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Figures de la réalité : caravagesques français, Georges de la Tour, les frères Le Nain by Cuzin, Jean-Pierre, 1944-

Western Anatolia before Troy : proto-urbanisation in the 4th millennium BC? : proceedings of the International Symposium held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria,...

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In another light : Danish painting in the nineteenth century by Berman, Patricia G.

Table of Contents: “…The making of a Danish tradition -- The Royal Academy in the Golden Age -- Rome as an international academy -- Picturing Denmark in the Golden Age -- Skagen and the modern breakthrough -- The free exhibition and the psychological breakthrough -- Hammershi and urban places.…”
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Charles Burchfield 1920 : the architecture of painting. by Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Cones, cubes, and brooding shacks : Charles Burchfield's house pictures, 1918-1920 / Michael D. Hall -- Charles Burchfield : modern American / Nannette V. …”

Nuits américaines : l'art du nocturne aux États-Unis, 1890-1917 by Valance, Hélène

Edward Hopper

Table of Contents: “…Comey -- "The sacredness of everyday fact": Hopper's pictures of the city / Carol Troyen -- Painting the modern cape: Hopper in Truro / Ellen E. …”
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Where art begins, by Nisbet, Hume, 1849-1921?

Table of Contents: “…--Art and its relationship to everyday life.--On picture lighting.--Ships: ancient and modern.--Illustrative art: past and present.…”

Faking it : manipulated photography before Photoshop by Fineman, Mia

Japanese costume and the makers of its elegant tradition by Minnich, Helen Benton

Table of Contents: “…Background for a picture -- The legendary period -- Asuka -- Nara -- Heian-Fujiwara -- Kamakura -- Ashikaga-Muromachi -- Azuchi-Momoyama -- Early Tokugawa -- Yuzen-Zome -- Genroku and Late Edo -- Meiji to modern -- Comparative chronology -- "Brocade" explained -- Color and design in the Edo Period -- A digest of costume details -- The evolution of the Obi.…”

Seurat and the Bathers by Leighton, John, Thomson, Richard, 1953-, Bomford, David, Kirby, Jo, Roy, Ashok, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Seurat's Choices: The Bathers and its Contexts -- Adapting the Ideal -- Representing the Modern -- The 'Modern' Landscape -- 1884: Rejection and Response -- Characterising the Bathers -- The Echo of the Bathers -- Representing the Suburbs after 1884 -- The Continuity of the Classical.…”

The material culture of tableware : Staffordshire pottery and American values by Zarucchi, Jeanne Morgan, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The 'Picture' in the Shop Window -- Chapter 1: Old World Style for the New World Chapter 2: Allies in War and Trade Chapter 3: American History (the British Version) -- Chapter 4: Commemoratives and Souvenirs -- Chapter 5: Prosperity and Nostalgia -- Chapter 6: Modern Style, New Traditions -- Conclusion: Endings and Beginnings -- References -- Index…”
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Gustave Courbet

Table of Contents: “…Courbet, our contemporary: foreword and acknowledgments / Sam Keller and Ulf Küster -- Gustave Courbet, avant-garde artist: regarding the exhibition / Ulf Küster -- Bonjour Monsieur Courbet -- The Courbet-Bruyas solution: an artist and a patron join forces to promote modern art / Michel Hilaire -- Landscapes -- Courbet's materialism and postive metaphysics / James H. …”

Art and Swadeshi. by Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish, 1877-1947

Table of Contents: “…Art and Swadeshi -- Swadeshi true and false -- Domestic handicraft and culture -- Chemistry and dyes -- The function of schools of art in India -- On the study of Indian art -- Facial expression in Indian sculpture -- On Mughal and Rajput painting -- Night effects in Indian pictures -- Song-words of a Panjabee singer -- Poems of Rabindranath Tagore -- The modern school of Indian painting -- Education in Ceylon.…”

Picasso and American art by FitzGerald, Michael C.

Table of Contents: “…(1905-13) Such mad pictures would never mean anything to America -- (1914-29) Heaven send New York a museum of modern art, so that folks may see what is going on in the world -- (1930-39) I feel Picasso running through my finger tips -- (1940-1957) This is 1950, this is when it's going to happen.…”
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Millicent Garrett Fawcett : selected writings

Table of Contents: “…List of figures -- Foreword -- Fiona Mactaggart (Chair, Fawcett Society) -- Introduction -- 1. Picturing Fawcett: Millicent Garrett Fawcett with Henry Fawcett, 1868 -- 2. …”
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See the light : photography, perception, cognition : the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection by Salvesen, Britt, Cronan, Todd, Damasio, Antonio R., Gilchrist, Alan L., Perona, Pietro, Stafford, Barbara Maria, 1941-, Welling, James

Table of Contents: “…Timeline: selected events, inventions, and publications relating to photography, science, and philosophy -- Photography, perception, cognition / Britt Salvesen : Descriptive naturalism ; Subjective naturalism ; Experimental modernism ; Romantic modernism -- Commentaries: On seeing things and the power of photography / Antonio Damasio -- Which pictures do we seek, and why? …”
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The house sale.

Table of Contents: “…Old master paintings -- Old master and 19th century drawings -- 19th century paintings -- British and Irish paintings -- Impressionist and modern pictures -- American art -- Contemporary art -- Latin American art -- Prints -- Silver and objects of virtue -- Glass and ceramics -- Russian works of art -- Chinese and Tibetan works of art -- Japanese and Korean works of art -- Rugs and carpets -- Furniture and decorative works of art.…”

Bohèmes : de Léonard de Vinci à Picasso : Paris, Grand Palais, 26 septembre 2012-14 janvier 2012 ; Madrid, 6 février 2013-5 mai 2013

Prince Twins Seven-Seven : his art, his life in Nigeria, his exile in America by Glassie, Henry, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Prince's life: Kissing birds ; Born at the edge ; The line of Osuntoki ; An abiku child ; Pattern in time ; A throwaway boy from the bush ; The road to Osogbo ; Prince's first picture ; Big shows and changing markets ; Political involvements ; Troubles at home ; Chieftaincy titles ; Reasons to leave ; An immigrant's tale ; The hero's return ; Farewell -- Part two. …”

Paul Durand-Ruel : le pari de l'impressionnisme