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A Closer Look: Frames
Frames often catch the eye and arouse the curiosity of visitors to galleries and museums, yet labels and catalogues rarely comment on them. Nicholas Penny conveys his interest in the history of frames, the design and techniques...
A Closer Look: Deceptions and Discoveries
How do experts spot masterpieces? Paintings are not always signed or noted in historical records, so how can we tell an obscure gem from an altered image? Scientists, conservators and art historians use a range of methods to...
That Which Is
Tattvartha Sutra
This classic Jain manual for understanding the true nature of reality is now published for the first time in an English translation outside of India. Regarded by the Jains as the earliest, most authoritative and comprehensive...
Atopula, Guerrero, and Olmec Horizons in Mesoamerica
The Yale University Publications in Anthropology series is currently published jointly by the Yale University Department of Anthropology and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.Distributed for...
Excavations at Maria de la Cruz Cave and Hacienda Grande Village Site, Loiza, Puerto Rico
The Yale University Publications in Anthropology series is currently published jointly by the Yale University Department of Anthropology and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.Distributed for...
Hanamiai
Prehistoric Colonization and Cultural Change in the Marquesas Islands (East Polynesia)
John Brett
Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter
Drawing on a wealth of unpublished sketchbooks, journals, and writings, this essential guide to John Brett (1831–1902) investigates the painter who was seen as the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite landscape school. In addition to...
Ford Madox Brown
A Catalogue Raisonné
Ford Madox Brown (1821–1893) is known predominantly for his close association with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and for his masterpiece, The Last of England (1852–55), with its poignant imagery of a young emigrant...
Neo-avant-garde and Postmodern
Postwar Architecture in Britain and Beyond
The neo-avant-garde and postmodern movements have long been understood in terms of their re-working of modernism and a narrative emphasizing rupture and new beginnings. Compelling continuities between the two, especially in...
Gloria F. Ross and Modern Tapestry
Gloria F. Ross (1923-1998) described her work as the translation of paint into wool. She was deeply committed to reinventing the centuries-old art of tapestry, particularly championing the handmade in contemporary art. This...