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History of Art

Music in Art

Ausoni Alberto

ISBN: PB: 9780892369652, Getty Publications, September 2009
384 pp., 19.7x13.3 cm, 400 colour illus.

This is a superbly illustrated exploration of the history of music in Western art, from ancient sculptures to modern art. "The Guide to Imagery" series introduces readers to the important visual vocabulary of Western art. As an integral part of human...

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Photography

Denver A Photographic Survey of the Metropolitan Area, 1973-1974

Adams Robert

ISBN: HB: 9780300141368, Yale University Press, July 2009
136 pp., 19.1x18 cm, 117 tritone illus.

"Denver" and "What We Bought", together with "The New West", form a loose trilogy of Robert Adams' work exploring the rapidly developing landscape of the Denver metropolitan area from 1968 through 1974. In the former two books, Adams created a compre...

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History of Art

Adelaide Labille-Guiard Artist in the Age of Revolution

Auricchio Laura

ISBN: HB: 9780892369546, Getty Publications, July 2009
144 pp., 23.5x19.7 cm, 46 colour illus., 30 black&white illus.

This book features a fascinating exploration of the life and works of one of Revolutionary France's most significant female artists. Adelaide Labille-Guiard (1749-1803) was a remarkable portraitist and painter, she was also one of the very few women...

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Painting and Drawing Manuals

Landscape Painting Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice

Albala Mitchell

ISBN: HB: 9780823032204, GMC Group, Watson-Guptill, January 2009
192 pp., 28x22.9 cm, 230 illus.

Not for sale in selected countries! The landscape is unique among subject matter-in its grandeur, complexity and colour dynamics. The landscape painter is continually challenged to find ways of translating these qualities into a convincing represen...

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History of Art

Design

William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones Interlacings

Arscott Caroline

ISBN: HB: 9780300140934, Yale University Press, October 2008
224 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 60 colour images, 40 black&white illus.

The friendship between William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones began when they met as undergraduates in 1853 and lasted until Morris' death in 1896, despite their differences in temperament and in attitudes to political engagement. This friendship was...

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Art Conservation

Lessons Learned Reflecting on the Theory and Practice of Mosaic Conservation

Abed Aicha Ben, Demas Martha, Roby Thomas

ISBN: PB: 9780892369201, Getty Publications, August 2008
432 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 200 colour illus., 150 black&white illus.

In 2005, the Institut National du Patrimoine of Tunisia played host to the ninth Triennial meeting of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM). The meeting focused on assessing past practices of mosaic conservation, both in...

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Contemporary Art

History of Art

Anarchist Modernism Art, Politics, and the First American Avant-Garde

Antliff Allan

ISBN: PB: 9780226021041, ISBN: HB: 9780226021034, University of Chicago Press, November 2007
314 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 4 colour plates, 84 halftones

The relationship of the anarchist movement to American art during the World War I era is most often described as a "tenuous affinity" between two distinct spheres: political and artistic. In "Anarchist Modernism" – the first in-depth exploration of t...

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Contemporary Art

Alchemy of Comedy... Stupid

Arceneaux Edgar

ISBN: PB: 9780945323112, University of Chicago Press, WhiteWalls, April 2007
96 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 74 colour plates

"Edgar Arceneaux: The Alchemy of Comedy... Stupid" documents a multi-channel installation by contemporary video artist Edgar Arceneaux. Centered on video footage of popular comedian David Alan Grier, the artwork examines the nuances and structures of...

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Art Conservation

Stories in Stone Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa

Abed Aicha Ben

ISBN: HB: 9780892368037, Getty Publications, January 2007
200 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 140 colour illus.

During the reign of the Roman Empire, many of the town houses and rural estates in North Africa were decorated with beautiful and elaborate mosaics. These often stunning works were especially widespread in what is now modern-day Tunisia. This stunnin...

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History of Art

Tunisian Mosaics Treasures from Roman Africa

Abed Aicha Ben

ISBN: PB: 9780892368570, Getty Publications, January 2007
144 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 136 colour illus., 5 black&white illus.

As the Roman Empire expanded its borders into North Africa, thousands of mosaic floor pavements were designed and created to adorn the town houses and rural estates of the upper classes. As these Roman outpost flourished, so did mosaic art – particul...

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