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History of Art

Braun Emily, Cowling Elizabeth, Le Thomas Claire, Mustalish Rachel

ISBN: HB: 9781588396761, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2022
250 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 200 colour illus.

The age-old artistic tradition of illusionistic realism known as trompe l'oeil ("deceive the eye") beguiles us with visual tricks and confounds our perception of reality and fiction. Presenting a radically new take on Cubism, this book shows how Pabl...

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Contemporary Art

Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne Nature Transformed

Morris Kathleen M.

ISBN: PB: 9780300250848, Yale University Press, August 2021
80 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 40 colour illus., 5 black&white illus.

Francois-Xavier (1927-2008) and Claude (1925-2019) Lalanne were a husband-wife team of artists who created inventive and often whimsical works that have been widely admired and collected since the 1960s. This book presents a carefully selected group...

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Decorative Arts

Collecting Inspiration Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.

Harvey Medill Higgins

ISBN: HB: 9781588396907, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2021
320 pp., 27.9x22.8 cm, 275 colour illus.

Edward C. Moore (1827-1891) was the creative leader who brought unparalleled originality and success to Tiffany & Co. during the late 19th century. A silversmith, designer, and prodigious collector, Moore sought out exceptional objects from around th...

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Manuals

Complete Book of Photography

Gatcum Chris

ISBN: PB: 9781781453780, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, March 2021
448 pp., 22.5x22.5 cm, colour illus.

This new edition of the comprehensive photographer's manual covers every aspect from concept and capture through to post-production and print. Fully updated with information on modern innovations such as drones and GoPro, it provides detailed instruc...

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History of Art

Catalogue of the Feinberg Collection of Japanese Art

Saunders Rachel

ISBN: HB: 9780300250909, Yale University Press, January 2021
448 pp., 27.9x24.7 cm, 560 colour illus.

Over more than four decades, Robert and Betsy Feinberg have assembled the finest private collection of Edo-period Japanese painting in the United States. The collection is notable for its size, its remarkable quality, and its comprehensiveness. It re...

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Contemporary Art

Claudia Wieser Generations

Adams Rachel, Carty Jennifer

ISBN: HB: 9780935573633, University of Chicago Press, Smart Museum of Art, January 2021
160 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 157 colour plates

Claudia Wieser's artistic practice draws from history, architecture, and design, often playing with time and space. Influenced by artists who embraced spirituality – such as Hilma af Klint, Wassily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee – she considers abstraction...

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Photography

Design

Call Ampersand Response

Dumontier Michael, Lexier Micah

ISBN: PB: 9783037785911, Lars Muller Publishers, October 2020
392 pp., 23.5x16.5 cm, illus.

"Call Ampersand Response" is a collaborative artwork made through an exchange of images via email. Between 2011 and 2017 Michael Dumontier and Micah Lexier conceived this activity as a way to share with each other their mutual interest in found image...

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Decorative Arts

Ceramics of Iran Islamic Pottery in the Sarikhani Collection

Watson Oliver

ISBN: HB: 9780300254280, Yale University Press, October 2020
528 pp., 29.8x24.1 cm, 530 colour and black&white illus.

Featuring a broad selection of objects from one of the most distinguished collections of Iranian art, this volume brings together over 1,000 years of Persian Islamic pottery. With more than 500 illustrations, authoritative technical treatises, and in...

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Biography & Memoires

History of Art

Collector The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces

Semenova Natalya, Delocque-Fourcaud Andre-Marc

ISBN: PB: 9780300254815, ISBN: HB: 9780300234770, Yale University Press, September 2020
304 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 32 colour illus., 3 black&white illus.

Sergei Shchukin was a highly successful textiles merchant in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but he also had a great eye for beauty. He was one of the first to appreciate the qualities of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists and to a...

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Design

Interior Design

Charles Rennie Mackintosh The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings & Interior Designs

Billcliffe Roger

ISBN: HB: 9780906506233, Yale University Press, August 2020
320 pp., 33.7x23.5 cm, 900 illus.

Roger Billcliffe's groundbreaking catalogue raisonne of the furniture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh first appeared over four decades ago. This fourth edition has been completely revised and updated to take account of the host of discoveries and develo...

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