Individual artists, art monographs Books
University of Washington Press Mine Okubo
Book SynopsisPresents an examination of the life and work of Mine Okubo (1912-2001), a Nisei artist, writer, and social activist who repeatedly defied conventional role expectations for women and for Japanese Americans over her seventy-year career.Trade Review"Whereas the social and historical value of this [Citizen 13660] body of work is well established, the critical re-readings gathered in Mine Okubo: Following Her Own Road aim to interrogate and to expand the ways in which Citizen 13660 has come to be understood more than sixty years after its postwar publication…. Whether a reader agrees wholly or in part with the particulars of the seven central essays, what remains incontestable is the value of such projects in eliciting new and sometimes provocative thoughts on the small but steadily growing body of discourse on Asian American art and visual culture." * Journal of American Ethnic History *"It's hard not to like Mine Okubo as we come to know her though this first book-length study of her life and work: feisty, eccentric, and deeply committed to her art. A slim, beautifully produced volume, Mine Okubo: Following Her Own Road is both a tribute to the artist, who died in 2001, and an important step in remedying the dearth of scholarship on her work . . . . this collection offers less the 'definitive version' of her life and work, and more an incitement to re-view it in new ways that throw its power and charm into relief." * Rain Taxi *"Robinson and Creef have produced a fine and wonderful tribute to the life and work of Mine Okubo. . . . There is something for everyone in this remarkably compact but dense volume. . . . The editors have produced a very 'smart' and beautiful retrospective of her life, giving us a sense of Okubo's rightful place in Japanese American history, as well as the larger canvas of American history." * Nichi Bei Times *Table of ContentsPreface / Greg Robinson and Elena Tajima Creef Color Plates Following Her Own Road: The Achievement of Mine Okubo / Elena Tajima Creef Part I: An Artistic and Literary Portfolio A Selection of Drawings and Paintings / Mine Okubo 1. Riverside / Mine Okubo and Fay Chiang 2. An Artist's Credo: A Personal Statement / Mine Okubo 3. An Evacuee's Hopes - and Memories / Mine Okubo 4. Statement Before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Citizens / Mine Okubo 5. Letters from Mine Okubo to Isamu Noguchi 6. Letters from Mine Okubo to Dr. Roy W. Leeper Part II: Scholarly Essays 7. Gestures of Noncompliance: Resisting, Inventing, and Enduring in Citizen 13660 / Vivian Fumiko Chin 8. Mine Okubo's War: Citizen 13660's Attack on Government Propaganda / Heather Fryer 9. To Keep a Record of Life: Mine Okubo's Autographic Manga and Wartime History / Kimberley L. Phillips 10. Mine Okubo's Citizen 13660 and Her Trek Artwork: Space, Movement, Image, Text, and Their Sites of Production / Lynne Horiuchi 11. Mine Okubo's Illustrations for Trek Magazine: Sites of Resistance / Laura Card 12. Paradoxes of Citizenship: Re-Viewing the Japanese American Internment in Mine Okubo's Citizen 13660 / Stella Oh 13. Birth of a Citizen: Mine Okubo and the Politics of Symbolism / Greg Robinson Part III: Reminiscences and Tributes 14. Holding Center: Tanforan Race Track, Spring 1942 / James Masao Matsui 15. A Remembering / Sohei Hohri 16. A Tribute to Mine Okubo / Greg Robinson 17. A Memory of Genius / Shirley Geok-lin Lim A Partial Chronology of Mine Okubo's Life and Work Selected Bibliography Contributors Illustration Credits Index
£29.66
University of Washington Press Mary Randlett Portraits
Book SynopsisKnown for both her landscapes and portraits, the author began documenting Northwest figures in 1963 when Theodore Roethke asked her to photograph him in his Seattle home. In addition to Roethke, this title includes portraits of renowned artists Jacob Lawrence, Mark Tobey, and Morris Graves; writers Tom Robbins, Henry Miller; and more.
£999.99
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Loss within Loss Artists in the Age of AIDS
Book SynopsisWhen an artist dies we face two great losses: the person and the work he did not live to do. This book is a moving collaboration by some of America's most eloquent writers, who supply wry, raging, sorrowful, and buoyant accounts of artist friends and lovers struck down by AIDS.Trade ReviewA poignant reminder of the devastating impact of the AIDS epidemic on the arts. - Krista Ivy, Library Journal ""A searing, and often bitingly funny collection of personal essays by almost two dozen writers - John Barendt, Brad Gooch, Allan Gurganus, and Sarah Schulman among them - Loss within Loss remembers over twenty creative artists lost to AIDS in the past twenty years, including poet James Merrill, filmmaker Derek Jarman, and painter and writer David Wojnarowicz.... A reflective, self-possessed, and frequently inspiring testimonial, benefiting from the perspective that only time provides."" - David Bahr, The Advocate
£999.99
Yale University Press The Diary of Joseph Farington
Book SynopsisJoseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical artist and lived most of his life in London. Through his extensive involvement in the affairs of the Royal Academy, his wide circle of friends, and his membership in several clubs and societies, he touched the life of his time at many points. This diary, which he kept from 1793 until his death, provides a meticulous record of his actions and observations and is an invaluable source for the history of English art and artists. It also constitutes an absorbing record of this period's social, political, and literary developments. These first two volumes cover the time from July 31, 1793, when he visited Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill, to August 31, 1796. Apart from recording his constant involvement in Academy business, he describes his visit to Valenciennes and his sketching tour for the History of the River Thames. Such matters as the sale of part of Sir Joshua Reynolds's collection, the controversies over the Shakespeare forgeries are set down against the background of the French Revolution and the war, and of political turbulence at home. The diary is now for the first time published in full. The unannotated text will be published in successive volumes with a full index and a final volume, A Companion to The Farington Diary, to follow.
£80.75
Yale University Press The Diary of Joseph Farington
Book SynopsisJoseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical artist and lived most of his life in London. Through his extensive involvement in the affairs of the Royal Academy, his wide circle of friends, and his membership in several clubs and societies, he touched the life of his time at many points. This diary, which he kept from 1793 until his death, provides a meticulous record of his actions and observations and is an invaluable source for the history of English art and artists. It also constitutes an absorbing record of this period's social, political, and literary developments. This second pair of volumes covers the period in which Farington's influence within the Royal Academy was at its height and he earned the title of dictator of the Royal Academy.' These years where characterized by artistic controversy over such matters as the eligibility of architects for membership, the expulsion of James Barry from his position as Professor of Painting and then from the Academy itself, and the alleged destructiveness of James Wyatt's restoration of Durham Cathedral. Farington immersed himself in these and other artistic matters ranging from the campaign for the establishment of a national gallery to his budding friendships with the young Turner and the young Constable.
£80.75
Yale University Press The Diary of Joseph Farington
Book SynopsisJoseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical artist who lived most of his life in London. Through his extensive involvement in the affairs of the Royal Academy, his wide circle of friends, and his membership in several clubs and societies, he touched the life of his times at many points. His diary, now for the first time being published in full, is an invaluable source for the history of English art and artists. In this third pair of volumes, the chief interest is provided by Farington's account of his visit to Paris, in company with Fuseli, during the Peace of Amiens in 1802. West, Opie, Flaxman, Hoppner, and Turner were among the other English artists who visited Paris at the same time, as did Charles James Fox and his followers. Farington provides much material on French art and artists, notably on David and his pupils, and on the works of art looted from other parts of Europe, especially from Italy, which were on view in the Louvre. There are vivid descriptions of Napoleon and of the atmosphere of Paris during the Consulate. During these years Farington also undertook tours of the Lake District, Scotland, and the Wye valley. He portrays in detail the pre-Regency society of these years, ranging from the small change of gossip and social life to the serious matters of art and politics.
£80.75
Yale University Press The Diary of Joseph Farington
Book SynopsisThese seventh and eighth volumes of Farrington's diary chronicle a period of troubled time for the Royal Academy and record political events such as the battle of Trafalgar and the death of Pitt and Fox.
£80.75
Yale University Press The Diary of Joseph Farington
Book SynopsisThe ninth and tenth volumes of the diary cover the years from January 1808 up to December 1810. Among the public events that preoccupy Joseph Farington are the wars in Europe and South America and the spectacular scandal that erupted in 1809 over Duke of York's association with Mary Anne Clark. This period finds Farington embarking on extended toursone to the north of England and two to the West Countrymaking sketches to illustrate the survey of Britain, Britannica Depicta, compiled by his friends Samuel and Daniel Lysons. Farington's association with this and other projects for the publishers Cadell and Davies involves him in negotiations with many engravers, among them Joseph Landseer, James Heath, and Samuel Middiman. Within the Royal Academy (to which Landseer is pressing that a number of engravers be admitted) feelings run high over the lecture by John Soane criticizing the architecture of Covent Garden Theatre, which was the work of Robert Smirke, the son of Farington's oldest friends. At the end of 1810 Farington is occupied with assessing Robert Smirke's prospects at the coming election of academicians. In common with many others in the diarist's wide circle of acquaintances, Thomas Lawrence and John Constable continue to seek Farington's advice on professional and practical affairs. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
£80.75
Yale University Press The Diary of Joseph Farington
Book SynopsisThese eleventh and twelfth volumes of Farington's famous diaries gives his accounts of Academy exhibitions from 1811 to 1813 and discuss the political events of the time. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for studies in British art.
£80.75
Yale University Press The Diary of Joseph Farington
Book SynopsisJoseph Farington (1747-1821), a respectable though not outstanding painter, was active in the social, cultural, and professional art world of his time. His voluminous diaries enrich our perception of this lively and productive age. Volumes XIII and XIV of the diaries take Farington past his seventieth birthday but show that his keen interest in public and artistic affairs remained undiminished. He rejoices at the end of the long war with France, deplores the conduct of Lord Byron, approves the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and speculates about the probable authorship of the attack on prominent connoisseurs in the catalogue raisonné of the British Institution exhibition. In private life, Farington survives a financial disaster, and campaigns tirelessly to secure the promotion of a nephew to the rank of Post Captain in the Royal Navy.
£80.75
Yale University Press The Diary of Joseph Farington
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Yale University Press Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Book SynopsisUnderstanding Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) is crucial to reading the history of art of the late nineteenth century and the development of modernism. Often associated with classicizing imagery, he was an artist of great range. This book introduces many of his works, assesses his contribution, and restores him to the pantheon of modern masters.Trade Review“. . . luxurious and profusely illustrated. . . . Brown Price’s catalogue raisonne will be. . . frequently consulted in decades to come.”--Chris Riopelle, The Art Newspaper -- Chris Riopelle * The Art Newspaper * “A splendid production, amply supplied with plates in both color and black and white, featuring particularly fine new photography of the architecturally-installed murals, which earned him his greatest renown. Never have students of art and history had the opportunity to so fully explore the complexities of this most singular of painters. Without a doubt the book will remain a landmark in the essential scholarship of the period.” —19th Century Art Worldwide * 19th Century Art Worldwide *
£225.00
Yale University Press Reconstructing the Renaissance
Book SynopsisAnalyzing the painting, Saint James Freeing Hermogenes, this book reexamines and confirms Fra Angelico's status as a pioneer of the representational style championed in Florence in the early fifteenth century by Brunelleschi, Masaccio, and Donatello, and shows why he was one of the great artistic minds of his age.
£999.99
Yale University Press David After David Essays on the Later Work Clark
Book SynopsisFeatures essays by Valerie Bajou, Philippe Bordes, Thomas Crow, Michael Fried, Daniel Harkett, Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby, Stephane Guegan, Godehard Janzing, Dorothy Johnson, Mehdi Korchane, Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, Issa Lampe, Mark Ledbury, Simon Lee, Heather McPherson, David O'Brien, Satish Padiyar, Todd Porterfield, Susan Siegfried, and Helen Weston.
£999.99
Yale University Press Picasso and the Allure of Language Yale
Book SynopsisThroughout his life, Pablo Picasso had close friendships with writers and an abiding interest in the written word. This book, which draws on the collections of Yale University, traces the relationship that Picasso had with literature and writing in his life and work.Trade Review"[The] catalogue contains an introduction by Susan Greenberg Fisher; essays that probe Picasso's lifelong relationship to writers and writing by Mary Ann Caws, and extended catalogue entries that present new scholarship on select objects from the exhibition by modern-art scholars."—Artdaily * Artdaily *“…a stylish book that is a must for fans of the Spanish master.” — Artists and Illustrators * Artists and Illustrators *"Picasso and the Allure of Language is a crucial starting point for understanding [that writing and drawing are the same act] in the artist's work and serves as a unique introduction to many of his most celebrated pieces."—Stefanie Sobelle, Bookforum -- Stefanie Sobelle * Bookforum *
£30.88
Yale University Press Philip de László Life and Art His Life and Art
Book SynopsisPhilip de László (1869-1937) was the pre-eminent portrait artist working in Britain between 1907 and 1937. He painted nearly 3,000 portraits, including those of kings and queens, four American presidents and members of the European nobility. This title gives an account of both his life and his work.Trade Review"[Hart-Davis] is uniquely well-qualified to undertake a life of de Laszlo . . . . this biography is lavishly and intelligently illustrated . . . . [it] should succeed in renewing interest in an artist who ably captured a glamorous, now-vanished world."--Martin Rubin, Washington Times -- Martin Rubin * Washington Times *
£61.75
Yale University Press Young Mr. Turner
Book SynopsisA definitive new biography, deftly interweaving an account of Turner's early life with profound scholarly and aesthetic appreciation of his workTrade Review“Eric Shane’s remarkable book about the first half of J. M. W. Turner career is the summation of thirty years of research into the painter’s work… I have never seen a more thoroughly presented book about an English artist.”—Tim Hilton, Literary Review -- Tim Hilton * Literary Review *“May well be the definitive biography on the great British landscape and maritime artist.”—Jack Watkins, Mayfair -- Jack Watkins * Mayfair *“Mesmerizing across all its 552 pages . . . engaging and convincing . . . the fine-grained chapters, some devoted to spans of only a few months, offer novelistic depth . . . The great attraction of the book is Shanes’s penetration of Turner’s artistic thought.”—Christopher Lyon, Bookforum -- Christopher Lyon * Bookforum *“This dazzling, sumptuously illustrated book brings fresh insight into Turner’s early career, and is bound to become the definitive biography of our greatest painter.”—Rebecca Wallensteiner, The Lady -- Rebecca Wallensteiner * The Lady *'Yale University Press has spared no expense in producing, for Shanes, a lushly illustrated volume, gleaming and glossy, so boastful a block of a book that it is almost too heavy to hold.’ - Frances Wilson, New Statesman -- Frances Wilson * New Statesman *'A dazzling account of the artist's first 40 years puts all previous biographies in the shade' - John Carey, The Sunday Times -- John Carey * The Sunday Times *“Eric Shanes has been working on Turner for almost forty years… he has now published the first volume of a spectacular biography. The glory of this study lies in its 450 illustrations, mostly in colour. The diversity and beauty of these pictures is startling. This is a story that emerges most compellingly through a series of images rather than words.”—Dinah Birch, TLS -- Dinah Birch * TLS *“Young Mr. Turner is an impressively scholarly and beautifully illustrated overview of the painter’s early career… the fruit of thirty years study, and it shows.”—Michael Prodger, Sunday Times -- Michael Prodger * Sunday Times *“A forty-year artistic journey which excellently tracks and records the many small steps along the way… This is an affectionate, clear and well-written account of the first half of Turner's career, beautifully illustrated. If the second volume is as good as this one, these two books will be the benchmark for Turner studies for many years to come.”— Mark Jones, Albion, March 2017 -- Mark Jones * Albion *
£76.50
Yale University Press Pompeo Batoni
Book SynopsisTrade Review“The book provides a notably solid and comprehensive tool for future research.”—Stephane Loire, The Burlington Magazine“It fully holds up Yale’s reputation as the world’s best art publisher: scrupulous scholarship, superb illustrations and matchless reproductions. Batoni was the most accomplished of the Grand Tour portraitists, and for anyone building up a library of 18th-century culture, this is a must.”—Paul Johnson, Spectator -- Paul Johnson * Spectator *
£175.50
Yale University Press Robert Indiana and the Star of Hope
Book SynopsisPerhaps best known for his iconic paintings and sculptures of love, also featured on a US postage stamp, and hope, created in support of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, Robert Indiana has been living and working in Maine since 1978. This book offers an examination of how Indiana's work has unfolded since his move to Vinalhaven.
£33.25
Yale University Press Johan Zoffany R.A.
Book SynopsisUniversally recognised as a brilliant and gifted eighteenth-century artist, Zoffany was regarded by Horace Walpole as one of the three greatest painters in England, along with his friends Reynolds and Gainsborough. This title presents a detailed study of his life and works.Trade Review"[A] beautiful tome . . . overflowing with new information, insightful interpretations, and interesting arguments. . . . [a] definitive book on the artist."—C.A. Hanson, Choice -- C.A. Hanson * Choice *Shortlisted for the William M. B. Berger Prize for British History, as given by the Berger Collection Educational Trust and The British Art Journal -- William M. B. Berger Prize * Berger Collection Educational Trust and The British Art Journal *Shortlisted for the 2013 Historians of British Art Book Prize in the Pre-1800 category, given by the Historians of British Art. -- 2013 Historians of British Art Short List in the Pre-1800 category * Historians of British Art *
£67.50
Yale University Press Richard Hawkins
Book SynopsisOffers an important mid-career retrospective of the work of American artist Richard Hawkins (born 1961), whose paintings, collages, and mixed-media pieces are making a crucial contribution to the contemporary art scene.
£23.75
Yale University Press Gloria F. Ross and Modern Tapestry
Book SynopsisGloria Ross (1923-1998) described her work as the translation of paint into wool. This book draws from archives to unravel the evolution of Ross' modern tapestries and to illuminate the significance of her creative partnerships. It also features the collaborative work of 28 acclaimed modernist painters and sculptors.Trade Review"It is certainly one of the best researched titles on the topic of modern tapestry. . . . It is an important addition to any academic library with programs in design. Public libraries with strong art collections and collectors interested in learning more about modern tapestry will find this title solid and well worth the $65.00 price tag."—Barbara Opar, ARLIS/NA Reviews -- Barbara Opar * ARLIS/NA Reviews *
£42.75
Yale University Press Andy Warhol
Book SynopsisDelivers a tour of Andy Warhol's personal, artistic, and philosophical transformations. This title traces the evolution of the pop artist, including his early reception, relationships with artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, and the Factory phenomenon.Trade Review"'What makes him an American icon is that his subject matter is always something that the ordinary American understands: everything, or nearly everything he made art out of came straight out of the daily lives of very ordinary Americans... The tastes and values of ordinary persons all at once were inseparable from advanced art.' 'An incisive, essential account... No interpreter of Warhol can escape the influence of Danto's uniquely perceptive understanding... His book distils a lifetime's thinking about Warhol and modern aesthetics.' Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times 'Mr Danto is an elegant and erudite writer.' Deborah Solomon, International Herald Tribune"
£14.99
Yale University Press Juan Mu241oz at the Clark
Book SynopsisThe celebrated Spanish sculptor Juan Munoz (1953-2001) died at the height of his powers, when he was considered 'one of the most complex artists. This title includes 30 photographs, documents a group of Munoz installations at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
£999.99
Yale University Press Dieter Roth Bjorn Roth
Book SynopsisDieter Roth's unique and eclectic Tischmatten ('Table Mats') incorporate drawings, paintings, photographs, and ephemeral materials. This title offers an interpretation of these significant yet often misunderstood works, which Roth himself considered to have influenced the development of his painting in the late 1980s.Trade Review"A gorgeous new book."—Marina Cashdan, Huffington Post -- Marina Cashdan * Huffington Post *
£33.25
Yale University Press Jitish Kallat
Book SynopsisThe Swami Vivekananda's speech to the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 is the centrepiece of Indian artist. The installation went on view at the Art Institute of Chicago exactly 108 years after Vivekananda delivered his address calling for an end to 'bigotry and fanaticism'. This title documents the installation.
£17.10
Yale University Press Walter De Maria
Book SynopsisWalter De Maria (b 1935) is known for the expansive and perfectly ordered land art and installations he created in the 1970s. This book introduces the work, "The Bel Air Trilogy" (2000-11), in which the artist combines exacting geometry with the unexpected element of three 1955 "gypsy-red" Chevrolet Bel Airs.
£33.25
Yale University Press Caro Close Up Yale Center for British Art Icons
Book SynopsisWith a career spanning more than sixty years, Anthony Caro (b 1924) is one of Britain's most acclaimed and best-known sculptors. This book accompanies the first survey exhibition of his work in an American museum since his retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in 1975.Trade Review“The artist who famously brought sculpture off the pedestal here appears fresh again . . . [with] arresting images of rarely-seen work.”—Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *
£52.25
Yale University Press Drawings by Rembrandt His Students and Circle
Book SynopsisOver the course of several decades, George and Maida Abrams amassed perhaps the finest private collection of Dutch Old Master drawings in the world. This title presents a selection of these works, and explores the role of drawing in the creative process in Rembrandt's studio and wider circle.Trade Review“[A] beautiful book . . . What makes these drawings so fascinating . . . is that with even minimal reflection one can follow the great artist’s creative process.”—John Linsenmeyer, Greenwich Patch -- John Linsenmeyer * Greenwich Patch *
£52.25
Yale University Press Kosta Alex
Book SynopsisThe Greek-American artist Kosta Alex (1925-2005) initially trained in figure sculpture in Manhattan. In 1947 he moved to Paris, where he mingled with and exhibited alongside the avant-garde artists of his day. This is a monograph on this intriguing artist.
£38.00
Yale University Press Matisse
Book SynopsisThe works that Henri Matisse (1869-1954) executed between late 1913 and 1917 are among his most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic. This book presents an examination of Matisse's output from this important period, revealing information about his working method, experimental techniques, and compositional choices.
£38.00
Yale University Press Sol LeWitt
Book SynopsisA fascinating look at LeWitt's deceptively simple geometric sculptures, which epitomize the artist's aim to recreate art by starting from square oneTrade Review"The essays making up this exemplary catalogue, a companion for a 2011 Public Art Fund exhibition of 27 works in New York's City Hall Park, offer rich treatment of LeWitt's intent, concepts, processes, fabrication, and modes of display... Lush photography illustrates the works and frequently the ways in which the public interacted with the "structures" in varied settings."-J. Decker, Choice -- J. Decker Choice
£38.00
Yale University Press Sharon Hayes
Book SynopsisIn her performances, videos, and installations, Sharon Hayes (b 1970) explores the nexus between politics, history, speech, and desire. This book provides an insight into the complex motivations and development of Hayes' projects.
£17.10
Yale University Press Raphaels Tapestries
Book SynopsisAround 1515, Raphael (1483-1520) designed a set of tapestries for Leo X, the first Medici pope. Each was sumptuously woven in gold, silver, and silk, and depicted scenes from classical mythology with inventive grotesques. Now lost, these spectacular, grand-scale textiles are reconstructed in Raphael's Tapestries and set among a series of unprecedented decorative projects that Pope Leo commissioned from the artist. Likely produced by the Brussels weaver Pieter van Aelst, the tapestries pioneered a new all'antica style analogous with contemporary painted and sculpted interior programs. Tapestries played a central role at Leo's court, as spectacle and as propaganda, and the Grotesques of Leo X would inform tapestry design for the next three centuries. Their beauty and complexity rivaled those of contemporary painting, and their luxurious materials made them highly prized. With this new study, the Grotesques take their rightful place as Renaissance masterworks and as documents of the fervent humanist culture of early 16th-century Rome.Trade Review“Writing about lost works is difficult, and Karafel handles the task with eloquence, offering a logical presentation, clearly written text, and outstanding illustrations . . . Scholarly yet accessible, this book contributes nicely to discussion of understudied aspects of Renaissance art.”–Choice * Choice *
£45.12
Yale University Press Weatherbeaten
Book SynopsisA celebration of the American painter's life and work in the region he loved bestTrade Review"Wonderful."—Frank Wilson, Philadelphia Inquirer (Holiday Gift Guide selection)"A vivid survey of his work from those years when the Maine coast served as Homer’s muse."—Dana Jennings, New York TimesWinner of the Photography/Art category at the 2012 New England Book Festival"[A] gorgeous book." —American History
£30.88
Yale University Press Richard Diebenkorn
Book SynopsisA four-volume definitive resource on the career and unique works of the postwar American artist Richard DiebenkornTrade Review"In [this] new luxe catalogue raisonné . . . there is something for anyone who cares at all for visual art. . . . Any fan—even a casual fan—would covet this gorgeous, slipcased edition."—Malcolm Jones, Daily Beast 'Throughout the four volumes Livingston provides brief, lucid essays on single works that betoken turning points in Diebenkorn’s art.’ — Kenneth Baker, the Burlington Magazine, Vol. CLIX, December 2017
£292.50
Yale University Press A Conspiracy of Images
Book SynopsisAn important new look at Cold War art on both sides of the AtlanticTrade Review“Curley's thoughtful and carefully researched book promotes Warhol and Richter to positions of cultural centrality, thereby deepening our understanding not only of their work but of their perilous times—and ours.”—Richard Kalina, Art in America -- Richard Kalina * Art in America *
£54.62
Yale University Press René Magritte Newly Discovered Works
Book SynopsisA continuation of the five-volume René Magritte Catalogue Raisonné that introduces 130 newly attributed worksTrade Review “[A] real treasure trove. . . . [the] large-scale reproductions of gouache paintings . . . are drop-dead gorgeous.”—Janet Tyson, Glasstire.com -- Janet Tyson * Glasstire.com *
£33.25
Yale University Press Alice Aycock Drawings
Book SynopsisAlice Aycock emerged onto New York art scene in 1970s and is known for her large-scale public sculptures that often combine an industrial appearance with references to weightlessness and to science and cosmology. This book explores her drawings, which include elements of mirage, and science, and evoke both abstract thinking and bodily sensation.Trade Review“Fineberg (Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being) fills out the body of references that inform Aycock’s drawings and emphasizes the capaciousness of her curiosities. Fineberg’s tone is clear and elucidating, while also capturing his subject’s deep sense of play.”—Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *“Including over one hundred works, Some Stories Are Worth Repeating is the first comprehensive exploration of Alice Aycock’s creative process.”—College Art Association, Committee on Women in the Arts * College Art Association, Committee on Women in the Arts *
£999.99
Yale University Press Strange Eggs Poems and Cutouts 195658 Menil
Book SynopsisIn 1957-58, after he moved to New York's Lower East Side, Claes Oldenburg (b 1929) began making collages he has described as mostly done in an uncontrolled and intuitive dream mode. This title features Cleas Oldenburg's eighteen collages that were first shown in their entirety at the Menil Collection in 2012.
£28.50
Yale University Press Warm Flesh Cold Marble
Book SynopsisFocusing on the aesthetic concerns of the two most important sculptors of the early 19th century, the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822) and his Danish rival Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), this book considers: the aesthetic autonomy of works of art, the gender of the subject, and the efficacy of marble as an imitative medium.
£40.38
Yale University Press Rembrandts Themes
Book SynopsisRembrandt van Rjin (1606-1669) was among the few celebrated old masters who enjoyed considerable freedom in his choice of subject matter. This study explores some of the central themes of Rembrandt's paintings, drawings and etchings: grand - love, sin, repentance and forgiveness, adultery, fatherhood, and the conflict between the generations.
£26.12
Yale University Press Lee Bontecou
Book SynopsisThe first survey of more than fifty years of drawing by a legendary sculptor and draftswoman
£999.99
Yale University Press The Funk Wag from a to Z Menil Collection YUP
Book SynopsisFeatures thousands of images rendered by photomechanical reproduction that served a populist, mid-century encyclopaedia are reconfigured with 21st-century hindsight and idiosyncratic connections that convey social and artistic commentaries.
£57.00
Yale University Press William Merritt Chase
Book SynopsisA landmark retrospective that examines William Merritt Chase and his lasting contribution to the history of modern artTrade Review"An impressive exhibit catalog ... [that] provide[s] a multifaceted understanding of this American proto-Modern."-Karl Wolff, New York Journal of Books -- Karl Wolff New York Journal of Books
£45.12
Yale University Press Navigating the West
Book SynopsisA new look at George Caleb Bingham's iconic river paintings and his creative process in making themTrade ReviewAmon Carter Museum of American Art (10/04/14–01/04/15) * Amon Carter Museum of American Art *Saint Louis Art Museum(02/22/15–05/17/15) * Saint Louis Art Museum *The Metropolitan Museum of Art (06/22/15–09/20/15) * The Metropolitan Museum of Art *
£28.50
Yale University Press James Northcote History Painting and the Fables
Book SynopsisThe artistic accomplishments of James Northcote (1746-1831) have tended to be overshadowed by his role as a biographer of Joshua Reynolds, first President of the Royal Academy of Arts. This book focuses on Northcote's One Hundred Fables (1828), a masterpiece of wood engraving.
£47.50
Yale University Press Ever Yours
Book Synopsis"There is scarcely one letter by Van Gogh which I, who am certainly no expert, do not find fascinating." --W. H. AudenTrade Review"No artist was ever a more engaging, vivid, honest, yearning, generous correspondent: you can open this selection on any page and be instantly riveted. Marvellously condensed from the Van Gogh Museum’s landmark six-volume 2009 edition."—Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times"The truth about Vincent van Gogh, the very core of his struggles, beliefs, madness, and ambitions can be found in his collected letters, Ever Yours."—Nick Mafi, Daily Beast"Of considerable interest to art lovers, students, scholars, and others, this affordable, well-presented, and scholarly publication is very highly recommended for many academic, large public, and special library art book collections."—Library Journal, starred review"A fitting tribute in the year that marks the 125th anniversary of the artist’s death."—Apollo Magazine"The selection is astute, the translation earthy, the facsimiles of illustrated pages handsome and comprehensive. Of all the editions, Ever Yours is the best combination of readability and accuracy for a general reader."—Alexander Adams, Spiked"[Van Gogh’s letters] make up not only a creative autobiography without parallel in visual art but what the editors of a new selection call 'a highlight of world literature.' . . . Lovers not only of great art but great autobiography should devour this ample sample. A bargain at 770 pages, enriched by scores of the drawings (or 'croquis') with which Vincent explained his works-in-progress, the volume knits 265 letters into a coherent, impassioned, and eloquent pilgrim’s progress."—Boyd Tonkin, The IndependentA Best Art Book of 2014 —Huffington Post
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