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Ancient World

Ancient Egypt Transformed The Middle Kingdom

Oppenheim Adela, Arnold Dorothea, Arnold Dieter, Yamamoto Kei

ISBN: HB: 9781588395641, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2015
400 pp., 31.1x24.9 cm, 365 colour illus., 42 black&white illus., 6 maps

The Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030-1700 B.C.), the second great era of ancient Egyptian culture, was a transformational period during which the artistic conventions, cultural principles, religious beliefs, and political systems formed during earlier dynast...

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History of Art

Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700 Opulence and Fantasy

Haidar Navina Najat, Sardar Marika

ISBN: HB: 9780300211108, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2015
384 pp., 28x24.1 cm, 350 colour illus.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Deccan plateau of south-central India was home to a series of important, highly cultured Muslim kingdoms and was a nexus of international trade. Invigorated by cultural connections to Iran, Turkey, East Africa, and...

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History of Art

Decorative Arts

How to Read Chinese Ceramics

Leidy Denise Patry

ISBN: PB: 9781588395719, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2015
144 pp., 26.7x20.7 cm, 180 colour illus.

Chinese ceramics are among the most significant and widely collected decorative arts produced anywhere in the world, with a history that spans millennia. Despite the saturation of Chinese ceramics in global culture – in English, the word "china" has...

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Fashion

High Style Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Reeder Jan

ISBN: PB: 9780300212310, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2015
256 pp., 28x25.4 cm, 355 colour illus.

"High Style is filled with fashion inspiration and information...Nearly every page...includes a captivating photo of one of the collection's lavish garments or accessories" – Threads Published for the first time in paperback, this lavishly illustrate...

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History of Art

Ancient World

Ennion Master of Roman Glass

Lightfoot Christopher, Wight Karol B., Pilosi Lisa, Wypyski Mark T.

ISBN: PB: 9780300208771, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2015
160 pp., 26.7x23.5 cm, 100 colour illus.

Among glass craftsmen active in the first century A.D., the most famous and gifted was Ennion, who came from the coastal city of Sidon in modern Lebanon. Ennion's glass stood out for its quality and popularity, and his products are distinguished by t...

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History of Art

Treasures from India

Haidar Navina Najat

ISBN: HB: 9780300208870, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2014
160 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 100 colour illus.

India's rich tradition of jewelled arts has produced extravagant and opulent creations that range from ornaments for every part of the body to ceremonial court objects such as boxes, daggers and thrones. Starting with the Mughal rulers of India (1526...

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History of Art

Design

Grand Design Pieter Coecke Van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry

Cleland Elizabeth A. H.

ISBN: HB: 9780300208054, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2014
400 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 350 colour illus.

Renowned throughout Renaissance Europe, Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502–1550) produced works for the wealthiest and most important patrons of the time, including Emperor Charles V, Francis I of France, Henry VIII of England, the Habsburgs, and Cosimo d...

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History of Art

Contemporary Art

Cubism The Leonard A. Lauder Collection

Rabinow Rebecca, Braun Emily F.

ISBN: HB: 9780300208078, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2014
448 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 300 colour and black&white illus.

This groundbreaking new history of Cubism, based on works from the most significant private collection in the world today, is written by many of the field's premier art historians and scholars. The collection, recently donated to The Metropolitan Mus...

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Decorative Arts

How to Read Islamic Carpets

Denny Walter B.

ISBN: PB: 9780300208092, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2014
176 pp., 26.7x20.3 cm, 175 colour illus.

Carpets made in the "Rug Belt" – an area that includes Morocco, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and northern India – have been a source of fascination and collecting since the 13th century. This engaging and accessible book explores the...

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Landscape Architecture

Dan Graham The Roof Garden Commission

Alteveer Ian, Wagstaff Sheena

ISBN: MIX MEDIA: 9780300208757, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2014
64 pp., 18.4x11 cm, 60 colour illus.

The artist Dan Graham (b. 1942) has a wide-ranging practice that encompasses writing, performance art, installation, video, photography and architecture. Throughout his career, Graham has examined the symbiosis between architectural environments and...

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