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History of Art

Spectacular Rubens The Triumph of the Eucharist Series

Vegara Alejandro, Woollett Anne

ISBN: PB: 9781606064306, Getty Publications, October 2014
112 pp., 27.9x24 cm, 88 colour illus., 10 black&white illus.

This lavishly illustrated volume offers a fascinating glimpse into Ruben's artistic process. The six glorious scenes that make up the Triumph of the Eucharist series by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) are highlights of the Museo Nacional del Prado's su...

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History of Art

Samuel F. B. Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" and the Art of Invention

Antoine Jean-Philippe, Bellion Wendy, Bjelajac David, Brownlee Peter John, DeLue Rachael Ziady, Gillespie Sarah Kate, Mayer Lance, Myers Gay, McClellan Andrew, Nemerov Alexander

ISBN: HB: 9780300207613, Yale University Press, October 2014
224 pp., 25.4x24.1 cm, 135 colour illus.

Samuel F. B. Morse's (1791-1872) large-scale painting Gallery of the Louvre (1831-33) is one of the most significant, and enigmatic, works of early-19th-century American art. It is also one of the last works Morse painted before turning his attention...

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Culture Studies

Support Networks

Satinsky Abigail

ISBN: PB: 9780982879856, University of Chicago Press, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, October 2014
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 50 halftones

When artists break boundaries of traditional forms and work outside of institutionalized systems, they often must create new infrastructures to sustain their practices".Support Networks" looks to Chicago's deeply layered history of artists, scholars,...

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History of Art

Silent Partners Artist and Mannequin from Function to Fetish

Munro Jane

ISBN: HB: 9780300208221, Yale University Press, September 2014
304 pp., 28x23 cm, 220 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.

The articulated human figure made of wax or wood has been a common tool in artistic practice since the 16th century. Its mobile limbs enable the artist to study anatomical proportion, fix a pose at will, and perfect the depiction of drapery and cloth...

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History of Art

Sculpture Victorious Art in an Age of Invention, 1837-1901

Droth Martina, Edwards Jason, Hatt Michael

ISBN: HB: 9780300208030, Yale University Press, September 2014
432 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 275 colour images, 150 black&white illus.

"Sculpture Victorious "highlights the diversity, originality and ubiquity of sculptural production during the reign of Queen Victoria. This lavishly illustrated book examines how colourful marbles, bronzes, finely wrought silver, and exquisitely deta...

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Contemporary Art

Something Flashed, Something Broke, Something Remained Consciousness Neue Bieremiennost

Redzisz Kasia, Sienkiewicz Karol

ISBN: PB: 9788364177187, University of Chicago Press, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, August 2014
236 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 68 colour plates, 120 halftones

Not for sale in Poland! Consciousness Neue Bieremiennost was an art group formed in the mid 1980s in Poland by three sculptors: Miroslaw Balka, Miroslaw Filonik, and Marek Kijewski. Their collaborative exhibitions, which included action art, perfor...

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History of Art

Sixteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings, with French Paintings Before 1600

Campbell Lorne

ISBN: HB: 9781857093704, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, July 2014
900 pp., 28.5x21.6 cm, 700 colour images, 175 black&white illus.

The National Gallery, London possesses an important collection of paintings by 16th-century Netherlandish artists, including Joachim Beuckelaer, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jean Gossart, and Quinten Massys. They are grouped here with...

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Design

Swedish Wooden Toys

Ogata Amy F., Weber Susan

ISBN: HB: 9780300200751, Yale University Press, June 2014
352 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 360 colour images, 50 black&white illus.

Combining the best of Scandinavian design with a plentiful indigenous supply of trees, the Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colourful, quality wooden items. This superbly illustrated book, including specially commissioned pho...

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Contemporary Art

Sharon Lockhart Lunch Break III

Eckmann Sabine

ISBN: PB: 9780936316376, University of Chicago Press, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, May 2014
72 pp., 30x20.8 cm, 25 colour plates, 10 halftones

"Sharon Lockhart: Lunch Break III" is the third volume in a series examining the work of acclaimed video artist and photographer Sharon Lockhart. Known for collaborating with remote or marginal communities such as blue collar workers of the twenty-fi...

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Photography

Gardening

Seeds Time Capsules of Life (Compact Edition)

Kesseler Rob, Stuppy Wolfgang

ISBN: HB: 9781906506520, GMC Group, Papadakis, May 2014
264 pp., 24.1x15.9 cm, colour illus.

Art and science collaborate on a fascinating story with extraordinary images in a highly-acclaimed book. Seeds, the most complex organs produced by plants, ensure the biodiversity of our planet. They vary from the impressive Seychelles nut that weigh...

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