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Capturing the Essence Techniques for Bird Artists

Cooper William T.

ISBN: PB: 9780300176261, Yale University Press, June 2011
128 pp., 29.2x25.4 cm, 139 colour illus.

In this stunningly beautiful book, bird artist William T. Cooper explores and demonstrates all aspects of drawing and painting birds. Renowned for his gorgeous and accurate wildlife renderings, Cooper here explains in detail how to create a true impr...

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Turkmen Silver Jewelry and Ornaments from the Marshall and Marilyn Wolf Collection

Diba Layla S.

ISBN: HB: 9780300124040, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2011
250 pp., 25x15 cm, 20 black&white illus., 250 colour illus.

The Turkmen people of Central Asia and Iran are revered for their carpets and textiles. Less well known, but equally stunning, is the extraordinary silver jewelry created by Turkmen tribal craftsmen and urban silversmiths throughout the 19th and earl...

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Closer Look Frames

Penny Nicholas

ISBN: PB: 9781857094404, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2010
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, 90 colour illus.

Formerly part of the popular "Pocket Guides" series, "Frames" is published in a new edition as "A Closer Look", with a wealth of beautiful reproductions. This informative guide offers an insight into the various forms of frame housing some of the fin...

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Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement

Tucker Kevin W.

ISBN: HB: 9780300118025, Yale University Press, September 2010
272 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 170 colour illus.

With its emphasis on social reform and simplicity in design – bold lines, honest use of materials, and redeeming qualities of handmade goods – the Arts and Crafts movement offered an antidote to the perceived ills of a rapidly changing world and the...

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Contemporary British Studio Ceramics

Carlano Annie

ISBN: HB: 9780300167191, Yale University Press, August 2010
176 pp., 28x23 cm, 160 colour illus.

In Britain today the output of excellent ceramics seems more eclectic than elsewhere. This stylish and wide-ranging survey comprises examples of clay art by one hundred major artists, covering the period from the late 1980s through 2009. Drawn from t...

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Brilliant Effects A Cultural History of Gem Stones and Jewellery

Pointon Marcia R.

ISBN: HB: 9780300142785, Yale University Press, January 2010
368 pp., 29x24.5 cm, 150 colour images, 100 black&white illus.

Diamonds are not for ever – nor necessarily are they a girl's best friend. Ranging from precious stones as raw wealth to the symbolic properties of gems whether in Antiquity and the Bible or in Victorian art and literature, this book examines how sma...

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Apostles of Beauty Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago

Barter Judith A., Kelly Sarah E., Ruud Brandon K., Obniski Monica

ISBN: HB: 9780300141139, Yale University Press, A+D Series, October 2009
208 pp., 27.3x22.9 cm, 220 colour illus.

The Arts and Crafts movement in architecture, interior design, and decorative arts reached its peak between 1880 and 1910 in Britain and North America. The movement's emphasis on aesthetic quality and a high level of craftsmanship, promoted as an ant...

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Upholstered Furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery

Wood Lucy

ISBN: HB: 9780300111316, Yale University Press, January 2009
1200 pp., 31x25 cm, 2000 black&white illus., 140 colour illus.

Sir William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851-1925), was among the foremost collectors of his age with as great a passion for the decorative arts as for painting and sculpture. This magnificent book explores one aspect of the outstanding collectio...

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Art of Japanese Craft 1875 to the Present

Fischer Felice

ISBN: PB: 9780300142129, Yale University Press, October 2008
60 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 74 colour images, 70 black&white illus.

From Japan's first forays onto the international stage of world's fairs in the late nineteenth century to the dynamic creativity of the 1920 and 1930s, from the heady post-World War II period to the present day, Japanese crafts have exhibited a rich...

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European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago

Brosens Koenraad, Bertrand Pascal-Francois, Bremer-David Charissa, Cleland Elizabeth, Delmarcel Guy, Forti Grazzini Nello, Mayer Thurman Christa C.

ISBN: HB: 9780300119602, Yale University Press, A+D Series, September 2008
450 pp., 30.5x24.8 cm, 200 colour images, 200 black&white illus.

This lavishly illustrated book presents a rich variety of European tapestries from the Art Institute of Chicago. These exquisite tapestries include medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque examples, manufactured at almost all the major centres of productio...

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