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Art of Defeat France 1940-1944

Dorleac Laurence Bertrand

ISBN: HB: 9780892368914, Getty Publications, January 2009
448 pp., 22.2x15.9 cm, 32 colour illus., 15 black&white illus.

This is an unflinching and honest portrayal of how numerous artists and their works were used during the German occupation of France. "Art of the Defeat" provides an unflinching an honest look at the art scene in France during the German occupation o...

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History of Art

Gustav Klimt Art Nouveau Visionary

di Stefano Eva

ISBN: PB: 9781402759208, GMC Group, Sterling, December 2008
240 pp., 19x13.4 cm

Gustav Klimt's decorative, seductive style, jewel-like colours, use of gold, patterns and sensuous lines, continue to captivate art lovers today. This lushly illustrated volume explores his fascinating artistic career, covering Vienna at the time of...

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African Art from the Menil Collection

Dyke Kristina

ISBN: HB: 9780300123760, Yale University Press, September 2008
248 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 135 colour images, 40 black&white illus.

Bamana masks and headdresses, Lega ivories, Dogon sculpture, and Benue bronzes are among the many exquisite African artefacts found in the renowned Menil Collection. This stunning book, the first comprehensive catalogue on the de Menils' collection o...

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Archaeology & Paleontology

Herculaneum Women And the Origins of Archaeology

Daehner Jens, Knoll Kordelia, Vorster Christiane, Woelk Moritz

ISBN: HB: 9780892368822, Getty Publications, February 2008
160 pp., 25.4x19 cm, colour illus.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, three life-sized marble statues of women were found near Portici on the Bay of Naples. This momentous discovery led to further exploration of the site, which was soon identified as the ancient city of Hercu...

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Asian Art History in the Twenty-First Century

Desai Vishakha N., Asher Frederick M., Chiu Melissa, Clark John, Shiming Gao, Lippit Yukio, Mathur Saloni, McGowan Kaja M., Mitter Rana, Munroe Alexandra

ISBN: PB: 9780300125535, Yale University Press, February 2008
272 pp., 24.1x19.1 cm, 75 black&white illus.

Since its beginnings in the early 1900s, the study of Asian art has dramatically changed and has constantly been shaped by shifting world politics. "Asian Art History in the Twenty-First Century" explores the field of Asian art and its historiography...

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Picturing Animals in Britain 1750-1850

Donald Diana

ISBN: HB: 9780300126792, Yale University Press, November 2007
256 pp., 27x22 cm, 140 colour images, 140 black&white illus.

From fine art paintings by such artists as Stubbs and Landseer to zoological illustrations and popular prints, a vast array of animal images was created in Britain during the century from 1750 to 1850. This highly original book investigates the rich...

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Political Economy of Socialist Realism

Dobrenko Evgeny

ISBN: HB: 9780300122800, Yale University Press, October 2007
410 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

For decades Stalinist literature, film, and art was almost exclusively deemed political propaganda imposed from on high, devoid of any aesthetic significance. In this book, Evgeny Dobrenko suggests an entirely new view: socialism did not produce Soci...

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Old Testament Figures in Art

de Capoa Chiara

ISBN: PB: 9780892367450, Getty Publications, March 2006
384 pp., 20x13.5 cm, 400 colour illus.

Throughout the Middle Ages, sacred Christian art had two objectives: to express veneration for God and to provide illustrative lessons on the Christian faith to a largely illiterate population. Continuing in the spirit of the other books in this seri...

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Education

Learning in and Through Art A Guide to Discipline Based Art Education

Dobbs Stephen Mark

ISBN: PB: 9780892364947, Getty Publications, March 2006
150 pp., 28x21.6 cm, illus.

This Handbook provides a practical, straightforward guide to the theory and practice of discipline-based art education. This comprehensive approach to art education has transformed the way students create and understand art, it also offers opportunit...

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Seeing Venice Bellotto's Grand Canal

Doty Mark

ISBN: HB: 9780892366583, Getty Publications, March 2006
64 pp., 14.6x13.3 cm, 40 colour illus.

Bernardo Bellotto's magnificent View of the Grand Canal provides a rich visual record of life in eighteenth-century Venice. This painting one of the most popular in the Getty Museum is so sweeping in its scope and so detailed that it requires repeate...

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