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"A handsome survey of a century of vivid images that rallied support for such mainstays of civilization as war, peace, movies, psychedelic rock bands, and Levy's rye bread."-Los Angeles Times A successful poster has an unmistakable and immediate impact. Featured here are 120 posters by some of the most popular American artists and graphic designers of the period. Will Bradley, Ben Shahn, Robert Rauschenberg,... (more)

Accademia Gallery the Official Guide English All of the Works

Accademia Gallery the Official Guide English All of the Works

Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)

Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)

by Pia Palladino

This book presents one of the finest private collections of Italian manuscripts ever assembled after the First World War. Comparable only to the legendary Cini Collection in Venice, it was formed by Robert Lehman to complement his father’s holdings of early Italian panel paintings. Included are works by the major schools of illumination in southern Italy, Umbria, Tuscany, Emilia, Lombardy, and the Veneto. Also... (more)

Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment

Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment

by Anne L. Poulet

Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1826) has long been recognized as the greatest European portrait sculptor of the late eighteenth century, flourishing during both the American and French Revolutions as well as during the Directoire and Empire in France. Whether sculpting a head of state, an intellectual, or a young child, Houdon had an uncanny ability to capture the essence of his subject with a characteristic pose or... (more)

Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)

Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)

This handsomely illustrated book highlights one of the most important and creative periods in the history of art: a time marked by the appearance of the city states of the Sumerians, the citadel of Troy, the splendid royal tombs at Ur, and the monumental cities at Mohenjodaro and Harappa. The volume examines the cultural achievements of these first urban societies, placing them in a historical context. Topics... (more)

The Palace of the Popes at AvignonSylvain Gagniere

The Palace of the Popes at Avignon

by Sylvain Gagniere

The Centaur's Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art

The Centaur's Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art

by J. Michael Padgett

Human animals-such as centaurs, satyrs, sphinxes, sirens, and gorgons-as well as other composite creatures like Pan, Triton, and the Minotaur are extremely common in Greek myth, literature, theater, and the visual arts. Understanding the phenomenon of combining human and animal elements into composite creatures is central to our knowledge of the Greek imagination. This landmark book is the first to investigate... (more)

Le Gemme Farnese

Text: Italian

Leonardo Da Vinci and the Splendor of Poland: A History of Collecting and Patronage

Leonardo Da Vinci and the Splendor of Poland: A History of Collecting and Patronage

by Laurie Winters

This manual presents an array of Western European and Polish paintings from Poland's most important national and private museums. A testimony to the remarkable history of collecting and patronage in Poland, it showcases Leonardo da Vinci's magnificent "Lady with an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani)", but also includes important works by Hans Memling, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernardo Bellotto, Jean-Auguste-Dominique... (more)

Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur

This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects excavated in the 1930s by the renowned British archaeologist, Sir Leonard Woolley, at the third millennium B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts. Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time—jewelry of gold and... (more)

Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of EnlightenmentKumja Paik Kim

Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment

by Kumja Paik Kim

The Art of the SealJun Pei Cui

The Art of the Seal

by Jun Pei Cui

Jades chinois: Pierres d'immortalité : Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Avery Brundage Collection : Musée Cernuschi, du 26 septembre 1997 au 4 janvier 1998

Jades chinois: Pierres d'immortalité : Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Avery Brundage Collection : Musée Cernuschi, du 26 septembre 1997 au 4 janvier 1998

Text: French

Ravenna, its mosaics and monumentsGiuseppe Bovini

Ravenna, its mosaics and monuments

by Giuseppe Bovini

The National Museum of Capodimonte (Guide artistiche Electa Napoli)Museo e gallerie nazionali di Capodimonte

The National Museum of Capodimonte (Guide artistiche Electa Napoli)

by Museo e gallerie nazionali di Capodimonte

Text: English (translation) Original Language: Italian

National Archaeological Museum of Naples (IT)

Quick guide to museum in English.

National Archaeological Museum of Athens

A walk through the Cloisters

by Bonnie Young

An illustrated tour of the Cloisters, presenting hidden treasures and details of the collection that might be missed by the casual visitor.

Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)

Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)

by Thomas Kren

The Getty Museum inaugurates a new series of affordable publications that introduce the public to the richness of its holdings in illuminated manuscripts. The first in the series features Italian manuscript illumination from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries. This volume showcases full-color reproductions of masterpieces by Niccolo da Bologna, Pisanello, Girolamo da Cremona, Taddeo Crivelli, Giovanni di Paolo,... (more)

Masterpieces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Masterpieces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

by Metropolitan Museum of Art

Originally published in hardcover in 1993, MASTERPIECES provides a unique view of New York Metropolitan Museum of Art's finest subjects. Feel the lure of Ancient Egypt, tour the Greek and Roman galleries, visit a wing devoted to Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, and more. The 20th century also is well represented, with works by Picasso, Matisse, Hopper, and other modern artists. 300 color illustrations.

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Posters American Style

by Therese Thau Heyman