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History of Art

Dance around the Golden Calf by Lucas van Leyden

Kok Jan Piet Filedt

ISBN: PB: 9789086890408, Yale University Press, August 2010
68 pp., 23.6x16.8 cm, 72 illus.

Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533) was as important for his age as Rembrandt was for the seventeenth century. He introduced the Renaissance to the Netherlands and was influenced by both Durer and Raphael. His paintings are lively, colourful, and full of na...

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Europe

Demobbed Coming Home After World War Two

Allport Alan

ISBN: PB: 9780300168860, Yale University Press, August 2010
288 pp., 19.8x12.9 cm, 16 black&white illus.

Snapshots of gaiety and celebration – the street parties, the victory speeches – are how some people today think of Britain in 1945. But the years following the end of World War II were far from a 'golden age' of pride and self-confidence. The countr...

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Contemporary Art

Decade in Conversation A Ten-Year Celebration of The Bucksbaum Award, 2000-2010

Iles Chrissie, Paul Christiane, Foster Carter, Kukielski Tina

ISBN: PB: 9780300167559, Yale University Press, July 2010
88 pp., 24.1x19.7 cm, 46 colour illus.

Established in 2000 by the Martin Bucksbaum Family Foundation and the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Bucksbaum Award is presented biennially to an artist living and working in the U. S. "whose work demonstrates a singular combination of talent a...

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Evolution

Darwin's Pictures Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837-1874

Voss Julia

ISBN: HB: 9780300141740, Yale University Press, June 2010
288 pp., 21x14 cm, 63 black&white illus., 16 colour illus.

In this first-ever examination of Charles Darwin's sketches, drawings, and illustrations, Julia Voss presents the history of evolutionary theory told in pictures. Darwin had a life-long interest in pictorial representations of nature, sketching out h...

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Political Science

Middle East

Dubai Gilded Cage

Ali Syed

ISBN: PB: 9780300152173, Yale University Press, March 2010
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 20 illus.

In less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global centre for business, tourism, and luxury living. It is a fascinating case study in light-speed urban development, hyperconsumerism, massive immigration,...

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America

Defying Empire Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York

Truxes Thomas M.

ISBN: PB: 9780300164251, ISBN: HB: 9780300118407, Yale University Press, February 2010
304 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 20 black&white illus.

This enthralling book is the first to uncover the story of New York City merchants who engaged in forbidden trade with the enemy before and during the Seven Years' War (also known as the French and Indian War). Ignoring British prohibitions designed...

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History of Art

Duccio to Leonardo Renaissance Painting 1250-1500

Di Nepi Simona

ISBN: PB: 9781857094213, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2009
72 pp., 26.7x22.9 cm, 80 colour illus.

This generously illustrated book presents highlights from the National Gallery's display of Italian Renaissance painting, one of the richest collections of its kind in the world. "Duccio to Leonardo" focuses on Italian masterpieces made between 1250...

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History of Art

Dutch New York, Between East and West The World of Margrieta Van Varick

Krohn Deborah L., Miller Peter N.

ISBN: HB: 9780300154672, Yale University Press, October 2009
352 pp., 28.7x22.2 cm, 275 colour images, 100 black&white illus.

Commemorating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage and the lasting legacy of Dutch culture in New York, this book explores the life and times of a fascinating woman, her family, and her things. Margrieta was born in the Netherlands but live...

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History of Art

Decoded Messages The Symbolic Language of Chinese Animal Painting

Sung Hou-Mei

ISBN: HB: 9780300141528, Yale University Press, August 2009
256 pp., 29x24.4 cm, 200 colour illus.

During the Ming Dynasty numerous new animal themes were created to convey political and ethical messages current at court. As the result a sophisticated language of Chinese animal painting was developed, employing both the animals' symbolic associati...

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History of Art

Degas in the Norton Simon Museum Volume 2: Nineteenth-century Art

Campbell Sara

ISBN: HB: 9780300148848, Yale University Press, July 2009
384 pp., 27.9x25.4 cm, 250 colour images, 350 black&white illus.

Edgar Degas was one of the first artists collected by the industrialist and art collector Norton Simon (1907-1993), as well as one of the last. In the short span of less than thirty years, Simon assembled one of the world's most impressive private ar...

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