R. Blade Books
www.rbladebooks.com
Interviewing Caravaggio • R. Blade
Caravaggio was the innovative and slightly mad genius called the father of modern painting. Some of his paintings are homoerotic. He led a bohemian turbulent lifestyle, became a monk, and vanished. Browse this new book at www.rbladebooks.com.
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Abbeville Press
www.abbeville.com or (800) ARTBOOK
A Museum of Their Own: National Museum of Women in the Arts • Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
An inspiring memoir relating how Wilhelmina Cole Holladay succeeded in founding and establishing the National Museum of Women in the Arts, A Museum of Their Own is illustrated with 130 color pictures, including works from the collection and from exhibitions, as well as archival photographs of museum events.
Cloth, 224 pages, 2008.
ISBN: 0789210037. $50.00. |
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George Braziller Publishers
www.georgebraziller.com
The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido •Hiroshige, Eisen, Sebastian Izzard, Ph.D.
In seventy-one brilliant, full-size, full-color plates by master artists Hiroshige and Eisen, a portrait of 19th-century Japan comes to life. Commentary accompanies each image.
Cloth, 160 pages, 71 color illustrations, 14 x 10 inches, 2008
ISBN: 0807615935. $80.00. |
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Will Barnet: A Sketchbook, 1932–1934 • Will Barnet; Robert C. Morgan
Award-winning New England-born artist Will Barnet reveals his remarkable sketchbook, which captures “the intimate moments of life that are both challenging an precious.” An introductory essay accompanies thirty-nine full-size reproductions.
Cloth, 90 pages, 39 color illustrations, 10 ¼ x 13 inches, 2008.
ISBN: 0807615978. $49.95. |
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Hill and Wang
us.macmillan.com/thehlhunley
The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy • Tom Chaffin
On the evening of February 17, 1864, the Confederacy’s H. L. Hunley sank the USS Housatonic and became the first submarine in world history to sink an enemy ship, but also perishing that night was the Hunley and her entire crew of eight. This is the definitive account of that storied craft.
Cloth, 352 pages, 8.3 x 5.9 inches, 2008.
ISBN: 0809095122. $26.00. |
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Hornby Editions
www.winslowhomerinengland.com or (207) 934-5456
Winslow Homer in England • Tony Harrison
Detailing perhaps the most interesting time in Winslow Homer’s life, his watershed years, the great thing about this book is it shows the synthesis of paintings from sketch to finished painting. Selected location photographs augment the text by Harrison. An important addition for people interested in Homer. Winslow Homer in England hard-cover includes domestic postage. Mention #1881.
Cloth, 134 pages, 106 color illustrations, 139 black and white illustrations, 8.4 x 10.9 inches, 2004.
ISBN: 0963641425. $45.00.
Paper, 134 pages, 106 color illustrations, 139 black and white illustrations ,8.4 x 10.9 inches, 2006.
ISBN: 0963641433. $22.00. |
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Princeton University Press
press.princeton.edu or (800) 777-4726
The Dawn of the Color Photograph: Albert Kahn's Archives of the Planet • David Okuefuna
Albert Kahn’s collection of early color photographs is recognized as one of the world's most important. The Dawn of the Color Photograph makes it easy to see why.
Cloth, 336 pages, 370 color illustrations, 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 2008.
ISBN: 0691139075. $49.50 |
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Black: The History of a Color • Michel Pastoureau
Black—favorite color of priests and penitents, artists and ascetics, fashion designers and fascists—has always stood for powerfully opposed ideas. Here, the acclaimed author of Blue now tells the fascinating social history of the color black in Europe.
Cloth, 216 pages, 106 color illustrations, 9 x 9 inches, 2008.
ISBN: 069113930X. $35.00. |
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