Yale University Press
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Artistic Luxury
Harrison Stephen
Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique - these great designers came together only once to display their goods in what was probably the most opulent exhibition ever mounted. At the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Pa
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Diamonds
Ogden Jack
This richly illustrated history of diamonds illuminates myriad facets of the king of gems, including a cast of larger than life characters such as Alexander the Great, the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, and
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Divine Pleasures. Painting from India's Rajput Courts
McInerney Terence
This splendidly illustrated publication features over 90 important paintings from the predominantly Hindu Rajput tradition of Indian painting, and are highlights from the Kronos Collection, one of the
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Dutch Art and Urban Cultures, 1200-1700
Biaevre Elisabeth De, Bievre Elisabeth De , De Biev
Traditionally Dutch art is seen and presented as a coherent phenomenon—the product of state formation in the late 16th century. Elisabeth de Bièvre challenges this view and its assumptions in a radica
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Georges Seurat. The Art of Vision
Foa Michelle
This revelatory study of Georges Seurat (1859-1891) explores the artist's profound interest in theories of visual perception and analyzes how they influenced his celebrated seascape, urban, and suburb
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Germaine Krull
Germaine Krull (1897–1985) made a name for herself in avant-garde photography in the period between the two World Wars. After attending photography school in Munich, she launched her career in Berlin,
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High Style
Jan Glier Reeder
This lavishly illustrated volume is the first comprehensive publication on the Brooklyn Museum of Art's internationally renowned historic costume collection. The nearly 25,000-object collection compri
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How to Read Islamic Calligraphy
Maryam D. Ekhtiar
How to Read Islamic Calligraphy explores the preeminence of the written word as a means of creative expression throughout the Islamic world. Aimed at a general audience, the book introduces all five m
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Jerusalem, 1000-1400. Every People Under Heaven
Barbara Drake Boehm, Holcomb Melanie
Medieval Jerusalem was a vibrant international center and home to multiple cultures, faiths, and languages. Harmonious and dissonant influences from Persian, Turkish, Greek, Syrian, Armenian, Georgian
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John Singer Sargent. Figures and Landscapes 1908-1913
Ormond Richard, Kilmurray Elaine
After John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) determined to curtail his internationally successful portrait practice, he had more freedom to paint where and what he wanted. Volume VIII of the John Singer Sarg
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Le Corbusier. Drawing as Process
Pauly Daniele
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier (1887-1965), is famous for transforming 20th century architecture and urbanism. Less attention has been paid to his artistic production, although he be
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Moscow Vanguard Art: 1922-1992
Ambitious and interdisciplinary, Moscow Vanguard Art: 1922-1992 tells the story of generations of artists who resisted Soviet dictates on aesthetics, spanning the Russian avant-garde, socialist realis
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Palmyra. Mirage in the Desert
Aruz Joan
In this important and timely publication, top international scholars present current research and developments about the art, archaeology, and history of the ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World He
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Piero di Cosimo: Visions Beautiful and Strange
Geronimus D.
Inverting rules with obvious relish, Florentine artist Piero di Cosimo (1462–1522) is known today—as he was in his own time—for his highly personal visual language, one capable of generating images of
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Splendor, Myth, and Vision
Loughman Thomas J.
Handsomely designed and produced, this stunning book highlights sensual paintings from the Spanish royal collections of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Many of the featured artists were court pa
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St Petersburg. Shadows of the Past
Kelly Catriona
Fragile, gritty, and vital to an extraordinary degree, St. Petersburg is one of the world's most alluring cities-a place in which the past is at once ubiquitous and inescapably controversial. Yet outs
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The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cavallo Adolfo Salvatore
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 seve
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The Vincent van Gogh Atlas
This exciting publication familiarizes readers of all ages with the many fascinating facets of Vincent van Gogh (1853--1890)—artist, correspondent, traveler, and modern explorer of Europe’s cities and
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Van Gogh and Nature
Kendall Richard, Sjraar Van Heugten, Stolwijk Chris
The celebrated painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) had a lifelong fascination with the natural world. He spent his youth in rural Holland, and the country's flat landscapes, trees, flowers, and birds
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William Merritt Chase
A landmark retrospective that examines William Merritt Chase and his lasting contribution to the history of modern art The history of modern art owes a great debt to William Merritt Chase (1849-1916),
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