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Illuminated Manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands at the J. Paul Getty Museum

Kren Thomas

ISBN: HB: 9781606060148, Getty Publications, November 2010
96 pp., 24x17.1 cm, 85 colour illus.

This is a lavishly illustrated survey of the J. Paul Getty's collection of illuminated manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands. During the Middle Ages, the region now occupied by Belgium and Netherlands flourished economically and artistically....

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How to Read Greek Vases

Mertens Joan R.

ISBN: PB: 9780300155235, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010
112 pp., 30x23.5 cm, 75 black&white illus., 100 colour illus.

How is it possible today to gain insight into the culture that flourished in ancient Greece over 2,500 years ago? Works of art are eloquent intermediaries. This generously illustrated volume provides an introduction to the painted pottery that served...

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Imagining the Past in France History in Manuscript Painting, 1250-1500

Morrison Elizabeth, Hedeman Anne D.

ISBN: PB: 9781606060292, ISBN: HB: 9781606060285, Getty Publications, November 2010
384 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 194 colour illus., 1 map

This beautiful volume examines the most important illuminations found in French history manuscripts. From around the mid 13th to the end of the 16th century, the most important and original work being done in secular illumination was unquestionably i...

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Willem de Kooning The Artist's Materials

Lake Susan F.

ISBN: PB: 9781606060216, Getty Publications, November 2010
112 pp., 25.6x18.9 cm, 34 colour illus., 17 black&white illus.

This is the first systematic and truly methodical study of de Kooning's idiosyncratic working methods and use of materials. This in-depth study of the paintings of Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Dutch-born American abstract expressionist painter, fro...

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Closer Look Still Life

Langmuir Erika

ISBN: PB: 9781857095005, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2010
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, 80 colour illus.

What is still life? We are familiar with the objects portrayed but have difficulty explaining the essence of this popular art form. Erika Langmuir examines the special fascination of still life, and what distinguishes it from other categories of pain...

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Decorative Arts

Closer Look Frames

Penny Nicholas

ISBN: PB: 9781857094404, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2010
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, 90 colour illus.

Formerly part of the popular "Pocket Guides" series, "Frames" is published in a new edition as "A Closer Look", with a wealth of beautiful reproductions. This informative guide offers an insight into the various forms of frame housing some of the fin...

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Real Real Thing The Model in the Mirror of Art

Steiner Wendy

ISBN: HB: 9780226772196, University of Chicago Press, November 2010
232 pp., 25.4x17.7 cm, 50 halftones

Our era is defined by the model. From Victoria's Secret and "America's Next Top Model" to the snapshots we post on Facebook and Twitter, our culture is fixated on the pose, the state of existing simultaneously as artifice and the real thing. In thi...

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Anthropology

Producing Local Color Art Networks in Ethnic Chicago

Grams Diane

ISBN: HB: 9780226305172, University of Chicago Press, November 2010
296 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 20 colour plates, 7 figures, 2 tables, 2 halftones

In big cities, major museums and elite galleries tend to dominate our idea of the art world. But beyond the cultural core ruled by these moneyed institutions and their patrons are vibrant, local communities of artists and art lovers operating beneath...

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Masterpieces Restored

Ella Giulio Manieri

ISBN: HB: 9788831798112, DAP, Marsilio Editori, November 2010
300 pp., 29.8x24.8 cm, 188 colour illus., 43 black&white illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Extraordinary works of art by major Venetian masters seen for the first time in all their restored splendor. This book presents a number of wonderful art masterpieces housed at the Accademia Galleries in Venice and recently...

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John La Farge's Second Paradise Voyages in the South Seas, 1890-1891

Hodermarsky Elisabeth

ISBN: HB: 9780300141351, Yale University Press, October 2010
240 pp., 27.5x21 cm, 170 colour illus.

In 1890, John La Farge (1835-1910) and his close friend, historian Henry Adams, embarked on a journey to the islands of the South Pacific, where the artist experienced a period of great creative output. This book showcases many of the most important...

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