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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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Art, Artisans and Apprentices Apprentice Painters and Sculptors in the Early Modern British Tradition

Ayres James

ISBN: HB: 9781782977421, Casemate, Oxbow Books, June 2014
536 pp., 23.8x16.6 cm

Before the foundation of academies of art in London in 1768 and Philadelphia in 1805, most individuals who were to emerge as artists trained in workshops of varying degrees of relevance. Easel painters began their careers apprenticed to carriage, hou...

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Panaesthetics On the Unity and Diversity of the Arts

Albright Daniel

ISBN: HB: 9780300186628, Yale University Press, May 2014
320 pp., 21x14 cm, 58 black&white illus.

While comparative literature is a well-recognized field of study, the notion of comparative arts remains unfamiliar to many. In this fascinating book, Daniel Albright addresses the fundamental question of comparative arts: are there many different ar...

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The Italian List

Nymphs

Agamben Giorgio

ISBN: HB: 9780857420947, Seagull Books, September 2013
72 pp., 25x15 cm

In 1900, Dutch art historians Andre Jolles and Aby Warburg constructed an experimental dialogue in which Jolles supposed he had fallen in love with the figure of a young woman in a painting: "A fantastic figure – shall I call her a servant girl, or r...

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Interaction of Color

Albers Josef, Fox Weber Nicholas

ISBN: PB: 9780300179354, Yale University Press, July 2013
192 pp., 23.4x15.2 cm, 64 colour illus., 16 line illus.

Josef Albers' "Interaction of Color" is a masterwork in art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this influential book presents Albers' singular explanation of complex colour theory principles. O...

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Quality Instinct Seeing Art Through a Museum Director's Eye

Anderson Maxwell L.

ISBN: PB: 9781933253671, University of Chicago Press, American Alliance of Museums Press, February 2013
236 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 60 colour illus.

How do we judge what is good in art? And more to the point, can we even judge art? These questions have long spawned heated conversations about objectivity, subjectivity, and qualitative judgment that span both the academic and art worlds. Acclaimed...

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Decorative Arts

Fire and Sand Ancient Glass in the Collection of the Princeton University Art Museum

Antonaras Anastasios

ISBN: HB: 9780300179811, Yale University Press, January 2013
408 pp., 29.2x24.8 cm, 556 colour images, 40 black&white illus.

For the first time, this important volume features nearly all of the ancient glass objects in the collection of the Princeton University Art Museum. Collected over the course of more than a century, the objects originate from locations across the eas...

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Isabella and Leonardo The Artistic Relationship Between Isabella D'Este and Leonardo Da Vinci

Ames-Lewis Francis

ISBN: HB: 9780300121247, Yale University Press, May 2012
240 pp., 24x17 cm, 60 colour images, 60 black&white illus.

Isabella d'Este, the marchioness of Mantua, was a collector of antiquities, a patron of art, and one of the most vivid personalities of the Italian Renaissance. Her artistic relationship with Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) is charted through the lette...

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Time and a Place Near Sydenham Hill by Camille Pissarro

Adler Kathleen

ISBN: PB: 9780300175776, Yale University Press, November 2011
94 pp., 23.5x19.1 cm, 40 colour images, 15 black&white illus.

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) is best known as one of the founders of the Impressionist movement. Although he received his artistic training in Paris, a seven-month stay in London, beginning in December of 1870, had a lasting impact on his artistic de...

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Contemporary Art

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

Alcantara Isabel, Egnolff Sandra

ISBN: PB: 9783791346151, Prestel Publishing, September 2011
120 pp., 27x18.5 cm, 61 colour illus., 22 black&white illus.

Now available again, this bestselling book reveals the story of two creative geniuses, their important contributions to twentieth-century art, and their tumultuous romance. This captivating book delves into the forces that shaped Frida Kahlo and Die...

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