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History of Art

Deaths of Henri Regnault

Gotlieb Marc

ISBN: HB: 9780226276045, University of Chicago Press, June 2016
320 pp., 22.8x17.8 cm, 48 colour plates, 77 halftones

This is the first book in English on Henri Regnault (1843-71), a forgotten star of the European fin-de-siecle. A brilliant maverick who once seemed to hold the future of French painting in his hands, Regnault enjoyed a meteoric rise that was cut shor...

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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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Decorative Textiles from Arab and Islamic Cultures Selected Works from the Al Lulwa Collection

Wearden Jennifer, Scarce Jennifer

ISBN: PB: 9781907372872, Casemate, Paul Holberton Publishing, April 2016
200 pp., 30x24.5 cm, 140 colour illus.

One of the most distinctive features of Islamic design is the evolution of an increasingly abstract and repetitive repertoire of motifs, which are shared among all media – metalwork, woodwork, ceramics, tilework and textiles. In textiles the main the...

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Dance American Art, 1820-1960

DeFrantz Thomas F., Garafola Lynn, Hart Dakin, Hill Constance Valis, Leppanen-Guerra Analisa, Mercer Valerie J., Murphy Jacqueline Shea, Robertson E.Bruce, Myers Kenneth, Udall Sharyn Rohlfsen

ISBN: HB: 9780300211610, Yale University Press, March 2016
304 pp., 28x25.4 cm, 230 colour illus.

As an enduring wellspring of creativity for many artists throughout history, dance has provided a visual language to express such themes as the bonds of community, the allure of the exotic, and the pleasures of the body. This book is the first major...

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Fashion

Denim Fashion's Frontier

McClendon Emma, Dennis Fred

ISBN: HB: 9780300219142, Yale University Press, March 2016
176 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 100 colour illus.

Denim is one of the world's favorite fabrics, and today it accounts for the largest segment of the clothing industry. The market for jeans alone is worth over 55 billion dollars. Experiments with denim by designers have helped to develop a vast vocab...

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Diaries of Randolph Schwabe British Art 1930-48

Clarke Gill

ISBN: PB: 9781908326874, Casemate, Sansom & Co, February 2016
592 pp., 24.4x16.8 cm, colour illus.

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Divine Beauty From Van Gogh to Chagall and Fontana

Sisi Carlo, Mazzanti Anna, Mannini Lucia, Sebregondi Ludovica

ISBN: HB: 9788831721943, DAP, Marsilio Editori, February 2016
248 pp., 29.8x24.8 cm, 178 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! An unusual look at art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sacred art is traditionally linked with the period stretching from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century. In reality, it has never completely vanished,...

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Photography

Donald Blumberg Words and Images from the American Media

Blumberg Donald, Reynolds Director Jock

ISBN: HB: 9780300215168, Yale University Press, November 2015
140 pp., 24.5x28.6 cm, 162 duotone illus.

Words and Images from the American Media gathers over 162 images that Donald Blumberg has photographed directly from newspapers and television screens since the 1960s. In his most recent work from this series, Blumberg's photographs also include clos...

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Contemporary Art

Drawing Redefined Roni Horn, Esther Klas, Joelle Tuerlinckx, Richard Tuttle and Jorinde Voigt

Gross Jennifer R., Butler Cornelia H., Chaffee Cathleen, Roberts Veronica, Sullivan Lexi Lee

ISBN: HB: 9780300215915, Yale University Press, November 2015
88 pp., 26.7x21.6 cm, 60 colour illus.

"Drawing Redefined" offers an original, critical look at the distinctive role drawing plays in the processes of five influential contemporary artists. For Roni Horn, Esther Klas, Joelle Tuerlinckx, Richard Tuttle, and Jorinde Voigt drawing is an esse...

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Drawn from Courtly India The Conley Harris and Howard Truelove Collection

Cameron Ainsley, Mason Darielle

ISBN: HB: 9780300215250, Yale University Press, November 2015
156 pp., 29.9x24.8 cm, 172 colour illus.

This publication presents the first in-depth survey of the Conley Harris and Howard Truelove Collection of Indian drawings, which was recently acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This exceptional collection, which has never previously been pu...

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