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Photography

Radical Camera New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

Klein Mason, Evans Catherine

ISBN: HB: 9780300146875, Yale University Press, November 2011
224 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 150 duotones, 76 black&white illus.

Artists in "the Photo League", active from 1936 to 1951, were known for capturing sharply revealing, compelling moments from everyday life. Their focus centred on New York City and its vibrant streets – a newsboy at work, a brass band on a bustling c...

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Design

Decorative Arts

Duncan Phyfe Master Cabinetmaker in New York

Kenny Peter M., Brown Michael K., Bretter Frances F., Thurlow Matthew A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300155112, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2011
400 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 250 colour images, 100 black&white illus.

Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854), known during his lifetime as the "United States Rage", to this day remains America's best-known cabinetmaker. Establishing his reputation as a purveyor of luxury by designing high-quality furniture for New York's moneyed eli...

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Photography

Three Graces Snapshots of Twentieth-century Women

Raz-Russo Michal

ISBN: PB: 9780300177343, Yale University Press, A+D Series, November 2011
160 pp., 21x15.2 cm, 150 colour illus.

Snapshots preserve more than individual likeness and memory. Photographs of celebrations, vacations, and gatherings of family and friends are accumulated with the aim of constructing and preserving a personal identity for future generations. What hap...

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Photography

In the Picture Self-portraits, 1958-2011

Friedlander Lee, Benson Richard

ISBN: PB: 9780300177299, Yale University Press, November 2011
468 pp., 21.6x24.1 cm, 450 duotone illus.

Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) has been tackling the challenge of self-portraiture throughout his prolific career. What began as an unorthodox investigation of the genre has become a masterful engagement spanning five decades. In this extraordinary compil...

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History of Art

Time and a Place Near Sydenham Hill by Camille Pissarro

Adler Kathleen

ISBN: PB: 9780300175776, Yale University Press, November 2011
94 pp., 23.5x19.1 cm, 40 colour images, 15 black&white illus.

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) is best known as one of the founders of the Impressionist movement. Although he received his artistic training in Paris, a seven-month stay in London, beginning in December of 1870, had a lasting impact on his artistic de...

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Design

White

Hara Kenya

ISBN: HB: 9783037781838, Lars Muller Publishers, November 2011
64 pp., 19.5x13.5 cm, 4 black&white illus.

"White" is not a book about colors. It is rather Kenya Haras attempt to explore the essence of "White", which he sees as being closely related to the origin of Japanese aesthetics – symbolizing simplicity and subtlety. The central concepts discussed...

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History of Art

Age of American Impressionism

Barter Judith A., Kelly Sarah E., Mahoney Denise, Roberts Ellen E.

ISBN: HB: 9780300175745, Yale University Press, A+D Series, November 2011
160 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 110 colour illus.

Although renowned for its holdings of works by French Impressionists, the Art Institute of Chicago also houses a wealth of superb examples by American proponents of this distinctive style. The collection includes works by such notable artists as Ceci...

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Contemporary Art

Sol Lewitt Structures, 1965-2005

Freedman Susan K., Baume Nicholas, Haidu Rachel, Lovatt Anna, Madura Joe, Swenson Kirsten

ISBN: HB: 9780300178616, Yale University Press, November 2011
226 pp., 30.4x25.7 cm, 150 colour illus.

Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), renowned for his role in establishing Conceptualism and Minimalism as dominant art movements in the postwar era, is perhaps best known for his masterful and brilliantly coloured wall drawings. Throughout his career, however, L...

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Photography

America

Picturing Faith Photography and the Great Depression

McDannell Colleen

ISBN: PB: 9780300184464, Yale University Press, November 2011
330 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, black&white illus.

In the midst of the Great Depression, the American government initiated one of the most ambitious national photographic projects ever undertaken. Such photographers as Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and Gordon Parks-all then virtually unknown-were com...

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History of Art

Leonardo Da Vinci Painter at the Court of Milan

Syson Luke, Keith Larry, Mazzotta Antonio, Moore Ede Minna A., Nethersole Scott, Galansino Arturo, Rumberg Per

ISBN: HB: 9781857094916, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2011
304 pp., 32x24 cm, 190 colour illus.

This catalogue accompanies the major exhibition "Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan at the National Gallery" (London: 9 November 2011 – 5 February 2012) Click to see Official Exhibition page on the National Gallery website Leonardo d...

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