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Age of Empires Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties

Sun Zhixin, Hsing I-tien, Liu Cary Y., Lu Pengliang, Lan-ying Tseng Lillian, Yates Robin D. S., Hong Yang, Yakina Zhang Zhonglin

ISBN: HB: 9781588396174, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017
336 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 325 colour illus.

The first in-depth exploration of the artistic and cultural achievements of China's "classical" era. "Age of Empires" presents the art and culture of China during one of the most critical periods of its history – the four centuries from 221 B.C. to...

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Design

History of Art

Another World Nineteenth-Century Illustrated Print Culture

Mainardi Patricia

ISBN: HB: 9780300219067, Yale University Press, April 2017
304 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 166 colour illus., 46 black&white illus.

The remarkable story of the stylistic, cultural, and technical innovations that drove the surge of comics, caricature, and other print media in 19th-century Europe. Taking its title from the 1844 visionary graphic novel by J. J. Grandville, this gro...

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History of Art

Art and Nature in the Middle Ages

Myers Nicole, Pastoureau Michel, Taburet-Delahaye Elisabeth, Zink Michel

ISBN: PB: 9780300227055, Yale University Press, March 2017
136 pp., 25.4x21.6 cm, 115 colour illus.

This splendidly illustrated book explores the universal and multifaceted theme of nature as manifested in Western European art of the Middle Ages. Fascinating essays consider the concept in the context of medieval philosophy, theology, and poetry. Th...

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Children's Books

Artsy Fun with Southeast Asian Art

ISBN: PB: 9789811128035, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, March 2017
48 pp., 29.7x21 cm, illustrations throughout

Inspired by artworks from Singapore's National Collection, this fun activity book encourages young, curious minds to observe and explore the world around them. "Artsy: Fun with Southeast Asian Art" introduces children to simple visual elements like l...

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Architecture

Art of Folding Volume 2: New Trends, Techniques and Materials

Trebbi Jean-Charles, Genevaux Chloe, Bounoure Guillaume

ISBN: HB: 9788416504640, Hoaki, March 2017
176 pp., 22.5x24.5 cm, richly illustrated

"The Art of Folding" presented a wide range of creators who are inspired by origami and whose work with various materials draws on traditional techniques. Drawing on examples from nature, this second volume focuses on folders' know-how as it applies...

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Photography

Media Studies

Afterimages Photography and U.S. Foreign Policy

Kennedy Liam

ISBN: HB: 9780226337265, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
232 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 38 halftones

In 2005, photographer Chris Hondros captured a striking image of a young Iraqi girl in the aftermath of the killing of her parents by American soldiers. The shot stunned the world and has since become iconic – comparable to the infamous photo by Nick...

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Photography

Albino

Palacios Ana

ISBN: HB: 9788494423413, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
108 pp., 27.9x31.1 cm, 82 colour plates

In "Albino", photojournalist Ana Palacios takes us inside a shelter for people with albinism and reveals what daily life is like for those living with the genetic condition in Tanzania. As Palacios documents, widespread ignorance of the causes of alb...

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History of Art

Albrecht Durer Catalogue of the Paintings

Wolf Norbert

ISBN: HB: 9783791383453, Prestel Publishing, February 2017
300 pp., 32x22.2 cm, 200 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.

Now available in a new edition, this lavishly illustrated volume draws on the latest research to present an exciting new interpretation of Albrecht Durer, both as a man and as an artist. Albrecht Durer's prints and drawings have inspired hundreds of...

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Contemporary Art

History of Art

Alexei Jawlensky

Endicott Barnett Vivian

ISBN: HB: 9783791356389, Prestel Publishing, February 2017
192 pp., 28.5x23.5 cm, 169 colour illus., 28 black&white illus.

Alexei Jawlensky (1864-1941) was Russian, but lived in Germany much of his life and obtained German citizenship in 1934. He was a friend of Vasily Kandinsky, who he met in Munich when studying painting with Anton Azbe, and had close ties to the Germa...

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History of Art

Australia's Impressionists

Riopelle Christopher, Bonyhady Tim, Goudie Allison, Thomas Sarah, Tunnicliffe Wayne, Taylor Alex J.

ISBN: HB: 9781857096125, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, February 2017
128 pp., 26x24.1 cm, 70 colour illus.

Australia's Impressionists focuses on the paintings of Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder, and John Peter Russell. All were key players in a distinctively Australian art movement that drew on influences ranging from Whistler's subtle Noctur...

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