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Raw Painting
"The Butcher's Shop" by Annibale Carracci
Born in Bologna, Annibale Carracci (1564–1609) was one of the most revolutionary artists of the late Renaissance. Even before turning twenty, he rebelled against convention by investing his art with a sense of naturalism...
100 Dresses
The Costume Institute / The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An irresistible look into more than 300 years of fashion through an exquisite collection of designer dresses What woman can resist imagining herself in a beautiful designer dress? Here, for the first...
Collector without Walls
Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best
The American art collector Norton Simon assembled his astonishing collection of more than 8,000 artworks in just thirty-five years. In 1966, with no permanent home for the growing collection, Simon created his “museum without...
Survey of London: The Charterhouse
A fully illustrated, comprehensive record of London’s medieval Charterhouse, from its foundation in the 14th century to the present day, presented by the Survey of London team. It includes original research, new photography,...
Medicine at Yale
The First 200 Years
Founded in 1810, the Yale School of Medicine was among the nation’s first medical schools. Over the past 200 years it has grown and evolved to become a world-class institution for research, education, and patient care, as well...
Atlas of Oceans
An Ecological Survey of Underwater Life
A vibrant journey through the Earth's oceans and a timely, important treatise on what must be done to save them A tragedy is playing out beneath the surface of the world's bodies of marine waters, one...
Ignite the Power of Art
Advancing Visitor Engagement in Museums
How do visitors like to experience art? What makes for an enriching museum visit? The Dallas Museum of Art undertook a groundbreaking seven-year research initiative to answer these questions, examining how people connect with...
A Decade in Conversation: A Ten-Year Celebration of The Bucksbaum Award, 2000-2010
With Interviews with Paul Pfeiffer, Irit Batsry, Raymond Pettibon, Mark Bradford, and Omer Fast
Established in 2000 by the Martin Bucksbaum Family Foundation and the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Bucksbaum Award is presented biennially to an artist living and working in the U.S. “whose work demonstrates a singular...
American Art and Philanthropy
Twenty Years of Collecting at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The American art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has grown significantly over the past two decades and reached new heights with such spectacular recent acquisitions as Albert Bierstadt’s Indians Spear Fishing...
![](https://drupal.yalebooks.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/book_jacket/public/imagecache/external/5c4308ae867365ce3fdeb7b511ba12a1.jpg?itok=PtrGBA50 ""The Dance around the Golden Calf" by Lucas van Leyden")
"The Dance around the Golden Calf" by Lucas van Leyden
Lucas van Leyden (1494–1533) was as important for his age as Rembrandt was for the 17th century. He introduced the Renaissance to the Netherlands and was influenced by both Dürer and Raphael. His paintings are lively,...