Individual artists, art monographs Books
Yale University Press Van Gogh
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented, in-depth exploration of the dawn of Van Gogh's artistic career
£38.00
Yale University Press Van Goghs Bedrooms
Book SynopsisA fascinating look at the genesis and meaning of Van Gogh's famed paintings of his bedroom
£28.50
Yale University Press John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonne 19871993
Book SynopsisA comprehensive look at works made by Baldessari between the years 1987 and 1993
£144.00
Yale University Press The Wrath of the Gods
Book SynopsisPeter Paul Rubens (15771640) proudly described his monumental painting Prometheus Bound as firstamong the flower of my stock. This singular work demonstrates how Rubens engaged with and responded to his predecessors Michelangelo and Titian, with whom he shared an interest in depictions of physical torment. The Wrath of the Gods offers an in-depth case study of the Flemish artist's creative process and aesthetic, while also demonstrating why this particular painting has appealed to viewers over time. Many scholars have elaborated on Rubens's affinity for Titian, but his connection to Michelangelo has received far less attention. This study presents a new interpretation of Prometheus Bound, showing how Rubens created parallels between the pagan hero Prometheus and Michelangelo's Risen Christ from the Sistine Chapel's Last Judgment. Christopher D. M. Atkins expands our understanding of artistic transmission by elucidating how Rubens synthesized the works he saw in Italy, Spain, and his native Antwerp, and how Prometheus Bound in turn influenced Dutch, Flemish, and Italian artists. By emulating Rubens's composition, these artists circulated it throughout Europe, broadening its influence from his day to ours. Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of ArtExhibition Schedule:Philadelphia Museum of Art (09/12/1512/06/15)
£999.99
Yale University Press Hogarths Legacy
Book SynopsisThe legacy of graphic artist William Hogarth (1697-1764) remains so emphatic that even his last name has evolved into a common vernacular term referring to his characteristically scathing form of satire. Featuring rarely seen images and written contributions from leading scholars, this book showcases a collection of the artist's works gathered from the Lewis Walpole Library at Yale University and other repositories. It attests to the idiosyncratic nature of his style and its international influence, which continues to incite aesthetic and moral debate among critics. The eight essays by eminent Hogarth experts help to further contextualize the artist's unique narrative strategies, embedding the work within German philosophical debates and the moral confusion of the Victorian period and emphasizing the social and political dimensions that are part and parcel of its profound impact. Endlessly parodied and emulated, Hogarth's distinctive satire persists in its influence throughout the centuries and this publication provides the necessary lens through which to view it.Distributed for the Lewis Walpole Library
£47.50
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 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 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 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 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 Alfred Stieglitz
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Rose is consistently generous, knowledgeable . . .”—Christine Smallwood, New Yorker“In this engaging study, Phyllis Rose presents a persuasive case for the importance of Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) as a pioneering artistic photographer and a champion of modernism in the visual arts”—Alun David, Jewish Chronicle“There is no pure white or black in photography: a great photograph captures the nuances of light and shadow that underlie perception. That is exactly what Phyllis Rose's biography of Alfred Stieglitz does. And no biographer has a sharper sense of focus for the competing narratives that underlie a marriage. This double portrait of Stieglitz and O'Keeffe is the work of a master.”—Judith Thurman, author of Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette and Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller
£18.04
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 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 Donald Judd
Book SynopsisAn authoritative look at the art, life, and legacy of a revered artist
£38.00
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 William Kentridge
Book SynopsisSouth African artist William Kentridge (b. 1955) has become famous for his time-lapse animation movies and installations, as well as his activities as an opera and theater director. This book offers a unique selection of Kentridge's work curated for Sint-Janshospitaal in Brugesat 800 years one of Europe's oldest surviving hospital buildings organized around the themes of trauma,healing, and compassion. The book featuresan introduction by Margaret K. Koerner, and also includes essays by diverse distinguished contributors: Benjamin H. D. Buchloh considers Kentridge's alternate reception of the historical avant-garde from a perspective of exile;Joseph Leo Koernerexplores the artist's work as a self-styled process of working through in which the past simultaneously disfigures and redeems; andHarmon Siegel examines Kentridge's approach to film history. Distributed for MercatorfondsExhibition Schedule:Groeningemuseum, Bruges (10/21/17-02/25/18)
£38.00
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 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 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 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 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
Yale University Press Bruegels Winter Scenes
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£47.50
Yale University Press Man Ray
Book SynopsisA biography of the elusive but celebrated Dada and Surrealist artist and photographer connecting his Jewish background to his life and artTrade Review“[Lubow] ingeniously captures one of the twentieth century’s most enigmatic artists.”—New Yorker“Graceful and compact...Lubow’s evocation of Man Ray is full of insights, often dramatic, and is heartfelt on the artist’s friendship with Duchamp.”—David D’Arcy, Art Newspaper“An exceptional gem is hereby added to the Jewish Lives crown. With charm and élan—and heroic erudition—Arthur Lubow captures the elusive, protean Man Ray.”—Benjamin Taylor, author of Proust: The Search
£18.04
Yale University Press Wright and New York The Making of Americas
Book SynopsisA dazzling dual portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright and early twentieth-century New York, revealing the city's role in establishing the career of America's most famous architectTraces the transitive relationship of the architect and the city, as well as the genesis of the bohemian culture of the East Village.Patti Smith, New York Times Frank Lloyd Wright (18671959) took his first major trip to New York in 1909, fleeing a failed marriage and artistic stagnation. He returned a decade later, his personal life and architectural career again in crisis. Booming 1920s New York served as a refuge, but it also challenged him and resurrected his career. The city connected Wright with important clients and commissions that would harness his creative energy and define his role in modern architecture, even as the stock market crash took its toll on his benefactors. Wright denounced New York as an unlivable prison even as he reveled in its culture. The city became an urban foil for Wright's work in tTrade Review“Anthony Alofsin’s Wright and New York traces the transitive relationship of the architect and the city, as well as the genesis of the bohemian culture of the East Village."—Patti Smith, New York Times“Revelatory.”—Norman Weinstein, Architectural Record“A painstaking research”—Luis Fernández-Galiano, Arquitectura VivaFinalist in the PROSE Awards Architecture and Urban Planning category, sponsored by the Association of American Publishers“Anthony Alofsin engagingly examines Frank Lloyd Wright’s previously unexplored relationship with New York City and the influence one had over the other. Illuminating an atmosphere of turbulent change and a burgeoning bohemian culture, this is the perfect book to read when navigating a city that seems, more than ever, a victim of heartless reconstruction.”—Patti Smith“A watershed investigation of Wright’s life in the 1920s, when he landed, adrift, in New York. The city proved antagonistic, irresistibly so, and transformed him. Alofsin’s erudition, compelling prose, and first-rate detective work will alter how you perceive both Wright and Manhattan.”—Judith Dupré, New York Times bestselling author of Skyscrapers"Alofsin chronicles the relationship between America’s greatest architect and its greatest city with the precision of a detective, the perspective of a historian, and the flair of a novelist."—Thomas Mellins, author of New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars
£26.12
Yale University Press The Photographs of Ralston Crawford
Book SynopsisBest known for his modernist paintings and prints, the multitalented artist Ralston Crawford (19061978) maintained a deep and intensive interest in photography throughout his career, using the camera as a tool of both documentary and artistic expression. This exquisitely produced publication provides a fresh, comprehensive look at Crawford's photographs from 1938 through the mid-1970s, including both well-known works and previously unpublished images. Some of his photographic images served as the basis for paintings and prints, but many more were made for their own sake as photographs, capturing a wide variety of subjects, from pristine industrial forms to the vibrant street life and musical culture of New Orleans. This volume locates Crawford's photographic production in the context of his overall artistic career and within the creative currents of his time, enhancing our understanding of Crawford as an artist and serving as the best and most up-to-date study of his photographs. Distributed for The Hall Family Foundation in association with The Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtExhibition Schedule:The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (10/26/1804/07/19)
£42.75
Yale University Press The Perilous Texas Adventures of Mark Dion
Book SynopsisThis dazzling volume records the artist's travels through the Lone Star State, a grand expedition for our time Renowned artist Mark Dion (b. 1961) has a deep passion for history and the natural world. His installations mine the materials of the past to level an institutional critique in the present. Evoking the grand expeditionary journals of the 19th century, this singular volume records Dion's latest work, produced through his crisscrossing of Texas and exploration of the Lone Star State. Dion retraces the travels of four artists and naturalistsJohn James Audubon, Sarah Ann Lillie Hardinge, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Charles Wrightwho journeyed to the region over a century ago. Dion's travel companions include preservationists, ranchers, botanists, a poet, a tarot card reader, and fellow artists who offer accompanying texts, while lavish illustrations feature the objects Dion made or collected during his travels alongside historical artworks and botanical specimens. The result is a s
£30.00
Yale University Press Transmissions
Book SynopsisAn aesthetic and social history of art and dance in mid-20th-century New York interpreted by contemporary artist Nick Mauss Over the past decade, Nick Mauss (b. 1980) has pursued a hybrid mode of working that melds the roles of curator, artist, and scholar. Following his highly acclaimed 2018 Whitney Museum of American Art exhibitionTransmissions, this volume elaborates on the artist's complex portrait of mid-century New York as seen through the prism of modernist ballet. By pairing installation views of the exhibition and photographs of its daily performances by Paula Court and Ken Okiishi with reproductions of artworks, ballet programs, and fashion magazines,Transmissionsanimates the vividly enmeshed social and artistic networks that shaped both modern art and modern ballet.Through his emphasis on the collaborations and intimacies between models, dancers, photographers, choreographers, painters, sculptors, filmmakers, publishers, critics, amateurs, and devotees, Mauss re-calibrates t
£23.75
Yale University Press Alonso Berruguete
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive account in English of Renaissance Spain's preeminent sculptor Alonso Berruguete (c. 14881561) revolutionized the arts of Renaissance Spain with a dramatic style of sculpture that reflected the decade or more he had spent in Italy while young. Trained as a painter, he traveled to Italy around 1506, where he interacted with Michelangelo and other leading artists. In 1518, he returned to Spain and was appointed court painter to the new king, Charles I. Eventually, he made his way to Valladolid, where he shifted his focus to sculpture, opening a large workshop that produced breathtaking multistory altarpieces (retablos) decorated with sculptures in painted wood. This handsomely illustrated catalogue is the first in English to treat Berruguete's art and career comprehensively. It follows his career from his beginnings in Castile to his final years in Toledo, where he produced his last great work, the marble tomb of Cardinal Juan de Tavera. Enriching the chronolog
£40.38
Yale University Press James Prosek
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£25.00
Yale University Press Allora Calzadilla Specters of Noon
Book SynopsisA beautiful presentation of a new suite of works made for the Menil Collection by Allora & Calzadilla
£42.75
Yale University Press Johan Muyle
Book SynopsisA sweeping overview of the work of a prominent Belgian visual artist
£42.75
Yale University Press My Barbarian
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented look at the contemporary collective’s theatrical art, charting their performances and exploring their social and creative commitments
£38.00
Yale University Press Gego
Book SynopsisAn authoritative study of Gego, whose distinctive modernist practice sits at the intersection of architecture, design, and the visual artsTrade Review“In this dexterous analysis of Gego's practice, including her architectural training in Germany and her teaching at the schools of architecture and design in Venezuela, Amor unpacks the complexity of the cultural scenes and visual languages that informed the artist's work and thought.”—T’ai Smith, author of Bauhaus Weaving Theory: From Feminine Craft to Mode of Design“Weaving together formal analysis, historical narrative, and critical reflection, Gego is a major contribution to the historiography of Venezuelan and Latin American art.”—Harper Montgomery, author of The Mobility of Modernism: Art and Criticism in 1920s Latin America
£47.50
Yale University Press Madame de Pompadour Painted Pink
Book SynopsisA fresh take on a beloved masterpiece of portraiture, focusing on the complex significance of the color pink in eighteenth-century France
£19.00
Yale University Press Jaune QuicktoSee Smith
Book SynopsisFive decades of work by groundbreaking Indigenous artist Jaune Quick-to-See SmithTrade Review“Responsibility, community building and care-taking are her cornerstones; several essays contained within Memory Map note Smith’s commitment to teaching, rallying other Indigenous artists and refracting her works.”—Gazelle Mba, World of Interiors
£45.00
Yale University Press Stephen Burks
Book SynopsisA multifaceted look at the work of award-winning American industrial designer Stephen Burks
£38.00
WW Norton & Co The Red Mans Bones
Book SynopsisThe first biography in over sixty years of a great American artist whose paintings are more famous than the man who made them.Trade Review"Engrossing...An elegant and skillful writer, Eisler captures Catlin's many roles and notes how, even today, he remains a 'contentious' figure." "A sparkling biography of the artist and impresario George Catlin, so much an American original that he lived most of his life abroad. Rich in exceptional feats, odd twists, and wrong turns, Red Man's Bones captivates completely." -- Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra: A Life "Through her impeccable scholarship, Benita Eisler masterfully illuminates the tragic life of 19th Century artist George Catlin, America's forgotten portraitist of Native American life. The Red Man's Bones is that rare kind of 'warts and all' history, showing the real Catlin while successfully making the case for his elevation to the pantheon of great American artists." -- Amanda Foreman, author of A World on Fire "An elegant, thoughtful new biography." -- Kate Tuttle "Marvelous ... wonderfully nuanced and compelling ... Ms. Eisler's book is far and away the best biography of Catlin in existence." -- Jonathan Lopez "Pitch-perfect... [Eisler] is a skilled writer, showing both flair and economy." -- Tim Bross "[A] lively and well-researched biography."
£20.00
WW Norton & Co Sargents Women
Book SynopsisThe fascinating backstories of four women painted by John Singer Sargent come alive in this seductive, multi-layered biography.Trade Review"Ingenious." -- Frances Wilson - Times Literary Supplement"Straight from the pages of a novel by Edith Wharton or Henry James." -- The Times"[Lucey pieces together] lost stories, and the stormy brew of scandal and repression that affected these women—and Sargent himself." -- Elle"As rich as [Sargent’s] portraits are, the textural evidence in which Ms. Lucey ensnares them is finer still." -- The Wall Street Journal"[These women] were smart, passionate, willful, adventurous and striking-looking.… Lucey’s prose is invitingly conversational and quick-flowing." -- The Washington Post"It [Sargent's Women] tells of an era long gone yet still fascinating." -- Choice
£22.79
WW Norton & Co Sophie Crumb
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking work of striking originality that charts a young artist's life through her own drawings-from toddlerhood to motherhood.Trade Review"With brief introductions from each of her parents, short notes and captions from Sophie (also a tattoo artist), and a sense of empathy for others, a strong personal connection is forged with readers in this truly unique volume." -- Booklist
£20.89
WW Norton & Co Sophie Crumb Evolution of a Crazy Artist
Book SynopsisSlipcased limited edition signed by S., R., and A. Crumb, including a signed print: a groundbreaking work of striking originality that charts a young artist's life through her own drawingsfrom toddlerhood to motherhood.
£236.29
WW Norton & Co The Birds of America
Book SynopsisA never-before-published edition of the rare chromolithographic Audubon prints of American birds.Trade Review"Staggeringly beautiful." -- Buffalo News
£236.29
WW Norton & Co A Revolution in Color
Book SynopsisThis bold new history recovers the American Revolution, as seen through the eyes of Boston-born painter John Singleton Copley.Trade Review"Jane Kamensky has not only crafted a stunning biography but also a truly singular account of The American Revolution. A Revolution in Color masterfully unravels any easy distinctions between patriots and loyalists." -- Amanda Foreman"... I commend Kamensky's skill as a writer. Even if you had little interest in such a man as Copley, this is a deeply enjoyable book." -- David Aaronovitch, Book of the Week - The Times"... lively and insightful book... Kamensky has produced an exemplary historical biography... A Revolution in Color is a thumping good read and makes a significant contribution to our appreciation of the often misunderstood and underappreciated Copley." -- Loyd Grossman - The Burlington Magazine
£26.59
WW Norton & Co A Revolution in Color
Book SynopsisThis bold new history recovers the American Revolution, as seen through the eyes of Boston-born painter John Singleton Copley.Trade Review"... I commend Kamensky's skill as a writer. Even if you had little interest in such a man as Copley, this is a deeply enjoyable book." -- David Aaronovitch, Book of the Week - The Times"Jane Kamensky’s brilliant new biography... a spirited and at times heartbreaking narrative of [Copley’s] life and the tumultuous world he inhabited." -- Literary Review"...intriguing... richly layered biography..." -- Times Literary Supplement"Jane Kamensky has not only crafted a stunning biography but also a truly singular account of The American Revolution. A Revolution in Color masterfully unravels any easy distinctions between patriots and loyalists." -- Amanda Foreman"... lively and insightful book... Kamensky has produced an exemplary historical biography... A Revolution in Color is a thumping good read and makes a significant contribution to our appreciation of the often misunderstood and underappreciated Copley." -- Loyd Grossman - The Burlington Magazine"... very readable account of the life and times of John Singleton Copley." -- The Art Newspaper"Copley was in London when resistance escalated into war. This profile brings his world alive, exploring the difficult relationships between liberty and slavery, family duty and personal ambition." -- What We're Reading - The Independent
£15.19
W. W. Norton & Company Edwin Howland Blashfield
Book SynopsisThe first book in several decades to focus on the muralist, an esteemed exemplar and advocate of the classical tradition.Trade Review"….. a heroic force for good on America’s walls….an important, overdue volume….a triumph." -- Traditional Building"[A] succinct overview of Blashfield’s work, illustrated by dozens of color photographs of murals from courthouses, capitols and colleges." -- Milwaukee Express"Over 100 large color photographs many taken expressly for this publication and extensive new scholarship combine with an exhaustive list of known murals, a detailed chronology, and a bibliography to make this work valuable either as an introduction to the artist or for the reader already aware of this great American muralist." -- Style 1900"An impressive work of impeccable scholarship and a strongly recommended addition to personal, academic, and library American Art History collections." -- Midwest Book Review"[T]he richly illustrated study provides much in the way of new material on the artist and his milieu." -- Art History
£37.99
