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Decorative Arts

Treasures of Vacheron Constantin A Legacy of Watchmaking Since 1755

Marchenoir Julien

ISBN: HB: 9780300178562, Yale University Press, July 2011
204 pp., 28x24 cm, 200 colour illus.

This sumptuous book brings to life the rich past and the landmark creations of one of the world's great watchmakers. Founded in the Swiss city of Geneva in 1755 by the gifted craftsman and businessman Jean-Marc Vacheron, Vacheron Constantin is the ol...

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History of Art

Matisse Radical Invention, 1913-1917

Elderfield John

ISBN: PB: 9780300177244, Yale University Press, July 2011
368 pp., 32.4x24.8 cm, 515 colour images, 138 black&white illus.

The works that Henri Matisse (1869-1954) executed between late 1913 and 1917 are among his most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic. Often sharply composed, heavily reworked, and dominated by the colours black and grey, these compositions are rigo...

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Contemporary Art

Design

Avant-Garde Art in Everyday Life Early Twentieth-Century European Modernism

Witkovsky Matthew S.

ISBN: HB: 9780300166095, Yale University Press, A+D Series, July 2011
160 pp., 25x15 cm, 160 colour illus.

Beginning around 1910, vanguard artists demanded that true art go beyond the intellectual and transform daily life. This volume highlights the work of six influential European artists who took this idea into the wider world, where it merged enthusias...

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Photography

Anthropology

Yupiit Yuraryarait Yup'ik Ways of Dancing

Barker James H., Fienup-Riordan Ann, Arevgaq John Theresa

ISBN: PB: 9781602231306, ISBN: HB + DVD: 9781602230828, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, July 2011
237 pp., 25.5x25.5 cm, 100 halftones

Far more than just a dance, the dynamic choreography of the Yup'ik provides an illuminating window into the morality, social organization, and colonial history of this indigenous people. In "Yupiit Yurayarait", anthropologist Ann Fienup-Riordan begin...

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Contemporary Art

Jan Koblasa Intaglio Prints

Neslehova Mahulena

ISBN: PB: 9788024618111, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, July 2011
264 pp., 28x23 cm, 473 halftones, 40 colour illus.

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Jan Koblasa has ranked among the leading figures of Czech and European art since the1960s. His sculptures have been integrated into many European cities, sacred spaces, and sculptors' park...

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History of Art

Pamphilj and the Arts Patronage and Consumption in Baroque Rome

Leone Stephanie C.

ISBN: PB: 9781892850171, University of Chicago Press, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, July 2011
200 pp., 30.5x21.5 cm, 101 halftones, 15 colour illus.

In September 1644 the election of Pope Innocent X Pamphilj catapulted his family to the height of Roman society. From that moment on, the Pamphilj became active patrons of the arts, which were harnessed as the visual expression of the family's new id...

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Design

Interior Design

Wall Art

ISBN: HB: 9789881892331, Bookport, SendPoints, June 2011
256 pp., 26x19 cm, 300 colour illus.

For sale in Balkans only! "Wall Art" brings together an eclectic mix of the extensive designs and patterns to have graced walls across the globe. Transmitting the tastes, interests and character of its owners- the outside visitor is treated to a vi...

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History of Art

Anthropology

Gifts of the Sultan The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts

Komaroff Linda

ISBN: HB: 9780300171105, Yale University Press, June 2011
352 pp., 25x15 cm, 250 colour illus.

The giving of gifts both delights the recipient and pleases the giver. Practised in all societies, gift exchange has a history as long as humanity. This gloriously illustrated catalogue is the first investigation of gift-giving and its impact on the...

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History of Art

John Marin Modernism at Midcentury

Bricker Balken Debra

ISBN: HB: 9780300149937, Yale University Press, June 2011
128 pp., 25x15 cm, 9 black&white illus., 75 colour illus.

Since his early work was first embraced by Alfred Stieglitz, John Marin (1870-1953) has been recognized as one of America's foremost watercolourists. During the last two decades of Marin's career, however, oil painting played a greater role in his st...

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Photography

My Faraway One Volume 1: 1015-1933

Greenough Sarah

ISBN: HB: 9780300166309, Yale University Press, June 2011
800 pp., 25.7x19 cm

There are few couples in the history of 20th-century American art and culture more prominent than Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) and Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946). Between 1915, when they first began to write to each other, and 1946, when Stieglitz died...

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