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Contemporary Art

Alison Watt Phantom

Wiggins Colin, Paterson Don

ISBN: HB: 9781857094121, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, March 2008
72 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 38 colour illus.

British artist Alison Watt (b. 1965) creates monumental paintings depicting richly draped fabric. These canvases show closely cropped folds, gathers, tucks, and creases––all sensuously developed from a selective palette of white, grey, burnt sienna,...

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Children's Books

Coloring Book Jan Vermeer

Weissenbach Andrea

ISBN: PB: 9783791339887, Prestel Publishing, February 2008
32 pp., 28x24 cm, 16 colour illus., 16 black&white illus.

Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to color outside the lines.

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History of Art

Looking and Listening in Nineteenth-Century France

Ward Martha, Leonard Anne

ISBN: PB + CD: 9780935573442, University of Chicago Press, Smart Museum of Art, February 2008
104 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 8 colour plates, 67 halftones

Different eras experience art in different ways – often dramatically so".Looking and Listening in Nineteenth-Century France", the catalog to an exhibition at the Smart Museum of Art, uses a selection of prints, paintings, drawings, sculptures, and re...

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Painting and Drawing Manuals

Classic Human Anatomy The Artist's Guide to Form, Function, and Movement

Winslow Valerie L.

ISBN: HB: 9780823024155, GMC Group, Watson-Guptill, January 2008
304 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 200 colour illus., 600 black&white illus.

Not for sale in selected countries! After more than 30 years of research and teaching, artist Valerie Winslow has compiled her unique methods of drawing human anatomy into one groundbreaking volume: Classic Human Anatomy. This long-awaited book pro...

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Photography

Edward Weston's Book of Nudes

Weston Edward, Newhall Nancy

ISBN: HB: 9780892369034, Getty Publications, November 2007
96 pp., 28.5x26.7 cm, 70 duotone photos

Edward Henry Weston (1886-1958) first started taking photographs at the age of sixteen with a camera given to him by his father. Over the next five decades, he would come to be regarded by his peers as one of the greatest photographers of the twentie...

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History of Art

Chinese Calligraphy

Wang Youfen, Ouyang Zhongshi, Fong Wen C., Cao Baolin, Cong Wenjun, Huang Dun, Wang Jingxian, Wang Shizheng, Wang Yuchi, Ye Peigui

ISBN: HB: 9780300121070, Yale University Press, October 2007
520 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 550 colour images, 75 black&white illus.

Chinese calligraphy, with its artistic as well as utilitarian values, has been treasured for its formal beauty for more than three millennia. This lavishly illustrated book brings to English language readers for the first time a full account of calli...

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History of Art

Viewing Renaissance Art

Woods Kim W., Richardson Carol M., Lymberopoulou Angeliki

ISBN: PB: 9780300123432, Yale University Press, May 2007
352 pp., 28.6x21.6 cm, 200 colour illus.

This book forms the third of a series of three volumes produced by The Open University and together entitled 'Renaissance Art Reconsidered'. The other two volumes are "Making Renaissance Art" and "Locating Renaissance Art". While the first two volume...

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History of Art

Pelican History of Art

Arts of China After 1620

Watson William, Ho Chuimei

ISBN: HB: 9780300107357, Yale University Press, March 2007
320 pp., 28.4x21.4 cm, 200 colour illus., 150 black&white illus.

"The Arts of China after 1620" concludes a major three-volume survey that examines China's huge wealth of art, architecture and artefacts from prehistoric times to the present. Beginning with discussions of 'fine' art and painting and progressing to...

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Contemporary Art

Pop Art Contemporary Perspectives

Wilmerding John, Foster Hal, Burton Johanna, Hatch Kevin, Hudson Suzanne, Kitnik Alex, Robinson Julia, Tuite Diana

ISBN: HB: 9780300122121, Yale University Press, March 2007
160 pp., 26.7x19.1 cm, 93 colour images, 42 black&white illus.

Princeton University Art Museum Monographs is a new series of in-depth explorations of the museum's rich collections. Beautifully designed and produced, these books by leading and emerging scholars offer new insights and perspectives on a single work...

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History of Art

Making Renaissance Art

Woods Kim W.

ISBN: PB: 9780300121896, Yale University Press, December 2006
352 pp., 28.5x21.5 cm, 200 colour illus.

This book explores key themes in the making of Renaissance painting, sculpture, architecture and prints: the use of specific techniques and materials, theory and practice, change and continuity in artistic procedures, conventions and values. It also...

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