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History of Art

Kinmonth Claudia

ISBN: HB: 9780300107326, Yale University Press, April 2006
320 pp., 28.5x24.5 cm, 75 colour images, 220 black&white illus.

This book offers a fascinating view of many aspects of Irish rural life from the eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Illustrated with more than 250 images, many of which have not been published before, the book evokes the hardships and celebrati...

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Fiction

Henry the Fourth, Part 1

Shakespeare William

ISBN: PB: 9780300108156, Yale University Press, April 2006
224 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm

While England is threatened by the Earl of Northumberland, Young Prince Hal cavorts in London's taverns, accompanied by the dissolute, entertaining Falstaff and his band of rogues. Much of this play's tension involves Prince Hal and Falstaff, as the...

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History of Art

Painting Summer in New England

Fairbrother Trevor J., Monroe Daniel L.

ISBN: HB: 9780300116922, Yale University Press, March 2006
136 pp., 27.9x25 cm, 81 colour images, 10 black&white illus.

With its stunning coastlines, mountains, lakes, forests, and scenic villages, New England has been an inspiration for American artists since the 19th century. This lively book considers the ways in which painters have responded to the region's summer...

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History of Art

Lure of the Object

Melville Stephen W.

ISBN: PB: 9780300103373, Yale University Press, March 2006
240 pp., 24x17.8 cm, 40 black&white illus.

This latest volume in the critically acclaimed Clark Studies in the Visual Arts series examines the force of art history's attrraction to particular objects and the corresponding rhythms of attachment and detachment that animate the discipline. In a...

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Contemporary Art

Artist's Reality Philosophies of Art

Rothko Mark, Rothko Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9780300115857, Yale University Press, March 2006
176 pp., 22.8x17.8 cm, 7 colour illus.

One of the most important artists of the twentieth century, Mark Rothko (1903-1970) created a new and impassioned form of abstract painting over the course of his career. Rothko also wrote a number of essays and critical reviews during his lifetime,...

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History of Art

Catalogue Raisonne

William Merritt Chase Volume 1: The Paintings in Pastel, Monotypes, Painted Tiles and Ceramic Plates, Watercolors, and Prints

Pisano Ronald G., Lane Carolyn K., Baker D. Frederick

ISBN: HB: 9780300109962, Yale University Press, March 2006
176 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 100 colour illus., 70 black&white illus.

A perennial favourite of museum visitors, the works of William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) embody the quintessential characteristics of American Impressionism: outdoor landscapes, a colourful palette, and an energetic brush stroke. He was also a portra...

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Contemporary Art

William Wegman, Funney - Strange

Simon Joan

ISBN: PB: 9780300114447, Yale University Press, March 2006
320 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 250 colour illus.

This fascinating book reveals the full range of William Wegman's art. Beloved by the general public for signature photographs of his troupe of Weimaraners, Wegman is also an immensely important figure in the contemporary art world.A pioneer video-mak...

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Contemporary Art

Writings on Art

Rothko Mark

ISBN: HB: 9780300114409, Yale University Press, March 2006
168 pp., 22.8x17.8 cm

While the collected writings of many major 20th-century artists, including Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell and Ad Reinhardt, have been published, Mark Rothko's writings have only recently come to light, beginning with the critically acclaimed "Arti...

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History of Art

Olmec Art and Archaeology in Mesoamerica

Clark John E., Pye Mary E., Arnold Philip J., De La Fuente Beatriz, Diehl Richard A., Gillespie Susan D., Grove David C., Lesure Richard G., Niederberger Christine, Ortiz Ponciano

ISBN: PB: 9780300114461, Yale University Press, March 2006
344 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 11 colour images, 270 black&white illus.

This handsome volume presents the creations of Mesoamerica's most ancient societies in their archaeological contexts. The Olmec, who are best known for a unique style of monumental stone head and jade were-jaguar, were based along the Gulf of Mexico,...

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Italian

Pronti... Via! Beginning Italian (Student Textbook)

Melis Daniela

ISBN: HB: 9780300108422, Yale University Press, March 2006
416 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 50 black&white illus., 154 colour illus.

"Pronti... Via!" is a complete beginning Italian language course that focuses on communication skills without excluding grammar. This timely programme is based on solid language acquisition theory and reflects an eclectic approach that includes using...

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