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Polished to Perfection Japanese Cloisonne from the Collection of Donald K. Gerber and Sueann E. Sherry

Singer Robert T.

ISBN: HB: 9783791356143, Prestel Publishing, May 2017
144 pp., 28x23 cm, 140 colour illus.

This stunning book features the finest examples of Japanese cloisonne – enameled objects that reflect the exquisite craftsmanship required ofthe technique as well as the Japanese culturalreverence for meticulous and exacting work. Cloisonne, the art...

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Maiolica before Raphael

Sani Elisa P., Raccanello Justin

ISBN: PB: 9781911300205, Casemate, Sam Fogg, May 2017
220 pp., 30x24.5 cm, 160 colour illus.

High Renaissance maiolica, produced in Italy in the orbit of Raphael and other artists, is widely known and has been extensively studied. This istoriato, or narrative, maiolica graces the collections of many of the world's greatest museums. But not...

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Age of Empires Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties

Sun Zhixin, Hsing I-tien, Liu Cary Y., Lu Pengliang, Lan-ying Tseng Lillian, Yates Robin D. S., Hong Yang, Yakina Zhang Zhonglin

ISBN: HB: 9781588396174, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017
336 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 325 colour illus.

The first in-depth exploration of the artistic and cultural achievements of China's "classical" era. "Age of Empires" presents the art and culture of China during one of the most critical periods of its history – the four centuries from 221 B.C. to...

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Real Birds in Imagined Gardens Mughal Painting Between Persia and Europe

Singh Kavita

ISBN: PB: 9781606065181, Getty Publications, March 2017
116 pp., 21x15.2 cm, 31 colour illus.

Accounts of paintings produced during the Mughal dynasty (1526-1857) tend to trace a linear, "evolutionary" path and assert that, as European Renaissance prints reached and influenced Mughal artists, these artists abandoned a Persianate style in favo...

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Epic Tales from Ancient India Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art

Sardar Marika, Poddar Neeraja, Adamjee Qamar, Patel Alka

ISBN: HB: 9780300223729, Yale University Press, January 2017
156 pp., 25.4x25.4 cm, 127 colour illus.

Exploring the topic of narrativity in Indian art, this beautiful and deeply researched book considers illustrations to the Bhagavata Purana, the Ramayana, the Ragamala, and a range of texts in the Persian language, notably the Shahnama. Featuring stu...

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Monet The Early Years

Shackelford George T. M., Shiff Richard, Thomson Richard, Callen Anthea, Desmarais Mary Dailey

ISBN: HB: 9780300221855, Yale University Press, January 2017
320 pp., 28x24.8 cm, 180 colour illus., 10 black&white illus.

This elegant volume is the first to be devoted to the young genius of Claude Monet (1840-1926). Bringing together the greatest paintings from his early career-including his first Salon-exhibited work, the Kimbell Art Museum's La Pointe de la Heve at...

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Fragonard Drawing Triumphant

Stein Perrin, Dupuy-Vachey Marie-Anne, Williams Eunice, Brosnan Kelsey

ISBN: HB: 9781588396013, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2016
320 pp., 28x24.1 cm, 250 colour illus.

An exquisitely illustrated volume that emphasizes the importance of drawing in Fragonard's creative process One of the most forward-looking artists in 18th-century France, Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is considered the preeminent draftsman of hi...

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How to Read Medieval Art

Stein Wendy A.

ISBN: PB: 9781588395979, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2016
136 pp., 26.5x20.5 cm, 141 colour illus.

An enlightening, accessible guide to understanding and appreciating European art from the Middle Ages How to Read Medieval Art introduces the art of the European Middle Ages through 50 notable examples from the Metropolitan Museum's collection, which...

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Francis Bacon Unsichtbare Raume / Invisible Rooms

Stuttgart Staatsgalerie, Conzen Ina

ISBN: HB: 9783791355764, Prestel Publishing, October 2016
256 pp., 28x23 cm, 150 colour illus.

This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book on the work of Francis Bacon, one of the 20th century's greatest painters, takes an in-depth look at his trademark motif of figures imprisoned within ghostly frames. Arguably one of the most influenti...

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Live Form Women, Ceramics, and Community

Sorkin Jenni

ISBN: HB: 9780226303116, University of Chicago Press, August 2016
304 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 8 colour plates, 70 halftones

Ceramics had a far-reaching impact in the second half of the twentieth century, as its artists worked through the same ideas regarding abstraction and form as those found in other creative mediums".Live Form" shines new light on the relation of ceram...

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