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History of Art

Art and Violence in Early Renaissance Florence

Nethersole Scott

ISBN: HB: 9780300233513, Yale University Press, June 2018
320 pp., 26.7x21.6 cm, 233 colour and black&white illus.

This study is the first to examine the relationship between art and violence in 15th-century Florence, exposing the underbelly of a period more often celebrated for enlightened and progressive ideas. Renaissance Florentines were constantly subjected...

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Contemporary Art

Adel Abdessemed Otchi Tchiornie / L'Antidote

Gielen Denis, Raspail Thierry, de Chassey Eric, Grau Donatien, Nash Mark, Ardenne Paul, Daoud Kamel, Robecchi Michele, Zaya Octavio

ISBN: PB: 9780300236880, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, June 2018
256 pp., 27.5x21 cm, 85 colour illus.

The Algerian-born French artist Adel Abdessemed (b. 1971) works in a wide variety of media including animation, installation, performance, sculpture, and video; through his art he addresses contemporary themes and he reflects the bleak picture of the...

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Children's Books

ABC Mini Edition

Plaksin David, Plaksin Sergey

ISBN: HB: 9785912083341, Prestel Publishing, Arca, June 2018
64 pp., 20.8x20.8 cm, illustrations throughout

Miniature souvenir version of the large-format ABC book. Enlarged details of paintings, sculpture, jewellery, netsuke, Scythian gold-all these masterpieces of world culture created by human hands across many centuries can be found here.

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History of Art

Artist in Edo Studies in the History of Art

Lippit Yukio

ISBN: HB: 9780300214673, Yale University Press, June 2018
304 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 204 colour illus., 40 black&white illus.

During the early modern period in Japan, peace and prosperity allowed elite and popular arts and culture to flourish in Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto. The historic first showing outside Japan of It? Jakuchu's thirty-scroll series titled Colorful Realm of Liv...

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Contemporary Art

Ambitious Alignments New Histories in Southeast Asian Art, 1945-1990

Whiteman Stephen H., Abdullah Sarena, Low Yvonne, Scott Phoebe

ISBN: PB: 9780909952921, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, June 2018
400 pp., 24.4x17.3 cm, illustrations throughout

Ten essays by emerging scholars draw upon unexplored archives and works of art, bearing witness to rich local histories and uncovering complex artistic exchanges across Southeast Asia and beyond. This volume sheds new light on the significance of arc...

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Photography

Analog Culture Printer's Proofs from the Schneider/Erdman Photography Lab, 1981-2001

Quick Jennifer

ISBN: HB: 9780300233032, Yale University Press, June 2018
188 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 141 colour and black&white illus.

Providing an expansive and revelatory look at the collaborative artistic relationship between photographers and printers, this book focuses on the work and practice of Schneider/Erdman, Inc., a Manhattan-based printing business owned by Gary Schneide...

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Contemporary Art

Biography & Memoires

Arshile Gorky: The Plow and the Song A Life in Letters and Documents

Spender Matthew

ISBN: PB: 9783906915081, DAP, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, June 2018
600 pp., 22.8x15.8 cm, illustrated throughout

Not for sale in Estonia! Author of "From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky", Matthew Spender presents a new expanded edition of his 2010 publication "Arshile Gorky: Goats on the Roof", with never-before-published material, including diary entri...

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Contemporary Art

History of Art

Afterall Spring/Summer 2018, Issue 45

Bilbao Ana, Bauer Ute Meta, Kreuger Anders, Morris David, Stankievech Charles

ISBN: PB: 9780226578163, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
144 pp., 29.8x19 cm, 80 colour plates

Launched in 1999, "Afterall" is a journal of contemporary art that offers in-depth analysis of artists' work, along with essays that broaden the context in which to understand it. Its academic format differentiates it from popular review magazines. I...

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Contemporary Art

Adrian Piper

Yasar Begum

ISBN: PB: 9781944379209, DAP, Levy Gorvy, May 2018
92 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, illustrated throughout

Not for sale in Estonia! Marking Levy Gorvy's first solo exhibition with acclaimed conceptual artist and philosopher Adrian Piper (born 1948), this focused presentation includes examples from "The Mythic Being" series (1973-75), "It's Just Art" (19...

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Painting and Drawing Manuals

Acrylics Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner

Burrows Adrian

ISBN: PB: 9781784944063, GMC Group, GMC, May 2018
96 pp., 27.5x21.5 cm, 182 colour illus., 10 black&white illus.

Painting is one of the most rewarding ways of expressing yourself. It sparks creativity, engages the imagination and relaxes you, reducing your stress levels and leaving you feeling mentally clear and calm. Many people assume that the ability to pain...

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