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Reconsidering Gerome

Allan Scott, Morton Mary

ISBN: PB: 9781606060384, Getty Publications, November 2010
168 pp., 24.3x15.4 cm, 8 colour illus., 27 black&white illus.

Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904) was an undisputed success during his life. Crowds flocked to see his vibrant compositions and thanks to mass marketing of his work through mechanical reproduction, he reached audiences on an unprecedented scale. Despite G...

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Intelligence of Tradition in Rajput Court Painting

Aitken Molly Emma

ISBN: HB: 9780300142297, Yale University Press, March 2010
352 pp., 27.9x21.5 cm, 175 black&white illus., 54 colour illus.

The genre of Rajput painting flourished between the 16th and 19th centuries in the kingdoms that ruled what is now the Indian state of Rajasthan (place of rajas). Rajput paintings depicted the nobility and court spectacle as well as scenes from Krish...

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Ancient World

Secrets of Pompeii Everyday Life in Ancient Rome

Albentiis Emidio de

ISBN: HB: 9780892369416, Getty Publications, September 2009
200 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 170 colour illus., maps

This title presents a lavishly illustrated and fascinating exploration of the art, architecture, and archaeology of one of the world's best preserved Roman cities. The remains of the ancient city of Pompeii, frozen in time following the tragic erupti...

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Music in Art

Ausoni Alberto

ISBN: PB: 9780892369652, Getty Publications, September 2009
384 pp., 19.7x13.3 cm, 400 colour illus.

This is a superbly illustrated exploration of the history of music in Western art, from ancient sculptures to modern art. "The Guide to Imagery" series introduces readers to the important visual vocabulary of Western art. As an integral part of human...

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Adelaide Labille-Guiard Artist in the Age of Revolution

Auricchio Laura

ISBN: HB: 9780892369546, Getty Publications, July 2009
144 pp., 23.5x19.7 cm, 46 colour illus., 30 black&white illus.

This book features a fascinating exploration of the life and works of one of Revolutionary France's most significant female artists. Adelaide Labille-Guiard (1749-1803) was a remarkable portraitist and painter, she was also one of the very few women...

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Design

William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones Interlacings

Arscott Caroline

ISBN: HB: 9780300140934, Yale University Press, October 2008
224 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 60 colour images, 40 black&white illus.

The friendship between William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones began when they met as undergraduates in 1853 and lasted until Morris' death in 1896, despite their differences in temperament and in attitudes to political engagement. This friendship was...

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Anarchist Modernism Art, Politics, and the First American Avant-Garde

Antliff Allan

ISBN: PB: 9780226021041, ISBN: HB: 9780226021034, University of Chicago Press, November 2007
314 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 4 colour plates, 84 halftones

The relationship of the anarchist movement to American art during the World War I era is most often described as a "tenuous affinity" between two distinct spheres: political and artistic. In "Anarchist Modernism" – the first in-depth exploration of t...

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Tunisian Mosaics Treasures from Roman Africa

Abed Aicha Ben

ISBN: PB: 9780892368570, Getty Publications, January 2007
144 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 136 colour illus., 5 black&white illus.

As the Roman Empire expanded its borders into North Africa, thousands of mosaic floor pavements were designed and created to adorn the town houses and rural estates of the upper classes. As these Roman outpost flourished, so did mosaic art – particul...

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Coming of Age American Art, 1850s to 1950s

Agee William C., Faxon Susan C.

ISBN: HB: 9780300115239, Yale University Press, August 2006
136 pp., 29.9x24.9 cm, 78 colour images, 7 black&white illus.

From the 1850s to the 1950s, American art and culture progressed from provincial status to international prominence, and American art developed from figurative depictions of the particular to abstract interpretations of universal ideals. This beautif...

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Odd Man Out Readings of the Work and Reputation of Edgar Degas

Armstrong Carol

ISBN: PB: 9780892367283, Getty Publications, March 2006
299 pp., 25.5x18 cm, 4 colour illus.,127 black&white illus.

Carol Armstrong offers an important study of Edgar Degas's work and reputation. Armstrong grapples with contradictory portrayals of Degas as "odd man out" within the modernist canon: he was a realist whom realists rejected, a storyteller in pictures...

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