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Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's «Cottage Door»
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Late in his career Thomas Gainsborough became preoccupied with the theme of the cottage door, and…
Gauguin, Cezanne, Matisse: Arcadia 1900
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The notion of a golden age set in an earthly paradise has long kindled the human imagination.…
Bloomsbury Rooms: Modernism, Subculture, and Domesticity
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The first decades of the twentieth century brought enormous change in Britain. Men's and women's…
Drawn by the Brush
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Oil sketches by Peter Paul Rubens, created at speed and in the heat of invention with a colourful…
Domestic Interiors: The British Tradition 1500-1850
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Although the interiors of aristocratic homes have received much attention, there has been little…
Principles of Roman Architecture
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Mark Wilson Jones explores how the architects of ancient Rome approached design. Drawing on new…
Edouard Vuillard
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The illustrious career of Edouard Vuillard (1868–1940) spanned the fin de siècle and the first…
John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the 1890s
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This is the second volume of the catalogue raisonne of the work of the American painter John Singer…
The Pre-Raphaelite Landscape
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An exploration of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and its legacy, discussing its formation, the…
From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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From about 1425, artists in the region which is now Belgium and The Netherlands created paintings…
Fifty Years of Fashion
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From haute couture to hot pants, from glamour to grunge, the past fifty years have witnessed some…
Gothic Sculpture, 1140-1300
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This beautiful and authoritative book is the first to examine the development of Gothic sculpture…
Alphonse Mucha
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Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was one of the most important decorative artists working in Paris at the…
Greek Architecture
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Discussing the development of Greek architecture in the Aegean and other Greek lands from its…
British Art Treasures from the Russian Imperial Collections in the Hermitage
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This sumptuously illustrated book coincides with the bicentenary of the death of the Empress…
Architecture in France in the Eighteenth Century
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French architecture of the 18th century — which exhibited great technical ability and refined taste…
Ars Sacra 800-1200
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The magnificent bronze doors of Hildesheim Cathedral, the ivory, gold, enamelled and bejewelled…
Roman Sculpture
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Roman sculpture was an integral part of Roman life, and the Romans placed statues and reliefs in…
Painting in Italy, 1500-1600: Third Edition
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'Art', declared Vasari in Lives of the Artists, has been reborn and reached perfection in our…
Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
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This book presents an historical overview of women and gender in Islam. It is written from a…