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American School Artists and Status in the Late-Colonial and Early National Era
ISBN: HB: 9780300214611, Yale University Press, December 2015
368 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 77 colour illus., 73 black&white illus.
This fascinating book is the first comprehensive art-historical study of what it meant to be an American artist in the 18th- and early 19th-century transatlantic world. Susan Rather examines the status of artists from different geographical, professi...
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£50,00
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Art of Empire The Roman Frescoes and Imperial Cult Chamber in Luxor Temple
ISBN: HB: 9780300169126, Yale University Press, November 2015
240 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 97 colour illus., 54 black&white illus.
The Luxor Temple of Amun-Re, built to commemorate the divine power of the pharaohs, is one of the iconic monuments of New Kingdom Egypt. In the 4th century C.E., the Roman Imperial government, capitalizing on the site's earlier significance, converte...
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£55,00
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Afterall Autumn/Winter 2014, Issue 37
ISBN: PB: 9781846381553, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
160 pp., 29.8x19 cm, illustrated in colour throughout
Since its launch 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 year,...
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£7,50
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Art of American Still Life Audubon to Warhol
ISBN: HB: 9780300204117, Yale University Press, October 2015
320 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 230 colour illus.
"The Art of American Still Life" reconsiders the development and cultural significance of still-life painting in America, exploring renowned treasures alongside recently discovered works-some previously unpublished-in unexpected ways. Taking an innov...
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£40,00
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Asia in Amsterdam The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age
ISBN: HB: 9780300212877, Yale University Press, October 2015
350 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 286 colour illus.
This lavishly illustrated catalogue discusses the Asian luxury goods that were imported into the Netherlands during the 17th century and demonstrates the overwhelming impact these works of art had on Dutch life and art during the Golden Age. Written...
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£45,00
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Armenia Masterpieces from an Enduring Culture
ISBN: PB: 9781851244409, ISBN: HB: 9781851244393, Bodleian Library Publishing, October 2015
288 pp., 28.5x24.4 cm, 180 colour illus.
Set like a stronghold south-west of the Caucasus mountains, Armenia is caught between East and West. Briefly a great empire in the first century BCE under King Tigranes the Great, Armenia was later incorporated first by the Sasanian and then the Byza...
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£35,00
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£60,00
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Art Deco – 50 Works of Art You Should Know New Edition
ISBN: PB: 9783791381688, Prestel Publishing, September 2015
128 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 80 colour illus.
This highly accessible overview of Art Deco, embraces nearly every artistic medium – offering paintings and photography to furnishings and film – through fifty superb examples of Art Deco style that reveal the period's richness and range. This new a...
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£14,99
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Art Forms from the Abyss Ernst Haeckel's Images from the HMS "Challenger" Expedition
ISBN: PB: 9783791381411, Prestel Publishing, September 2015
144 pp., 30x24 cm, 75 colour illus., 6 black&white illus.
These radiant images from the renowned 19th-century biologist and illustrator Ernst Haeckel, featuring marine microorganisms, will enthrall fans of his previous collections and garner renewed attention for Haeckel's unparalleled artistry. From jewel...
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£22,50
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Art Nouveau – 50 Works of Art You Should Know New Edition
ISBN: PB: 9783791381282, Prestel Publishing, September 2015
128 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 80 colour illus.
A new edition to Prestel's popular "50s Series", this collection of the finest examples of Art Nouveau shows how the movement impacted every artistic discipline. The heyday of the Art Nouveau style was relatively short, spanning the decades immediat...
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£14,99
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After the Beautiful Hegel and the Philosophy of Pictorial Modernism
ISBN: PB: 9780226325583, ISBN: HB: 9780226079493, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
176 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 7 colour plates, 36 halftones
In his Berlin lectures on fine art, Hegel argued that art involves a unique form of aesthetic intelligibility – the expression of a distinct collective self-understanding that develops through historical time. Hegel's approach to art has been influen...
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£15,00
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£26,00
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