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Unique by Design Contemporary Jewelry from the Donna Schneier Collection

Ramljak Suzanne

ISBN: PB: 9780300208764, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2014
136 pp., 26.7x20.3 cm, 101 colour illus.

Studio jewellery dissolves the modern distinction between decorative and fine arts. The 60 pieces in this lively volume, collected by Donna Schneier and donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, were crested primarily from the early 1960s to the pre...

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History of Art

Metropolitan Museum Studies in Art, Science, and Technology, Volume 2

Centeno Silvia A., Kennedy Nora, Manuels Marijn, Schorsch Deborah, Stone Richard E., Sun Zhixin Jason, Wypyski Mark T.

ISBN: PB: 9780300204391, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2014
256 pp., 27.3x22.9 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.

This second volume of "Studies in Art, Science, and Technology" unites studies by scientists, curators and conservators, all of which are published here for the first time. Essays and technical notes address a variety of themes, such as connections b...

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History of Art

How to Read Oceanic Art

Kjellgren Eric

ISBN: PB: 9780300204292, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2014
176 pp., 26.7x20.3 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.

Art from Oceania, the region encompassing the islands of the central and south Pacific, spans hundreds of distinct artistic processes, formats and mediums. Many people's exposure to Oceanic art comes through its influence on the work of European arti...

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History of Art

Piero Della Francesca Personal Encounters

Christiansen Keith

ISBN: PB: 9780300199468, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2014
96 pp., 22.9x17.8 cm, 40 colour illus.

This book tells the story of Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca (1411/13-1492) by focusing on four paintings he created over the span of his career. It also provides the first study of his small-scale devotional paintings, including the...

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Fashion

Charles James Beyond Fashion

Koda Harold, Reeder Jan Glier, Rucci Ralph, Scaturro Sarah, Petersen Glenn

ISBN: HB: 9780300204360, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2014
300 pp., 33x25.4 cm, 300 colour images, 50 black&white illus.

Charles James, often considered to be America's first couturier, was renowned in the 1940s and 1950s as a master at sculpting fabric for the female form and creating fashions that defined mid-century glamour. Although James had no formal training as...

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History of Art

Passions of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Draper James David, Papet Edouard, Carrara Elena, Horner Nadege, de Margerie Laure, Poinsignon Jean-Claude, Ward-Jackson Philip

ISBN: HB: 9780300204315, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2014
400 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 275 colour images, 75 black&white illus.

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) was an extraordinarily gifted sculptor – the greatest in 19th-century France before Rodin – and embodied the emotionally charged artistic climate of his era. The passionate Carpeaux comes alive in this handsome new...

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History of Art

American West in Bronze, 1850-1925

Tolles Thayer, Smith Thomas B., Clark Carol, Dippie Brian W., Hassrick Peter H., Lemmey Karen, Murphy Jessica

ISBN: HB: 9780300197433, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 2013
256 pp., 25.4x22.9 cm, 245 colour images and black&white illus.

"Themes of the American West" have been enduringly popular, and The American West in Bronze features sixty-five iconic bronzes that display a range of subjects, from portrayals of the noble Indian to rough-and-tumble scenes of rowdy cowboys to tribut...

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Decorative Arts

Jewels by JAR

Sassoon Adrian

ISBN: HB: 9780300198683, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2013
120 pp., 22.9x20.3 cm, 65 colour illus.

Called "the Faberge of our time" by Diane von Furstenberg, Joel A. Rosenthal, who works in Paris under the name JAR, is one of the most acclaimed jewellery designers of the past thirty years. JAR is known for his use of precious and semi-precious sto...

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Decorative Arts

Deadly Art European Crossbows, 1250-1850

Breiding Dirk H.

ISBN: PB: 9780300197044, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2013
144 pp., 21.6x24.1 cm, 100 colour illus.

The advent of the crossbow more than 2,500 years ago effected dramatic changes for hunters and warriors. For centuries, it was among the most powerful and widely used handheld weapons, and its popularity endures to this day. "A Deadly Art" presents a...

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History of Art

Imran Qureshi

Wagstaff Sheena, Alteveer Ian, Najat Haidar Navina

ISBN: PB: 9780300197754, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2013
65 pp., 22.9x20.3 cm, 50 colour illus.

Named the Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year for 2013, Imran Qureshi combines traditional motifs and techniques of Islamic art with contemporary reflections on the relationship between Islam and the West. His investigations into ornamentation reference...

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