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Decorative Arts

Jewels by JAR

Sassoon Adrian

ISBN: HB: 9780300198683, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2013
120 pp., 22.9x20.3 cm, 65 colour illus.

Called "the Faberge of our time" by Diane von Furstenberg, Joel A. Rosenthal, who works in Paris under the name JAR, is one of the most acclaimed jewellery designers of the past thirty years. JAR is known for his use of precious and semi-precious sto...

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Decorative Arts

Deadly Art European Crossbows, 1250-1850

Breiding Dirk H.

ISBN: PB: 9780300197044, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2013
144 pp., 21.6x24.1 cm, 100 colour illus.

The advent of the crossbow more than 2,500 years ago effected dramatic changes for hunters and warriors. For centuries, it was among the most powerful and widely used handheld weapons, and its popularity endures to this day. "A Deadly Art" presents a...

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History of Art

Imran Qureshi

Wagstaff Sheena, Alteveer Ian, Najat Haidar Navina

ISBN: PB: 9780300197754, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2013
65 pp., 22.9x20.3 cm, 50 colour illus.

Named the Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year for 2013, Imran Qureshi combines traditional motifs and techniques of Islamic art with contemporary reflections on the relationship between Islam and the West. His investigations into ornamentation reference...

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Photography

Photography of the American Civil War

Rosenheim Jeff L.

ISBN: HB: 9780300191806, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2013
256 pp., 22.9x27.9 cm, 200 colour illus.

Six hundred thousand lives were lost between 1861 and 1865, making the conflict between North and South the nation's deadliest war. If the "War Between the States" was the test of the young republic's commitment to its founding precepts, it was also...

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Fashion

Punk Chaos to Couture

Bolton Andrew

ISBN: PB: 9780300191851, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2013
224 pp., 25x15 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.

Since its origins in the 1970s, punk has had an incendiary influence on fashion. With its eclectic mixing of stylistic references, punk effectively introduced the postmodern concept of bricolage not only into directional ready-to-wear but also into t...

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History of Art

Etruscan Art In the Metropolitan Museum of Art

De Puma Richard Daniel

ISBN: HB: 9780300179538, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2013
368 pp., 29.2x22.9 cm, 450 colour images, 25 black&white illus.

This informative and engaging book on the Museum's outstanding collection of Etruscan art also provides an introduction to the fascinating and diverse culture of ancient Etruria, which thrived in central Italy from about 900 to 100 B.C. Masterpieces...

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History of Art

Architecture

Cloisters Medieval Art and Architecture

Barnet Peter, Wu Nancy

ISBN: PB: 9780300187205, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2013
204 pp., 24.8x17.1 cm, 200 colour illus.

Home to an extraordinary collection of treasured masterworks, including the famed Unicorn Tapestries, The Cloisters is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. This splendid new guide, published to celebrate The Cloisters' seventy-fift...

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History of Art

Washington Crossing the Delaware Restoring an American Masterpiece

Rebora Barratt Carrie, Mayer Lance, Myers Gay, Smeaton Suzanne, Wilner Eli

ISBN: PB: 9780300176421, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2012
48 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 55 colour images, 10 black&white illus.

Emanuel Leutze's life-size "Washington Crossing the Delaware" commemorates the critical moment in the American Revolution when George Washington led a surprise attack against troops supporting the British forces in Trenton, New Jersey. When Leutze cr...

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Design

Decorative Arts

Duncan Phyfe Master Cabinetmaker in New York

Kenny Peter M., Brown Michael K., Bretter Frances F., Thurlow Matthew A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300155112, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2011
400 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 250 colour images, 100 black&white illus.

Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854), known during his lifetime as the "United States Rage", to this day remains America's best-known cabinetmaker. Establishing his reputation as a purveyor of luxury by designing high-quality furniture for New York's moneyed eli...

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Fashion

100 Shoes

Koda Harold, Parker Sarah Jessica

ISBN: PB: 9780300172409, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2011
232 pp., 17.8x25.4 cm, 16 black&white illus., 194 colour illus.

In a brilliant follow-up to "100 Dresses", published in 2010, the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum once again opens the vaults of its renowned permanent collection to introduce readers to the rich diversity of shoes within its holdings. T...

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