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Warm Covers A Scottish Textile Story

Rae Janet

ISBN: PB: 9781908326904, Casemate, Sansom & Co, June 2016
176 pp., 27x21 cm, 120 illus.

An overview of Scotland's rich engagement with textiles beginning with the manufacture of linen, wool and cotton in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland once had a flourishing industry in textiles and related products, ranging from sewing...

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History of Art

Hogarth's Legacy

Roman Cynthia Ellen, Paulson Ronald, Mainardi Patricia, Fordham Douglas, Maidment Brian, Hardy Dominic, Printy Mark, Phillips Mark

ISBN: HB: 9780300215618, Yale University Press, May 2016
272 pp., 26.7x22.2 cm, 75 colour illus., 125 black&white illus.

The 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 contr...

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Cartoon Art

Heath Robinson's Second World War The Satirical Cartoons

Robinson W. Heath, Beare Geoffrey

ISBN: HB: 9781851244430, Bodleian Library Publishing, May 2016
164 pp., 25.3x19.4 cm, 46 line drawings, 104 duotone illus.

W. Heath Robinson is best known for his hilarious drawings of outlandish contraptions, though his work ranged across a wide variety of topics covering many aspects of British life. Collections of his drawings became so popular as to transform Heath R...

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Contemporary Art

Art Flexi-Series

Georgia O'Keefe and Alfred Stieglitz

Richter Peter-Cornell

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791382364, Prestel Publishing, April 2016
128 pp., 27x18.5 cm, 30 black&white illus., colour illus.

Now available again, this book offers an illustrated portrait of a romance, partnership, and creative dialogue between Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz that continues to resonate today. Few creative alliances flourished as productively as that...

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History of Art

Drawings from the Age of Bruegel, Rubens, and Rembrandt Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums

Robinson William W., Anderson Susan

ISBN: HB: 9780300208047, Yale University Press, April 2016
300 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 335 colour illus.

This superb book presents 100 notable examples from the Harvard Art Museums' distinguished collection of Dutch, Flemish, and Netherlandish drawings from the 16th to 18th century. Featuring such masters as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens,...

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Contemporary Art

Art Conservation

Made in Los Angeles Materials, Processes, and the Birth of West Coast Minimalism

Rivenc Rachel

ISBN: PB: 9781606064658, Getty Publications, March 2016
208 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.

In the 1960s, a group of Los Angeles artists fashioned a body of work that has come to be known as the LA Look or West Coast Minimalism. Its distinct aesthetic is characterized by clean lines, simple shapes, and pristine reflective or translucent sur...

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Contemporary Art

Edlis/Neeson Collection The Art Institute of Chicago

Rondeau James, Fischl Eric, Koons Jeff

ISBN: HB: 9780300218732, Yale University Press, A+D Series, March 2016
128 pp., 28x24.8 cm, 60 colour illus.

Marking an important moment in the Art Institute of Chicago's 136-year history, this book documents an exceptional gift to the museum: the Edlis/Neeson Collection, consisting of 44 stellar works of contemporary art. Among the highlights are major pai...

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Fashion

Photography

Style of Her Own

Rubio Oliva Maria, Dahl-Wolfe Louise, Jacob John P., Lunsford Celina

ISBN: HB: 9788416248483, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, March 2016
256 pp., 28.5x21 cm, illus.

Louise Dahl-Wolfe transformed and modernized the look of fashion magazines in the thirties, forties and fifties, the period during which she was active, and hence played a significant role in providing the world of fashion with a new image. Similarly...

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History of Art

Contemporary Art

50 Artists You Should Know: From Giotto to Warhol New Edition

Roper Lars

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791381695, Prestel Publishing, January 2016
160 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 150 colour illus.

Now available in an updated edition, this attractive, useful, and entertaining collection of great artists and great art is a course in art history for readers of all ages. This bestselling reference guide profiles 50 major artists alongside their r...

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Contemporary Art

Contingent Beauty Contemporary Art from Latin America

Ramirez Mari Carmen

ISBN: HB: 9780300214819, Yale University Press, December 2015
224 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 180 colour illus.

Exploring cutting-edge techniques and daring themes, many Latin American artists seamlessly intertwine aesthetic refinement with biting critiques of social and political issues. "Contingent Beauty" assembles major works by more than 20 such artists w...

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