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Architecture

Reassessing Rudolph

Rohan Timothy M.

ISBN: PB: 9780300225860, Yale University Press, February 2018
240 pp., 25.4x16.5 cm, 25 colour illus., 60 black&white illus.

American architect Paul Rudolph (1918-1997) was internationally known in the 1950s and early 1960s for his powerful, large-scale concrete buildings. Hugely influential during his lifetime, Rudolph was one of the most significant American architects o...

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Mammals

Evolution

First Domestication How Wolves and Humans Coevolved

Pierotti Raymond, Fogg Brandy R.

ISBN: HB: 9780300226164, Yale University Press, February 2018
344 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 25 black&white illus.

In this fascinating book, Raymond Pierotti and Brandy Fogg change the narrative about how wolves became dogs and in turn, humanity's best friend. Rather than describe how people mastered and tamed an aggressive, dangerous species, the authors describ...

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Biography & Memoires

Business & Economics

Julius Rosenwald Repairing the World

Diner Hasia R.

ISBN: HB: 9780300203219, Yale University Press, February 2018
256 pp., 21x14.6 cm, 1 black&white illus.

Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932) rose from modest means as the son of a peddler to meteoric wealth at the helm of Sears, Roebuck. Yet his most important legacy stands not upon his business acumen but on the pioneering changes he introduced to the practic...

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Mammals

Evolution

Great Apes A Short History

Herzfeld Chris, Goodall Jane, Frey Kevin

ISBN: HB: 9780300221374, Yale University Press, February 2018
336 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 25 black&white illus.

This insightful work is a compact but wide-ranging survey of humankind's relationship to the great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans), from antiquity to the present. Replete with fascinating historical details and anecdotes, it traces...

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Decorative Arts

Napoleon The Imperial Household

Cordier Sylvain

ISBN: HB: 9780300233469, Yale University Press, February 2018
352 pp., 31.1x24.1 cm, 380 colour and black&white illus.

The dazzling splendors of the court of Napoleon I (1769-1821) reflected the grandeur and ambitions of the greatest empire of the day. This luxurious volume re-creates the ambiance and captures the spirit that prevailed in the French court during the...

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History of Art

Ancient World

Art of Libation in Classical Athens

Gaifman Milette

ISBN: HB: 9780300192278, Yale University Press, February 2018
196 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 127 colour illus., 5 black&white illus.

This handsome volume presents an innovative look at the imagery of libations, the most commonly depicted ritual in ancient Greece, and how it engaged viewers in religious performance. In a libation, liquid – water, wine, milk, oil, or honey – was pou...

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Decorative Arts

Silver Caesars A Renaissance Mystery

Alcorn Ellenor, Bimbenet-Privat Michele, Beard Mary, Koeppe Wolfram, Salomon Xavier F., Schroder Timothy B., Walker Stefanie, Siemon Julia

ISBN: PB: 9781588396396, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2018
304 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 250 colour illus.

The twelve silver-gilt cups known as the Aldobrandini Tazze – magnificent examples of 16th-century European goldsmithing in size, design, and quality of execution – feature figures and scenes from Roman historian Suetonius's classic work "The Twelve...

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History of Art

Art of Peales in Philadelphia Museum of Art Adaptations and Innovations

Soltis Carol Eaton

ISBN: HB: 9780300229363, Yale University Press, February 2018
400 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 225 colour illus., 25 black&white illus.

Active from the late 18th through the early 20th century, the Peale family was America's first artistic dynasty. This overview of the art of the Peales documents and interprets more than 160 works in a variety of media from the renowned collection of...

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Christianity

Ancient World

Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire Ideology, the Bible, and the Early Christians

Wheeler-Reed David

ISBN: HB: 9780300227727, Yale University Press, February 2018
208 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

Challenging the long-held assumption that American values – be they Christian or secular – are based on "Judeo-Christian" norms, this provocative study compares ancient Christian discourses on marriage and sexuality with contemporary ones, maintainin...

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Art Conservation

History of Art

National Gallery Technical Bulletin, Volume 38

Billinge Rachel, Dunkerton Jill, Ede Minna Moore, Franklin Jonathan, Howard Helen, Keith Larry, Peggie David, Spring Marika, Wieseman Marjorie E., Wivel Matthias

ISBN: PB: 9781857096231, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, February 2018
112 pp., 29.9x21 cm, 175 colour and black&white illus.

This latest volume of the National Gallery's "Technical Bulletin" series features a range of studies, reflecting its commitment to the scientific research and conservation of paintings in its care. Articles include the recent conservation of Rosso Fi...

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