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Photography

Rosenheim Jeff L.

ISBN: HB: 9780300191806, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2013
256 pp., 22.9x27.9 cm, 200 colour illus.

Six hundred thousand lives were lost between 1861 and 1865, making the conflict between North and South the nation's deadliest war. If the "War Between the States" was the test of the young republic's commitment to its founding precepts, it was also...

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Fashion

Punk Chaos to Couture

Bolton Andrew

ISBN: PB: 9780300191851, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2013
224 pp., 25x15 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.

Since its origins in the 1970s, punk has had an incendiary influence on fashion. With its eclectic mixing of stylistic references, punk effectively introduced the postmodern concept of bricolage not only into directional ready-to-wear but also into t...

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History of Art

Etruscan Art In the Metropolitan Museum of Art

De Puma Richard Daniel

ISBN: HB: 9780300179538, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2013
368 pp., 29.2x22.9 cm, 450 colour images, 25 black&white illus.

This informative and engaging book on the Museum's outstanding collection of Etruscan art also provides an introduction to the fascinating and diverse culture of ancient Etruria, which thrived in central Italy from about 900 to 100 B.C. Masterpieces...

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History of Art

Architecture

Cloisters Medieval Art and Architecture

Barnet Peter, Wu Nancy

ISBN: PB: 9780300187205, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2013
204 pp., 24.8x17.1 cm, 200 colour illus.

Home to an extraordinary collection of treasured masterworks, including the famed Unicorn Tapestries, The Cloisters is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. This splendid new guide, published to celebrate The Cloisters' seventy-fift...

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History of Art

Washington Crossing the Delaware Restoring an American Masterpiece

Rebora Barratt Carrie, Mayer Lance, Myers Gay, Smeaton Suzanne, Wilner Eli

ISBN: PB: 9780300176421, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2012
48 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 55 colour images, 10 black&white illus.

Emanuel Leutze's life-size "Washington Crossing the Delaware" commemorates the critical moment in the American Revolution when George Washington led a surprise attack against troops supporting the British forces in Trenton, New Jersey. When Leutze cr...

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Design

Decorative Arts

Duncan Phyfe Master Cabinetmaker in New York

Kenny Peter M., Brown Michael K., Bretter Frances F., Thurlow Matthew A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300155112, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2011
400 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 250 colour images, 100 black&white illus.

Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854), known during his lifetime as the "United States Rage", to this day remains America's best-known cabinetmaker. Establishing his reputation as a purveyor of luxury by designing high-quality furniture for New York's moneyed eli...

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Fashion

100 Shoes

Koda Harold, Parker Sarah Jessica

ISBN: PB: 9780300172409, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2011
232 pp., 17.8x25.4 cm, 16 black&white illus., 194 colour illus.

In a brilliant follow-up to "100 Dresses", published in 2010, the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum once again opens the vaults of its renowned permanent collection to introduce readers to the rich diversity of shoes within its holdings. T...

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Contemporary Art

Stieglitz and His Artists Matisse to O'Keeffe

Mintz Messinger Lisa, Dabrowski Magdalena, Michael Cora, Murphy Jessica, Rewald Sabine, Rippner Samantha, Tolles Thayer

ISBN: HB: 9780300175882, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2011
352 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 440 colour images, 20 black&white illus.

A master photographer, Alfred Stieglitz was also a visionary promoter and avid collector of modern American and European art from the first half of the 20th century. This publication is the first fully-illustrated catalogue of works in the unparallel...

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Decorative Arts

Turkmen Silver Jewelry and Ornaments from the Marshall and Marilyn Wolf Collection

Diba Layla S.

ISBN: HB: 9780300124040, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2011
250 pp., 25x15 cm, 20 black&white illus., 250 colour illus.

The Turkmen people of Central Asia and Iran are revered for their carpets and textiles. Less well known, but equally stunning, is the extraordinary silver jewelry created by Turkmen tribal craftsmen and urban silversmiths throughout the 19th and earl...

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Fashion

Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty

Bolton Andrew

ISBN: HB: 9780300169782, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2011
224 pp., 34.8x25.9 cm, 250 colour illus.

Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) was one of the most influential, imaginative and inspirational designers at the turn of the millennium. His fashions both challenged and expanded the conventional parameters of clothing beyond utility to a compelling exp...

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