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Huma Bhabha: We Come in Peace The Roof Garden Commission

Jhaveri Shanay, Halter Ed, Wagstaff Sheena

ISBN: PB: 9781588396464, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2018
64 pp., 18.4x11 cm, 40 colour illus.

Often described as "post apocalyptic", the work of Pakistani sculptor Huma Bhabha (b. 1962) responds to the violence and turmoil in the world around her through depictions of anthropomorphic figures that often appear to be dismembered, melted, or dis...

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History of Art

Obsession Nudes by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso from the Scofield Thayer Collection

Dempsey James, Rewald Sabine

ISBN: PB: 9781588396525, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2018
132 pp., 25.4x21.6 cm, 110 colour illus.

Evocative and often highly erotic works on paper by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Pablo Picasso are presented along with new details about Scofield Thayer (1889-1982), the unusual and complicated man who collected them. Thayer was a wealthy publish...

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Fashion

Heavenly Bodies Fashion and the Catholic Imagination

Bolton Andrew

ISBN: HB: 9781588396457, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2018
336 pp., 33x22.9 cm, 330 colour illus.

Since antiquity, religious beliefs and practices have inspired many of the masterworks of art. These works of art have, in turn, fueled the imagination of fashion designers in the 20th and 21st centuries, yielding some of the most innovative creation...

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Decorative Arts

European Porcelain In The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Munger Jeffrey, Sullivan Elizabeth

ISBN: HB: 9781588396433, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2018
312 pp., 30.5x21.6 cm, 321 colour illus.

The quest to discover the process of making porcelain was one of the defining aspects of post-Renaissance Europe, and it had significant artistic, technical, and commercial ramifications. This beautifully illustrated book showcases ninety works, span...

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Contemporary Art

Like Life Sculpture, Color, and the Body

Syson Luke, Wagstaff Sheena, Bowyer Emerson, Kumar Brinda, Hillel Schwartz

ISBN: HB: 9781588396440, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2018
312 pp., 29.2x20.3 cm, 284 colour illus.

Since the earliest myths of the sculptor Pygmalion bringing a statue to life through desire, artists have explored the boundaries between sculpture and the physical materiality of the body. This groundbreaking volume examines key sculptural works fro...

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History of Art

Poetry of Nature Edo Paintings from the Fishbein-Bender Collection

Carpenter John, Oka Midori

ISBN: PB: 9781588396549, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2018
224 pp., 27.3x24.1 cm, 125 colour illus.

"The Poetry of Nature" offers an in-depth look at more than 40 extraordinary Japanese paintings that represent every major school and movement of the Edo period, including Kano, Rinpa, Nanga, Zen, Maruyama-Shij?, and Ukiyo-e. The unifying theme is a...

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Contemporary Art

Birds of a Feather Joseph Cornell's Homage to Juan Gris

McKinley Mary Clare

ISBN: PB: 9781588396273, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2018
96 pp., 22.9x17.8 cm, 50 colour and black&white illus.

An insightful study of Joseph Cornell's fascination with the Cubist painter Juan Gris, shedding new light on the work of both artists. Joseph Cornell first viewed Cubist painter Juan Gris's "The Man at the Cafe" in October 1953. This visual encounte...

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History of Art

Thomas Cole's Journey Atlantic Crossings

Barringer Tim, Kornhauser Elizabeth Mankin, Mahon Dorothy, Riopelle Christopher, Vittoria Shannon

ISBN: HB: 9781588396402, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2018
288 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 254 colour and black&white illus.

Thomas Cole (1801-1848), arguably the greatest American landscape artist of his generation, is presented here in a new light: as an international figure, born in England, and in dialogue with the major landscape painters of the age, including J.M.W....

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Decorative Arts

Silver Caesars A Renaissance Mystery

Alcorn Ellenor, Bimbenet-Privat Michele, Beard Mary, Koeppe Wolfram, Salomon Xavier F., Schroder Timothy B., Walker Stefanie, Siemon Julia

ISBN: PB: 9781588396396, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2018
304 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 250 colour illus.

The twelve silver-gilt cups known as the Aldobrandini Tazze – magnificent examples of 16th-century European goldsmithing in size, design, and quality of execution – feature figures and scenes from Roman historian Suetonius's classic work "The Twelve...

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History of Art

Diamond Mountains Travel and Nostalgia in Korean Art

Lee Soyoung, Daehoe Ahn, Chang Chin-sung, Soomi Lee

ISBN: HB: 9781588396532, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2018
164 pp., 25.4x22.9 cm, 209 colour illus.

The Diamond Mountains, known in Korea as Mount Geumgang, are perhaps the most famous and emotionally resonant site on the Korean Peninsula, a breathtaking range of rocky peaks, waterfalls, lagoons, and manmade pavilions. For centuries the range has i...

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