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Art Conservation

Ephemeral Monuments History and Conservation of Installation Art

Ferriani Barbara, Pugliese Marina

ISBN: PB: 9781606061343, Getty Publications, March 2013
280 pp., 23.9x16.5 cm, 105 colour illus., 29 black&white illus.

This is an indispensible volume for creators, curators, and conservators of installation art. Installation art is an evolving, often ephemeral medium that defies rigid categorization. It has also radically transformed the concepts of space, time, and...

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Archaeology & Paleontology

History of Art

Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture

Neer Richard T.

ISBN: PB: 9780226570648, ISBN: HB: 9780226570631, University of Chicago Press, March 2013
288 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 10 colour illus., 130 halftones, 12 line illus.

In the fifth century B. C. E, an artistic revolution occurred in Greece, as sculptors developed new ways of representing bodies, movement, and space. The resulting "Classical" style would prove influential for centuries and millennia to come. Modern...

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Contemporary Art

Eva Hesse, 1965

Rosen Barry, Applin Jo, Alden Todd, Swenson Kirsten, Fisher Susan

ISBN: HB: 9780300196658, Yale University Press, February 2013
240 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 89 colour images, 8 black&white illus.

In 1964, Eva Hesse and her husband Tom Doyle were invited by the industrialist Friedrich Arnhard Scheidt to a residency in Kettwig an der Ruhr, Germany. The following fifteen months marked a significant transformation in Hesse's practice. Eva Hesse 1...

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Design

Exhibitions Concept, Planning and Design

Klobe Tom

ISBN: PB: 9781933253695, University of Chicago Press, American Alliance of Museums Press, February 2013
272 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 200 colour illus.

"Good exhibition design promotes thought and feeling through the creation of an emotionally charged space – an environment that engulfs visitors, pulls them forward, and draws them into the story and its meaning", writes Tom Klobe in "Exhibitions". H...

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Manuals

Expanded Guide: Techniques Photographic Lighting

Taylor David

ISBN: PB: 9781907708756, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, February 2013
192 pp., 17.8x14.5 cm, photos

One of the most over-used, yet misunderstood pieces of photographic equipment is the flash unit in its many forms. While a flash unit – either built in to the camera or a separate device – offers the advantage of adding light to your images, its bigg...

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History of Art

Eye on a Century Modern and Contemporary Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery

Chaffee Cathleen, Alcauskas Katherine D., Canonico Amy, Jaffee Frank Robin, Gross Jennifer R., Josten Jennifer, Luke Megan R., Orgeman Keely, Orr Emily M., Rich Sarah K.

ISBN: PB: 9780300184945, Yale University Press, January 2013
256 pp., 27.9x23.5 cm, 140 colour illus.

"Eye on a Century" celebrates a cornerstone of the Yale University Art Gallery's holdings: the Charles B. Benenson Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art. This major bequest includes works by a veritable pantheon of modern and contemporary artists...

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Contemporary Art

Eccentric Objects Rethinking Sculpture in 1960s America

Applin Jo

ISBN: HB: 9780300181982, Yale University Press, August 2012
224 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, 40 colour images, 38 black&white illus.

In America during the 1960s, sculpture as an artistic practice underwent a series of radical transformations. Artists including Lee Bontecou, Claes Oldenburg, Lucas Samaras, H. C. Westermann, and Bruce Nauman offered alternative ways of imagining the...

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Photography

Eliot Porter In the Realm of Nature

Martineau Paul

ISBN: HB: 9781606061190, Getty Publications, August 2012
144 pp., 28.6x24.8 cm, 80 colour illus., 30 black&white illus.

It is a beautifully illustrated celebration of the images of Eliot Porter, and their role in the origins of the environmental conservation. Known for his exquisite images of birds and landscape, Eliot Porter (1901-1990) was a pioneer in the use of co...

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Manuals

Expanded Guide: Techniques Night & Low Light Photography

Taylor David

ISBN: PB: 9781907708619, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, August 2012
192 pp., 17.8x14.5 cm, photos

Modern digital SLR cameras are impressively capable of rendering images shot in low light, and professional photographer David Taylor discusses, clearly and concisely, the best cameras, lenses, tripods, filters, reflectors, cable releases, flash and...

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History of Art

Eakins Masterpiece Restored Seeing "The Gross Clinic" Anew

Foster Kathleen A., Tucker Mark, Conn Steven, Schreiner Mark S.

ISBN: PB: 9780300179798, Yale University Press, July 2012
144 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 100 colour images, 25 black&white illus.

Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) is acknowledged as one of the preeminent American painters of the 19th century. As a young artist in 1875 he prepared a monumental painting for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia of Dr. Samuel D. Gross of Jefferson Me...

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