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Fashion

100 Dresses The Costume Institute

Koda Harold

ISBN: PB: 9780300166552, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010
232 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 28 black&white illus., 153 colour illus.

What woman can resist imagining herself in a beautiful designer dress? Here, for the first time ever, are 100 fabulous gowns from the permanent collection of the renowned Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, each of which is a reminde...

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Design

Fontology Free Fonts Source Book

Francisco Maia

ISBN: PB + CD: 9788492810093, Hoaki, September 2010
240 pp., 20.5x18 cm, richly illustrated

Typography is a fundamental element in contemporary design. Beyond their purely aesthetic function, the font serves to reflect an idea, mood or simply define the identity or personality behind a product or a piece, making a vital difference to the vi...

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History of Art

Ancient World

Art of Ancient Greek Theater

Hart Mary L.

ISBN: HB: 9781606060377, Getty Publications, September 2010
176 pp., 28.7x24.6 cm, 75 colour illus., 67 black&white illus.

This is an exploration of Greek theatre as seen through its many depictions in classical art. "The Art of Ancient Greek Theater" addresses the vibrant imprint that ancient Greek tragedy and comedy left on the visual arts of classical Greece. Theatric...

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History of Art

Medicine in Art

Bordin Giorgio, D'Ambrosio Laura Polo

ISBN: PB: 9781606060445, Getty Publications, September 2010
384 pp., 19.9x13.7 cm, 400 colour illus.

This is the latest volume in the acclaimed series that depicts medicine as depicted in art throughout history. This sumptuously illustrated volume offers a visual history of the depiction of illness and healing in Western culture, ranging from Egypti...

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Contemporary Art

Petah Coyne Everything That Rises Must Converge

Markonish Denise

ISBN: PB: 9780300167702, Yale University Press, September 2010
144 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 64 colour illus.

Unlike many contemporary artists who focus on social or media-related issues, Petah Coyne (b. 1953) imbues her work with a magical quality to evoke intensely personal associations. Her sculptures convey an inherent tension between vulnerability and a...

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Decorative Arts

Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement

Tucker Kevin W.

ISBN: HB: 9780300118025, Yale University Press, September 2010
272 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 170 colour illus.

With its emphasis on social reform and simplicity in design – bold lines, honest use of materials, and redeeming qualities of handmade goods – the Arts and Crafts movement offered an antidote to the perceived ills of a rapidly changing world and the...

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Fashion

Japan Fashion Now

Steele Valerie

ISBN: PB: 9780300167276, Yale University Press, September 2010
240 pp., 30x23.5 cm, 120 colour illus.

Scholars have long acknowledged the significance of the Japanese 'fashion revolution' of the 1980s, when avant-garde designers Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons introduced a radically new conception of fashion. But w...

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Photography

Still Life in Photographs

Martineau Paul

ISBN: HB: 9781606060339, Getty Publications, September 2010
112 pp., 22.6x19.1 cm, 94 colour illus., 2 black&white illus.

Still life is one of the great art forms. The first still life photograph was created around 1827, more than a decade before the news of photography's invention was announced in Paris and London in 1839. There is a resurgence of interest in the still...

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Architecture

Design

Designing Tomorrow America's World's Fairs of the 1930s

Rydell Robert W., Schiavo Laura Burd

ISBN: HB: 9780300149579, Yale University Press, September 2010
224 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 102 black&white illus., 30 colour illus.

In the midst of the Great Depression, America's World's Fairs of the 1930s gave hope to millions, sustaining the assembled with visions of future progress. These grand expositions in Chicago, San Diego, Dallas, Cleveland, New York and San Francisco s...

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Fashion

Fashioning Fashion European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915

Sadako Takeda Sharon, Durland Spilker Kaye, Chrisman-Campbell Kimberly, Esguerra Clarissa M., LaBouff Nicole

ISBN: HB: 9783791350622, Prestel Publishing, September 2010
224 pp., 32x25 cm, 266 colour illus.

Luxurious textiles, exacting tailoring, and lush trimmings abound in this glorious volume that celebrates the evolution of European dress through two centuries. Fashion is in the details. The textiles, tailoring, and trimmings all work together in t...

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