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Contemporary Art

American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago World War I to 1955

Barter Judith A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300117387, Yale University Press, A+D Series, February 2010
376 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 140 black&white illus., 250 colour illus.

The first publication to focus on the Art Institute's outstanding collection of American modernism, this volume includes over 175 important paintings, sculptures, decorative art objects, and works on paper made in North America between World War II a...

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Design

Konstantin GRCIC Decisive Design

Ryan Zoe

ISBN: PB: 9780300151046, Yale University Press, A+D Series, November 2009
96 pp., 21.6x13.3 cm, 90 colour illus.

The hip, functional, and versatile furniture and products of Konstantin Grcic – widely recognized as one of the most important designers working today – are transforming the landscape of contemporary design. This book accompanies the first exhibition...

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Architecture

Contemporary Art

Modern Wing Renzo Piano and the Art Institute of Chicago

Cuno James, Goldberger Paul, Rosa Joseph

ISBN: HB: 9780300141122, Yale University Press, A+D Series, November 2009
160 pp., 25.4x27.9 cm, 120 colour images, 20 duotone illus.

This handsome book examines the remarkable new addition to the Art Institute of Chicago, designed by Renzo Piano and scheduled to open in May 2009. This expansion to The Art Institute of Chicago, already one of the largest museums in the country, wil...

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Decorative Arts

Apostles of Beauty Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago

Barter Judith A., Kelly Sarah E., Ruud Brandon K., Obniski Monica

ISBN: HB: 9780300141139, Yale University Press, A+D Series, October 2009
208 pp., 27.3x22.9 cm, 220 colour illus.

The Arts and Crafts movement in architecture, interior design, and decorative arts reached its peak between 1880 and 1910 in Britain and North America. The movement's emphasis on aesthetic quality and a high level of craftsmanship, promoted as an ant...

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Interior Design

Miniature Rooms The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago

Hatton Boyer Bruce, Weingartner Fannia

ISBN: HB: 9780300141597, Yale University Press, A+D Series, January 2009
184 pp., 27.9x25.4 cm, 124 colour illus.

The Thorne Rooms, sixty-eight miniature models of European interiors from the sixteenth century on and American furnishings from the seventeenth century on, have entranced generations of visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago. This charming book sh...

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Interior Design

Decorative Arts

European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago

Brosens Koenraad, Bertrand Pascal-Francois, Bremer-David Charissa, Cleland Elizabeth, Delmarcel Guy, Forti Grazzini Nello, Mayer Thurman Christa C.

ISBN: HB: 9780300119602, Yale University Press, A+D Series, September 2008
450 pp., 30.5x24.8 cm, 200 colour images, 200 black&white illus.

This lavishly illustrated book presents a rich variety of European tapestries from the Art Institute of Chicago. These exquisite tapestries include medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque examples, manufactured at almost all the major centres of productio...

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History of Art

Northern European and Spanish Paintings Before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago A Catalogue of the Collection

Wolff Martha, Jones Susan Frances, Mann Richard G., Berg Sobre Judith, Hecht Ilse, Klein Peter, Kuniej Berry Cynthia, Silver Larry

ISBN: HB: 9780300119442, Yale University Press, A+D Series, June 2008
480 pp., 28x21 cm, 233 duotone illus., 100 colour illus.

This important volume documents the Art Institute of Chicago's significant, yet relatively unknown, collection of English, French, German, Netherlandish, and Spanish paintings created before 1600. Over 100 altarpieces, private devotional works, portr...

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Architecture

Douglas Garofalo

Rosa Joseph

ISBN: PB: 9780300120585, Yale University Press, A+D Series, August 2006
96 pp., 20.9x18.6 cm, 90 colour illus.

Announcing "A+D" (Architecture and Design), a new series from the Art Institute of Chicago, which highlights the work of important architects and designers from around the world. Innovatively designed by the New York firm 2X4, the titles are either h...

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