How to Read European Decorative Arts
ISBN: PB: 9781588397515,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
March 2023
168 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 141 colour illus.
168 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 141 colour illus.
Illuminating three centuries of European artistry and ingenuity, this volume in The Met's acclaimed How to Read series provides a wide-ranging exploration of decorative arts from British writing tables to Russian snuffboxes.
Spanning three decades o...
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How to Read Greek Sculpture
ISBN: PB: 9781588397232,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
September 2021
168 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 165 colour and black&white illus.
168 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 165 colour and black&white illus.
Introducing eight centuries of Greek sculpture, this latest addition to The Met's compelling and widely acclaimed How to Read series traces this artistic tradition from its early manifestations in the Geometric period (ca. 900-700 BCE) through the gr...
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How to Read Buddhist Art
ISBN: PB: 9781588396730,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
January 2020
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 200 colour illus.
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 200 colour illus.
For more than 2,000 years, sublime works of art have been created to embody essential aspects of Buddhist thought, which developed and evolved as its practice spread from India to East Asia and beyond. "How to Read Buddhist Art" introduces this compl...
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Sahel
Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara
ISBN: HB: 9781588396877,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
January 2020
288 pp., 27,9x22,8 cm, 300 colour illus.
288 pp., 27,9x22,8 cm, 300 colour illus.
This groundbreaking volume examines the extraordinary artistic and cultural traditions of the African region known as the Sahel ("shore" in Arabic), a vast area on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert that includes present-day Senegal, Mauritania,...
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Last Knight
The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I
ISBN: HB: 9781588396747,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
October 2019
304 pp., 27,9x23,5 cm, 266 colour illus.
304 pp., 27,9x23,5 cm, 266 colour illus.
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) crafted a public persona and personal mythology that earned him the romantic sobriquet the "Last Knight" and that perpetuates his legend to this day. In his lifelong quest to establish himself as Europe's n...
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Alicja Kwade: ParaPivot
The Roof Garden Commission
ISBN: PB: 9781588396679,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
June 2019
64 pp., 18,4x11,0 cm, 58 colour illus.
64 pp., 18,4x11,0 cm, 58 colour illus.
Contemporary artist Alicja Kwade (b. 1979) has received international acclaim for her minimalist, large-scale sculptures and installations intended to parse, but not resolve, various scientific and metaphysical conundrums. Kwade's site-specific insta...
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£7.95
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Play It Loud
Instruments of Rock & Roll
ISBN: HB: 9781588396662,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
April 2019
236 pp., 26,7x22,9 cm, 127 colour illus., 51 black&white illus.
236 pp., 26,7x22,9 cm, 127 colour illus., 51 black&white illus.
Play It Loud celebrates the musical instruments that gave rock and roll its signature sound – from Louis Jordan's alto saxophone and John Lennon's Rickenbacker to the drum set owned by Metallica's Lars Ulrich, Lady Gaga's keytar, and beyond. Seven en...
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£35.00
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Palmyra
Mirage in the Desert
ISBN: PB: 9781588396310,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
October 2018
160 pp., 25,4x20,0 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.
160 pp., 25,4x20,0 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.
In this important and timely publication, top international scholars present current research and developments about the art, archaeology, and history of the ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Syria. Palmyra became tragi...
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£25.00
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How to Read Islamic Calligraphy
ISBN: PB: 9781588396303,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
October 2018
156 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 141 colour illus.
156 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 141 colour illus.
"How to Read Islamic Calligraphy" explores the preeminence of the written word as a means of creative expression throughout the Islamic world. Aimed at a general audience, the book introduces all five major Islamic calligraphic script types, demonstr...
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£19.95
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How to Read European Armor
ISBN: PB: 9781588396297,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
September 2017
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 175 colour illus.
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 175 colour illus.
This engaging book offers an introduction to and overview of armor in Europe from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, focusing in particular on the 16th century when plate armor reached its peak of stylistic beauty and functional perfection. Cr...
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