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Contemporary Art

Delirious Art at the Limits of Reason, 1950-1980

Baum Kelly, Bradnock Lucy, Ryan Tina Rivers

ISBN: HB: 9781588396334, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2017
224 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 241 colour illus.

Addressing the maniacal, eccentric, and disorienting in artworks made between 1950 and 1980, Delirious situates a fascination with the absurd and irrational within the context of the violence and brutality witnessed during World War II as well as the...

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Contemporary Art

Adrian Villar Rojas The Roof Garden Commission: The Theater of Disappearance

Galilee Beatrice, Rojas Adrian Villar

ISBN: PB: 9781588396211, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2017
64 pp., 18.4x11 cm, 68 colour illus.

Known for his ephemeral, interconnected installations and monumental sculpture, Argentinian artist Adrian Villar Rojas (b. 1980) transformed The Met Roof into an immersive banquet scene for the 2017 Roof Garden Commission. This book retraces the arti...

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History of Art

Military

How to Read European Armor

LaRocca Donald

ISBN: PB: 9781588396297, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2017
176 pp., 26.7x20.3 cm, 175 colour illus.

This engaging book offers an introduction to and overview of armor in Europe from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, focusing in particular on the 16th century when plate armor reached its peak of stylistic beauty and functional perfection. Cr...

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History of Art

Edvard Munch Between the Clock and the Bed

Garrels Gary, Steihaug Jon-Ove, Wagstaff Sheena, Berman Patricia, Haskell Caitlin, Morehead Allison, Shiff Richard, Stein Mille, Ove Knausgaard Karl

ISBN: HB: 9781588396235, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2017
256 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 120 colour illus.

A penetrating reassessment of Munch's memorable painting and profound artistic legacy. This engaging book offers a fresh look at the exceptional works of Edvard Munch (1863-1944) by examining them in the light of his precarious mental state. Followi...

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Fashion

Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garcons Art of the In-Between

Bolton Andrew

ISBN: HB: 9781588396204, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2017
256 pp., 34.3x24.1 cm, 250 colour and black&white illus.

A revelatory look at the influential and enigmatic designer behind Comme des Garcons. The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handful of creators who are masters of their metier. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons is one of them. Wide...

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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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Photography

Irving Penn Centennial

Morris Hambourg Maria, Rosenheim Jeff L., Dennett Alexandra, Garner Philippe, Kirsch Adam, Prins Harald E. L., Zatse Vasilios

ISBN: HB: 9781588396181, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017
372 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 365 colour illus.

Irving Penn (1917-2009) was among the most esteemed and influential photographers of the 20th century. Over the course of a nearly seventy-year career, he mastered a pared-down aesthetic of studio photography that is distinguished for its meticulous...

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History of Art

Marsden Hartley's Maine

Cassidy Donna, Griffey Randall, Deming Richard, Finch Elizabeth

ISBN: HB: 9781588396136, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2017
256 pp., 24.1x21.6 cm, 175 colour illus.

Marsden Hartley (1877-1943) was a well-traveled American modernist painter, poet, and essayist, but it is his life-long artistic engagement with his home state of Maine that defines his career. Maine served as a creative springboard, a locus of memor...

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History of Art

Seurat's Circus Sideshow

Thomson Richard, Stein Susan Alyson, Hale Charlotte, Centeno Silvia

ISBN: PB: 9781588396150, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2017
144 pp., 25.4x22.9 cm, 120 colour illus.

The mystery, color, and magic of the circus was a subject of fascination for European artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The French Post-Impressionist painter Georges-Pierre Seurat (1859-1891) explored this theme in a number of drawin...

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History of Art

Assyria to Iberia A Metropolitan Museum of Art Symposia

Aruz Joan, Seymour Michael, Killebrew Ann E., Tubb Jonathan N., Finkelstein Israel, Novak Mirko, Aubet Maria Eugenia, Hill Marsha, Gubel Eric, Graff Sarah

ISBN: PB: 9781588396068, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2016
404 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 300 colour illus.

In 2014, the Metropolitan Museum presented Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age, an unprecedented exhibition that offered a comprehensive overview of art, diplomacy, and cultural exchange in the ancient Near East and across the Mediterr...

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