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Experience

Nemerov Alexander

ISBN: PB: 9780932171634, University of Chicago Press, Terra Foundation for American Art, October 2017
216 pp., 24.1x17 cm, 72 colour illus.

In his noteworthy theoretical essay "Experience", Ralph Waldo Emerson writes that humans by nature cannot fully grasp life as lived. If this is so, how capable are we of expressing our experiences in works of art? Despite this formidable challenge, f...

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History of Art

Edvard Munch Between the Clock and the Bed

Garrels Gary, Steihaug Jon-Ove, Wagstaff Sheena, Berman Patricia, Haskell Caitlin, Morehead Allison, Shiff Richard, Stein Mille, Ove Knausgaard Karl

ISBN: HB: 9781588396235, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2017
256 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 120 colour illus.

A penetrating reassessment of Munch's memorable painting and profound artistic legacy. This engaging book offers a fresh look at the exceptional works of Edvard Munch (1863-1944) by examining them in the light of his precarious mental state. Followi...

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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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Emma and Edvard Looking Sideways Loneliness and the Cinematic

Bal Mieke

ISBN: PB: 9780300229110, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, March 2017
304 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 115 colour illus.

In this compelling publication, two masters come face-to-face when the works of Edvard Munch are juxtaposed against Gustave Flaubert's groundbreaking novel "Madame Bovary". Munch's art is presented in stills taken from an elaborate video installation...

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History of Art

Ex Voto Votive Giving Across Cultures

Weinryb Ittai

ISBN: HB: 9781941792056, University of Chicago Press, Bard Graduate Center, March 2017
250 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 75 colour plates

Derived from Latin ex voto suscepto "in pursuance of a vow", an ex voto embodies the hopes, dreams, and anxieties of the person who deposits it. Almost anything, regardless of size, weight, form, or original function, can become a votive object. Ulti...

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Biography & Memoires

Enlightened Princesses Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World

ISBN: HB: 9780300217100, Yale University Press, February 2017
592 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 528 colour illus., 52 black&white illus.

Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772), and Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz (1744-1818) were three German princesses who became Queens Consort – or, in the case of Augusta, Queen in Waiting, Regent, and Princess Dowager...

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Art Flexi-Series

Egon Schiele Landscapes

Leopold Rudolf

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791383460, Prestel Publishing, February 2017
208 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 112 colour illus., 64 black&white illus.

Now available in an updated edition, this visually stunning collection of landscape paintings and drawings by Egon Schiele brings to light a little-known aspect of this famous painter's oeuvre. Best known for his depictions of the human form, Schie...

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History of Art

Epic Tales from Ancient India Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art

Sardar Marika, Poddar Neeraja, Adamjee Qamar, Patel Alka

ISBN: HB: 9780300223729, Yale University Press, January 2017
156 pp., 25.4x25.4 cm, 127 colour illus.

Exploring the topic of narrativity in Indian art, this beautiful and deeply researched book considers illustrations to the Bhagavata Purana, the Ramayana, the Ragamala, and a range of texts in the Persian language, notably the Shahnama. Featuring stu...

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Explodity Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art

Perloff Nancy

ISBN: HB: 9781606065082, Getty Publications, December 2016
248 pp., 25x15 cm

The artists books made in Russia between 1910 and 1915 are like no others. Unique in their fusion of the verbal, visual, and sonic, these books are meant to be read, looked at, and listened to. Painters and poets including Natalia Goncharova, Velimir...

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Contemporary Art

European Art A Neuroarthistory

Onians John

ISBN: HB: 9780300212792, Yale University Press, October 2016
320 pp., 28x21.6 cm, 100 colour illus., 170 black&white illus.

A bold revision of the history of European art, told through the lens of neuroscience Ambitious and much anticipated, this book celebrates the value of recent neuroscientific discoveries as tools for art-historical analysis. Case studies ranging acro...

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