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History of Art

Van Gogh in America

Shaw Jill

ISBN: HB: 9780300247091, Yale University Press, September 2022
256 pp., 27.9x25.4 cm, 144 colour and black&white illus.

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is one of the most iconic artists in the world, and how he became a household name in the United States is a fascinating, largely untold story. "Van Gogh in America" details the early reception of the artist's work by Ame...

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Contemporary Art

Ducks on Parade!

Schon Nancy

ISBN: HB: 9781684580415, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, April 2021
64 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 76 colour plates

Inspired by Robert McCloskey's beloved children's book of the same name, the iconic bronze Make Way for Ducklings sculpture in Boston's Public Garden has come to serve as something of a record of the recent decades of life in the city itself. In a se...

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Contemporary Art

Aesthetics of the Commons

Sollfrank Cornelia, Stalder Felix, Niederberger Shusha

ISBN: PB: 9783035803457, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, March 2021
176 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

What do a feminist server, an art space located in a public park in North London, a so-called pirate library of high cultural value yet dubious legal status, and an art school that emphasizes collectivity have in common? They all demonstrate that art...

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Interior Design

Nature

Nature Inside Plants and Flowers in the Modern Interior

Sparke Penny

ISBN: HB: 9780300244021, Yale University Press, February 2021
224 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 120 illus.

From ferns in 19th-century British parlors to contemporary "living walls" in commercial spaces, plants and flowers have long been incorporated into the design of public and private spaces. Spanning two centuries, "Nature Inside" explores the history...

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Photography

Davos Is a Verb A World in Disruption

Spinatsch Jules

ISBN: HB: 9783037786482, Lars Muller Publishers, February 2021
192 pp., 30x23 cm, 120 illus.

Since the last financial crisis, a new practice has emerged in Davos: During to the World Economic Forum WEF, the main street is being temporarily rebuilt almost throughout. Freestanding pavilions are being constructed for events organized by compani...

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Art Conservation

History of Art

National Gallery Technical Bulletin, Volume 41

Spring Marika, Ackroyd Paul, Billinge Rachel, Cornelis Bart, Higgitt Catherine, Keith Larry, Melchiorre Marta, Peggie David

ISBN: PB: 9781857096705, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, February 2021
104 pp., 29.9x21 cm, 200 illus.

The latest in this annual bulletin based on research carried out at the National Gallery, London, draws on the combined expertise of scientists, conservators, and curators, bringing together a wealth of information about artists' materials, practices...

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History of Art

Nikolai Astrup Visions of Norway

Stevens MaryAnne

ISBN: HB: 9780300250855, Yale University Press, February 2021
240 pp., 27.9x22.8 cm, 160 colour and black&white illus.

Nikolai Astrup (1880-1928) was a Norwegian Expressionist artist known for colorful paintings and woodcuts of his native landscape. Astrup received a formal art education in Kristiania (now Oslo), Germany, and Paris, but he later rebelled against cert...

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History of Art

Catalogue of the Feinberg Collection of Japanese Art

Saunders Rachel

ISBN: HB: 9780300250909, Yale University Press, January 2021
448 pp., 27.9x24.7 cm, 560 colour illus.

Over more than four decades, Robert and Betsy Feinberg have assembled the finest private collection of Edo-period Japanese painting in the United States. The collection is notable for its size, its remarkable quality, and its comprehensiveness. It re...

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Decorative Arts

Design

West 86th A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture

Stirton Paul

ISBN: PB: 9780226336930, University of Chicago Press, January 2021
176 pp., 24x19 cm, 55 colour plates, 45 halftones

Published on behalf of the Bard Graduate Center, "West 86th" focuses on scholarship in material culture, design history, and the decorative arts. In this issue, Eric Anderson examines how Angerer's photographs of Hans Makart's studio were informed by...

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History of Art

Contemporary Art

West 86th, Volume 23, Issue 2

Stirton Paul

ISBN: PB: 9780226441276, University of Chicago Press, January 2021
176 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Published by the University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Bard Graduate Center in New York City, "West 86th" reaffirms the Center's commitment to expanding the conversation regarding the content, meaning, and significance of objects".West 86th"...

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