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American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago
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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Aleksandr Zhitomirsky Photomontage as a Weapon of World War II and the Cold War
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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Age of Picasso and Matisse Modern Art at the Art Institute of Chicago
ISBN: HB: 9780300208788, Yale University Press, A+D Series, September 2014
144 pp., 24.1x24.1 cm, 154 colour, 8 black&white illus.
The Art Institute of Chicago's opportunity to host the International Exhibition of Modern Art, better known as the Armory Show, in 1913 set a radical new course for modern and contemporary art in the United States. This monumental exhibition introduc...
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Abelardo Morell The Universe Next Door
ISBN: HB: 9780300184556, Yale University Press, A+D Series, June 2013
176 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 55 colour illus., 75 duotone illus.
Over the past twenty-five years, Abelardo Morell (b. 1948) has earned international praise for his images that use the language of photography to explore visual surprise and wonder. Born in Havana, Cuba, Morell came to the United States as a teenager...
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Age of American Impressionism
ISBN: HB: 9780300175745, Yale University Press, A+D Series, November 2011
160 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 110 colour illus.
Although renowned for its holdings of works by French Impressionists, the Art Institute of Chicago also houses a wealth of superb examples by American proponents of this distinctive style. The collection includes works by such notable artists as Ceci...
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Avant-Garde Art in Everyday Life Early Twentieth-Century European Modernism
ISBN: HB: 9780300166095, Yale University Press, A+D Series, July 2011
160 pp., 25x15 cm, 160 colour illus.
Beginning around 1910, vanguard artists demanded that true art go beyond the intellectual and transform daily life. This volume highlights the work of six influential European artists who took this idea into the wider world, where it merged enthusias...
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Altered and Adorned Using Renaissance Prints in Daily Life
ISBN: HB: 9780300169119, Yale University Press, A+D Series, May 2011
104 pp., 31x23.4 cm, 10 black&white illus., 80 colour illus.
Today Renaissance-era prints are typically preserved behind glass or in solander boxes in museums, but these decorative objects were once a central part of everyday life. "Altered and Adorned" is a delightful, surprising look at how prints were used...
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Age of French Impressionism Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago
ISBN: HB: 9780300167801, Yale University Press, A+D Series, July 2010
200 pp., 30.8x24.9 cm, 130 colour illus.
The Art Institute of Chicago houses one of the world's greatest collections of late- 19th-century French art. This stunning book highlights more than 100 of the museum's masterpieces, from the bold works of Edouard Manet, an important figure in the t...
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American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago World War I to 1955
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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Apostles of Beauty Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago
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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