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History of Art

Revoliutsiia! Demonstratsiia! Soviet Art Put to the Test

Witkovsky Matthew S.

ISBN: HB: 9780300225716, Yale University Press, A+D Series, July 2017
368 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 430 colour and black&white illus.

Groundbreaking new insight into a rich spectrum of early Soviet art and its spaces of display. Published on the centenary of the Russian Revolution, this landmark book gathers information from the forefront of current research in early Soviet art, p...

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History of Art

Gauguin Artist as Alchemist

Bernardi Claire, Cahn Isabelle, Ferlier Ophelie, Gamboni Dario, Groom Gloria, Perelman Allison, Stratis Harriet

ISBN: HB: 9780300217018, Yale University Press, A+D Series, July 2017
320 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 404 colour illus.

An unprecedented exploration of Gauguin's works in various media, from works on paper to clay and furniture. Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a creative force above and beyond his legendary work as a painter. Surveying the full scope of his career-spann...

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Contemporary Art

Zhang Peili Record. Repeat.

Cacchione Orianna, Li Pi, Grube Katherine

ISBN: HB: 9780300226225, Yale University Press, A+D Series, June 2017
96 pp., 27.3x20.3 cm, 60 colour illus.

Considered the first Chinese artist to work in video, Zhang Peili (b. 1957) manipulates perspective, close-ups, and framing to create astonishing recordings of banal repeated actions, such as breaking glass, reading, washing, shaving, and blowing bub...

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History of Art

Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago Highlights of the Collection

Rondeau James

ISBN: HB: 9780300225723, Yale University Press, A+D Series, May 2017
176 pp., 27.9x27.9 cm, 170 colour illus.

An updated selection of key paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago, featuring works from around the globe and dating from ancient Egypt to the present day. The Art Institute of Chicago, one of the most beloved and important museums in the world,...

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Decorative Arts

American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago

McGoey Elizabeth, Barquist David L., Barter Judith A., Harvey Medill Higgins, Kane Patricia E., Wagner Ann, Ward Gerald W. R., Waters Deborah Dependahl, Wees Beth Carver, Bach Deborah Schmidt

ISBN: HB: 9780300222364, Yale University Press, A+D Series, February 2017
224 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 151 black&white illus., 196 colour illus.

The history of American silver offers invaluable insights into the economic and cultural history of the nation itself. Published here for the first time, the Art Institute of Chicago's superb collection embodies innovation and beauty from the colonia...

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Contemporary Art

Aleksandr Zhitomirsky Photomontage as a Weapon of World War II and the Cold War

Wolf Erika

ISBN: HB: 9780300219180, Yale University Press, A+D Series, January 2017
368 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 300 colour illus.

The first comprehensive study in English of the Soviet propaganda artist Aleksandr Zhitomirsky, who conceived and deployed his striking photomontages as a political weapon The leading Russian propaganda artist Aleksandr Zhitomirsky (1907-1993) made p...

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