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History of Art

Alphonse Mucha

Husslein-Arco Agnes, Gaillemin Jean Louis, Hilaire Michel, Lange Christiane

ISBN: PB: 9783791353975, Prestel Publishing, August 2014
356 pp., 32x24 cm, 403 colour illus., 78 black&white illus.

Now available in a new edition, this gorgeous volume surveys the entire breadth of Alphonse Mucha's work – from illustration and decorative arts to his photography and the historical paintings that were his life's passion. Alphonse Mucha is known la...

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Art, Artisans and Apprentices Apprentice Painters and Sculptors in the Early Modern British Tradition

Ayres James

ISBN: HB: 9781782977421, Casemate, Oxbow Books, June 2014
536 pp., 23.8x16.6 cm

Before the foundation of academies of art in London in 1768 and Philadelphia in 1805, most individuals who were to emerge as artists trained in workshops of varying degrees of relevance. Easel painters began their careers apprenticed to carriage, hou...

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Contemporary Art

History of Art

Afterall Summer 2014, Issue 36

Mayo Nuria Enguita, Gronlund Melissa, Lafuente Pablo, Kreuger Anders, Smith Stephanie

ISBN: PB: 9781846381485, University of Chicago Press, June 2014
130 pp., 29.8x19 cm

Since its launching in 1999, "Afterall", a journal of art, context and enquiry, has offered in-depth considerations of the work of contemporary artists, along with essays that broaden the context in which to understand it. Published three times a yea...

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After Constructivism

Taylor Brandon

ISBN: HB: 9780300195774, Yale University Press, April 2014
240 pp., 25.6x19.2 cm, 45 colour images, 97 black&white illus.

When Constructivism emerged shortly after the Russian Revolution, its central principles concerned structure and efficiency in the work of art and the nature and properties of materials. In a handsome and elegantly argued book, Brandon Taylor examine...

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Art of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910 Treasures from Korea

Woo Hyunsoo, Cho Insoo, Kim Hongkyung, Kim Woollim, Kwon So-Hyun, Moon Dong Soo, Song Unsok, Lee Rose

ISBN: PB: 9780300204124, Yale University Press, April 2014
400 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 250 colour images, 30 black&white illus.

"Art of the Joseon Dynasty" is the first major publication outside of Korea to survey the artistic production of the world's longest-ruling Confucian dynasty, which reigned on the Korean peninsula from 1392 to 1910. The Joseon dynasty left a substant...

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Afterall Spring 2014, Issue 35

Mayo Nuria Enguita, Gronlund Melissa, Lafuente Pablo, Kreuger Anders, Smith Stephanie

ISBN: PB: 9781846381393, University of Chicago Press, March 2014
160 pp., 29.8x19 cm

Since its launching in 1999, "Afterall", a journal of art, context and enquiry, has offered in-depth considerations of the work of contemporary artists, along with essays that broaden the context in which to understand it. Published three times a yea...

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Afterall Autumn/Winter 2013, Issue 34

Mayo Nuria Enguita, Gronlund Melissa, Lafuente Pablo, Kreuger Anders, Smith Stephanie

ISBN: PB: 9781846381300, University of Chicago Press, January 2014
160 pp., 29.8x19 cm

Since its launching in 1999, "Afterall", a journal of art, context and enquiry, has offered in-depth considerations of the work of contemporary artists, along with essays that broaden the context in which to understand it. Published three times a yea...

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Art of the American Frontier The Buffalo Bill Center of the West

Mayer Heydt Stephanie, Besaw Mindy A., Hansen Emma I.

ISBN: HB: 9780300197389, Yale University Press, December 2013
160 pp., 25.4x30.5 cm, 320 colour illus.

The visual history of the American West calls to mind iconic artworks and nostalgia for the past. "Art of the American Frontier" presents more than 300 artworks and artefacts from 1830 to 1930, showcasing the premier collections of the Buffalo Bill C...

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American West in Bronze, 1850-1925

Tolles Thayer, Smith Thomas B., Clark Carol, Dippie Brian W., Hassrick Peter H., Lemmey Karen, Murphy Jessica

ISBN: HB: 9780300197433, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 2013
256 pp., 25.4x22.9 cm, 245 colour images and black&white illus.

"Themes of the American West" have been enduringly popular, and The American West in Bronze features sixty-five iconic bronzes that display a range of subjects, from portrayals of the noble Indian to rough-and-tumble scenes of rowdy cowboys to tribut...

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Antonio Berni Juanito and Ramona

Ramirez Mari Carmen, Pacheco Marcelo E.

ISBN: HB: 9780300196481, Yale University Press, December 2013
464 pp., 30.5x24.8 cm, 270 colour illus.

Argentinian figurative artist Antonio Berni (1905-1981) is known for his aesthetic originality and for art steeped in social commentary. In the 1950s, he inaugurated a series of works that documented the lives of two fictional characters, Juanito Lag...

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