorities on religion and communism as well as experts personally involved with the operation of Keston College carefully selected and provided commentary for these images.Table of Contents Introduction New Voices: Activists, Archivists, and Academics on the Keston Collection Julie deGraffenried and Zoe Knox Essays Archival References
£26.96
University of Nebraska Press Race Experts
Book SynopsisA compelling examination of Malvina Hoffman’s Races of Mankind. Comprised of 104 life-size bronzes, the Races of Mankind was the largest exhibit on race installed in a museum and one of the largest sculptural commissions ever undertaken by a single artist. Trade Review"Kim's book, well researched and eloquently presented, is a necessary corrective and intervention on the interwar period, when scientists and cultural anthropologists were theorizing race in new, more complex ways."—K. P. Buick, Choice"Throughout her book, Kim’s analysis of the intersection of 1930s “race experts”—scientists, artists, and lay persons—is rich and insightful and it has relevance for understanding the processes through which race is constructed today. It is worth a close reading."—Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi, New England Quarterly“Race Experts performs a great service to students of American race and racism, revealing in detail the way that twentieth-century race ideology was produced at the nexus of formal systems of thought, aesthetics, and entertainment culture. . . . Meticulously researched and brilliantly narrated, the story Kim tells of the history of race stubbornly asserts itself as contemporary critique. Along the way, Kim makes plain the significant role that world’s fairs and international expositions have played in the staging of race and making of modernity.”—Tracey Jean Boisseau, associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Purdue University and author of White Queen: The Imperial Origins of American Feminist Identity “Innovative and well-documented. . . . Kim deftly explores such important questions as the agency of the artist and her models, scientific ideas of race, and the viewing public’s racialism. It is an ambitious argument in the best sense.”—Alice L. Conklin, Distinguished University Scholar and professor of history at Ohio State University “The question of how and why scientific expertise fails to dislodge popular, antithetical views is very important. Linda Kim’s argument that art served as a mediator is an interesting and original approach to the issue of how scientific knowledge is represented to the public and the vexed relationship between the two. This interdisciplinary work will likely attract readers in many fields, including art history, anthropology, history, and museum studies.”—Julia E. Liss, professor of history at Scripps CollegeTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Editors’ Introduction Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. Racial Know-How: Expertise versus Common Sense Chapter Two. Mediations: Art in the Natural History Museum Chapter Three. Racial Portraiture: Between Typologies and Common Sense Chapter Four. Racial Homelands: Popular Geography and Local Races Chapter Five. Micro-Expertise: Passing for Indian, Passing for White Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£45.00
University of Nebraska Press Creative Genius
Book SynopsisFew buildings reveal truths, inspire greatness, and narrate the creation of humanity. Creative Genius: The Art of the Nebraska Capitol documents such a place. The Nebraska Capitol—once called “a peak in the history of building accomplishment”—breaks the boundaries of architecture and art.Creative Genius unveils new images of the art of the Capitol in striking detail. Included are some of the greatest works by some of America’s most recognized artists and visionaries. Along with remarkable visuals, Creative Genius delivers insights into the extraordinary stories and vision behind the art. Steeped in history and lore, the building narrates the creation of the universe and life, as well as the epic journey of the peoples of Nebraska. This book reveals the themes driving the art, chronicles the stories behind artists and their creations, and celebrates the beauty embodied in this influential building.Trade Review“The Nebraska State Capitol may be the most beautiful capitol building in the United States. From the day it opened, it’s been recognized as an outlier relative to its forty-nine rivals. The influential leaders of American Architect certainly thought so, choosing to feature the Nebraska Capitol in the October 1934 issue soon after the building opened. In the introduction, they wrote: ‘From the engineering standpoint, the building embodies the cumulative results of American energy, inventive skill and organizing ability; and from all combined points of view, it stands as a remarkable interpretation of innumerable events that have shaped the progress of American art, industry, and democratic government.’”—from the prologueTable of ContentsGratitude Foreword Prologue The Building Floor Mosaics Vestibule Foyer Rotunda Warner Chamber Norris Chamber Governor's Suite Law Library and Courts Memorial Chamber Exterior Notes Image Credits
£27.90
Stanford University Press Ink Worlds: Contemporary Chinese Painting from
Book SynopsisInk arts have flourished in China for more than two millennia. Once primarily associated with elite culture, ink painting is now undergoing a popular resurgence. Ink Worlds explores the modern evolution of this art form, from scrolls and panel paintings to photographic and video forms, and documents how Chinese ink arts speak to present-day concerns while simultaneously referencing deeply historical materials, themes, and techniques. Presenting the work of some two dozen artists from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States in more than 100 full-color reproductions, the book spans pioneering abstract work from the late 1960s through twenty-first century technological innovations. Nine illustrated essays build a compelling case for understanding the modern form as a distinct genre, fusing art and science, history and technology, painting and film into an accessible theory of contemporary ink painting. The Yamazaki/Yang collection is widely recognized as one of the most important private collections of contemporary Chinese ink art. Ink Worlds is the first book to represent the collection from the perspective of contemporary art history. From its atmospheric mountainscapes to precise calligraphy, this book is a revelation, bringing together the past, present, and future of an enduring and adaptable art form.
£45.90
University of Minnesota Press Back to the Sandbox: Art and Radical Pedagogy
Book SynopsisAn international group of artists and scholars reflects on the nature and significance of education in contemporary society, introducing new perspectives on learning and creativity Back to the Sandbox addresses critical issues of the education system from an intriguing new perspective: essays by leading thinkers juxtaposed with art projects, intended for kindergarten through adult. The core issues include democracy in education, creativity, transdisciplinarity, neuroplasticity, thinking versus memorizing, science versus art and humanities. Both artists and scholars explore specific topics while guided by one framing question central to educators’ and students’ concerns today: What education do we need? The volume includes several lead essays and eighteen shorter texts from international scholars. Based on an exhibition with the same name, Back to the Sandbox records an ongoing multifaceted project that comprises exhibitions, conferences, workshops, surveys, and online roundtables, connecting local communities with international networks. This groundbreaking publication will serve as both reference and inspiration to educators, students, artists, parents, policy makers, and everyone interested in education and art. Contributors: Peter Alheit, Georg-August-U, Gottingen, Germany; Eva Bakkeslett; Nicolas Buchoud; Nancy Budwig, Clark U; Cathy Burke, U of Cambridge; Luis Camnitzer; Teddy Cruz; Jim Duignan; Tony Eaude, U of Oxford; Bente Elkjaer, Aarhus U, Denmark; Priscila Fernandes; Fonna Forman; Liane Gabora, U of British Columbia; Henry Giroux, McMaster U, Ontario; Ken Goldberg, UC Berkeley; Michael Joaquin Grey; Ane Hjort Guttu; Jessica Hamlin, New York U; Yaacov Hecht; Knud Illeris, Danish School of Education, Copenhagen; Mannish Jain; Ronald Jones; Markus Kayser; Floris Koot; Eva Koťátková; Graziela Kunsch; Pamela Kuntz; Tyson E. Lewis, U of North Texas; Sugata Mitra, Newcastle U, London; James Mollison; Basarab Nicolescu, U Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris; Petr Nikl; Petr Payne; Renzo Piano; Howard Rheingold; Luboš Rychvalský; Andreas Schleicher; Calvin Seibert; Bára Štěpánová; Mark Tennant; Bruce E. Wexler, Yale U; Judy Willis; Conrad Wolfram; Hafthor Yngvason; Philip Zimbardo, Stanford U.
£30.60
University of Minnesota Press Envisioning Evil: “The Nazi Drawings” by Mauricio
Book SynopsisThe definitive study of this powerful series of drawings by the influential artist Internationally renowned as a printmaker, Mauricio Lasansky (1914–2012) unleashed his brilliant draftsmanship in his self-titled series The Nazi Drawings. The Argentina-born artist created the body of work largely in the 1960s, as the televised trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann awakened the world to the depths of Nazi atrocities. Lasansky’s haunting interpretations reflect his response to the unfolding details. “I was full of hate, poison, and I wanted to spit it out,” he said. The thirty-three monumental drawings, made from charcoal, wash, and collage, examine the horrors of the Holocaust, especially the suffering of women and children. The series became Lasansky’s most famous and notable work and was included among the opening exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1967.Envisioning Evil accompanies the exhibition of The Nazi Drawings at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 2021. Curator Rachel McGarry provides comprehensive biographical, cultural, and historical context for the artist and the creation of this series in three essays and an illustrated timeline. McGarry also traces Holocaust awareness before and after the 1961 Eichmann trial and examines the role of art, literature, and popular media in bringing the genocide into public discourse. Rabbi Barry D. Cytron, former chaplain and professor of religious studies at Macalester College, contributes an essay on the international religious response to revelations about Nazi crimes and their relation to Lasansky’s art.Created as a reaction to the crimes committed against the Jews during the Holocaust, The Nazi Drawings endure as a condemnation against all persecution and extermination of humanity.Table of ContentsTable of ContentsDirector’s Foreword --Katie Crawford LuberPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the Nazi Drawings --Rachel McGarryArtist StatementNote to ReaderThe Holocaust in Press, Culture, and Art: Before and After Eichmann --Rachel McGarryMauricio Lasansky: A Life and Art of Compassion --Rachel McGarryArt and Faith: Crafting a Renewed RelationshipAfter Auschwitz --Rabbi Barry D. CytronEnvisioning Evil: “The Nazi Drawings” by Mauricio Lasansky --Rachel McGarryPlates: “The Nazi Drawings”Illustrated TimelineIndexReproduction Credits
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University of Minnesota Press Dreaming our Futures: Ojibwe and Ochéthi Šakówi?
Book SynopsisA beautiful collection of the art and life stories of regional Native painters Dreaming Our Futures features twenty-eight Native painters, primarily Dakota and Ojibwe, who live in the Midwest or have family or tribal connections here. The artists represent a range of generations, professional experience, and genres—including traditional, historical, contemporary, and conceptual themes. The volume presents full-color reproductions of art by each painter, along with bilingual artist statements, biographies, and essays on the representation of Indigenous people in historical context; storytelling and the creative process; and scholarship on several specific artists. The renowned Grand Portage Ojibwe artist George Morrison declared, “I have never tried to prove that I was Indian through my art. Yet, there may remain deeply hidden some remote suggestion of the rock whence I was hewn, the preoccupation of the textural surface, the mystery of the structural and organic element, the enigma of the horizon, or the color of the wind.” The variety of images painted by this gathering of artists demonstrates that the strong heritage and powerful traditions of Indigenous painting remain vital and dynamic today. Dreaming Our Futures accompanies an exhibition at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery in 2024, produced in association with the George Morrison Center for Indigenous Arts at the University of Minnesota. Artists: Frank Big Bear, David Bradley, Awanigiizhik Bruce, Andrea Carlson, Avis Charley, Fern Cloud, Michelle DeFoe, Jim Denomie, Patrick DesJarlait, Sam English, Carl Gawboy, Joe Geshick, Sylvia Houle, Oscar Howe, George Morrison, Steven Premo, Rabbett Before Horses Strickland, Cole Redhorse Taylor, Roy Thomas, Jonathan Thunder, Thomasina Topbear, Moira Villiard, Kathleen Wall, Star WallowingBull, Dyani White Hawk, Bobby Dues Wilson, Wanbli Mayasleca/Francis J. Yellow, Leah H. Yellowbird, Holly Young. Contributors: Patricia Marroquin Norby, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Christopher Pexa, U of Minnesota; Mona Susan Power; Diane Wilson.
£26.99
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Evan Macdonald: A Painter's Life
Book Synopsis A master draughtsman, artist Evan Macdonald had extraordinary facility as a painter, printmaker, and book illustrator. Born in Guelph, Ontario, in 1905, to one of the city's founding Scottish families, Macdonald was a young contemporary of the Group of Seven and pursued his practice in Canada during the Great Depression. He joined the Second World War as an artist-soldier. After the war, Macdonald became a professional portraitist, fulfilling commissions from heads of government, industry, and academia. His paintings chronicling the destruction of Guelph's historical buildings in the 1950s and 60s both celebrate industrial progress and lament the loss of nineteenth-century craftsmanship. Evan Macdonald: A Painter's Life is a richly illustrated chronicle of Macdonald's life and work from the perspective of the artist's daughter, Flora Macdonald Spencer, whose insightful essay creates a lasting image of a great Canadian artist. The book offers a unique perspective on the history of Guelph as well as commentary on one of the city's founding families, their Scottish ancestry, and the establishment and evolution of twentieth-century social and cultural ideals. Co-published with the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Trade Review``A Painter's Life is a shot in the arm for any creative soul who feels blocked or uninspired. It's for those of us who, when staring at a blank screen or pristine canvas, point to our family or job as an excuse for our poor productivity. It's easy to relate to Evan Macdonald in this book. He too railed against the limitations of business and domestic life. The difference is that, instead of holding out for the perfect time and place to create, he took every opportunity to develop his craft. He also opened his mind to depicting the people and places that surrounded him. The result is a range of unpretentious works that reveal the artist's skilled hand and fresh vision. The story of Evan Macdonald reminds us to enjoy making art. And what's possible if just open your eyes, focus on what interests you, and get to work.'' -- Deb Davis, painter and writer (Guelph, Ontario) -- 200809``The study reflects the commitment of both the art gallery and the university press to significant regional achievement in the arts.... Intimate, personal and affectionate.'' -- Robert Reid -- Guelph Mercury, September 22, 2008, 200809``There is an intimacy, a quiet fierceness in a daughter's watching of her father. A looking upto that escapes language, a stirring in and out of light and dark that gathers among silver mines, walks the edges of Hope Bay, and traces architectural ruins of memory and return. With narratives sketches, Flora Macdonald Spencer revisits and awakens the temporal spaces of Evan Macdonald, to tell what has not been told of her father's lie, a painter's life.'' -- Sorouja Moll, writer, playwright and MA candidate, School of English & TheatreStudies, University of Guelph, Ontario -- 200809Table of Contents Evan Macdonald: A Painter's Life by Flora Macdonald Spencer Remembering Evan Macdonald Judith Nasby Evan Macdonald in Grey and Bruce Counties Stuart Reid Drawn from Life Flora Macdonald Spencer Acknowledgements Appendix 1: Plates Appendix 2: Chronology Appendix 3: Exhibitions Appendix 4: Convocation citation and address Bibliography Index
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University of South Carolina Press Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art
Book SynopsisAn exhibition catalog for a traveling exhibit to be debuted in January 2008, ""Landscape of Slavery"" marries art history with social history in an original study of plantation images from the eighteenth century through the present in an effort to unravel the realities and fictions inherent in this subject matter. Through eighty-nine color plates and six thematic essays, the collection examines depictions of plantations, plantation views, and related slave imagery in the context of the history of landscape painting in America, while addressing the impact of these images on U.S. race relations.A genre predominantly tied to the American South, the plantation view has traditionally received marginal attention in the study of American landscape art. Viewed primarily as a derivative of the early-eighteenth-century British estate view, the plantation image straddles the aesthetic boundary between topographical depiction and landscape painting. In recent years, plantation views have attracted the attention of several social historians who have identified the genre as a rich source for exploring issues of wealth, power, race, memory, nostalgia, and resentment. With each field of study operating independently, the various conclusions drawn suggest only a partial understanding of the issues that surround plantation images and related images of slavery in art. This exhibition and corresponding catalog, therefore, will provide an opportunity for a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of plantation imagery in the American South.
£19.76
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Seeing America: Painting and Sculpture from the
Book SynopsisA stunning, full-color volume that examines 82 pieces in the University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery's American collection and their connections to American history, culture, literature, and politics. Seeing America is the first-ever catalog of the University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery's American collection. Founded in 1913, the Memorial Art Gallery was created in conjunction with the University of Rochester so that it would function within a scholarly milieu, yet at the same time perform service as a community museum. From its conception it has been an ardent advocate for American art, which so many counterpart institutions snubbed untilat least the 1930s, and more often until well after World War II, in favor of European and Asian art. The 336-page, full-color volume examines 82 objects and their connections to American history, culture, literature and politics. The 73 articles present a running commentary on each piece by knowledgeable and thoughtful contemporary scholars and artists writing with expertise and insight, ultimately presenting a new and deeper understanding that enhances the reader/viewer's appreciation of the work. The tour ranges from Colonial times to the twenty-first century, from Maine to Florida to the far West, from mighty historical subjects to intimate byways, from august figures and events to the humblest and most anonymous. The diversity of American experience on display here reminds us that the best American art is inextricably bound up with the essential truths of American experience.Trade ReviewWith paintings from John Singleton Copley to Andy Warhol, the Memorial Art Gallery seems to have representative of the entire range of American artists on its walls. Handsomely produced with both full color and black and white reproductions of their collection alongside commentary for each inclusion, Seeing America stands as an impressive tribute to the University of Rochester. , 2007 * ART TIMES, 2007 *Highly recommended. , June 2007 * CHOICE, June 2007 *
£29.69
Metropolitan Museum of Art European Clocks and Watches: in The Metropolitan
Book SynopsisThe first detailed discussion of the greatest timepieces from the exceptional collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Among the world’s great technological and imaginative achievements is the invention and development of the timepiece. Examining for the first time the Metropolitan Museum’s unparalleled collection of European clocks and watches created from the early middle ages through the 19th century, this fascinating book enriches our understanding of the origins and evolution of these ingenious works. It showcases 54 extraordinary clocks, watches, and other timekeeping devices, each represented with an in-depth description and new photography showing the exterior as well as the inner mechanisms. Included are an ornate celestial timepiece that accurately predicts the trajectory of the sun, moon, and stars and a longcase clock by David Roentgen that shows the time in the ten most important cities of the day. These works, created by clockmakers, scientists, and artists in England, Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, have been selected for their artistic beauty and design excellence, as well as for their sophisticated and awe-inspiring mechanics. Built upon decades of expert research, this publication is a long-overdue survey of these stunning visual and technological marvels.Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:The Metropolitan Museum of Art (10/26/15–05/22/16)Trade Review"nothing if not comprehensive…exhibition and book focus not just on mechanics but also on the decorative arts that made these timepieces as beautiful (and complex) on the outside as they are on the inside.”—Shannon Adducci, Introspective: The 1stdibs Magazine, 2015 Holiday Book Roundup -- Shannon Adducci * Introspective Magazine *
£47.50
Metropolitan Museum of Art The Renaissance of Etching
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive look at the origins and diffusion across Europe of the etched print during the late 15th and early 16th centuries The etching of images on metal, originally used as a method for decorating armor, was first employed as a printmaking technique at the end of the 15th century. This in-depth study explores the origins of the etched print, its evolution from decorative technique to fine art, and its spread across Europe in the early Renaissance, leading to the professionalization of the field in the Netherlands in the 1550s. Beautifully illustrated, this book features the work of familiar Renaissance artists, including Albrecht Dürer, Jan Gossart, Pieter Breughel the Elder, and Parmigianino, as well as lesser known practitioners, such as Daniel Hopfer and Lucas van Leyden, whose pioneering work paved the way for later printmakers like Rembrandt and Goya. The book also includes a clear and fascinating description of the etching process, as well as an investigation of how the medium allowed artists to create highly detailed prints that were more durable than engravings and more delicate than woodblocks.Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (October 23, 2019–January 19, 2020)Trade Review“The Renaissance of Etching is an ideal reference work for anyone interested in the development of printmaking and the art of the Late Renaissance.”—Alexander Adams, Alexander Adams Art“A book you really can judge by its cover. A superbly produced and comprehensive volume with almost as many images as pages, essential in any book on art.”—Blaze Cyan, Printmaking Today
£999.99
Metropolitan Museum of Art Gifts from the Fire: American Ceramics,
Book SynopsisThis illustrated history highlights the diversity and innovation of American ceramics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as artists responded to historical precedents and emerging modernist styles around the world Between the early 1880s and the early 1950s, pioneering American artists drew upon the rich traditions and recent innovations of European and Asian ceramics to develop new designs, decorations, and techniques. With splendid new photography, this book showcases these American interpretations of international trends, from the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco movements, through the modernism of Matisse and the Wiener Werkstätte, to abstracted, minimalist styles. Illustrations of more than 180 exemplary works—some of these never before published—accompany engaging essays by two of the foremost experts on American art pottery. The featured makers include Rookwood, Grueby, and Van Briggle potteries, as well as artists including Maija Grotell, George E. Ohr, Frederick Hurten Rhead, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Rockwell Kent, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Leza McVey. A vivid and accessible overview of American ceramics and ceramists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this publication reveals how diverse and global sources inspired works of astonishing ingenuity and variety by artists working in the United States. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (October 2021–October 2022)
£45.00
Metropolitan Museum of Art Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in
Book SynopsisPlacing artists at the center of nineteenth-century Demark’s dramatic cultural, political, and philosophical transformation, this publication explores their persistent national pride in a time of turmoil Though known as the Danish Golden Age, nineteenth-century Denmark was one of the most tumultuous periods in the nation’s history—from the disastrous siege of Copenhagen and the collapse of Denmark’s monarchy to the swelling tide of nationalism that eventually engulfed all of Europe. This volume places artists at the center of Denmark’s dramatic cultural, political, and philosophical transformation by bringing together 90 drawings, paintings, and oil sketches by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Christen Købke, Constantin Hansen, Martinus Rørbye, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Vilhelm Hammershøi, and others. Five thematic essays by leading scholars in Denmark and the United States explore the way Danish artists manifested the pride, traditions, and anxieties of their nation; the sea’s ever-changing role as a marker of Danish identity; the evolving nature of portraiture; nostalgia for the Danish landscape and folk traditions; and the influence on Danish artists of their travels throughout Europe. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (January 26–April 16, 2023)The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (May 23–August 20, 2023)
£38.00
Grolier Club of New York Grolier Club Collects II – Books, Manuscripts and
Book SynopsisThis catalogue of books, manuscripts, and works on paper was drawn from the international membership of the Grolier Club and accompanied an exhibition at the Club. Reflecting the breadth and quality of those members' varied collecting interests, the items encompass medieval manuscripts and early printed books, as well as contemporary literature; and rarities ranging from Old Master drawings and prints, to nineteenth- and twentieth-century posters, cartoons and ephemera to livres d'artiste, children's books, book objects, and photographs. These unique objects illuminate the remarkable range of subjects pursued by bibliophiles and provide proof that the collecting of books and prints in the age of the Internet is not only alive and well but thriving.
£54.00
Grolier Club of New York For Art’s Sake: The Aesthetic Movement in Print and Beyond, 1870–1890
Book SynopsisPublished to accompany the eponymous Grolier Club exhibition, this catalogue explores in unprecedented breadth and depth the important role of print media in the development and spread of aesthetic ideals in applied art of all kinds, including architecture, interior design, and the book arts. The foreword and introduction by the author are followed by descriptions of 129 books, prints, and other objects displaying the exceptional artistry and wit of the Aesthetic Movement, which dominated the decorative arts in the period 1870–1890.
£38.00
Grolier Club of New York Vive les Satiristes!: French Caricature during
Book SynopsisA fascinating overview of the Golden Age of social and political satire in nineteenth-century France, Vive Les Satiristes! focuses on controversial and wildly popular journals like La Caricature and Le Charivari, and such great illustrators as Daumier and Grandville, who captured in their pages the foibles of those around them with unmatched humor, skill, and style.Published in conjunction with a Grolier Club exhibition, and beautifully illustrated, it includes a collector's statement, an introduction, and an essay by Josephine Lea Iselin.
£38.00
Grolier Club of New York Two American Poets – Wallace Stevens and William
Book SynopsisIlluminating the parallel and overlapping careers and relationships of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams, this catalogue juxtaposes the two poets with unique material on view for the first time. With essays by biographer Paul Mariani, poets Paul Muldoon and Daniel Halpern, and collector Alan Klein, it represents a remarkable opportunity for understanding the overlapping careers of Stevens and Williams, their development as poets, the progression of their reputations, and the development of American Modernism.
£28.00
Grolier Club of New York Magazines and the American Experience –
Book SynopsisA gorgeously illustrated tour of several centuries of American magazine history. The history of the American magazine is intricately entwined with the history of the nation itself. In the colonial eighteenth century, magazines were crucial outlets for revolutionary thought, with the first statement of American independence appearing in Thomas Paine’s Pennsylvania Magazine in June 1776. In the eighteenth century, magazines were some of the first staging grounds for still-contentious debates on Federalism and states’ rights. In the years that followed, the landscape of publications spread in every direction to explore aspects of American life from sports to politics, religion to entertainment, and beyond.Magazines and the American Experience is an expansive and chronological tour of the American magazine from 1733 to the present. Illustrated with more than four hundred color images, the book examines an enormous selection of specialty magazines devoted to a range of interests running from labor to leisure to literature. The contributors—Leonard Banco and Suze Bienaimee, both experts in the field of periodical history—devote particular focus to magazines written for and by Black Americans throughout US history, including David Ruggles’s Mirror of History (1838), [Frederick] Douglass’ Monthly (1859), the combative Messenger (1917), the Negro Digest (1942), and Essence (1970). With its mix of detailed descriptions, historical context, and lush illustrations, this handsome guide to American magazines should entice casual readers and serious collectors alike. Trade Review"A delightful combination of historical commentary and beautiful photos. . . The author covers a dizzying swath of territory with remarkable concision, including magazines devoted to literary pursuits, trade, social activism, business, and fashion. . . . Lomazow’s expertise on the subject is inarguably magisterial. . .The book is adorned with dozens of stunning photographs, some immediately recognizable as iconic and others tantalizingly esoteric and rare. This is a remarkable history—thoughtful, granularly meticulous, and comprehensive—as well as a visually spectacular showpiece. One needn’t be a magazine collector to thoroughly enjoy this refreshingly original overview of American history." * Kirkus Reviews *“The print-besotted can console themselves with a Platonic vision of the Great American Newsstand as it never was, at least not all at the same time. . . . Cumulatively, the titles on display give a window into broad themes of American history, including the emergence of political parties (which, back in the early 19th century, had their own magazines), the coming of the Civil War, the evolution of the Black freedom movement and the rise of new technologies like television and computers.” -- Jennifer Schuessler * The New York Times *“What made magazines appealing in 1720 is the same thing that made them appealing in 1920 and in 2020: a blend of iconoclasm and authority, novelty and continuity, marketability and creativity, social engagement and personal voice. … The American experiment is a print experiment at heart, and, for Lomazow, acquisition has meant watching history fall into place.” —Nathan Heller, The New Yorker -- Nathan Heller * The New Yorker *“It intersperses a history with surveys of baseball, African-American culture, artists as illustrators, science, pulp fiction and humor.” -- Edward Rothstein * The Wall Street Journal *“That these magazines were all collected by one person makes [it] all the more remarkable. Included. . .are the first issues of. . . Time and Life and Playboy and Rolling Stone and Ms. The collection is equally committed to lesser-known domains, including the so-called little magazines that published the literary avant-garde in the early twentieth century, and periodicals dedicated to abolition, prohibition, and other political causes.” -- Jonathan Keats * Forbes *“As is pointed out in the excellent catalogue, magazines built American communities, and fashioned their mores and prejudices.” -- Todd McEwan * Apollo *"Magazines and the American Experience: Highlights from the Collection of Steven Lomazow is a much-needed resource and offers a convincing argument for a greater appreciation of the medium." * Bibliographical Society of America *Table of ContentsPreface: magazines!“Magazine Magic”Introduction: The Early History of the Magazine IndustryI. A Chronology of American Magazines1. Building a Nation: 1733–922. A House Divided: 1793–18503. The Industrial Age: 1851–924. America and the World: 1893–19455. The Information Age: 1946–PresentII. Specialty Magazines6. The Urge to Reform: Radical Magazines 7. A Nation of Readers: Literary Magazines8. American Avant-Gardism: Little Magazines9. Literature for the People: Pulp Magazines10. “What fools these mortals be!”: Humor Magazine11. Great American Pastimes: Sports Magazines12. Separate and Unequal: African American Magazines13. The Show Must Go On: Theater, Movie, Radio, and Television Magazines14. On the Move: Transportation Magazines15. Images of a Nation: Art and MagazinesAcknowledgmentsAdditional MagazinesNotesBibliographyContributorsIndex
£57.00
Grolier Club of New York The Great George – Cruikshank and London′s
Book SynopsisA compact biography of one of nineteenth-century England’s most renowned illustrators. George Cruikshank (1792–1878) was a key transitional figure in the changing world of nineteenth-century London’s graphic humor. He carried his eighteenth-century-trained wit from the field of political satire during the Regency years into the Victorian era of journals and books. His witty drawings of boisterous London streets in 1820–1836 made him a household name, and in 1836, his masterful etchings were key to the positive reception of Charles Dickens’s first novel. Illustrated throughout by his one-of-a-kind drawings, “The Great George” traces Cruikshank’s career from his ascent, by 1820, as the preeminent political satirist to the end of his career. During the 1840s and 50s, with the rising popularity of Dickens, the arrival of Punch, and his adoption of the temperance movement as his work’s focus, Cruikshank was eventually eclipsed by new generations of artists. Using as her launchpad the argument that drawing with humor takes both great draftsmanship and a highly perceptive sense of humanity, Josephine Lea Iselin not only details the trajectory of Cruikshank’s art but also provides valuable context for his work, placing his drawings alongside pieces from his artistic predecessors and principal contemporaries.Table of ContentsI. IntroductionII. A Brief Outline of a Long Life (1792–1878)1792–1811: Beginnings: George’s Education in the Art of Humor1811–1820: Young George as Political Satirist1821–1835: When Humorous Etching Was King1835–1840: The Arrival of Mr. DickensSketches by BozThe Pickwick PapersOliver Twist1841–1847: Cruikshank’s Disputes with Bentley and Ainsworth;His Rejection of Offers from Messrs. Dickens and Punch1847–1850: The Road to Temperance1851–1878: The Second EpochCoda to the First Epoch: 1851: or The Adventures of Mr. andMrs. Sandboys and FamilyPreface to the Second Epoch: George Cruikshank’s Fairy LibraryEpilogueIII. Prints, Original Drawings, and DocumentsItem Nos. 1–13: Beginnings: George’s Education in the Art of HumorItem Nos. 14–28: Young George as Political SatiristItem Nos. 29–56: When Humorous Etching Was KingItem Nos. 57–69: The Arrival of Mr. DickensItem Nos. 70–75: Cruikshank’s Disputes with Bentley and Ainsworth;His Rejection of Offers from Messrs. Dickens and PunchItem Nos. 76–80: The Road to TemperanceItem Nos. 81–93: The Second EpochAcknowledgmentsBibliography
£28.00
Grolier Club of New York Grolier Club Bookplates: Past and Present
Book SynopsisA lavishly illustrated volume showcasing some of the most important bookplates produced in America from the collection of the Grolier Club. A miniature work of art, a bookplate may be viewed as a metaphorical portrait of a collector or library, using the designer’s personal graphic style. It also tells a story about the relationship between the artist and the patron. Illustrious collectors ranging from Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Elkins Widener, J.P. Morgan and Paul Mellon come to life through bookplates by such celebrated figures as Dorothy Sturgis Harding, Eric Gill, Walter Crane, Rudolph Koch, and Rockwell Kent. Grolier Club Bookplates, Past & Present is a veritable who’s-who of both book collectors and the graphic artists who created their personalized ex-libris over the past 130 years, down to the present day. This carefully researched and amply annotated book not only provides a feast for a bibliophile’s eyes but also explores the meaning behind bookplates and their legacy as cultural indicators in book history.Table of ContentsPreface “Refinement, Taste, & Book Culture”: The Place of the Bookplate in Book History by Alexander Lawrence Ames Bookplate Collecting & Commissioning: An Introduction by William E. ButlerThe Curiosity of Bookplate Collecting: Irene D. Andrew’s Pace, Within and Beyond the Book by Molly E. DotsonBookplates of Past Grolier Club Members Bookplates of Current Grolier Club Members Notes Index of Owners, Collectors, Designers & Printers
£61.20
Getty Trust Publications Conserving Outdoor Sculptures – The Stark
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive and superbly illustrated account of the Getty Museum's research into outdoor sculpture conservation. When the J. Paul Getty Museum received twenty-eight sculptures created by a who's who of twentieth-century artists, it took on the responsibility for their preservation, interpretation, and long-term stewardship. Donated from the private collection of the late film producer Ray Stark and his wife, Fran, the sculptures thrust the Getty into the evolving field of outdoor sculpture conservation. To honour its responsibility, the Museum embarked on new research into the collection's materials - bronze, lead, ceramic, and painted metal - and construction techniques. This book presents the conservators' comprehensive account of the process. Chapters are organized around phases of the project rather than individual sculptures and address key issues facing anyone charged with caring for works of art displayed outdoors, including: organization and planning; installation and grounds management; scientific analyses; collaborating with artists; structural issues; mounts, paint, coatings, and patinas; and, long-term maintenance.
£58.50
Getty Trust Publications Teaching in the Art Museum – Interpretation as
Book SynopsisThis title offers an insightful exploration of the mission, history, theory, practice, & future of museum education. At the heart of all good art museum teaching is an effort to bring people and artworks together in meaningful ways. But what constitutes an experience of a work of art? And what should be taught and why? This book addresses these and myriad other questions and investigates the mission, history, theory, practice, and future prospects of museum education. Every critical issue that has preoccupied the profession throughout its hundred-year history is considered - from the lecture- vs. conversation-based teaching argument to the role of information in gallery teaching. This is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in museum teaching, from professional museum educators to students.
£24.70
Getty Trust Publications Display and Art History - The Dusseldorf Gallery
Book SynopsisThis is a superbly illustrated exploration of the first modern art catalogue, its creation and its legacy. This richly illustrated book examines the making of the first modern catalogue - La galerie electorale de Dusseldorff. Published in 1778, the revolutionary two-volume publication showcases one of the most important European painting collections of the eighteenth century, reflecting a pivotal moment in the history of art as well as the history of the art museum. In two essays, the authors analyse the process by which the catalogue was produced and shed light on the historical and cultural context that gave rise to an innovative and didactic way of displaying paintings - and, by extension, to art history as a discipline.
£16.14
Getty Trust Publications The First Modern Museums of Art - The Birth of an
Book SynopsisIt is a comelling account of the origins of the world's most important museums. In the 18th and early 19th centuries the first modern, public museums of art appeared throughout Europe, setting a standard for the nature of such institutions that has made its influence felt to the present day. Although the emergence of these museums was an international development, their shared history has not been systematically explored until now. Taking up that project, this volume includes chapters on fifteen of the earliest major examples, from the Capitoline Museum in Rome, opened in 1734, to the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, opened in 1836. These essays consider a number of issues, such as the nature, display, and growth of the museums' collections and the role of the institutions in educating the public. The fourteen distinguished contributors to the book include Robert G. W. Anderson, former director of the British Museum in London; Paula Findlen, Ubaldo Pierotti Professor of Italian History at Stanford University; Thomas Gaehtgens, director emeritus of the Getty Research Institute; and Andrew McClellan, dean of academic affairs and professor of art history at Tufts University.
£42.75
Getty Trust Publications Conundrum - Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry
Book SynopsisThe whimsical imagery of four tapestries in the permanent collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum and currently on display at the Getty Center is perplexing. Created in France at the Beauvais manufactory between 1690 and 1730, these charming hangings, unlike most French tapestries of the period, appear to be purely decorative, with no narrative thread, no theological moral, and no allegorical symbolism. They belong to a series called the Grotesques, inspired by ancient frescos discovered during the excavation of the Roman emperor Nero's Domus Aurea, or Golden House, but the origins of their mysterious subject matter have long eluded art historians. Based on seven years of research, Conundrum: Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series reveals for the first time that the artist responsible for these designs, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699), actually incorporated dozens of motifs and vignettes from a surprising range of sources: antique statuary, Renaissance prints, Mannerist tapestry, and Baroque art, as well as contemporary seventeenth century urban festivals, court spectacle, and theater. Conundrum illustrates the most interesting of these sources alongside full-color details and overall views of the four tapestries. The book's informative and engaging essay identifies and decodes the tapestries' intriguing visual puzzles, enlightening our understanding and appreciation of the series' unexpectedly rich intellectual underpinnings.
£16.14
Getty Trust Publications Noir
Book SynopsisDue to the technological advances of the nineteenth century, an abundance of black drawing media exploded onto the market. Charcoal, conte crayon, and fabricated black chalks and crayons; fixatives; various papers; and many lifting devices gave rise to an unprecedented amount of experimentation. Indeed, innovation became the rule, as artists developed their own unique-and often experimental-processes. The exploration of black media in drawing is inextricably bound up with the exploration of black in prints, and this volume presents an integrated study that rises above specialization in one over the other. This richly illustrated catalogue brings together such diverse artists as Francisco de Goya, Maxime Lalanne, Gustave Courbet, Odilon Redon, and Georges Seurat and explores their inventive works on paper. Sidelining labels like "conservative" or "avant-garde," the essays in this book employ all the tools that art history and modern conservation have given us, inviting the reader to look more broadly at the artists' methods and materials. This volume accompanies an exhibition of the same name on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum from February 9 to May 15, 2016.Trade Review..".[a] groundbreaking publication..."--Fine Art Connoisseur
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Getty Trust Publications Giovanni Bellini - Landscapes of Faith in
Book SynopsisPraised by Albrecht Du rer as being "the best in painting," Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1430-1516) is unquestionably the supreme Venetian painter of the quattrocento and one of the greatest Italian artists of all time. His landscapes assume a prominence unseen in Western art since classical antiquity. Drawing from a selection of masterpieces that span Bellini's long and successful career, this exhibition catalogue focuses on the main function of landscape in his oeuvre: to enhance the meditational nature of paintings intended for the private devotion of intellectually sophisticated, elite patrons. The subtle doctrinal content of Bellini's work-the isolated crucifix in a landscape, the "sacred conversation," the image of Saint Jerome in the wilderness-is always infused with his instinct for natural representation, resulting in extremely personal interpretations of religious subjects immersed in landscapes where the real and the symbolic are inextricably intertwined.This volume includes a biography of the artist,essays by leading authorities in the field explicating thethemes of the J. Paul Getty Museum's exhibition, anddetailed discussions and glorious reproductions of the twelve works in the exhibition, including their history and provenance, function, iconography, chronology, and style.Trade Review"One of the year's best museum shows." --Los Angeles Times
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