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Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch Inspiration and Transformation

Ravenal John B.

ISBN: HB: 9780300220063, Yale University Press, June 2016
160 pp., 28x24.1 cm, 155 colour illus.

At a crucial point midway through his career, American painter and printmaker Jasper Johns (b. 1930) looked to the art of Norwegian Expressionist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) for inspiration. Munch's innovative working methods and defining themes of love...

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History of Art

Hogarth's Legacy

Roman Cynthia Ellen, Paulson Ronald, Mainardi Patricia, Fordham Douglas, Maidment Brian, Hardy Dominic, Printy Mark, Phillips Mark

ISBN: HB: 9780300215618, Yale University Press, May 2016
272 pp., 26.7x22.2 cm, 75 colour illus., 125 black&white illus.

The legacy of graphic artist William Hogarth (1697-1764) remains so emphatic that even his last name has evolved into a common vernacular term referring to his characteristically scathing form of satire. Featuring rarely seen images and written contr...

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Christianity

One True Life The Stoics and Early Christians as Rival Traditions

Rowe C. Kavin

ISBN: HB: 9780300180121, Yale University Press, May 2016
344 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

In this groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary work of philosophy and biblical studies, New Testament scholar C. Kavin Rowe explores the promise and problems inherent in engaging rival philosophical claims to what is true. Juxtaposing the Roman Stoics Se...

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Drawings from the Age of Bruegel, Rubens, and Rembrandt Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums

Robinson William W., Anderson Susan

ISBN: HB: 9780300208047, Yale University Press, April 2016
300 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 335 colour illus.

This superb book presents 100 notable examples from the Harvard Art Museums' distinguished collection of Dutch, Flemish, and Netherlandish drawings from the 16th to 18th century. Featuring such masters as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens,...

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Contemporary Art

Edlis/Neeson Collection The Art Institute of Chicago

Rondeau James, Fischl Eric, Koons Jeff

ISBN: HB: 9780300218732, Yale University Press, A+D Series, March 2016
128 pp., 28x24.8 cm, 60 colour illus.

Marking an important moment in the Art Institute of Chicago's 136-year history, this book documents an exceptional gift to the museum: the Edlis/Neeson Collection, consisting of 44 stellar works of contemporary art. Among the highlights are major pai...

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Music

Bach's Major Vocal Works Music, Drama, Liturgy

Rathey Markus

ISBN: HB: 9780300217209, Yale University Press, February 2016
256 pp., 21.6x14 cm

Every year, Johann Sebastian Bach's major vocal works are performed to mark liturgical milestones in the Christian calendar. Written by a renowned Bach scholar, this concise and accessible book provides an introduction to the music and cultural conte...

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Contemporary Art

Contingent Beauty Contemporary Art from Latin America

Ramirez Mari Carmen

ISBN: HB: 9780300214819, Yale University Press, December 2015
224 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 180 colour illus.

Exploring cutting-edge techniques and daring themes, many Latin American artists seamlessly intertwine aesthetic refinement with biting critiques of social and political issues. "Contingent Beauty" assembles major works by more than 20 such artists w...

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American School Artists and Status in the Late-Colonial and Early National Era

Rather Susan

ISBN: HB: 9780300214611, Yale University Press, December 2015
368 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 77 colour illus., 73 black&white illus.

This fascinating book is the first comprehensive art-historical study of what it meant to be an American artist in the 18th- and early 19th-century transatlantic world. Susan Rather examines the status of artists from different geographical, professi...

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History of Art

Rome 1600 The City and the Visual Arts Under Clement VIII

Robertson Clare

ISBN: HB: 9780300215298, Yale University Press, December 2015
460 pp., 27.3x21 cm, 80 colour illus., 220 black&white illus.

In 1600 Rome was the center of the artistic world. This fascinating book offers a new look at the art and architecture of the great Baroque city at this time of major innovation-especially in painting, largely owing to the presence of Annibale Carrac...

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Political Science

Brazil The Troubled Rise of a Global Power

Reid Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780300216974, ISBN: HB: 9780300165609, Yale University Press, November 2015
336 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

Experts believe that Brazil, the world's fifth largest country and its seventh largest economy, will be one of the most important global powers by the year 2030. Yet far more attention has been paid to the other rising behemoths Russia, India and Chi...

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