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Contemporary Art

Feast Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art

Smith Stephanie

ISBN: PB: 9780935573527, University of Chicago Press, Smart Museum of Art, August 2013
380 pp., 30.4x20.3 cm, 320 colour illus.

The companion to a one-of-a-kind exhibition at the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art, "Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art" explores the role of the meal in contemporary art. Feast offers the first survey of the artist-orchestrat...

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Photography

Abelardo Morell The Universe Next Door

Siegel Elizabeth, Abbott Brett, Martineau Paul

ISBN: HB: 9780300184556, Yale University Press, A+D Series, June 2013
176 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 55 colour illus., 75 duotone illus.

Over the past twenty-five years, Abelardo Morell (b. 1948) has earned international praise for his images that use the language of photography to explore visual surprise and wonder. Born in Havana, Cuba, Morell came to the United States as a teenager...

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Art Conservation

Historical Perspectives on Preventative Conservation

Staniforth Sarah

ISBN: PB: 9781606061428, Getty Publications, May 2013
456 pp., 25.4x17.9 cm, 20 colour illus.

This title gathers together the most important texts on this critical topic, from antiquity to today. The sixth volume in the Getty's Readings in Conservation series, which gathers more than 65 texts that have been influential in the development of t...

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Design

Page Unlimited 2 Innovations in Layout Design

Shaoqiang Wang

ISBN: HB: 9788492810765, Hoaki, April 2013
240 pp., 28x21 cm, richly illustrated

Following the previous hit of "Page Unlimited", we introduce "Page Unlimited 2" with new materials and perspectives. Layout design becomes more interesting and inspiring than ever before due to the fast technological changes in the field. Embracing c...

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History of Art

Looking East Rubens Encounter with Asia

Schrader Stephanie

ISBN: PB: 9781606061312, Getty Publications, March 2013
124 pp., 22.9x17.7 cm, 27 colour illus.,15 black&white illus.

This is a fascinating exploration of the mystery that surrounds of Ruben's most well-known and intriguing drawings. Peter Paul Rubens was one of the most talented and successful artists working in 17th-century Europe. During his illustrious career as...

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History of Art

Journeys to New Worlds Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Art in the Roberta and Richard Huber Collection

Stratton-Pruitt Suzanne L., Castro Mark A., Alcala Luisa Elena, Barquist David L., Marcos Margarita M. Estella, Quispe Cueva Enrique, Rishel Joseph J., Rivas Jorge F. P.

ISBN: HB: 9780300191769, Yale University Press, March 2013
198 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 198 colour images, 7 black&white illus.

This beautifully illustrated catalogue showcases 126 Spanish and Portuguese artworks from the 17th and 18th centuries, all highlights from the dazzling collection of Roberta and Richard Huber. Featuring works in a variety of media and from far-flung...

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Contemporary Art

Film Studies

Matt Saunders Parallel Plot

Saunders Matt

ISBN: HB: 9780226736037, University of Chicago Press, March 2013
128 pp., 23x15 cm, 45 colour illus.

Berlin-based artist Matt Saunders has in recent years captured the art world's eye with a striking series of hybrid images and animated films produced using techniques from both photography and painting. Using movie stars such as German actress Herth...

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Fashion

Shoe Obsession

Steele Valerie, Hill Colleen

ISBN: HB: 9780300190793, Yale University Press, February 2013
192 pp., 25.6x19.2 cm, 200 colour illus.

This fabulously illustrated book explores western culture's fascination with extravagant and fashionable shoes. Over the past decade, shoe design has become increasingly central to fashion, with fashion companies paying ever more attention to shoes a...

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Contemporary Art

Black Square Malevich and the Origin of Suprematism

Shatskikh Aleksandra, Schwartz Marian

ISBN: HB: 9780300140897, Yale University Press, January 2013
352 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 41 scattered black&white illus.

Kazimir Malevich's painting "Black Square" is one of the twentieth century's emblematic paintings, the visual manifestation of a new period in artistic culture at its inception. None of Malevich's contemporary revolutionaries created a manifesto, an...

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Art Conservation

Archaeology & Paleontology

Archaeological Sites Conservation and Management

Sullivan Sharon, Mackay Richard

ISBN: PB: 9781606061244, Getty Publications, January 2013
736 pp., 25.5x17.8 cm, 29 colour illus., 21 black&white illus.

This title is an insightful collection of essays and reports examining key issues in the conservation and management of archaeological sites. The fifth volume in the Getty's "Readings in Conservation" series features more than seventy texts that have...

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