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Treasures from India
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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£25,00
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Grand Design Pieter Coecke Van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry
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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£50,00
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Cubism The Leonard A. Lauder Collection
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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£45,00
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How to Read Islamic Carpets
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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£18,99
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Dan Graham The Roof Garden Commission
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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£6,95
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Unique by Design Contemporary Jewelry from the Donna Schneier Collection
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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£18,99
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Metropolitan Museum Studies in Art, Science, and Technology, Volume 2
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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£40,00
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How to Read Oceanic Art
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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£18,99
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Piero Della Francesca Personal Encounters
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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£14,99
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Charles James Beyond Fashion
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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£35,00
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