Choirs of Angels Painting in Italian Choir Books, 1300-1500 Barbara Drake Boehm MMA / Yale University Press 2009 Paperback Illustrated
In 2008-9 an exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art showed off the museum's holdings of Italian choir books. The 77 colour illustrations In 2008-9 an exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art showed off the museum's holdings of Italian choir books. The 77 colour illustrations in this accompanying publication show the extraordinary quality and detail of the illuminations, while Barbara Drake Boehm's text explains how, why and by whom the choir books were produced, how the musical notation was developed and how the singers used these beautiful works of art....more
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China Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD James CY Watt MMA / Yale University Press 2004 Hardback Illustrated
This is the catalogue of a 2004 exhibition which brought together some 300 objects - earthenware, metalwork and textiles - many of which had not previThis is the catalogue of a 2004 exhibition which brought together some 300 objects - earthenware, metalwork and textiles - many of which had not previously been seen outside China. Between the fall of the Han dynasty and reunification under the Sui in the 7th century, political fragmentation and migrations brought great cultural change and new philosophical ideas; the notes accompanying each illustration explain how the artworks reflect these changes, not least in the number of Buddha images....more
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Byzantium Faith and Power (1261-1557) Helen C Evans (Edited by) MMA / Yale University Press 2004 Paperback Illustrated
This impressive and detailed catalogue of a 2004 exhibition comprises 355 items, among them the most prized treasures of some 30 nations, dating from This impressive and detailed catalogue of a 2004 exhibition comprises 355 items, among them the most prized treasures of some 30 nations, dating from the great 300-year artistic flowering which followed Michael VIII Palaiologos' recovery of Constantinople from the Latin Empire in 1261. The exhibits are discussed in 17 essays covering such areas as sculpture and tombs, textiles, liturgical instruments, icons, manuscript illumination and the cultural connections between the Byzantine Empire and Venice....more
Michelangelo Drawings Closer to the Master Hugo Chapman Yale University Press 2005 Hardback Illustrated
One of the most influential figures in the history of art, Michelangelo is celebrated as a painter, sculptor and architect. Yet from apprenticeship toOne of the most influential figures in the history of art, Michelangelo is celebrated as a painter, sculptor and architect. Yet from apprenticeship to old age, the medium he practised most was drawing, both in its own right and in preparation for more public works. This significant book, produced to accompany a British Museum exhibition, examines some 90 drawings, including sketches for the Medici tombs and the Sistine Chapel, explaining what these intimate studies reveal about the artist's ideas and techniques. ...more
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Artists Against the War
Steve Brodner (Edited by) Underwood 2011 Hardback Illustrated
Based on the 2008 Society of Illustrators exhibition in New York, this book draws from the history of graphic protest to demonstrate the many ways in Based on the 2008 Society of Illustrators exhibition in New York, this book draws from the history of graphic protest to demonstrate the many ways in which artists - in comics, cartoons and magazine illustrations - have reflected the representation and misrepresentation of the war in Iraq. Satirical, elegiac and shocking, these works by 56 leading artists, including Steve Brodner, Ralph Steadman, Wendy Popp and Milton Glaser, turn an unflinching eye on the consequences of war. ...more
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Zurbaran
Santiago Alcolea Ediciones Poligrafa 2008 Hardback Illustrated
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