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American West in Bronze, 1850-1925
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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£45,00
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Jewels by JAR
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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£30,00
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Deadly Art European Crossbows, 1250-1850
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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£18,99
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Imran Qureshi
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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£6,95
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Photography of the American Civil War
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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£40,00
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Punk Chaos to Couture
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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£19,99
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Etruscan Art In the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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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£58,00
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Cloisters Medieval Art and Architecture
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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£18,99
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