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First Modern Museums of Art The Birth of an Institution in 18th- and Early -19th Century Europe

Paul Carole

ISBN: HB: 9781606061206, Getty Publications, October 2012
368 pp., 26x18.5 cm, 65 black&white illus.

It is a comelling account of the origins of the world's most important museums. In the 18th and early 19th centuries the first modern, public museums of art appeared throughout Europe, setting a standard for the nature of such institutions that has m...

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Metamorphosis Poems Inspired by Titian

Penny Nicholas, Agbabi Patience, Armitage Simon, Cope Wendy, Duffy Carol Ann, Greenlaw Lavinia, Harrison Tony, Heaney Seamus, Leviston Frances, Morrissey Sinead

ISBN: PB: 9781857095470, Yale University Press, July 2012
56 pp., 21x14.8 cm, 21 colour illus.

As part of a unique collaboration between the National Gallery and the Royal Opera House, fourteen leading poets were invited to respond to three great masterpieces by the Renaissance painter, Titian: "Diana and Callisto", "Diana and Actaeon" and "Th...

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Dallas Museum of Art A Guide to the Collection

Pitman Bonnie

ISBN: PB: 9780300179637, Yale University Press, February 2012
368 pp., 26x19.1 cm, 420 colour images, 5 black&white illus.

Explore the world renowned collection of the Dallas Museum of Art in this lavishly illustrated, informative catalogue. "Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection" showcases the full range and exceptional quality of the rich holdings of one of A...

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Johan Zoffany Society Observed

Postle Martin

ISBN: HB: 9780300176049, Yale University Press, October 2011
320 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 225 colour images, 5 black&white illus.

The 18th-century painter Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) was an astute observer of the many social circles in which he functioned as an artist over the course of his long career. This catalogue investigates his sharp wit, shrewd political appraisal, and pe...

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Masters of Art

Masters of Art Botticelli

Poletti Frederico

ISBN: PB: 9783791346182, Prestel Publishing, September 2011
160 pp., 21x17 cm, 80 colour illus.

This generously illustrated volume on the work of Botticelli makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. The Florentine painter Botticelli personifies the Golden Age of the early Renaissance. Best known for T...

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Paragons and Paragone Van Eyck, Raphael, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Bernini

Preimesberger Rudolf

ISBN: HB: 9780892369645, Getty Publications, June 2011
200 pp., 27.3x19.7 cm, 25 colour illus., 24 black&white illus.

This title provides an intelligent and illuminating exploration of the rivalry that existed between the artists of the Renaissance & Baroque eras. The paragon – the notion of competition and rivalry among the arts – has been a topic of debate for cen...

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Decorative Arts

Closer Look Frames

Penny Nicholas

ISBN: PB: 9781857094404, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2010
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, 90 colour illus.

Formerly part of the popular "Pocket Guides" series, "Frames" is published in a new edition as "A Closer Look", with a wealth of beautiful reproductions. This informative guide offers an insight into the various forms of frame housing some of the fin...

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Catalogue Raisonne

John Brett, Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter

Payne Christiana

ISBN: HB: 9780300165753, Yale University Press, June 2010
256 pp., 28x22 cm, 150 black&white illus., 120 colour illus.

Drawing on a wealth of unpublished sketchbooks, journals and writings, this essential guide to John Brett (1831-1902) investigates the painter who was seen as the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite landscape school. As well as the familiar early works, inc...

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William Merritt Chase Volume 4: Still Lifes, Interiors, Figures, Copies of Old Masters, and Drawings

Pisano Ronald G., Lane Carolyn K., Baker D. Frederick

ISBN: HB: 9780300110197, Yale University Press, June 2010
255 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 211 black&white illus., 127 colour illus.

This is the fourth and final volume in the complete catalogue of the work of William Merritt Chase (1849-1916). Included in this handsome book are interiors, primarily paintings of his renowned Tenth Street Studio, and still life paintings, in partic...

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Catalogue Raisonne

Pierre Puvis De Chavannes

Price Aimee Brown

ISBN: HB: 9780300115710, Yale University Press, March 2010
745 pp., 28.5x24.5 cm, 1000 colour illus.

Understanding Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) is crucial to reading the history of art of the late nineteenth century and the development of modernism. Internationally heralded yet sometimes scorned, much exhibited, respected and emulated, an artist's...

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