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History of Art

Politics, Transgression, and Representation at the Court of Charles II

MacLeod Catharine, Marciari Alexander Julia, Harris Tim, O'Connell Sheila, Roach Joseph, Sharpe Kevin, Shifrin Susan, Walkling Andrew, Weil Rachel, Zwicker Steven

ISBN: HB: 9780300116564, Yale University Press, February 2008
214 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 90 colour illus.

The return of Charles II to the English throne after eleven years of Interregnum heralded the beginning of a new era in which the court was characterized by the licentious behaviour of the new king. Edited by the authors of the critically acclaimed "...

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History of Art

Fragonard's Allegories of Love

Molotiu Andrei

ISBN: HB: 9780892368976, Getty Publications, February 2008
128 pp., 26.7x21.5 cm, 53 colour illus., 24 black&white illus.

Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) was a French painter whose manner is distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism, as well as a prolific output – he produced more than 550 paintings. One of his most striking pieces, "The Fountain...

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Children's Books

Coloring Book Jan Vermeer

Weissenbach Andrea

ISBN: PB: 9783791339887, Prestel Publishing, February 2008
32 pp., 28x24 cm, 16 colour illus., 16 black&white illus.

Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to color outside the lines.

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Photography

Graciela Iturbide Juchitan

Keller Judith

ISBN: HB: 9780892369058, Getty Publications, February 2008
75 pp., 27.3x24.8 cm, 50 black&white photos

Between 1979 and 1988, celebrated photographer Graciela Iturbide made a series of visits to Juchitan, Mexico, where – in her own words – she photographed the community and their way of life "in complicity with the people". Located in the state of Oax...

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Archaeology & Paleontology

Herculaneum Women And the Origins of Archaeology

Daehner Jens, Knoll Kordelia, Vorster Christiane, Woelk Moritz

ISBN: HB: 9780892368822, Getty Publications, February 2008
160 pp., 25.4x19 cm, colour illus.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, three life-sized marble statues of women were found near Portici on the Bay of Naples. This momentous discovery led to further exploration of the site, which was soon identified as the ancient city of Hercu...

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History of Art

Taddeo and Federico Artist-Brothers in Renaissance Rome

Brooks Julian

ISBN: HB: 9780892369027, Getty Publications, February 2008
144 pp., 25.4x24.8 cm, 95 colour illus., 60 black&white illus.

During the late sixteenth-century, successful Italian artist Federico Zuccaro (c. 1541-1609) created one of the period's most important series of drawings – twenty large sheets that depict the early life of his older brother Taddeo (1529-1566). Publi...

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Architecture

Design

Architect and Engineer A Study in Sibling Rivalry

Saint Andrew

ISBN: HB: 9780300124439, Yale University Press, February 2008
480 pp., 28x23 cm, 260 black&white illus., 50 colour illus.

How architects and engineers relate to one another has long been debated but never before addressed over a broad span of history. There are many controversial issues: about professional demarcation, about credit for design, about the value we attach...

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Contemporary Art

On the Margins

Colangelo Carmon

ISBN: HB: 9780936316253, University of Chicago Press, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, February 2008
64 pp., 33x22.9 cm, 36 colour plates

The iconography of war and disaster have shaped the first years of the twenty-first century, both in the United States and throughout the world".On the Margins" brings together a culturally diverse group of international artists whose work engages th...

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Photography

Journey to Nine Islands

ISBN: PB: 9780939914098, University of Chicago Press, February 2008
96 pp., 30.5x22.8 cm, colour illus.

Accompanied by charming and accessible text, the floral centerfolds of "Journey to Nine Islands" invite the reader to participate in the world of the Chicago Botanic Garden – one of the nation's most visited public gardens and a preeminent center for...

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History of Art

Eskimo Drawings

Jones Suzi

ISBN: PB: 9781885267054, University of Chicago Press, February 2008
208 pp., 25.4x22.9 cm

Originally published in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition organized by the Anchorage Museum of History and Art and co-curated by Suzi Jones and Walter Van Horn, "Eskimo Drawings" marks the first time that Alaska Eskimo artwork has been the exclusive...

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