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Contemporary Art

Like Life Sculpture, Color, and the Body

Syson Luke, Wagstaff Sheena, Bowyer Emerson, Kumar Brinda, Hillel Schwartz

ISBN: HB: 9781588396440, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2018
312 pp., 29.2x20.3 cm, 284 colour illus.

Since the earliest myths of the sculptor Pygmalion bringing a statue to life through desire, artists have explored the boundaries between sculpture and the physical materiality of the body. This groundbreaking volume examines key sculptural works fro...

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Decorative Arts

Maiolica Italian Renaissance Ceramics in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wilson Timothy, Syson Luke

ISBN: HB: 9781588395610, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2016
392 pp., 30.5x21.6 cm, 365 colour illus.

The brightly colored tin-enameled earthenware called maiolica was among the major accomplishments of decorative arts in 16th-century Italy. This in-depth look at the history of maiolica, told through 140 exemplary pieces from the world-class collecti...

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History of Art

Art and Love in Renaissance Italy

Bayer Andrea, Brown Beverly, Edwards Nancy, Fahy Everett, Krohn Deborah L., Musacchio Jacqueline Marie, Thornton Dora, Grantham Turner James, Syson Luke

ISBN: HB: 9780300124118, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2008
352 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 200 colour images, 50 black&white illus.

Many famous Italian Renaissance artworks were made to celebrate love and marriage. They were the pinnacles of a tradition, dating from the early Renaissance, of commemorating betrothal, marriage, and the birth of a child by commissioning extraordinar...

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