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Europe

Prague in the Reign of Rudolph II Mannerist Art and Architecture in the Imperial Capital, 1583-1612

Fucikova Eliska

ISBN: PB: 9788024622637, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, November 2015
200 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 106 colour plates, 25 halftones, 6 maps

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! "Prague in the Reign of Rudolph II" takes readers back to the days of the Habsburg Emperor Rudolph II (1576-1611) when Prague became the metropolis of the Holy Roman Empire, and when the i...

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Butterfly Journey Maria Sibylla Merian. Artist and Scientist

Friedewald Boris

ISBN: HB: 9783791381497, Prestel Publishing, July 2015
144 pp., 18.5x14 cm, 70 colour illus.

The amazing story of the life and work of the renowned botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian is told alongside her beautiful illustrations of butterflies in this charming and elegant book. A woman ahead of her time, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)...

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Asia

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Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting Kano Hogai and the Search for Images

Foxwell Chelsea

ISBN: HB: 9780226110806, University of Chicago Press, July 2015
296 pp., 27.9x21.5 cm, 34 colour plates, 70 halftones

The Western discovery of Japanese paintings at nineteenth-century world's fairs and export shops catapulted Japanese art to new levels of international popularity. With that popularity, however, came criticism, as Western writers began to lament a pe...

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Kingdom of Images French Print in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660-1715

Fuhring Peter

ISBN: HB: 9781606064504, Getty Publications, June 2015
344 pp., 25x15 cm, 51 colour illus., 138 black&white illus.

This book includes a rich and fascinating consideration of the golden age of French printmaking. Once considered the golden age of French printmaking, Louis XIV's reign saw Paris become a powerhouse of print production. During this time, the king aim...

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Ink and Gold Art of the Kano

Fischer Felice, Kinoshita Kyoko

ISBN: HB: 9780300210491, Yale University Press, May 2015
350 pp., 25.4x29.9 cm, 380 colour illus., 40 black&white illus.

The Kano lineage of painters-the most important in Japan-was established in the late 15th century by Kano Masanobu (1434-1530) and continued for more than 400 years, until the early 20th century. Originally limited to successive generations of the Ka...

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Public in the Picture Involving the Beholder in Antique, Islamic, Byzantine and Western Medieval and Renaissance Art

Fricke Beate, Krass Urte

ISBN: HB: 9783037344781, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, April 2015
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 20 colour plates, 75 halftones

The act of including bystanders within the scene of an artwork has marked an important shift in the ways artists addressed the beholder, as well as a significant transformation of the relationship between images and their viewership. In such works, t...

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Buddhist Art of Myanmar

Fraser-Lu Sylvia, Stadtner Donald M., Chain U Tun Aung, Leider Jacques, Pranke Patrick, Brown Robert, Tan Heidi, Proser Adriana

ISBN: HB: 9780300209457, Yale University Press, March 2015
272 pp., 26.7x22.9 cm, 150 colour illus.

The practice of Buddhism in Myanmar (Burma) has resulted in the production of dazzling objects since the 5th century. This landmark publication presents the first overview of these magnificent works of art from major museums in Myanmar and collection...

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Brilliant History of Color in Art

Finlay Victoria

ISBN: HB: 9781606064290, Getty Publications, November 2014
166 pp., 25.9x23.6 cm, 166 colour illus.

This is a irresistible and wonderfully illustrated exploration of the history of colour in art. The history of art is inseparable from the history of colour. And what a fascinating story they tell together: one that brims with an all-star cast of cha...

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Art of the American West The Haub Family Collection at Tacoma Art Museum

Fry Laura F., Hassrick Peter H., Stevens Scott Manning, Stebich Stephanie A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300207606, Yale University Press, November 2014
312 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 350 colour illus.

This handsome book displays an extraordinary breadth of masterworks dating from the 1790s to the present, including over 140 artists in some 350 beautiful colour reproductions. In a variety of media and styles, iconic American artists including Frede...

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Communities of Style Portable Luxury Arts, Identity, and Collective Memory in the Iron Age Levant

Feldman Marian H.

ISBN: HB: 9780226105611, University of Chicago Press, November 2014
264 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 20 colour plates, 41 halftones, 3 line drawings

"Communities of Style" examines the production and circulation of portable luxury goods throughout the Levant in the early Iron Age (1200-600 BCE). In particular it focuses on how societies in flux came together around the material effects of art and...

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