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History of Art

On Curating Interviews with Ten International Curators

Thea Carolee

ISBN: PB: 9781935202004, DAP, January 2010
144 pp., 24.1x16.5 cm, 50 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! "On Curating", Carolee Thea's second volume of interviews with ten of today's leading curators, explores the intellectual convictions and personal visions that lay the groundwork for the most prestigious and influential exh...

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History of Art

One Hundred Details from the National Gallery

Clark Kenneth

ISBN: HB: 9781857094268, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, April 2008
160 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 200 colour illus.

Originally published in 1938 when Kenneth Clark was director of the National Gallery, London, this book presents Clark's favorite details from paintings in the museum's collection. Newly updated and handsomely illustrated, this landmark book juxtapos...

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History of Art

One True Theory and the Quest for an American Aesthetic

Banta Martha

ISBN: HB: 9780300122978, Yale University Press, January 2008
384 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

Martha Banta reaches across several disciplines to investigate America's early quest to shape an aesthetic equal to the nation's belief in its cultural worth. Marked by an unusually wide-ranging sweep, the book focuses on three major "testing grounds...

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History of Art

Old Masters at the Art Institute of Chicago

Feinberg Larry J., Boucher Bruce, Brosens Koenraad, McCullagh Susanne Folds, Mayer Thurman Christa C., Turner Nicholas

ISBN: PB: 9780300119510, Yale University Press, October 2006
96 pp., 26x21.5 cm, 45 colour images, 40 black&white illus.

This issue of "Museum Studies" focuses on the Art Institute of Chicago's impressive collection of Old Master paintings, works on paper, textiles, tapestries, and sculptures. With an introduction by Larry Feinberg on the growth and evolution of the mu...

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History of Art

Object, Image, Inquiry The Art Historian at Work

Bakewell Elizabeth, Beeman William O., Reese Carol McMichael, Schmitt Marilyn

ISBN: PB: 9780892361359, Getty Publications, March 2006
211 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 31 black&white illus.

This series is a vehicle for texts generated through the experiences of writers, scholars, and artists who have been residents at the Getty Research Institute or involved in its programs.

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History of Art

Odd Man Out Readings of the Work and Reputation of Edgar Degas

Armstrong Carol

ISBN: PB: 9780892367283, Getty Publications, March 2006
299 pp., 25.5x18 cm, 4 colour illus.,127 black&white illus.

Carol Armstrong offers an important study of Edgar Degas's work and reputation. Armstrong grapples with contradictory portrayals of Degas as "odd man out" within the modernist canon: he was a realist whom realists rejected, a storyteller in pictures...

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History of Art

Old Testament Figures in Art

de Capoa Chiara

ISBN: PB: 9780892367450, Getty Publications, March 2006
384 pp., 20x13.5 cm, 400 colour illus.

Throughout the Middle Ages, sacred Christian art had two objectives: to express veneration for God and to provide illustrative lessons on the Christian faith to a largely illiterate population. Continuing in the spirit of the other books in this seri...

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History of Art

Olmec Art and Archaeology in Mesoamerica

Clark John E., Pye Mary E., Arnold Philip J., De La Fuente Beatriz, Diehl Richard A., Gillespie Susan D., Grove David C., Lesure Richard G., Niederberger Christine, Ortiz Ponciano

ISBN: PB: 9780300114461, Yale University Press, March 2006
344 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 11 colour images, 270 black&white illus.

This handsome volume presents the creations of Mesoamerica's most ancient societies in their archaeological contexts. The Olmec, who are best known for a unique style of monumental stone head and jade were-jaguar, were based along the Gulf of Mexico,...

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History of Art

Origins of European Printmaking Fifteenth-century Woodcuts and Their Public

Parshall Peter, Schoch Rainer, Field Richard S., Schmidt Peter, Areford David

ISBN: HB: 9780300113396, Yale University Press, September 2005
372 pp., 30.4x24.1 cm, 150 colour images, 20 black&white illus.

This highly anticipated and beautifully illustrated book examines the evolution of early printmaking in late medieval Europe. Through their means of production and the evidence of their utility, prints are explored in a broad social and economic cont...

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