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Psychology, Art, and Antifascism Ernst Kris, E. H. Gombrich, and the Politics of Caricature

Rose Louis

ISBN: HB: 9780300221473, Yale University Press, September 2016
312 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 16 black&white illus.

A vivid portrait of two remarkable twentieth-century thinkers and their landmark collaboration on the use and abuse of caricature and propaganda in the modern world In 1934, Viennese art historian and psychoanalyst Ernst Kris invited his mentee E. H....

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Hans Hofmann The Artists Materials

Rogala Dawn

ISBN: PB: 9781606064870, Getty Publications, August 2016
140 pp., 25x15 cm, 40 black&white illus., 50 colour illus.

This gorgeously illustrated book examines the practice and materials of a prominent Abstract Expressionist. The career of the German-American painter and educator Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) describes the arc of artistic modernism from pre-World War I M...

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Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch Inspiration and Transformation

Ravenal John B.

ISBN: HB: 9780300220063, Yale University Press, June 2016
160 pp., 28x24.1 cm, 155 colour illus.

At a crucial point midway through his career, American painter and printmaker Jasper Johns (b. 1930) looked to the art of Norwegian Expressionist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) for inspiration. Munch's innovative working methods and defining themes of love...

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Hogarth's Legacy

Roman Cynthia Ellen, Paulson Ronald, Mainardi Patricia, Fordham Douglas, Maidment Brian, Hardy Dominic, Printy Mark, Phillips Mark

ISBN: HB: 9780300215618, Yale University Press, May 2016
272 pp., 26.7x22.2 cm, 75 colour illus., 125 black&white illus.

The legacy of graphic artist William Hogarth (1697-1764) remains so emphatic that even his last name has evolved into a common vernacular term referring to his characteristically scathing form of satire. Featuring rarely seen images and written contr...

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Drawings from the Age of Bruegel, Rubens, and Rembrandt Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums

Robinson William W., Anderson Susan

ISBN: HB: 9780300208047, Yale University Press, April 2016
300 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 335 colour illus.

This superb book presents 100 notable examples from the Harvard Art Museums' distinguished collection of Dutch, Flemish, and Netherlandish drawings from the 16th to 18th century. Featuring such masters as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens,...

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50 Artists You Should Know: From Giotto to Warhol New Edition

Roper Lars

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791381695, Prestel Publishing, January 2016
160 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 150 colour illus.

Now available in an updated edition, this attractive, useful, and entertaining collection of great artists and great art is a course in art history for readers of all ages. This bestselling reference guide profiles 50 major artists alongside their r...

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American School Artists and Status in the Late-Colonial and Early National Era

Rather Susan

ISBN: HB: 9780300214611, Yale University Press, December 2015
368 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 77 colour illus., 73 black&white illus.

This fascinating book is the first comprehensive art-historical study of what it meant to be an American artist in the 18th- and early 19th-century transatlantic world. Susan Rather examines the status of artists from different geographical, professi...

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Rome 1600 The City and the Visual Arts Under Clement VIII

Robertson Clare

ISBN: HB: 9780300215298, Yale University Press, December 2015
460 pp., 27.3x21 cm, 80 colour illus., 220 black&white illus.

In 1600 Rome was the center of the artistic world. This fascinating book offers a new look at the art and architecture of the great Baroque city at this time of major innovation-especially in painting, largely owing to the presence of Annibale Carrac...

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In the Shadow of Rama Murals of the Ramayana in Mainland Southeast Asia

Roveda Vittorio

ISBN: HB: 9786167339306, Prestel Publishing, River Books, November 2015
256 pp., 31.3x24.4 cm

"In the Shadow of Rama" examines the most beautiful paintings of the famous Ramayana murals, from Southeast Asi. This magnificent book is the culmination of 20 years of research and provides a visual feast for all those fascinated by the art of South...

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Frederic Church The Art and Science of Detail

Raab Jennifer

ISBN: HB: 9780300208375, Yale University Press, October 2015
240 pp., 26.7x21.6 cm, 60 colour illus., 43 black&white illus.

Frederic Church (1826-1900), the most celebrated painter in the United States during the mid-19th century, created monumental landscapes of North and South America, the Arctic, and the Middle East. These paintings were unsurpassed in their attention...

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