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History of Art

Sensation and Sensibility

Bermingham Ann

ISBN: HB: 9780300110029, Yale University Press, October 2005
280 pp., 28.5x24.5 cm, 100 colour illus., 30 black&white illus.

Late in his career Thomas Gainsborough became preoccupied with the theme of the cottage door, and he created a group of paintings and drawings that show rustic figures clustered around the open door of a cottage set in a deeply wooded landscape. Ofte...

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Contemporary Art

Sabiduras and Other Texts Writings by Gego

Huizi Maria Elena, Manrique Josefina, Ramirez Mari Carmen

ISBN: HB: 9780300111637, Yale University Press, September 2005
256 pp., 25x25 cm, 47 colour illus.

The German-born Venezuelan artist Gego (1912-1994) was renowned for her abstract drawings, prints, three-dimensional works, hanging net pieces and wire constructions. In 1999, a folder was found in a storage trunk that had belonged to Gego, with the...

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History of Art

Culture Studies

Spendour of Iran Three-Volume Set (slipcase)

Pourjavady Nasrollah

ISBN: HB: 9781861540119, Casemate, Booth-Clibborn Editions, June 2005
1519 pp., 32.4x24.7 cm, full-colour illus.

"The Splendour of Iran" provides an unprecedented insight into the traditions and contemporary life of one of the world's most enduring civilisations. As the first comprehensive study on Persian culture since the 1930s, it is the result of a unique 5...

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Photography

Speed, Style, and Beauty Cars from the Ralph Lauren Collection

ISBN: HB: 9780878466856, DAP, MFA Publications, March 2005
210 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 196 colour illus., 37 black&white illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Bugatti and Bentley, Alfa and Aston, Mercedes and McLaren – these are not merely cars, they are some of the most exquisite automobiles ever assembled, selected by Ralph Lauren, one of the foremost designers of our time. Thi...

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History of Art

Contemporary Art

Sebastian's Arrows Letters and Mementos of Salvador Dali and Federico Garcia Lorca

Dali Salvador, Lorca Federico Garcia

ISBN: HB: 9780967880884, University of Chicago Press, Swan Isle Press, February 2005
248 pp., 22.9x15.6 cm, 24 colour plates

"Let us agree", Federico Garcia Lorca wrote, "that one of man's most beautiful postures is that of St. Sebastian". "In my 'Saint Sebastian' I remember you", Salvador Dali replied to Garcia Lorca, referring to the essay on aesthetics that Dali had j...

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History of Art

Sixteenth-Century Italian Paintings Volume I

Penny Nicholas

ISBN: HB: 9781857099089, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2004
448 pp., 28.6x21.6 cm, 225 colour images, 75 black&white illus.

This highly anticipated catalogue of sixteenth-century paintings from the distinguished collection of the National Gallery in London encompasses artists who were active in Bergamo, Brescia, and Cremona, cities characterized as much by the artistic in...

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Decorative Arts

Silver in London The Parker and Wakelin Partnership 1760-1776

Clifford Helen

ISBN: HB: 9780300103892, Yale University Press, October 2004
320 pp., 28.5x24.5 cm, 60 colour images, 120 black&white illus.

The firm of Parker and Wakelin was the foremost silversmith in London for much of the eighteenth century, supplying royalty, aristocracy, and gentry with both domestic and ceremonial plate. This fascinating book draws on the firm's records for this p...

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History of Art

Smart Collecting Acquisitions 1990-2004, Celebrating the Thirtieth Anniversary of the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art

Rorschach Kimerly

ISBN: PB: 9780935573411, University of Chicago Press, Smart Museum of Art, July 2004
224 pp., 26.7x20.8 cm, 128 colour plates

The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago celebrates its thirtieth anniversary with this lively and richly illustrated catalog of recent acquisitions by the museum. Published in conjunction with the museum's "Smart Collect...

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History of Art

Surrealism and Modernism from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Zafran Eric M.

ISBN: HB: 9780300102031, Yale University Press, September 2003
160 pp., 28.5x24.5 cm, 30 black&white illus., 85 colour illus.

The Wadsworth Atheneum's remarkable collection of 20th-century art is due to a succession of adventurous directors and curators. This volume showcases the museum's holdings and provides details about their acquisition. The famed Chick Austin, directo...

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Design

Strangely Familiar Design and Everyday Life

Blauvelt Andrew

ISBN: HB: 9780935640755, DAP, Walker Art Center, June 2003
344 pp., 21.6x15.2 cm, 202 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! In the past decade, designers have become increasingly engaged with the quotidian. This shift away from more strictly formal and functional concerns has allowed them to freely explore design's contexts and effects. A light...

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