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History of Art

Olmec Art and Archaeology in Mesoamerica

Clark John E., Pye Mary E., Arnold Philip J., De La Fuente Beatriz, Diehl Richard A., Gillespie Susan D., Grove David C., Lesure Richard G., Niederberger Christine, Ortiz Ponciano

ISBN: PB: 9780300114461, Yale University Press, March 2006
344 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 11 colour images, 270 black&white illus.

This handsome volume presents the creations of Mesoamerica's most ancient societies in their archaeological contexts. The Olmec, who are best known for a unique style of monumental stone head and jade were-jaguar, were based along the Gulf of Mexico,...

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Architecture

Pevsner Architectural Guides

Borders Buildings of Scotland

Cruft Kitty, Dunbar John, Fawcett Richard

ISBN: HB: 9780300107029, Yale University Press, February 2006
800 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 colour illus.

The Scottish Borders have some of the most romantic countryside in Scotland, ranging from rocky coastline to rolling moors and farmland. The early buildings reflect a history of conflict, expressed in the plethora of castle strongholds and tower hous...

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Photography

Jewish Identity Project New American Photography

Chevlowe Susan, Lindenbaum Joanna, Stavans Ilan

ISBN: HB: 9780300109160, Yale University Press, November 2005
240 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 138 colour images, 37 black&white illus.

While American Jews are commonly considered a homogeneous ethnic group, the reality today is far more complex. Conversion, adoption, intermarriage and immigration, have transformed the fabric of Jewish communities, as they have the United States as a...

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Landscape Architecture

Riverside Gardens of Thomas More's London

Christianson C. Paul

ISBN: HB: 9780300109054, Yale University Press, November 2005
160 pp., 23.4x18.9 cm, 40 colour images, 80 black&white illus.

All but forgotten today, eight historic gardens that once flourished along the length of the Thames in early Tudor London are here historically recreated and analysed in this richly illustrated book. One of the gardens belonged to Sir Thomas More and...

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Contemporary Art

Imagining America Icons of 20th-century American Art

Carlin John, Fineberg Jonathan

ISBN: HB: 9780300109979, Yale University Press, October 2005
208 pp., 29.8x22.8 cm, 400 colour illus.

How did artists of the twentieth century use their work to respond to their unique personal experiences and moment in history? This provocative question is explored in this engaging new book on American art. By focusing on broad, defining themes, emb...

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Architecture

Pevsner Architectural Guides

Dublin Buildings of Ireland

Casey Christine

ISBN: HB: 9780300109238, Yale University Press, October 2005
800 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 colour illus.

A uniquely comprehensive guide to the buildings of central Dublin, in the great tradition of the Pevsner series. Churches, public buildings and streets are described for every district, each full of new discoveries and lively detail. Illustrations in...

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Photography

Perfect Medium Photography and the Occult

Cheroux Clement, Fischer Andreas, Apraxine Pierre, Canguilhem Denis, Schmit Sophie

ISBN: HB: 9780300111361, Yale University Press, September 2005
288 pp., 28x22.8 cm, 280 colour illus.

In the early days of photography, many believed and hoped that the camera would prove more efficient than the human eye in capturing the unseen. Spiritualists and animists of the nineteenth century seized on the new technology as a method of substant...

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Decorative Arts

Design

Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cavallo Adolfo Salvatore

ISBN: PB: 9780300106305, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2005
128 pp., 30.4x22.8 cm, 77 colour images, 14 black&white illus.

The unicorn tapestries are one of the most popular attractions at The Cloisters, the medieval branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Traditionally known as The Hunt of the Unicorn, this set of seven exquisite and enigmatic tapestries was likely co...

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Architecture

Pevsner Architectural Guides

London, Volume 5: East Buildings of England

Cherry Bridget, O'Brien Charles, Pevsner Nikolaus

ISBN: HB: 9780300107012, Yale University Press, April 2005
800 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 colour illus.

The buildings of East London reflect a chequered history of economic change, social need, urban renewal, and conservation. Along the Thames relics of a powerful industrial and maritime past at Wapping, Limehouse and the Isle of Dogs remain among the...

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Japanese

Sura Sura A Text for Intermediate Japanese

Chao C. I.

ISBN: PB: 9780887101861, Yale University Press, January 2005
198 pp., 26.7x19.1 cm, black&white illus.

This intermediate level text presents short stories and essays in modern Japanese, alongside exercises and other helpful aids. Sura-Sura is written with the two-fold purpose of increasing proficiency in the language and affording an opportunity to ga...

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