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Shinto Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art

Vilbar Sinead, Carr Kevin, Andrei Talia J., Chusid Miriam, Tomoji Iwai, Shigeki Iwata, Kazuki Morishima, Enishi Naomi, Kosei Taniguchi, Ken Shimizu, Ryusuke Yamaguchi

ISBN: HB: 9780300237016, Yale University Press, May 2019
400 pp., 25.4x30.2 cm, 195 colour illus.

A central feature of Japanese culture for many centuries, the veneration of kami deities – a practice often referred to as Shinto – has been a driving force behind a broad swath of visual art. Focusing on the Heian period (795-1185) through the Edo p...

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Birds of a Feather...

Philips Catherine, Stretsova Helena, Pen Olga

ISBN: HB: 9785912083648, Prestel Publishing, Arca, May 2019
304 pp., 15.2x11.4 cm

The symbolism surrounding the bird is unequalled by any other creature. Godlike, mysterious, benevolent or evil, they can be associated with fire, with freedom, with fragility and have been a recurrent symbol in mythology, literature and art through...

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Illuminated Paris Essays on Art and Lighting in the Belle Epoque

Clayson Hollis

ISBN: HB: 9780226593869, University of Chicago Press, May 2019
320 pp., 25.4x21.5 cm, 75 colour plates, 32 halftones

The City of Light. For many, these four words instantly conjure late nineteenth-century Paris and the garish colors of Toulouse-Lautrec's iconic posters. More recently, the Eiffel Tower's nightly show of sparkling electric lights has come to exemplif...

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Tintoretto and Architecture

Guidarelli Gianmario, Grosso Marcel

ISBN: PB: 9788831743839, DAP, Marsilio Editori, May 2019
232 pp., 24.1x17.1 cm, 150 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! There is no overstating the long shadow of influence that Jacopo Tintoretto (1519-1594) has exerted on the history of Western art. However, in the long historiography devoted to his work, the Venetian master lacks a compreh...

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For America Paintings from the National Academy of Design

McCarthy Jeremiah William, Thompson Diana, Rather Susan, Spear Elizabeth, Haltman Kenneth, Reason Akela, Greenhill Jennifer, Shahi Kimia, Walz Jonathan F., Nemerov Alexander, Wilson Alona C., Hills Patricia, Earnest Jarrett

ISBN: PB: 9780300244281, Yale University Press, April 2019
304 pp., 27.9x21 cm, 200 colour illus.

This stunning book provides an unprecedented glimpse into the past two centuries of American art, tracing artistic tradition and innovation at the National Academy of Design from its 19th-century founding to the present. The nation's oldest artist ho...

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Mark Rothko Toward Clarity

Haag Sabine, Sharp Jasper, Rothko Christopher, Crow Thomas E., Heitzer Anja

ISBN: HB: 9780300243758, Yale University Press, April 2019
184 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 100 colour illus.

While Mark Rothko (1903-1970) has long been considered a preeminent figure in 20th-century art, few publications have examined his work within the broader context of Western art, even though Rothko himself continuously sought it out as inspiration. R...

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Vincent van Gogh His Life in Art

Bomford David, Bakker Nienke, Suijver Renske, Tervaert Renske Cohen, Aurisch Helga K., Minton Laura, Woodall Dena M.

ISBN: PB: 9780300243260, Yale University Press, April 2019
172 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 90 colour illus., 4 black&white illus.

"Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art" surveys the artist's creative evolution across his short but influential career. The narrative begins with Van Gogh's drawings, which were the foundation of his early practice, and describes how he transitioned int...

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Leonardo Da Vinci The Complete Paintings in Detail

Vezzosi Alessandro

ISBN: HB: 9783791384979, Prestel Publishing, April 2019
288 pp., 34x24.5 cm, 230 colour illus.

While Leonardo da Vinci is one of history's most studied and renowned artists, there are many myths surrounding his work. Beginning with his birth and early maturity in the workshops of the Florentine masters, Alessandro Vezzosi delves into the prove...

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Picasso: The Late Work From the Collection of Jacqueline Picasso

Westheider Ortrud, Philipp Michael

ISBN: HB: 9783791358116, Prestel Publishing, April 2019
248 pp., 30x24 cm, 200 colour illus.

In his late years, Picasso embraced painting, drawing, and sculpture with renewed vigor. His obsession with the female form grew more intense as he portrayed Jacqueline Picasso, his second wife, in hundreds of works, more than any of his other muses....

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American Pre-Raphaelites Radical Realists

Ferber Linda S., Anderson Nancy K., Barringer Tim, Dayer Gallati Barbara, Lynford Sophie, Mitchell Mark, Simon Janice, Waggoner Diane

ISBN: HB: 9780300242522, Yale University Press, April 2019
312 pp., 26x23.5 cm, 210 colour illus.

Bringing together insights from a distinguished group of scholars, this beautiful book analyzes the history and historiography of the American Pre-Raphaelites, and how the movement made its way from England to America. Led by Thomas Charles Farrer –...

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