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History of Art

Men at Work Art and Labour in Mid-Victorian Britain

Barringer Tim

ISBN: HB: 9780300103809, Yale University Press, January 2005
392 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 33 colour images, 113 black&white illus.

For artists of the increasingly mechanized Victorian age, questions about the meaning and value of labour presented a series of urgent problems: Is work a moral obligation or a religious duty? Must labour be the preserve of men alone? Does the amount...

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History of Art

Pelican History of Art

Flemish Art and Architecture 1585-1700

Vlieghe Hans

ISBN: PB: 9780300104691, Yale University Press, December 2004
288 pp., 28.4x21.4 cm, 100 colour images, 200 black&white illus.

This beautifully illustrated book provides a complete overview of the art of the Southern Netherlands from 1585 to 1700. The author examines the development of Flemish and specifically Antwerp painting, the work of Rubens and other leading masters, a...

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Sixteenth-Century Italian Paintings Volume I

Penny Nicholas

ISBN: HB: 9781857099089, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2004
448 pp., 28.6x21.6 cm, 225 colour images, 75 black&white illus.

This highly anticipated catalogue of sixteenth-century paintings from the distinguished collection of the National Gallery in London encompasses artists who were active in Bergamo, Brescia, and Cremona, cities characterized as much by the artistic in...

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Decorative Arts

Silver in London The Parker and Wakelin Partnership 1760-1776

Clifford Helen

ISBN: HB: 9780300103892, Yale University Press, October 2004
320 pp., 28.5x24.5 cm, 60 colour images, 120 black&white illus.

The firm of Parker and Wakelin was the foremost silversmith in London for much of the eighteenth century, supplying royalty, aristocracy, and gentry with both domestic and ceremonial plate. This fascinating book draws on the firm's records for this p...

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From Mind, Heart and Hand Persian, Turkish and Indian Drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection

Welch Stuart Cary, Masteller Kimberly

ISBN: HB: 9780300104738, Yale University Press, October 2004
272 pp., 28.9x23.3 cm, 19 illustration, 116 colour illus.

Stuart Cary Welch's collection of Persian, Turkish, and Indian art is renowned throughout the world for its quality and depth. In 1999, Welch made a generous gift of drawings to the Harvard University Art Museums, which form the basis of the present...

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G. F. Watts The Last Great Victorian

Gould Veronica

ISBN: HB: 9780300105773, Yale University Press, October 2004
480 pp., 25.6x19.2 cm, 40 colour images, 200 black&white illus.

George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) was a titanic figure in nineteenth-century British art. The father of British Symbolism and portrait painter of his age, he forged a controversial career that spanned the reign of Queen Victoria. This book, the first...

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Body Doubles Sculpture in Britain, 1877-1905

Getsy David J.

ISBN: HB: 9780300105124, Yale University Press, September 2004
256 pp., 26.5x20.4 cm, 150 illus.

Late nineteenth-century Britain experienced an explosion of interest in sculpture. Sculptors of the "New Sculpture" movement engaged in a wide range of experimentation, seeking a new direction and a modern idiom for their art. This book analyzes for...

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Decorative Arts

Cesnola Collection Terracottas

Karageorghis Vassos, Merker Gloria S., Mertens Joan R.

ISBN: CD: 9780300102840, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2004
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The Cesnola Collection of antiquities was assembled on Cyprus in the 1860s and 1870s by Luigi Palma de Cesnola, who sold it to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1872. Cesnola subsequently served as the institution's first director. Numbering around 6...

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American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum Volume 1: Drawings and Watercolours

Wilmerding John

ISBN: HB: 9780300106060, Yale University Press, September 2004
432 pp., 30.2x25.9 cm, 565 colour images, 120 black&white illus.

The Princeton University Art Museum's collection of American drawings and watercolours is impressive in both scope and quality, providing a comprehensive overview of the nation's artistic traditions. This lavishly illustrated book highlights seventy-...

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Design

Livable Modernism Interior Decorating and Design During the Great Depression

Wilson Kristina

ISBN: HB: 9780300104752, Yale University Press, September 2004
176 pp., 26.5x21.4 cm, 58 colour images, 55 black&white illus.

During the years of the Great Depression in America, modernist designers developed products and lifestyle concepts intended for middle-class, not elite, consumers. In this remarkable book, Kristina Wilson coins the term "livable modernism" to describ...

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