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History of Art

Maiolica before Raphael

Sani Elisa P., Raccanello Justin

ISBN: PB: 9781911300205, Casemate, Sam Fogg, May 2017
220 pp., 30x24.5 cm, 160 colour illus.

High Renaissance maiolica, produced in Italy in the orbit of Raphael and other artists, is widely known and has been extensively studied. This istoriato, or narrative, maiolica graces the collections of many of the world's greatest museums. But not...

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Adolph Menzel The Quest for Reality

Busch Werner

ISBN: HB: 9781606065174, Getty Publications, April 2017
284 pp., 27.9x22.7 cm, 30 black&white illus., 137 colour illus.

Adolph Menzel (1815-1905) is widely regarded as the epitome of realist art. From the very beginning of his career, he captured the beauty and horror of reality with unflinching precision, and he was a consummate master of atmosphere. A man of very sh...

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Paolo Veronese and the Practice of Painting in Late Renaissance Venice

Gisolfi Diana

ISBN: HB: 9780300225822, Yale University Press, April 2017
352 pp., 28.6x24.1 cm, 353 colour and black&white illus.

One of the premier artists of Renaissance Venice, Paolo Veronese (1528–1588) enjoyed a successful career creating splendid and sophisticated paintings for an elite clientele. Focusing on Veronese's materials, workshop organization, and remarkably var...

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Music

In Concert! Musical Instruments in Art, 1860-1910

Frank Frederic, Thomson Belinda

ISBN: HB: 9780300230093, Yale University Press, April 2017
180 pp., 29.2x23.5 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.

The rise of democratic ideals and the burgeoning middle class of the late 19th and early 20th centuries precipitated an important surge in the prevalence of music in everyday life. Cafe concerts, dances, and operas all flourished in major cities acro...

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Age of Empires Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties

Sun Zhixin, Hsing I-tien, Liu Cary Y., Lu Pengliang, Lan-ying Tseng Lillian, Yates Robin D. S., Hong Yang, Yakina Zhang Zhonglin

ISBN: HB: 9781588396174, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017
336 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 325 colour illus.

The first in-depth exploration of the artistic and cultural achievements of China's "classical" era. "Age of Empires" presents the art and culture of China during one of the most critical periods of its history – the four centuries from 221 B.C. to...

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New American Sculpture, 1914-1945 Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach

Eschelbacher Andrew, Reece-Hughes Shirley, Tarbell Roberta, Harvey Ronald S., Haffner Michaela

ISBN: PB: 9780300226218, Yale University Press, April 2017
224 pp., 28.9x24.8 cm, 149 colour illus.

"A New American Sculpture, 1914-1945" is the first publication to situate the individual contributions of Gaston Lachaise, Robert Laurent, Elie Nadelman, and William Zorach into a compelling constellation of artists with shared aesthetic and social c...

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Two Centuries of American Still-Life Painting The Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs Collection

Gerdts William H.

ISBN: HB: 9780300225914, Yale University Press, April 2017
288 pp., 29.2x23.5 cm, 92 colour illus.

Showcasing a treasured private collection amassed over several decades, this publication represents the beauty and complexity of still-life painting in the United States. More than 65 works from the Hevrdejs collection, many of which have never been...

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Eyewitness Views Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe

Hjorn Kerber Peter

ISBN: HB: 9781606065259, Getty Publications, April 2017
256 pp., 27.9x25.4 cm, 1 map, 224 colour illus.

Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto, Luca Caravarijs, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco Guardi, Hubert Robert-these renowned view painters are perhaps best known for their expansive canvases depicting the ruins of Rome or the canals of Venice. Many of their...

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Michelangelo and Sebastiano

Wivel Matthias, Barbieri Costanza, Baker-Bates Piers, Joannides Paul, Danesi Squarzina Silvia, Goudie Allison, Ede Minna Moore, Sliwka Jennifer, Verdon Timothy

ISBN: HB: 9781857096095, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, April 2017
272 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 180 colour illus.

The first publication to consider the relationship between these two major artists of the High Renaissance. Through most of Michelangelo's working life, one of his closest colleagues was the great Venetian painter Sebastiano del Piombo (14851541)....

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Gather Out of Star-Dust A Harlem Renaissance Album

Barton Melissa

ISBN: PB: 9780300225617, Yale University Press, April 2017
144 pp., 24.1x21.6 cm, 140 colour illus.

"Gather Out of Star-Dust" takes as its central premise that the Harlem Renaissance, known by its participants as the Negro Renaissance, relied heavily on "gatherings" of all kinds. Collaboration, friendship, partnership, and sponsorship were all cent...

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