History of art Books
Yale University Press Gauguin
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented exploration of Gauguin's works in various media, from works on paper to clay and furniture
£42.75
Yale University Press Enlightened Princesses
Book SynopsisCaroline of Ansbach (16831737), Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (17191772), and Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz (17441818) were three German princesses who became Queens Consortor, in the case of Augusta, Queen in Waiting, Regent, and Princess Dowagerof Great Britain, and were linked by their early years at European princely courts, their curiosity, aspirations, and an investment in Enlightenment thought. This sumptuously illustrated book considers the ways these powerful, intelligent women left enduring marks on British culture through a wide range of activities: the promotion of the court as a dynamic forum of the Hanoverian regime; the enrichment of the royal collection of art; the advancement of science and industry; and the creation of gardens and menageries. Objects included range from spectacular state portraits to pedagogical toys to plant and animal specimens, and reveal how the new and novel intermingled with the traditional. Published in association with the Yale Center for BritisTrade Review“Erudite but accessible and ambitious in scope, it is visually stunning and consistently engaging.”—Matthew Dennison, World of Interiors -- Matthew Dennison * World of Interiors *
£52.25
Yale University Press Pharaoh
Book SynopsisA fresh look at the British Museum's celebrated and extensive ancient Egyptian collection from across three thousand yearsTrade Review“The book includes 180 marvelous color photographs of objects such as sculptures, funerary objects, jewelry and papyri. Essays accompanying the plates explore Egyptian kingship and images illustrating the pharaoh’s connection with various gods. . . . The plates throughout the book are striking and the accompanying discussion of Egyptian customs is excellent and very interesting.”—Richard Weigel, Bowling Green Daily News -- Richard Weigel * Bowling Green Daily News *"The variety of the artefacts and the quality of the illustrations, combined with the book’s thoughtful text, make this well worth a place in anyone’s Egyptological library.”—Hilary Forrest, Ancient Egypt -- Hilary Forrest * Ancient Egypt *
£38.00
Yale University Press Albert Oehlen
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£63.00
Yale University Press Origins Invention Revision
Book SynopsisAn illuminating collection of essays from the preeminent scholar of architectural history and theoryTrade Review"As he approaches his century - he was born in 1919 - it is a pleasure to welcome Jame Ackerman's collection of eight essays and to note that he is as inquisitive, as lively and as wide-ranging as he ever was."-Joseph Rkywert, Art Newspaper -- Joseph Rkywert Art Newspaper
£26.12
Yale University Press Van Dyck Rembrandt and the Portrait Print Elgar
Book SynopsisIn the last decade of his life, Anthony van Dyck (15991641) undertook a printmaking project that changed the conventions of portraiture. In a series later namedtheIconography, he portrayed artists alongside kings, courtiers, and diplomatsa radical departure from preexisting conventions. He also depicted his subjects in novel ways, focusing on their facial features often to the exclusion of symbolic costumes or props. In addition to illustrating approximately60 works by Van Dyck and other artists from his eraparticularly Rembrandtthis catalogue traces the artist's influence over hundreds of years. Showcasing both 17th century portraits in a variety of media and portrait prints by a wide range of artists spanning the16th through the20th centuriesincluding Albrecht Dürer, Hendrick Goltzius, Francisco de Goya, Edgar Degas, and Jim Dinethe book demonstrates the indelible mark that Van Dyck left on the genre. Distributed for the Art Institute of ChicagoExhibition Schedule:Art Institute of
£19.00
Yale University Press Thomas Wilmer Dewing Beauty into Art
Book SynopsisBest known for his interiors and landscapes featuring beautiful women in artful poses and subtly related color harmonies, Thomas Wilmer Dewing (18511938) lived and worked at the forefront of developments in modern American art. His paintings, which navigate a course between the bravura of John Singer Sargent and the attenuated aestheticism of James McNeill Whistler, convey a sensuous beauty that remains uniquely his and that represents an exceptional phase in American painting. Featuring a comprehensive biography and engaging, narrative commentaries, this elegant, 2-volume catalogue raisonné is an essential and much-needed reference. Included here are more than 550 works of art as well as previously unpublished photographs from the artist's own albums; each work is accompanied by a full provenance, exhibition histories, and literatureboth published and archival.
£999.99
Yale University Press Unorthodox
Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging and thought-provoking compilation explores the idea of nonconformity in art, religion, and philosophy. The book features 55 contemporary artists who work outside the norms of current practice, alongsideboth newly commissioned and previously published texts which, taken together, provide an astute sampling of recent perspectives on art and ideas. Among the artists whose work is featured are Margit Anna, Clayton Bailey, Tony Cox, Abu Bakarr Mansaray, Birgit Megerle, Philip Smith, and Keiichi Tanaami. The accompanying texts include classic works by Sigmund Freud and Leo Steinberg, reprinted with new commentary by Mark Edmundson and Joshua Decter, respectively; a recent essay on unorthodoxy in Judaism by Alan T. Levenson with a response by Jack Wertheimer; and a previously unpublished meditation on Aby Warburg's art history by Georges Didi-Huberman.Distributed for the Jewish Museum, New YorkExhibition Schedule:Jewish Museum, New York 11/06/15-03/27/16
£15.00
Yale University Press Mapplethorpe Munch
Book SynopsisA fascinating look at how Mapplethorpe and Munch, although separated by many years, shared certain affinities in their lives and artwork
£33.25
Yale University Press Jan Fabre TroubleynLaboratorium Agrarian Studies
Book SynopsisThis handsome book peers into Troubleyn/Laboratorium, the workspace, collective art space, and creative incubator of Belgian multidisciplinary artist Jan Fabre (b. 1958), whose performances, staged since the 1980s, have brought him international acclaim and recognition. Expressing the collective aims of Fabreâs theatre company, Troubleyn/Laboratorium functions as his workspace as well as a nurturing environment for the activities of his theater company and young artists alike, in which artists are free to develop and materialize their creative impulses. The building, situated in a progressive multicultural neighborhood in northern Antwerp, houses a uniquely integrated collection of art works from international visual artists, writers, theatre makers, and philosophers, with whom Jan Fabre feels a close affinity and whose works represent the overall cooperative spirit of the space itself. Fostering an environment that is as progressive as the artistâs varied oeuvre, Troubleyn/Laboratoriu
£33.25
Yale University Press Art and Optics in the Hereford Map
Book SynopsisA single, monumental mappa mundi (world map), made around 1300 for Hereford Cathedral, survives intact from the Middle Ages. As Marcia Kupfer reveals in her arresting new study, this celebrated testament to medieval learning has long been profoundly misunderstood. Features of the colored and gilded map that baffle modern expectations are typically dismissed as the product of careless execution. Kupfer argues that they should rightly be seen as part of the map's encoded commentary on the nature of vision itself. Optical conceits and perspectival games formed part of the map's language of vision, were central to its commission, and shaped its display, formal design, and allegorical fabric. These discoveries compel a sweeping revision of the artwork's intellectual and art-historical genealogy, as well as its function and aesthetic significance, shedding new light on the impact of scientific discourses in late medieval art.Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
£57.00
Yale University Press Tastemaker
Book SynopsisA riveting and superbly illustrated account of the enigmatic House Beautiful editor's profound influence on mid-century American tasteTrade ReviewFinalist for the 2018 Modernist Studies Association Book PrizeWinner of the 2019 SESAH Publication Awards, sponsored by the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians“This book is extremely important and timely. The intelligence and seriousness with which it frames questions about taste and modernism will move the conversation forward. It is a game changer in both architectural history and design studies.”—Alice Friedman, Wellesley College
£52.25
Yale University Press Dreamlands
Book SynopsisA fascinating survey of pioneering work in experimental cinema and art from 1905 to the present day, revealing the high stakes and transformative potential of these forms
£42.75
Yale University Press Gardens of Court and Country
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is the book for which serious historians of garden history in this country have been waiting… the fruit of some four decades of both archival and on-the-ground research brought together in one magisterial work. The result is a triumph, and a publication that will remain a cornerstone of all future studies.”—Roy Strong, Country Life“The book’s illustrations are astonishing. . . . The integration of visual and textual evidence allows many insights and discoveries.” —Tom Turner, Garden History “While few of these high-maintenance gardens exist today, they are brought alive through contemporary engravings and Jacques’ text.”—Jane Owen, Financial Times“The kind of companion a coffee table dreams about supporting: a comprehensive survey of 17th-century English formal gardens . . . This ‘visual record’ will make readers long to explore those bygone forecourts, flower gardens, bowling greens, cascades, and more.”—Steve Gutierrez, British Heritage Travel“A landmark in Garden History studies.”—Georgina Craufurd, Hampshire Gardens Trust"Jacques’s book brings a new, heavily documented and informed treatment to a topic that, as he ends by acknowledging, "recognizes the contribution" of many disciplines to its expanded field of enquiry."—John Dixon Hunt, Historic Gardens Foundation May 2017‘The rewards are substantial for anyone interested in garden history or the wider aspects of social and political history.’ — Richard Bisgrove, The Garden, November 2017 ‘This volume includes 300 illustrations that bring lost and forgotten gardens back to life.’ — Listed Heritage 115, November 2017 Recommended as one of the three books for gardeners by Ruth Pavey in the Ham and High, 30 November 2017 ‘…a rich, scholarly and intriguing work’ — Ruth Pavey, Ham and High, 30 November 2017 ‘[the book] provides the reader with a concentrated picture of an extensive subject, bringing together both the wider view across England and the illuminating detail which brings the subject to life.’ — Marilyn Brown, The Pleasaunce Won the 2017 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title
£42.75
Yale University Press Luluwa
Book SynopsisLiving in the region between the Lubudi and Kasai rivers in south central Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Luluwa people are known for their elaborately carved male and female figure sculptures, masks, and decorative arts. Constantine Petridis draws on first-hand accounts of numerous explorers, missionaries, colonial servants, anthropologists, and art historians who visited the region between the 1880s and the 1970s, to comprehensively situate the Luluwa's ornate art in its original environment of production and use. Through a close study of published and unpublished sources as well as museum objects and archival photographs, this book sheds new light on the historical context of one of central Africa's most spectacular artistic legacies, whose creation presumably dates back to the second half of the 19th century. Distributed for Mercatorfonds
£67.50
Yale University Press Modern Painters Old Masters
Book SynopsisWith the rise of museums in the 19th century, including the formation in 1824 of the National Gallery in London, as well as the proliferation of widely available published reproductions, the art of the past became visible and accessible in Victorian England as never before. Inspired by the work of Sandro Botticelli, Jan van Eyck, Diego Velázquez, and others, British artists elevated contemporary art to new heights through a creative process that emphasized imitation and emulation. Elizabeth Prettejohn analyzes the ways in which the Old Masters were interpreted by critics, curators, and scholars, and argues that Victorian artists were, paradoxically, at their most original when they imitated the Old Masters most faithfully. Covering the arc of Victorian art from the Pre-Raphaelites through to the early modernists, this volume traces the ways in which artists such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones, and William Orpen engaged with the art of the past and produced some of the greatest art of the later 19th century.Published in association with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British ArtTrade Review“Many art historians have emphasised the ways in which the Pre-Raphaelites imitated the art of the past. Prettejohn not only looks again at the nature of this imitation but demonstrates how it enabled them to contribute to the re-evaluation of that art.” —Nicholas Penny, London Review of Books"…a brilliantly realised excavation of the mindset of progressive Victorian painters."— Nicholas Tromans, Burlington Magazine"a pleasure to read" — Susan Owens, TLS "This is a finely written book, full of the kind of detail which would warrant further study." — Paul Flux, Albion Magazine Online"a book to reference and return to" — Mark Jones, Pre-Raphaelite Society Review "This book confirms Elizabeth Prettejohn as our foremost writer on Victorian art." — Andrew Saint, The Victorian
£42.75
Yale University Press Agents of Faith
Book SynopsisTrade Review“One of the great gifts of global consciousness has been to remind Western secular culture that some art has power beyond the aesthetic. And that power is what this book, the catalog for a show at Bard Graduate Center Gallery in Manhattan (through Jan. 6), is about. It brings together objects of spiritual significance from Africa, Asia, Latin America, medieval Europe and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. Each item was designed to seal a vow, ask for help or give thanks for an answered prayer. Together they demonstrate that art is alive and interactive.”—Holland Cotter, New York Times “Lavishly illustrated with colour plates, it is an absolute joy to turn pages that open up a complex expression of faith—namely, the desire on the part of the devotee to present something to a deity either in petition or gratitude”—Christopher Colven, Art Newspaper
£52.25
Yale University Press Polidoro da Caravaggio
Book SynopsisPolidoro da Caravaggio (c. 15001543), one of Raphael's most influential and distinctive followers, has not been well treated by time. His significant early frescoes, which graced exterior palace facades in Rome, have perished almost without exception. A rare few are preserved but most are known only in copies. Consequently, the originality of Polidoro's public work has been little explored, despite his once famous reputation and the association of his name with Raphael and Michelangelo. His move to Sicily later in life, a region with few surviving primary sources, further complicates the study of his work. Extant pieces by the artist from this period are unusually severe in content and technique, and their attribution has often been controversial. In this first account in English, Polidoro's radical Sicilian paintings are considered through the lens of the religious life of the era and in relation to his early secular work. This much-needed investigation establishes Polidoro's proper p
£999.99
Yale University Press John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné
Book SynopsisThe fourth volume of the John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné comprises approximately 370 works that represent the activity of this iconic conceptual artist between 1994 and 2004. Here, John Baldessari (b. 1931) continues to interrogate the possibilities of photographic appropriation, further developing his unique strategies for the production of meaning and narrative within the picture frame. Included in this crucial volume is the landmark Goya series, which shows the artist revisiting his characteristic photo-text pieces established early in his career. In the serial trio Overlap, Intersection,and Junction, produced between 2000 and 2002, Baldessari riffs on the notion of pictorial space, with each series building on the preceding one. Along with a full chronology, an essay contributed by the eminent critic Robert Storr closely examines a selection of these works, articulating their place within the evolution of the artist's career and their much broader historical climate.Published in association with Marian Goodman Gallery
£152.00
Yale University Press Album Picabia
Book SynopsisAlbum Picabia is an inspiring, artistic chronicle of Francis Picabia's life (18791953) as seen through the eyes of his last wife and creative protégée, Olga Mohler Picabia. Begun in 1936, four years before their marriage, and left unfinished in 1951, two years before Picabia's death, the album is a collection of souvenirs, sketches, newspaper clippings, photographs, and annotations that document the artist's public and private lives with acute affection and appreciation. This rich visual account grants us entry into one of the greatest, yet one of the least known, creative and romantic partnerships of the 20th century.Distributed for Mercatorfonds
£28.50
Yale University Press Emulating Antiquity
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A series of publications by the author has prepared the ground for the arguments put forward in this generously illustrated book...The book gives the impression that it is founded on long experience in teaching the history of Italian Renaissance architecture.”—Sabine Frommel, The Burlington Magazine“This is a masterly work of architectural criticism, based on intensive first-hand study of the buildings and underpinned by deep scholarship and voracious exploration of the sources of inspiration.”—Deborah Howard, The Classical Review“Hemsoll’s writing is lucid and precise . . . His analyses of the buildings, especially his scrupulous examination of the numerous plans and elevations, is masterful and never tedious. One comes away with . . . a deeper appreciation for the historical and cultural circumstances that informed design decisions.”— Max Grossman, Architectural Histories Shortlisted for the 2020 Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
£54.00
Yale University Press Walter Leblanc
Book SynopsisLittle is known about Walter Leblanc (19321986), one of the key representatives of kinetic and optical art in the mid-20th century. This comprehensive monograph, the first on this artist for an international audience, includes unpublished materials, which provide insight not only into the art of LeBlanc, but also into the ZERO artist movement to which he was connected and with which he was in close dialogue beginning in the 1950s.Walter Leblanc is based on extensive studies of the artist's work: with about 150 images of his paintings and sculptures, comparative works, historical photos and documents, it includes a selection of Leblanc's writings, an iconographic mapping of selected works in museums around the world, and a bio-bibliographical appendix. Demonstrating the wealth of his creative output, the book reaffirms the enduring role Leblanc played in the development of modern and contemporary art on a global scale. Distributed for Mercatorfonds
£38.00
Yale University Press The Cubism Seminars
Book SynopsisThe complex facets of Cubism remain relevant subjects in art history today, a century after Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque developed the revolutionary style. This impressive collection of essays by international experts presents new lines of inquiry, including novel readings of individual objects or groups of works through close visual, material, and archival analysis; detailed studies of how Cubism related to intellectual and political movements of the early 20th century; and accounts of crucial moments in the reception of Cubism by curators, artists, and critics. Generous illustrations of paintings, drawings, and sculptures, some familiar but others virtually unknown, support this wide range of approaches to the pioneering works of Picasso, Braque, Fernand Léger, Juan Gris, and others. Distributed for the National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
£999.99
Yale University Press A New American Sculpture 19141945
Book SynopsisA New American Sculpture, 19141945 is the first publication to situate the individual contributions of Gaston Lachaise, Robert Laurent, Elie Nadelman, and William Zorach into a compelling constellation of artists with shared aesthetic and social concerns. Although each European-born, American artist cultivated his own distinct style, their creative priorities were all deeply rooted in quiet composition, synthetic approaches to anatomy, and architectural unity of curves and volume. At a time when abstract forms were popular, Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach were all ultimately in favor of maintaining the integrity of the human body to explore modernist styles. This handsome book underscores their unrelenting search for a novel American visual tradition at the intersection of modernism, historic visual culture, and contemporary popular imagery.Distributed for the Portland Museum of ArtExhibition Schedule:Portland Museum of Art (05/26/1709/08/17)Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee (10/14/1701/07/18)Amon Carter Museum of American Art (02/17/1805/13/18)
£33.25
Yale University Press Zhang Peili
Book SynopsisConsidered the first Chinese artist to work in video, Zhang Peili (b. 1957) manipulates perspective, close-ups, and framing to create astonishing recordings of banal repeated actions, such as breaking glass, reading, washing, shaving, and blowing bubble gum. He is a pioneering figure, experimenting with a video camera in the late 1980s, exploring digital formats in the early 2000s, and developing large-scale, immersive scenes today. Despite Zhang's pivotal role in the global history of video art, his oeuvre has received relatively little attention. This book, which includes insightful essays, color plates, and an illustrated chronology, is one of the few in-depth explorations in English of this important artist's work.Distributed for the Art Institute of ChicagoExhibition Schedule:The Art Institute of Chicago (03/31/1707/09/17)
£19.00
Yale University Press Jorn Munch
Book SynopsisJorn + Munch is the first publication to examine the enduring impact Edvard Munch (18631944) had on Asger Jorn (19141973). In Munch's later works, Danish artist Jorn discovered an artist with a direct, spontaneous, and raw form of expression. Already influenced by surrealism's unprompted painting style, Jorn was naturally drawn to Munch's similarly unbridled compositions. In particular, Jorn was interested in Munch's use of intense colors and his gestural application of paint in the later works. From the middle of the 1940s, and for many years after that, Munch is shown to be a challenging and important reference point for Jorn's own body of work. Distributed for MercatorfondsExhibition Schedule:Munch Museum, Oslo (10/15/1601/15/17)Jorn Museum, Silkeborg, Denmark (02/11/1705/28/17)
£38.00
Yale University Press Henry van de Velde Designing Modernism
Book SynopsisTrade Review“[An] excellent critical study”—Anne Ceresole, Journal of the Decorative Arts Society“The fascinating story...posits a new interpretation of the artist and architect, one that weaves together the complexities of his work with the social, historical and artistic context in which it emerged.”—Claire Moran, Journal of Design History“Katherine Kuenzli offers an original portrait of van de Velde—his personality, ideals, and work—through exemplary research and superb illustrations.”—Harry Mallgrave, Illinois Institute of Technology“Kuenzli fills a major gap ambitiously and successfully, and she convincingly shows how existing narratives need to be revised as a result.”— Frederic J. Schwartz, University College London
£47.50
Yale University Press Venice Illuminated
Book SynopsisTrade Review“An important contribution to the wider history of the art and culture of Renaissance Venice, the book is also highly informative about a range of related topics [. . .] It is to be hoped that Yale University Press will continue its tradition of producing art-historical books of such elegant design and excellent scholarship.” —Peter Humfrey, The Burlington MagazineWinner of The 2019 Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Best Book Prize in Renaissance Venetian Studies, sponsored by the Renaissance Society of AmericaRecipient of the 2019 Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize, sponsored by the American Historical Association
£61.75
Yale University Press Sculpture Vertical Horizontal Closed Open
Book SynopsisBy taking simple ways of looking at sculpture, this book uncovers unexpected affinities between works of very different periods and types. From sundials to mirrors, from graves to way-markers, from fountains to contemporary art, a wide range of illustrated examples expands the definitions of sculpture and proposes that we understand this art as something more fundamental to the way we experience and construct our rites of passage. Penelope Curtis argues that there are some basic functions shared by many kinds of three-dimensional objects, be they more or less obviously sculptural. Even contemporary sculpture, with no apparent purpose, makes use of this deeply embedded vocabulary. Together, the qualities of vertical, horizontal, closed and open are consolidated in the ensemble, which places the viewer at its heart, on the threshold of sculpture and on the threshold of change. This book elides the usual notions of figurative and abstract to think instead about how sculpture works. Trade Review“A remarkable study,which operates as a primer allowing us to rethink the very vocabulary and purpose of sculpture, both conceptually and physically.” —Tanya Harrod, Times Literary Supplement“A remarkable study,which operates as a primer allowing us to rethink the very vocabulary and purpose of sculpture, both conceptually and physically.” —Tanya Harrod, Times Literary Supplement -- Tanya Harrod * Times Literary Supplement *
£33.25
Yale University Press Jasper Johns
Book SynopsisThe essential five-volume resource on the painting and sculpture of one of the world's foremost contemporary artistsTrade Review“[Bernstein’s] scholarship on Mr. Johns assumed magisterial proportions . . . with the publication of a five-volume catalogue raisonné of his paintings and sculptures.”—Deborah Solomon, New York Times“This definitive five-volume publication is a super feat of scholarship, documenting Johns’ entire output — 355 paintings and 86 sculptures – from 1954 to 2014. Every work is illustrated with a full-page reproduction.”—Apollo‘Meticulously researched and clearly written’—Catherine Craft, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. CLIX (December 2017)
£517.50
Yale University Press Picturing War in France 17921856
Book SynopsisFrom the walls of the Salon to the pages of weekly newspapers, war imagery was immensely popular in postrevolutionary France. This fascinating book studies representations of contemporary conflict in the first half of the 19th century and explores how these pictures provided citizens with an imaginative stake in wars being waged in their name. As she traces the evolution of images of war from a visual form that had previously been intended for mostly elite audiences to one that was enjoyed by a much broader public over the course of the 19th century, Katie Hornstein carefully considers the influence of emergent technologies and popular media, such as lithography, photography, and panoramas, on both artistic style and public taste. With close readings and handsome reproductions in various media, from monumental battle paintings to popular prints, Picturing War in France,17921856 draws on contemporary art criticism, war reporting, and the burgeoning illustrated press to reveal the cruciaTrade Review“Hornstein’s methodology, groundbreaking research, wealth of documentation, and visual model make this book an innovative work that will be vital as a study reference. It also provides rich insight into the transformations that occurred in French society in the first half of the nineteenth century.” —Camilla Murgia, caa.reviews“Hornstein respects the complexity of her subject, and the result is a deeply fascinating book.”—David O’Brien, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide“This exciting and ambitious study offers a major contribution to an expanded history of nineteenth-century French art, in which Hornstein demonstrates that depictions of war represented a vital and immensely—perhaps uniquely—popular form of image making.”—Sarah Betzer, University of Virginia“A compelling account of the complex relations between diverse images of conflict in a time of rapid social, political, and aesthetic change.”—Richard Taws, University College London
£61.75
Yale University Press Transatlantic Encounters
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinner of the Outstanding Academic Title for 2018 award sponsored by Choice Given honorable mention for the 2019 Best Book in Latin American Visual Culture Studies award, sponsored by the Latin American Studies Association“This book will change the way we understand both Latin American and Parisian modernist art, especially during the inter-war period when so much was at stake in artistic, social, and political terms.”—Leonard Folgarait, Vanderbilt University“This book goes beyond the study of Latin American art to become a must-read for anyone interested in modern art in the first half of the twentieth century.”—Katherine Manthorne, author of California Mexicana: Missions to Murals, 1820 to 1930
£52.25
Yale University Press Pol Bury
Book SynopsisPol Bury (1922-2005) was a painter, sculptor, jewelry designer, writer, and graphic artist, but is perhaps best known to the general public for his fountains and sculpture in public spaces throughout the world. Acclaimedas one of the first proponents of moving works, driven by a motor, he became one of the protagonists of kinetic art and was without doubt one of Belgium's most important postwar artists. Accompanying a major exhibition in Belgium, this publication presents an opportunity to rediscover Bury's multifaceted oeuvre. Distributed for MercatorfondsExhibition Schedule:BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (02/23/1706/04/17)
£38.00
Yale University Press Maternity
Book SynopsisOn the African continent, images of mothers and children are found wherever the visual arts are, from early rock-art sites in Egypt and the Sahara to the contemporary arts of South Africa. Discoveredin a variety of materials, from stone, ivory, and metals to beadwork, wood, and even paintings, images of maternity enlivenvirtually every type of object made in the region. Defining maternity as a biological and cultural phenomenon, the author goes beyond obvious notions of fertility to consider the importance of maternity in thought, ritual action, and worldview. Maternity images of all eras evoke deep and significant messages well beyond what meets the eye.Distributed for Mercatorfonds
£999.99
Yale University Press The Condition of Being Here
Book SynopsisArguably the most important living artist in America, Jasper Johns (b. 1930) has been a leading advocate of drawing as an artistic genre in its own right, not just a preparatory medium for other works. This catalogue brings together 41 of Johns's drawings, spanning more than 60 years of his illustrious career and, beginning in 1954, the origin of his mature practice. It encompasses his most famous recurring motifs, including flags, targets, and numbers, and an essay by David Breslin contextualizes this reiterative aspect of Johns's career. Exquisite reproductions and large-scale details reveal the touch and process of this master draftsman, imparting to the reader a feeling of being in close contact with the artist himself. As this intimate book shows, Johns's art, at once simple and enigmatic, is above all a meditation on the world around him, a constant investigation of what he calls the condition of being here.Distributed for The Menil CollectionExhibition Schedule:The Menil Collection, Houston (11/03/1801/27/19)
£19.00
Yale University Press Mel Bochner Voices STRATEGIES FOR DISTANCE
Book SynopsisMel Bochner (b. 1940) is recognized as one of the leading figures in the development of Conceptual art in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. He pioneered the introduction of the use of language in the visual, probing the way they relate to one another to make us more attentive to the unspoken codes that underpin our visual engagement with the world. Featuring color plates of more than thirty new, previously unpublished paintings, and accompanied by an essay by Jeremy Sigler, this handsome publication offers a new perspective on Mel Bochnerâs career-long engagement with language and painting. Sigler points to how Bochnerâs newest images poignantly signal a return to visceral materiality, revealing the unexpected painterly roots of his body of work. Distributed for Peter Freeman, Inc.
£28.50
Yale University Press Thomas Gainsborough
Book SynopsisTrade Review“An essential work, as impressive as it is weighty” —Huon Mallalieu, CountryLife“This prodigious, long-gestated undertaking has been triumphantly accomplished, for which we must be most grateful to Hugh Belsey, who has been associated with Gainsborough for almost 40 years.”—Ian Robertson, The British Art Journal“[A] magnificent catalogue”— Robin Simon, The Art Newspaper
£135.00
Yale University Press Monet the Collector
Book SynopsisA unique and intimate look into Claude Monet's outstanding personal collection of paintings, drawings, and sculptures by fellow artists Claude Monet (18401926) was the founder of French Impressionism and remains one of the world's best-known and most beloved painters. His works are on view in many of the finest museums, and details of his storied life are well documented. Less well known are Monet's activities as an art collector; Monet as Collectoris a sumptuously illustrated volume that traces this history, and in the process reconstitutes the artist's private collection. The masterpieces he assembled throughout his life form an outstanding, unique ensemble, one that has never before been analyzed in its entirety. The collection includes paintings, drawings, and sculptures by such artists as Delacroix, Corot, Boudin, Jongkind, Manet, Renoir, Caillebotte, Cézanne, Morisot, Pissarro, Rodin, and Signac, and offers a new kind of insight into the artistic tastes and vision of this legenda
£38.00
Yale University Press The Paston Treasure
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£57.00
Yale University Press AniMystikAKtivist
Book SynopsisSouth Africanborn Belgian artist Kendell Geerschanged his date of birth to MAY 1968 as a performance, effectively giving birth to himself as a work of art. His artistic practice weaves together African animism, European mysticism, and socio-political activism with humor, irony, and contradiction. He uses his identity as a White African like a key to unlock and critique our understanding and reading of history, art, and language. This book, which focuses on his works created between 1988 and the present, looks at the influence of avant-garde traditions from Dada and Surrealism to Punk, intertwined with the powerful legacy of traditional African art on his work. Spiritually charged, politically poignant, and socially engaged, the work cannot be categorized as either European or African, but is rather a prolonged metaphysical dialogue between cultures, archetypal signs, and sacred symbols. Included are works in a diversity of media, including painting, sculpture, performance, photography, installation, and conceptual art. Distributed for Mercatorfonds
£38.00
Yale University Press NAGA
Book SynopsisTaking an approach that is equal parts anthropological and art historical, this lavishly illustrated volume offers a rare look at the art, artifacts, and culture of the Naga people, an ethnic group spanning several tribes native to northeastern India and northwestern Myanmar. The book seeks to shed light on this geographically isolated and historically insular people, identifying cultural aspects and artistic traditions that are common among all Naga tribes, as well as ways in which the tribes differ. The works featured include textiles, baskets, wood carving, pottery, metalwork, jewelry, and beadwork, and make use of a wide range of materials such as glass, stone, metal, wood, shell, seeds, bone, and hair. Archival photography is used to place clothing, accessories, and ornaments within the cultural practices of the Naga. Distributed for Mercatorfonds
£67.50
Yale University Press Sophie Whettnall at Work Agrarian Studies
Book SynopsisThis unconventional publication explores the process of making art through the work and studio practice of Sophie Whettnall (b. 1973), a contemporary Belgian artist whose works range from video art, installation, and performance to sculpture and drawing. In addition to copious illustrations of Whettnall's artwork that highlight its relationship to the studio and the artist's creative process, the book features three conversations. The first, between Whettnall and fellow artist Marina Abramovic, explores transmission, violence, and femininity. The second, between Emiliano Battista and Scott Samuelson, situates Whettnall's work and practice in the broader context of contemporary art and the theoretical framework that shapes it. In the third, Carine Fol and Whettnall share with the reader the behind-the-scenes discussions and decisions that go into the mounting of an exhibition. Distributed for MercatorfondsExhibition Schedule:CENTRALE for contemporary art, Brussels (04/04/1908/04/19)
£38.00
Yale University Press Calder
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A meticulously researched biography of one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. . . Not only an essential record of the first 40 years of Calder's life, but an exceptional chronicle of the genesis of modernism." —Kirkus Starred Review * Kirkus *“Calder’s magic brilliantly captivated by an astute biographer.”—John Richardson, author of A Life of Picasso -- John Richardson“Calder is an artist whose influence is so ubiquitous that you sometimes completely lose sight of him. Jed Perl, one of our most brilliant art critics, has remedied this in a superbly researched, illustrated, and crafted biography of his early years. We can now savor Calder's accomplishment fully and see where his genius lies, and how it matters to us today.” —John Ashbery -- John Ashbery“In this richly satisfying biography, Calder appears as charming as ever, but he is also a much more powerful figure than the beloved teddy bear of legend. He becomes a modern philosopher-king, unpretentious but serious, who takes the true measure of a world that never stops moving.”—Mark Stevens, co-author of De Kooning: An American Master -- Mark Stevens“Jed Perl has the critical imagination to imagine Calder’s imagination, and the rare ability to engage that of the reader.”—Fran Lebowitz -- Fran Lebowitz“A masterwork account of the life of one of America’s greatest artists that’s also an account of America coming into its own. Passionate, learned, playful and ranging, it’s as solidly-grounded as a stabile, but like a mobile it appears to defy gravity—and float.”—Joshua Cohen, author of Book of Numbers -- Joshua Cohen“Perl’s vibrant, driving prose . . . reveals how Calder’s magnetic personality and synthetic thinking determined a radical new course for 20th-century art.”—Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director, Whitney Museum of American Art -- Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown
£35.62
Yale University Press A is for Archive
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£28.50
Yale University Press Worlds Beyond Miniatures and Victorian Fiction
Book SynopsisAn innovative study of how the Victorians used books, portraits, fairies, microscopes, and dollhouses to imagine miniature worlds beyond perception.Trade Review“Forsberg's book is impressive in its scope, cutting across disciplines--science, the book arts, art history, children's play, and literature--and incorporating both canonical and little-known works….The miniature will no longer be easy to overlook.”—Catherine J. Golden, Review 19“Forsberg’s account of small-scale existence—from paintings and dolls to miniature books and even microscope induced fairies—provides a new angle on the practices of Victorian world making.”—Philipp Erchinger, University of Dusseldorf “There is no other study that so effectively brings together art, science, and literature, objects from popular culture for both children and adults, and a wide range of ephemera.”—Janice Carlisle, Yale University“Made in the era of an ever-expanding empire and ever-lengthening books, Victorian miniatures charm and baffle in equal measure. Laura Forsberg uses these tiny objects to answer big questions – about childhood, about book history, and about literature itself.”—Leah Price, author of How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain“In this engrossing and deeply researched literary and cultural history, Laura Forsberg persuasively demonstrates how the “miniature”– from scientific investigation to art, fiction, and childhood play– served throughout the Victorian period as a crucial portal to imagined worlds.”— Ivan Kreilkamp, author of Minor Creatures: Persons, Animals, and the Victorian Novel
£999.99
Yale University Press Tomma Abts
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£28.50
Yale University Press Young Bellini
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Written in a lively, accessible style, this important book, with its gripping narrative, will revolutionise Bellini studies.”—Deborah Howard, University of Cambridge -- Deborah Howard“Full of dazzling archival discoveries and sensitive observations of paintings, Young Bellini will surely be essential reading for scholars of Venetian art.”—David Young Kim, University of Pennsylvania -- David Young Kim“Daniel Maze offers a persuasive new reconstruction of Giovanni Bellini’s early career, one that any specialist, curator, and fan of Venetian art won’t be able to ignore.”—Emanuele Lugli, Stanford University -- Emanuele LugliTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: A Tinsmith, a Felon and an Orphan Chapter 2: A Bellini Family Workshop Chapter 3: Letters, Numbers, and Art Chapter 4: The First Painting Chapter 5: Flashes of Brilliance Chapter 6: A Lesson for Jacopo’s Assistant Chapter 7: A Small Masterpiece Chapter 8: Conclusions and Attributions Epilogue Chronology Family Tree and Notes Appendix A Appendix B Acknowledgements Bibliography
£23.75
Yale University Press Adel Abdessemed Otchi Tchiornie LAntidote
Book SynopsisThe book presents a series of new works produced by Adel Abdessemed for the MAC's/Museum of Contemporary Arts in Grand-Hornu. The Algerian-born French artist Adel Abdessemed (b. 1971) works in a wide variety of media including animation, installation, performance, sculpture, and video; through his art he addresses contemporary themes and he reflects the bleak picture of the present day. His works, unsettling in their simultaneous beauty and raw reality, have made Abdessemed one of the most visible internationalartists of our time. This volume is composed of two distinct parts, each showcasing and examining one of two series of brand new, site-specific works created by Abdessemed for the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Grand-Hornu and the Musée d'Art Contemporain in Lyon. Distributed for MercatorfondsExhibition Schedule:MAC's, Grand Hornu (03/04/1806/03/18)Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon (03/09/1807/08/18)
£33.25
