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History of Art

Giovanni da Rimini Scenes from the Lives of the Virgin and Other Saints

Koopstra Anna

ISBN: PB: 9781857096224, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, June 2017
64 pp., 26.7x21 cm, 35 colour illus., 2 black&white illus.

This monograph celebrates the National Gallery's 2015 acquisition of Giovanni da Rimini's "Scenes from the Lives of the Virgin and Other Saints" (c. 13001305). The painting is a rare survival from the late Middle Ages, uniting the exquisite detail o...

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Contemporary Art

Gabriel Orozco Orbita nocturna

Zuckerman Heidi

ISBN: PB: 9780934324779, DAP, Aspen Art Press, May 2017
304 pp., 24.1x19.7 cm, 250 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Resisting confinement to a single medium, critically acclaimed Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco (born 1962) explores the poetry of chance encounters while blurring the boundary between art and the everyday. Known for works suc...

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History of Art

Gather Out of Star-Dust A Harlem Renaissance Album

Barton Melissa

ISBN: PB: 9780300225617, Yale University Press, April 2017
144 pp., 24.1x21.6 cm, 140 colour illus.

"Gather Out of Star-Dust" takes as its central premise that the Harlem Renaissance, known by its participants as the Negro Renaissance, relied heavily on "gatherings" of all kinds. Collaboration, friendship, partnership, and sponsorship were all cent...

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Contemporary Art

Georgia O'Keeffe Living Modern

Corn Wanda M.

ISBN: HB: 9783791356013, Prestel Publishing, March 2017
320 pp., 26.5x23 cm, 217 colour illus., 112 black&white illus.

This book explores how Georgia O'Keeffe lived her life steeped in modernism, bringing the same style she developed in her art to her dress, her homes, and her lifestyle. Richly illustrated with images of her art and views of the two homes she design...

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Photography

Gaia

Cabanillas Pio

ISBN: PB: 9788416248827, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, March 2017
256 pp., 33x24.8 cm, colour photos

From Ha-Long Bay in Vietnam to the Grand Canyon in Colorado, Gaia is a collection of the most beautiful and startling natural landscapes in the world.It is a book that not only photography enthusiasts will enjoy, but also nature and travel lovers as...

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Contemporary Art

Global Work of Art World's Fairs, Biennials, and the Aesthetics of Experience

Jones Caroline A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226291741, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
400 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 37 colour plates, 128 halftones

Global biennials have proliferated in the contemporary art world, but artists' engagement with large-scale international exhibitions has a much longer history that has influenced the present in important ways. Going back to the earliest world's fairs...

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History of Art

Golden Age of European Art Celebrating Fifty Years of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Clifton James, Baert Barbara, Bayer Andrea, Dunlop Anne, Ostrow Steven F., Pon Lisa, Postle Martin, Wheelock Arthur K. Jr.

ISBN: HB: 9780300207811, Yale University Press, January 2017
272 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 200 colour illus., 45 black&white illus.

Marking the 50th anniversary of the acclaimed Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, this commemorative book presents masterpieces from the foundation's collection. The works span more than 400 years, from the 16th through the early 20th century, and fea...

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History of Art

Great Works Encounters with Art

Glover Michael

ISBN: HB: 9783791383019, Prestel Publishing, October 2016
224 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 1 black&white illus., 49 colour illus.

Every Saturday for the best part of a decade, thousands of people have been turning to the pages of the British newspaper The Independent to read Michael Glover's thoughts about a particular piece of art. Pithy, astute, erudite, often humorous, and a...

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Contemporary Art

Gego Autobiography of a Line

ISBN: HB: 9780986060649, DAP, Dominique Levy, July 2016
168 pp., 33.8x22.1 cm, 102 colour illus., 26 duotones

Not for sale in Estonia! In the intricate wire sculptures of the German-born Venezuelan artist Gego (1912-94), lines are given new dimension, describing architectural space and engaging with the human body. "Gego: Autobiography of a Line" gathers k...

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Contemporary Art

Gerhard Richter Colour Charts

Elger Dietmar, Butin Hubertus, Mansoor Jaleh

ISBN: HB: 9781944379018, DAP, Dominique Levy, July 2016
140 pp., 30.5x23.4 cm, 91 colour illus., 15 duotones

Not for sale in Estonia! In 1966, German artist Gerhard Richter (born 1932) embarked on a series of paintings: uniform grids of colored rectangles or squares in a chart configuration against a white background, inspired by industrially produced pai...

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