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On the Basis of Art 150 Years of Women at Yale
ISBN: HB: 9780300254242, Yale University Press, November 2021
304 pp., 27.3x25.4 cm, 185 colour illus.
Marking the 150th anniversary of the first women students at Yale, who came to study at the Yale School of the Fine Arts (now Yale School of Art) when it opened in 1869, and the 50th anniversary of undergraduate coeducation at the University, this vo...
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£40,00
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Collecting Inspiration Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.
ISBN: HB: 9781588396907, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2021
320 pp., 27.9x22.8 cm, 275 colour illus.
Edward C. Moore (1827-1891) was the creative leader who brought unparalleled originality and success to Tiffany & Co. during the late 19th century. A silversmith, designer, and prodigious collector, Moore sought out exceptional objects from around th...
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£50,00
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Hector Guimard Art Nouveau to Modernism
ISBN: HB: 9780300248364, Yale University Press, April 2021
232 pp., 29.2x22.9 cm, 184 colour illus., 6 black&white illus.
The aesthetic of architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942) has long characterized French Art Nouveau in the popular imagination. This groundbreaking book showcases all aspects of his artistry and recognizes the fundamental modernity of his work. Known for...
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£35,00
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Great Mongol Shahnameh
ISBN: HB: 9781898113836, Yale University Press, April 2021
456 pp., 32.7x30 cm, 165 colour illus.
"The Great Mongol Shahnameh" is widely considered to be the definitive version of Firdausi's epic poem, and the greatest of all Persian illustrated manuscripts. The paintings from this manuscript are held in private collections and institutions aroun...
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£150,00
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Calculus for Cranks
ISBN: PB: 9780300242799, Yale University Press, March 2021
224 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm
In mathematics, "cranks" are people who insist they understand something new about math even when the world tells them they are doing it wrong. This introduction to calculus is written with those cranks in mind, based on the foundational course that...
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£20,00
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National Gallery of Art Master Paintings from the Collection
ISBN: HB: 9780300253900, Yale University Press, January 2021
492 pp., 30.5x22.2 cm, 400 colour illus.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, is renowned for its world-class collection of paintings representing seven centuries of American and European art. Now in the sixth printing since its original publication in 2004, this engaging and broa...
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£50,00
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Last Slave Ships New York and the End of the Middle Passage
ISBN: HB: 9780300247336, Yale University Press, January 2021
312 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 21 black&white illus.
Long after the transatlantic slave trade was officially outlawed by every major slave trading nation in the early nineteenth century, merchants based in the United States were still sending hundreds of illegal slave ships from American ports to the A...
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Ray Johnson c/o
ISBN: HB: 9780300254334, Yale University Press, January 2021
304 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 350 colour illus.
Ray Johnson (1927-1995) was a celebrated maker of small-scale collages whose works influenced movements including Pop Art, Fluxus, and Conceptual Art. Trained at Black Mountain College, Johnson subsequently settled in New York and founded a mail art...
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£45,00
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Past and Prologue Politics and Memory in the American Revolution
ISBN: HB: 9780300234961, Yale University Press, January 2021
320 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 5 black&white illus.
In "Past and Prologue", Michael Hattem shows how colonists' changing understandings of their British and colonial histories shaped the politics of the American Revolution and the origins of American national identity. Between the 1760s and 1800s, Ame...
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Rosalind Nashashibi at the National Gallery
ISBN: PB: 9781857096682, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, January 2021
160 pp., 26x23.5 cm, 70 colour illus.
Rosalind Nashashibi (b. 1973) is a London-based artist working mainly working in 16mm film, painting and prints. Her films convey inner experiences of moments and events, often considering the politics of relations in the community and extended famil...
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