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History of Art

Behind the Mask Artists in the GDR

Westheider Ortrud, Philipp Michael

ISBN: HB: 9783791356952, Prestel Publishing, November 2017
248 pp., 30x24 cm, 200 colour illus.

"Behind the Mask: Artists in the GDR" focuses on the wide variety of artistic self-staging in the GDR, between public and private, prescribed collectivism and creative individuality. The intention of the GDR's official state art was to exert politica...

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William Ivey Long Costume Designs 2007-2016

Carlano Annie, Elliot Rebecca, Marks Peter

ISBN: HB: 9780300229387, Yale University Press, November 2017
128 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 100 colour illus.

William Ivey Long (b. 1947) is a leading costume designer for the stage, film, and television, whose creativity, artistry, and craftsmanship have earned him ovations throughout the theater community and beyond. A defining presence on Broadway, he has...

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Lake Keitele Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Robbins Anne

ISBN: HB: 9781857096248, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2017
72 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 35 colour and black&white illus.

Relatively unknown outside of his homeland, Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) was a leading figure in modern Finnish painting and the decorative arts. This publication focuses on four versions of his shimmering depictions of Lake Keitele (1904-1905),...

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Frederic Church A Painter's Pilgrimage

Myers Kenneth John, Avery Kevin J., Carr Gerald L., Volait Mercedes

ISBN: PB: 9780300218435, Yale University Press, November 2017
224 pp., 27.9x25.4 cm, 125 colour illus., 10 black&white illus.

Frederic Church (1826-1900), one of the leading painters of 19th-century America and the Hudson River School, also journeyed around the globe to find fresh inspiration for his highly detailed compositions. Among Church's lesser-known masterpieces are...

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History of Art

Michelangelo Divine Draftsman and Designer

Bambach Carmen C., Barry Claire, Caglioti Francesco, Cuperi Walter, Elam Caroline, McDonald Mark, Marongiu Marcella, Mussolin Mauro, Rinaldi Furio, Zanchettin Vitale

ISBN: HB: 9781588396372, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2017
400 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 300 colour illus.

The Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was especially celebrated for his disegno, a term that embraces both drawing and conceptual design. Featuring more than 200 drawings as well as paintings, sculpture, and architectural...

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Between Worlds Raden Saleh and Juan Luna

Storer Russell

ISBN: PB: 9789811146848, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, November 2017
208 pp., 29.5x22.9 cm

National heroes and enigmatic figures, 19th-century painters Raden Saleh and Juan Luna traversed the colonial territories of Southeast Asia and the imperial cities of Europe. Their agile navigation of these competing positions resulted in dramatic pa...

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Contemporary Art

Prospect.4 The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp

Schoonmaker Trevor

ISBN: HB: 9783791356792, Prestel Publishing, November 2017
192 pp., 28.5x23 cm, 144 colour illus.

Now in its fourth iteration, Prospect New Orleans draws its inspiration from the city itself, a place of graceful beauty that thrives in adverse conditions. By positioning itself in the city of New Orleans, the Prospect triennial aims to echo the cit...

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Visual Voyages Images of Latin American Nature from Columbus to Darwin

Bleichmar Daniela

ISBN: HB: 9780300224023, Yale University Press, November 2017
240 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 153 colour illus.

From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, the depiction of the natural world played a central role in shaping how people on both sides of the Atlantic understood and imaged the region we now know...

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Gabriele Munter Painting to the Point

ISBN: HB: 9783791357058, Prestel Publishing, November 2017
272 pp., 27x20 cm, 49 black&white illus., 248 colour illus.

Gabriele Munter was a photographer before she was a painter, taking her first photos around 1900 during her stay in the United States. She started painting soon after and never stopped – working on her art almost every day for the rest of her life. S...

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Monet Framing Life

Shaw Jill

ISBN: PB: 9780300229172, Yale University Press, November 2017
64 pp., 19.1x15 cm, 30 colour illus., 5 black&white illus.

This beautiful publication highlights a treasured painting in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts – "Rounded Flower Bed" ("Corbeille de fleurs") by Claude Monet (1840-1926). The canvas was painted while Monet lived in the Paris suburb of...

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