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Ink and Gold Art of the Kano

Fischer Felice, Kinoshita Kyoko

ISBN: HB: 9780300210491, Yale University Press, May 2015
350 pp., 25.4x29.9 cm, 380 colour illus., 40 black&white illus.

The Kano lineage of painters-the most important in Japan-was established in the late 15th century by Kano Masanobu (1434-1530) and continued for more than 400 years, until the early 20th century. Originally limited to successive generations of the Ka...

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Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Kren Thomas, Barstow Kurt

ISBN: PB: 9781606064368, Getty Publications, April 2015
112 pp., 25x15 cm, 96 colour illus.

This is a stunning tour through eight centuries of manuscript illumination. Known for their stunning displays of artistry and technique, Italian illuminated manuscripts have long been coveted by collection around the world. The J. Paul Getty Museum h...

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Ireland Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840

Monkhouse Christopher, Laffan William, Fitzpatrick Leslie

ISBN: HB: 9780300210606, Yale University Press, A+D Series, February 2015
224 pp., 28x24.8 cm, 375 colour illus.

This groundbreaking book captures a period in Ireland's history when countless foreign architects, artisans, and artists worked side by side with their native counterparts, forging a uniquely Irish style. Nearly all of the works within this remarkabl...

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Ink, Paper, Politics WPA-Era Prints from the Needles Collection

Lincoln Louise

ISBN: PB: 9780978907488, University of Chicago Press, DePaul Art Museum, October 2014
90 pp., 27.9x20.3 cm, 20 colour plates, 45 halftones

The Works Progress Administration gave federal financial support to a wide range of artistic projects during the Depression, from fiction to fine art. Of all these forms, however, the printmaking supported by the WPA is perhaps the one of most enduri...

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In the Shadow of Velazquez A Life in Art History

Brown Jonathan

ISBN: HB: 9780300203967, Yale University Press, May 2014
208 pp., 24.1x17 cm, 40 colour images, 60 black&white illus.

In this lucid, witty book, the eminent art historian Jonathan Brown examines links between his personal life and his study of Hispanic art of the Golden Age. His adventures are offered as a model for understanding how art history is shaped by life ex...

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Education

Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies Terminology For Art, Architecture, and Other Cultural Works (Updated Edition)

Harping Patricia, Baca Murtha

ISBN: PB: 9781606061503, Getty Publications, December 2013
258 pp., 24x17.8 cm, 68 black&white illus.

This is a practical tool and comprehensive introduction to the use of controlled vocabularies. This authoritative and detailed volume presents readers with a "how-to" guide to building controlled vocabulary tools, cataloguing and indexing cultural ma...

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Impressionist France Visions of Nation from Le Gray to Monet

Kelly Simon, Watson April M., McWilliam Neil, Coughlin Maura

ISBN: PB: 9780300196955, Yale University Press, October 2013
320 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 359 colour illus.

Between 1850 and 1880, Impressionist landscape painting and early forms of photography flourished within the arts in France. In the context of massive social and political change that also marked this era, painters and photographers composed competin...

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Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art at the Dallas Museum of Art

MacDonald Heather, Brettell Richard R., Dombrowski Andre, Eisenman Stephen, Galvez Paul, House John, Kendall Richard, Kosinski Dorothy M., Le Normand-Romain Antoinette, Locke Nancy

ISBN: PB: 9780300187571, Yale University Press, September 2013
144 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 150 colour illus.

"Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Dallas Museum of Art" offers a series of intimate case studies in the history of 19th-century European art. Inspired by a series of public lectures given at the Dallas Museum of Art between 2009 and 2013,...

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Imran Qureshi

Wagstaff Sheena, Alteveer Ian, Najat Haidar Navina

ISBN: PB: 9780300197754, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2013
65 pp., 22.9x20.3 cm, 50 colour illus.

Named the Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year for 2013, Imran Qureshi combines traditional motifs and techniques of Islamic art with contemporary reflections on the relationship between Islam and the West. His investigations into ornamentation reference...

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Interaction of Color

Albers Josef, Fox Weber Nicholas

ISBN: PB: 9780300179354, Yale University Press, July 2013
192 pp., 23.4x15.2 cm, 64 colour illus., 16 line illus.

Josef Albers' "Interaction of Color" is a masterwork in art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this influential book presents Albers' singular explanation of complex colour theory principles. O...

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