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History of Art

Marter Joan M., Chanzit Gwen Finkel, Hobbs Robert, Landau Ellen G., Landauer Susan, Sandler Irving

ISBN: HB: 9780300208429, Yale University Press, February 2017
208 pp., 30.5x54 cm, 144 colour illus.

The artists Jay DeFeo, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and many other women played major roles in the development of Abstract Expressionism, which flourished in New York and San Francisco in the 194...

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Restoration of Paintings in Paris, 1750-1815

Etienne Noemie

ISBN: PB: 9781606065167, Getty Publications, February 2017
384 pp., 25x15 cm

The decades following the 1973 publication of Alessandro Conti's"Storia del Restauro" have seen considerable scholarly interest in the development of restoration in France in the second half of the eighteenth century. A number of technical treatises...

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Biography & Memoires

Enlightened Princesses Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World

ISBN: HB: 9780300217100, Yale University Press, February 2017
592 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 528 colour illus., 52 black&white illus.

Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772), and Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz (1744-1818) were three German princesses who became Queens Consort – or, in the case of Augusta, Queen in Waiting, Regent, and Princess Dowager...

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Contemporary Art

Nick Cave Until

Markonish Denise

ISBN: HB: 9783791356051, Prestel Publishing, February 2017
192 pp., 25.5x20 cm, 200 colour illus.

This generously illustrated book takes readers inside Nick Cave's newest work: an enormous, elaborate journey through the workings of the artistic mind. Nick Cave's "Soundsuits" – exuberant, brightly colored wearable sculptures adorned with buttons,...

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Decorative Arts

American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago

McGoey Elizabeth, Barquist David L., Barter Judith A., Harvey Medill Higgins, Kane Patricia E., Wagner Ann, Ward Gerald W. R., Waters Deborah Dependahl, Wees Beth Carver, Bach Deborah Schmidt

ISBN: HB: 9780300222364, Yale University Press, A+D Series, February 2017
224 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 151 black&white illus., 196 colour illus.

The history of American silver offers invaluable insights into the economic and cultural history of the nation itself. Published here for the first time, the Art Institute of Chicago's superb collection embodies innovation and beauty from the colonia...

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History of Art

Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting Inspiration and Rivalry

Wieseman Marjorie E., Waiboer Adriaan, Ducos Blaise, Sluijter Eric Jan, Bakker Piet, Gifford E. Melanie, Wheelock Arthur K. Jr.

ISBN: HB: 9780300222937, Yale University Press, February 2017
320 pp., 29x24.8 cm, 180 colour illus.

A landmark exploration of the engaging network of relationships among genre painters of the Dutch Golden Age. The genre painting of the Dutch Golden Age between 1650 and 1675 ranks among the highest pinnacles of Western European art. The virtuosity...

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Photography

Pieter Hugo Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Beil Ralf, Ruhkamp Uta

ISBN: PB: 9783791383842, Prestel Publishing, February 2017
304 pp., 30.2x25 cm, 200 colour illus., 85 black&white illus.

Pieter Hugo's images are unflinching and unforgettable. Beginning with "Looking Aside", his series of portraits of marginalized people, Hugo has striven to capture the African continent with empathy and impartiality. Whether confronting the aftermath...

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History of Art

Art Flexi-Series

Egon Schiele Landscapes

Leopold Rudolf

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791383460, Prestel Publishing, February 2017
208 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 112 colour illus., 64 black&white illus.

Now available in an updated edition, this visually stunning collection of landscape paintings and drawings by Egon Schiele brings to light a little-known aspect of this famous painter's oeuvre. Best known for his depictions of the human form, Schie...

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Contemporary Art

Richard Patterson Matters of Life and Death

Moorhouse Paul

ISBN: HB: 9781910221129, Casemate, Anomie Publishing, February 2017
104 pp., 29.2x24.5 cm, 49 illus.

"Matters of Life and Death" is a limited-edition publication documenting the remarkable new and recent paintings of celebrated Dallas-based British artist Richard Patterson (b. 1963). An engaging introduction by Paul Moorhouse, Senior Curator at th...

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History of Art

Reservoir of Ideas Essays in Honour of Paul Williamson

Davies Glyn, Townsend Eleanor

ISBN: HB: 9781911300168, Casemate, Paul Holberton Publishing, February 2017
292 pp., 28.7x24.7 cm, 130 illus.

This rich collection of over twenty fully illustrated essays covers an array of medieval topics, with a particular emphasis on sculpture. The contributors, all friends and colleagues of the dedicatee, are prominent experts in their different fields,...

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