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History of Art

Restless Figure Expression in Czech Sculpture 1880-1914

Wittlich Petr, Baborovska Sandra

ISBN: HB: 9788024634289, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, August 2017
240 pp., 26.7x21 cm, 200 halftones

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! At the end of the nineteenth century, Czech figural sculpture achieved an artistic quality comparable to that of contemporary artworks produced in the main artistic centers of Europe, incl...

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From Hopper to Rothko America's Road to Modern Art

Westheider Ortrud, Philipp Michael

ISBN: HB: 9783791356938, Prestel Publishing, July 2017
248 pp., 30x24 cm, 219 colour illus.

Rarely seen outside the United States, The Phillips Collection's American masterworks trace the development and diversity of modern art in America from the end of the nineteenth century through the post-war decades after World War II. Organized into...

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Revoliutsiia! Demonstratsiia! Soviet Art Put to the Test

Witkovsky Matthew S.

ISBN: HB: 9780300225716, Yale University Press, A+D Series, July 2017
368 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 430 colour and black&white illus.

Groundbreaking new insight into a rich spectrum of early Soviet art and its spaces of display. Published on the centenary of the Russian Revolution, this landmark book gathers information from the forefront of current research in early Soviet art, p...

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Michelangelo and Sebastiano

Wivel Matthias, Barbieri Costanza, Baker-Bates Piers, Joannides Paul, Danesi Squarzina Silvia, Goudie Allison, Ede Minna Moore, Sliwka Jennifer, Verdon Timothy

ISBN: HB: 9781857096095, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, April 2017
272 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 180 colour illus.

The first publication to consider the relationship between these two major artists of the High Renaissance. Through most of Michelangelo's working life, one of his closest colleagues was the great Venetian painter Sebastiano del Piombo (14851541)....

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50 Modern Artists You Should Know New Edition

Weidemann Christiane

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791383385, Prestel Publishing, March 2017
160 pp., 24x19.5 cm, colour illus.

Now available in a new edition, this chronologically arranged volume covers a century and a half of masterpieces which beautifully capture the development of art in the modern age. Starting with James Abbott McNeill Whistler and ending with Matthew...

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Ex Voto Votive Giving Across Cultures

Weinryb Ittai

ISBN: HB: 9781941792056, University of Chicago Press, Bard Graduate Center, March 2017
250 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 75 colour plates

Derived from Latin ex voto suscepto "in pursuance of a vow", an ex voto embodies the hopes, dreams, and anxieties of the person who deposits it. Almost anything, regardless of size, weight, form, or original function, can become a votive object. Ulti...

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Impressionism The Art of Landscape

Westheider Ortrud, Philipp Michael

ISBN: HB: 9783791356297, Prestel Publishing, February 2017
248 pp., 30x24 cm, 194 colour illus.

This magnificently illustrated book draws on the latest scholarly research to reveal new perspectives on the techniques and influences of Impressionist landscapes. This breathtaking survey takes a multi-faceted approach in its study of 90 seminal wo...

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Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting Inspiration and Rivalry

Wieseman Marjorie E., Waiboer Adriaan, Ducos Blaise, Sluijter Eric Jan, Bakker Piet, Gifford E. Melanie, Wheelock Arthur K. Jr.

ISBN: HB: 9780300222937, Yale University Press, February 2017
320 pp., 29x24.8 cm, 180 colour illus.

A landmark exploration of the engaging network of relationships among genre painters of the Dutch Golden Age. The genre painting of the Dutch Golden Age between 1650 and 1675 ranks among the highest pinnacles of Western European art. The virtuosity...

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History of Art

Albrecht Durer Catalogue of the Paintings

Wolf Norbert

ISBN: HB: 9783791383453, Prestel Publishing, February 2017
300 pp., 32x22.2 cm, 200 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.

Now available in a new edition, this lavishly illustrated volume draws on the latest research to present an exciting new interpretation of Albrecht Durer, both as a man and as an artist. Albrecht Durer's prints and drawings have inspired hundreds of...

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Venice and Drawing 1500-1800 Theory, Practice and Collecting

Whistler Catherine

ISBN: HB: 9780300187731, Yale University Press, January 2017
380 pp., 28x24.8 cm, 130 colour illus., 85 black&white illus.

An impressive overview of drawing in Venice, from the time of Titian and Tintoretto to that of Canaletto and Tiepolo From the time of Titian and Tintoretto to that of Canaletto and Tiepolo, drawing was an important part of artistic practice and was h...

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