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America

American Colonial History Clashing Cultures and Faiths

Kidd Thomas S.

ISBN: PB: 9780300187328, Yale University Press, July 2016
352 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 24 black&white illus.

Thomas Kidd, a widely respected scholar of colonial history, deftly offers both depth and breadth in this accessible, introductory text on the American Colonial era. Interweaving primary documents and new scholarship with a vivid narrative reconstruc...

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History of Art

After Caravaggio

Fried Michael

ISBN: HB: 9780300218640, Yale University Press, June 2016
256 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 100 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.

During the twenty years following Caravaggio's death, his revolutionary precedent inspired the creation of a remarkable body of paintings. Drawing together works by Bartolomeo Manfredi, Valentin de Boulogne, Nicolas Tournier, Nicolas Regnier, Cecco d...

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History of Art

American Impressionist Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals

Barron Bailly Austen, Burnside Kathleen, Weeks Hal, Coffey John W., De Steiguer Alexandra

ISBN: HB: 9780300217315, Yale University Press, June 2016
124 pp., 29.2x25.4 cm, 100 colour illus.

Childe Hassam (1859-1935) was the foremost American impressionist of his generation. Prolific in oil paintings and watercolors, he found his native New England to be a touchstone for his art. Hassam had a fascination with Appledore, the largest islan...

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Contemporary Art

Film Studies

Astro Noise A Survival Guide to Living Under Total Surveillance

Poitras Laura, Sanders Jay, Boumediene Lakhdar, Crawford Kate, Doctorow Cory, Eggers Dave, Magid Jill, Paglen Trevor, Snowden Edward, Steyerl Hito

ISBN: PB: 9780300217650, Yale University Press, May 2016
224 pp., 23.5x15.2 cm, 100 colour illus.

The filmmaker, artist, and journalist Laura Poitras has explored the themes of mass surveillance, "war on terror", drone program, Guantanamo, and torture in her work for more than ten years. In 2013, Poitras was contacted by Edward Snowden, a former...

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Contemporary Art

History of Art

Art History and Emergency Crises in the Visual Arts and Humanities

English Darby, Breslin David

ISBN: PB: 9780300218756, Yale University Press, April 2016
200 pp., 24.1x17.8 cm, 36 black&white illus.

"Art History and Emergency" assesses art history's role and responsibilities in what has been described as the "humanities crisis" – the perceived decline in the practical applications of the humanities in modern times. This timely collection of crit...

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History of Art

Catalogue Raisonne

Aubrey Beardsley A Catalogue Raisonne

Zatlin Linda Gertner

ISBN: HB: 9780300111279, Yale University Press, March 2016
960 pp., 29.2x25.4 cm, 100 colour illus., 1100 black&white illus.

This is the first book to bring together the recorded works of the English artist Aubrey Beardsley. Despite his early death from tuberculosis in 1898, at the age of 25, these amount to nearly 1100 completed works of art (plus many related sketches) a...

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Architecture

Apethorpe The Story of an English Country House

Morrison Kathryn A., Cattell John, Cole Emily, Hill Nick, Smith Pete

ISBN: HB: 9780300148701, Yale University Press, March 2016
480 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 250 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.

This beautiful publication narrates the romantic biography of an architecturally significant country residence and its rescue from decline. Dating from the mid-15th century, Apethorpe in Northamptonshire was home to a succession of leading courtiers...

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Architecture

Architecture and Empire in Jamaica

Nelson Louis

ISBN: HB: 9780300211009, Yale University Press, March 2016
324 pp., 28x21.6 cm, 52 colour illus., 198 black&white illus.

Through Creole houses and merchant stores to sugar fields and boiling houses, Jamaica played a leading role in the formation of both the early modern Atlantic world and the British Empire. Architecture and Empire in Jamaica offers the first scholarly...

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Fiction

After the Circus A Novel

Modiano Patrick

ISBN: PB: 9780300215892, Yale University Press, January 2016
216 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm

One of the hallmarks of French author Patrick Modiano's writing is a singular ability to revisit particular motifs and episodes, infusing each telling with new detail and emotional nuance. In this evocative novel the internationally acclaimed author...

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Contemporary Art

Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei

Delany Max, Shiner Eric C., Curley John J., Jones Caroline A., Poletti Anna, Tancock John L., Weir Kathryn, Wrbican Mathew, Minglu Gao, Warsh Larry

ISBN: HB: 9780300219357, Yale University Press, January 2016
312 pp., 28x22 cm, 192 colour illus., 89 black&white illus.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) and Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) are two of the most internationally renowned artists of the past 100 years, famous not only for their artwork but also for influencing the culture of their time. This exciting book is the first to consi...

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