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Age of Empires Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties

Sun Zhixin, Hsing I-tien, Liu Cary Y., Lu Pengliang, Lan-ying Tseng Lillian, Yates Robin D. S., Hong Yang, Yakina Zhang Zhonglin

ISBN: HB: 9781588396174, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017
336 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 325 colour illus.

The first in-depth exploration of the artistic and cultural achievements of China's "classical" era. "Age of Empires" presents the art and culture of China during one of the most critical periods of its history – the four centuries from 221 B.C. to...

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Marsden Hartley's Maine

Cassidy Donna, Griffey Randall, Deming Richard, Finch Elizabeth

ISBN: HB: 9781588396136, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2017
256 pp., 24.1x21.6 cm, 175 colour illus.

Marsden Hartley (1877-1943) was a well-traveled American modernist painter, poet, and essayist, but it is his life-long artistic engagement with his home state of Maine that defines his career. Maine served as a creative springboard, a locus of memor...

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Seurat's Circus Sideshow

Thomson Richard, Stein Susan Alyson, Hale Charlotte, Centeno Silvia

ISBN: PB: 9781588396150, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2017
144 pp., 25.4x22.9 cm, 120 colour illus.

The mystery, color, and magic of the circus was a subject of fascination for European artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The French Post-Impressionist painter Georges-Pierre Seurat (1859-1891) explored this theme in a number of drawin...

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Assyria to Iberia A Metropolitan Museum of Art Symposia

Aruz Joan, Seymour Michael, Killebrew Ann E., Tubb Jonathan N., Finkelstein Israel, Novak Mirko, Aubet Maria Eugenia, Hill Marsha, Gubel Eric, Graff Sarah

ISBN: PB: 9781588396068, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2016
404 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 300 colour illus.

In 2014, the Metropolitan Museum presented Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age, an unprecedented exhibition that offered a comprehensive overview of art, diplomacy, and cultural exchange in the ancient Near East and across the Mediterr...

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Roman Portraits Stone and Bronze Sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Zanker Paul

ISBN: HB: 9781588395993, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2016
296 pp., 29.2x25.2 cm, 395 colour illus.

Portraits are among the most compelling artistic records of Greek and Roman culture. In this richly illustrated book featuring all new photography, the 60 portrait heads from the Metropolitan Museum's renowned collection are fully described, and plac...

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Fragonard Drawing Triumphant

Stein Perrin, Dupuy-Vachey Marie-Anne, Williams Eunice, Brosnan Kelsey

ISBN: HB: 9781588396013, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2016
320 pp., 28x24.1 cm, 250 colour illus.

An exquisitely illustrated volume that emphasizes the importance of drawing in Fragonard's creative process One of the most forward-looking artists in 18th-century France, Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is considered the preeminent draftsman of hi...

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Valentin de Boulogne Beyond Caravaggio

Lemoine Annick, Christiansen Keith, Allard Sebastian, Cavazzini Patrizia, Cuzin Jean-Pierre, Papi Gianni

ISBN: HB: 9781588396020, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2016
288 pp., 28.5x24.1 cm, 145 colour illus.

The first comprehensive English monograph on an outstanding 17th-century artist In the years following Caravaggio's death, the French-born painter Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632) emerged as one of the greatest masters of naturalistic painting, demon...

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Jerusalem, 1000-1400 Every People Under Heaven

Boehm Barbara Drake, Holcomb Melanie

ISBN: HB: 9781588395986, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2016
352 pp., 30.8x24.3 cm, 354 colour illus.

A comprehensive and timely exploration of the key role Jerusalem played in shaping the art and culture of the Middle Ages Medieval Jerusalem was a vibrant international center and home to multiple cultures, faiths, and languages. Harmonious and disso...

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How to Read Medieval Art

Stein Wendy A.

ISBN: PB: 9781588395979, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2016
136 pp., 26.5x20.5 cm, 141 colour illus.

An enlightening, accessible guide to understanding and appreciating European art from the Middle Ages How to Read Medieval Art introduces the art of the European Middle Ages through 50 notable examples from the Metropolitan Museum's collection, which...

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Indian Court Painting The Kronos Collection

McInerney Terence, Kossak Steven M.

ISBN: HB: 9781588395900, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2016
272 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 200 colour illus.

This splendidly illustrated publication features over 90 important paintings from the predominantly Hindu Rajput tradition of Indian painting, and are highlights from the Kronos Collection, one of the finest holdings of Indian art. These remarkable w...

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