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Perspectives on Medieval Art

Learning through Looking
Edited by Ena G. Heller & Patricia C. Pongracz
ublished by the Museum of Biblical Art, New York in association with D Giles Limited, Perspectives on Medieval Art: Learning through Looking examines medieval art from a number of different viewpoints to reveal how the art of the Middle Ages provides a unique insight into the wider issues of medieval politics and culture, as well as societys longing for ecclesiastical drama, the desires of patrons, the wider social framework and distinct regional aesthetics. This volume is based on the proceedings of the Seeing the Medieval: Realms of Faith/Visions for Today symposium organized by the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture, Fordham University and the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA), New York. Contributions from leading theologians and historians variously study life and art in the Middle Ages, why the medieval period matters today and how medieval art speaks to a twenty-first-century audience. Scholars from different disciplines, including Thomas Cahill, and Kathryn Kueny, C. Griffith Mann and Xavier John Seubert consider individual works of art simultaneously and examine the whole subject of teaching medieval art from museum to divinity school, to the university and college classroom. authors Ena Giurescu Heller is executive director of MOBIA; Robin M. Jensen is the Luce Chancellors Professor in the History of Christian Art and Worship at Vanderbilt Divinity School; Patricia C. Pongracz is curator-at-large at MOBIA and an adjunct professor at the College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, New Jersey. Dirk H. Breiding is an assistant curator in the Department of Arms and Armor at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Thomas Cahill is author of the best-selling series The Hinges of History; Margot Fassler is the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Music History and Liturgy at the University of NotreDame; Kathryn Kueny is director of the Religious Studies Program and clinical associate Professor of Theology at Fordham; C. Griffith Mann is the chief curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art; C. Moorman is a PhD candidate and lecturer in Systematic Theology at Southern Methodist University; Xavier John Seubert is Thomas Plassmann Distinguished Professor for Art and Theology and director of the Art History Department at St. Bonaventure, New York; Nancy Wu is the museum educator at the Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Uneasy Communion

Jews, Christians, and the Altarpieces of Medieval Spain

Edited by Vivian B. Mann. Essays by Marcus B. Burke, Carmen Lacarra Ducay, Thomas F. Glick and Vivian B. Mann
ublished in conjunction with the exhibition Uneasy Communion: Jews, Christians, and the Altarpieces of Medieval Spain, this volume provides a fascinating study of the iconography of altarpieces and the artistic collaboration between Jews and Christians. In the multi-cultural society of late medieval Spain, Jewish and Christian artists worked together to produce retablos (large multi-paneled altarpieces) as well as Latin and Hebrew religious manuscripts. The authors of this highly illustrated volume explore the methods of imagery, workshop locations and shop styles, and the relationship between Christians and Jews at this time, including their portrayal of one another through dress and appearance. The essays featured in this volume take us on a journey from the general to the particular, and include a study of Jewish communities within Spanish society of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries by Thomas F. Glick, a survey of the painting of the period by Carmen Lacarra Ducay, an examination of specific artworks that address the issue of JewishChristian relationships by Vivian B. Mann, and a historiography of scholarship on Jewish involvement in the creation of Spanish medieval art by Marcus B. Burke. It features a glossary and a selected bibliography. authors Marcus B. Burke is curator of Paintings, Drawings, and Metalwork at The Hispanic Society of America, New York. Carmen Lacarra Ducay is professor of Ancient and Medieval Art History at the University of Saragossa, where she specializes in medieval art from Aragon and Romanesque and Gothic art from Navarre. Thomas F. Glick is professor of History at Boston University. Vivian B. Mann is director of the Masters Program in Jewish Art at the Graduate School of the Jewish Theological Seminary, and Curator Emerita of the Jewish Museum.
Giles Hardcover, 9.5 x 12.25 in. 176 pp, 66 color, 8 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781904832706 $60.00

GILES Hardcover, 8.25 in x 9.75 in. 224 pp, 90 color illus ISBN: 9781904832690 $60.00

This is a wonderful book for students. Sacramento Book Review Based on the proceedings of the symposium, Seeing the Medieval: Realms of Faith/Visions for Today, held at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) Lavishly illustrated, with color photographs of medieval buildings and monuments, art objects and illuminated manuscripts

While much has been published on Spanish altarpieces, verylittle has been written in English on the role of Jewish artists in the creation of altarpieces specifically, and on Jewish/Christian relationships in medieval Spain more generally. Comprised of four separately authored essays, this exhibition catalog fills in this gap in scholarship from both an art historical and strictly historical perspective...Recommended for all libraries. Amy Balmer, ARLIS/NA

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Rogier van der Weyden

1400-1464 Master of Passions
Edited by Lorne Campbell and Jan van der Stock
his exhibition catalog illustrates the originality and importance of Rogier van der Weyden, one of the most influential painters of the fifteenth century and the first to depict real people with real emotions. In bringing more than 100 masterpieces to M, Leuvens new fine arts museum, it was one of the most important old masters exhibits of 2009.
Waanders Publishers Hardcover, 9.75 x 12.25 in. 576 pp, 500 color illus. ISBN: 9789085261056 $130.00

Courts and Courtly Arts in Renaissance Italy

Arts, Culture and Politics, 1395-1530
Edited by Marco Folin
talian Renaissance art is closely intertwined with the development of courts and court culture in much of the Italian territory. The patronage of the ruling families of the small Italian city-states greatly favored the flourishing of the figurative arts and architecture, but also of music, literature, and theater. The book starts with an introduction by Marco Folin from the University of Genoa, the volumes editor, on the critical issues of court art and its historiography, followed by an important essay on the historical and geographical framework of Renaissance Italy, illustrated by 18 especially-made maps, useful to understand the complexity and fragmentation of the country in the fifteenth century. The role of princely patronage in the development of music and literature is then examined: from the place of the humanists at court to the link between music and propaganda, from the first theatrical representations to the rise of the printing press and the publication of the most famous Renaissance books: Castigliones Book of the Courtier and Ariostos Orlando Furioso. The second, longer part of the volume, is arranged geographically and covers the entire peninsula, giving attention not only to the major courts, such as Milan, Mantua, Ferrara, Urbino, papal Rome, Naples and the crypto-court of the Medicis in Florence, but devoting chapters to the minor courts spread around northern and central Italy, from the Paleologues rulers of Montferrat to the Malatesta court in Rimini, from Carpi under the Pios to the Orsinis rule in Bracciano. The main chapters are enriched by texts focused on particular aspects of Renaissance culture and politics, including the courts of the cardinals, the southern barons, the patronage of the condottieri and the specificity of Venetian state-commissions. The essays are written by well-known Italian scholars - such as Franco Piperno on music, Rinaldo Rinaldi on literature, Alessandro Cecchi on Medicean Florence and Alessandro Angelini on the papal court in Rome - and are accompanied by a rich and accurate iconography, showing not only famous masterpieces but also lesser known works of art and architecture. The book is completed by an annotated bibliography for the various chapters and by an index of names and places.
Antique Collectors Club Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.75 in. 444 pp, 272 color, 17 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781851496433 $95.00

The beginning of the fifteenth century saw the emergence of a talented generation of painters in the Low Countries. With their exceptional eye for detail, they were an innovative force in Western painting. These artists went down in history as the Flemish Primitives. Rogier van der Weyden and Jan van Eyck tower above the others. Van Eyck is an outstanding observer; Van der Weyden is the inimitable master of passion and subdued emotion. The pain and sorrow of Mary and John at the foot of the cross, Mary Magdalenes deep concentration as she reads and the self-confident expression on the face of Charles the Bold are powerful images that still move us today. Rogier van der Weyden grew up in Tournai. In 1435 he was appointed city painter of Brussels. In that prestigious office, he was close to the ducal court and the bourgeoisie. His clients included the Burgundian rulers and the Leuven Crossbow Guild. Van der Weyden is generally regarded as the most influential painter in the Southern Netherlands in the fifteenth century. Indeed, his artistic idiom was copied all over Europe. Moreover, his work has lost none of its lan. The great German artist Albrecht Drer praised Rogier in his diary and King Philip II went to great lengths to have The Descent from the Cross brought to Spain. And he succeeded. Made for Leuvens Crossbow Guild, that sublime work now hangs in the Prado in Madrid. Van der Weyden also travelled to Italy where his paintings were highly appreciated by the humanists and were influential during the early Renaissance. authors Lorne Campbell is the research curator at the National Gallery, London. Prior publications include The Fifteenth Century Netherlandish Schools. Jan van der Stock is the director of Illuminare - Center for the Study of the Illuminated Manuscript (Catholic Univeristy, Leuven). He has written numerous articles and books on printmaking.

ExhIbTIon

M | Leuven (September 20 December 6, 2009)

EssAys

Of Rogier the Painter From Tournai to Brussels, from Hainaut to Brabant The New Pictorial Language of Rogier van der Weyden The Tournai Roots of a Master of Pathos Sculptors and Painters in the Early Netherlands around 1400 The Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden Dress and Reality in Rogier van der Weyden With Pen and Silverpoint Painting, a Distinct Profession A Closer Look at Rogier van der Weydens Presentation Miniature (1447-1448) Rogier van der Weydens Legacy to Panel Painting A Passion for Carving: The Sculptor in Rogier van der Weyden Rogier van der Weyden and Tapestry

ConTEnTs Courts and Courtly Arts in Renaissance Italy, M. Folin I. Politics and the Arts The Political Geography of Renaissance Italy Writing At Court Italian Courts and Music II. The Courts Piedmont and Liguria Milan: The Visconti and Sforza Families The Venetian Doges Art and condottieri in Italy in the 14th and 15th centuries Mantua: The Gonzagas (13971519) St. LOccaso Ferrara: The Este Family (1395-1535), The Minor Courts of the Po Valley The Medici, lords in pectore of Florence Feasts, Spectacles and Triumphs in Renaissance Italy Tuscany The Emilia-Romagna Area Urbino: The Montefeltro and Della Rovere Families Fortresses of Federico Da Montefeltro Umbria and the Marches Rome: The Popes (1420-1527) The Courts of Cardinals The Colonna, Orsini and Caetani in Fifteenth-century Lazio The Kingdom of Naples (13811501) Baronial Courts
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Giorgione
Enrico Dal Pozzolo
he year 2010 marks the fifth centenary of Giorgiones death, which occurred in October 1510. This is one of the few certain facts relating to the painter: no signature attributable to him exists, nor have any autograph writings been found in archives. Were it not for two official documents regarding a painting of his dated 1507, formerly in the Palazzo Ducale in Venice and now lost, and the frescoes executed in 1508 for the Fondaco dei Tedeschiall that remains of these is a fragment depicting a nude, now in the Ca dOro, Giorgione might never have existed. In 1550 Giorgio Vasari sought to write a biographical and artistic account of him, which, however, he considerably revised, and sometimes contradicted, in the second edition of his Lives, published in 1568. This monograph is intended to highlight what is known about Giorgione against the backdrop of an extraordinarily vibrant Venice, where the presence of artists like Giovanni Bellini, Lorenzo Lotto, Vittore Carpaccio and many others less well-known was contemporary with that of the most outstanding members of a dynamic and sophisticated society. Giorgiones career was short, but his paintings were highly influential in the development of the High Renaissance in northern Italy. Most notably, his innovative style had a lasting effect on the young Titian, Venices premier painter of the sixteenth century. author Enrico Dal Pozzolo is a lecturer in art history at the University of Verona.

William Bouguereau

His Life and Works Catalogue Raisonn of his Painted Works

Damien Bartoli, with Frederick C. Ross

ouguereau led a life whose integrity, artistic accomplishments, personal morality and professional ethics set a standard for the world of arts and letters. In the last years of his life he was invited by the President of France to preside over the funeral of his dear friend and colleague,Victor Hugo. Volume I (His Life and Works) explores the relevance of William Bouguereaus life and work during this period, which embodied the Classical Tradition applied to an explosion of new subjects and techniques ushered in by the Age of Reason. His originality and creativity was matched by genius level of technical excellence, as can be seen in the 350 color plates, which also includes 180 photographs of the artist, his friends, colleagues, family and professional duties and events. Volume II (Catalogue Raisonn of His Painted Works) illustrates over 750 paintings, nearly 600 in color. contents, volume i 1825-1838 Family and early years 1838-1841 Mortagne and Pons 1841-1845 Bordeaux and the Municipal School 1846-1847 Picot and the cole des Beaux-Arts 1848-1850 The Grand Prix de Rome 1851 Rome and the Villa Medici 1851-1854 Travels in Italy 1854-1855 Early commissions 1856-1859 Nelly 1860-1863 Durand-Ruel 1862-1864 In search of a new style; the end of History Painting 1865 The Duret family; a commission from Bordeaux 1866-1870 Marriage; Goupil; a new home 1870-1871 The Siege of Paris;the Paris Commune 1872-1874 The Cathedral of La Rochelle; the Acadmie Julian 1875-1877 Death and consolation 1877-1879 Elizabeth Gardner 1880-1884 Willie; the Socit des Artistes Franais;a house in La Rochelle 1885-1888 President of the Fondation Taylor; president of the Institut 1889 Universal Exhibition; schism in the Socit des Artistes Franais 1890-1895 Exhibitions, at home and abroad 1896-1900 Deaths in the Family; second Marriage 1901-1905 The final years

24 ORA Cultura Hardcover w. slipcase, 11.5 x 13 in, 384 pp, 250 color, 85 b&w illus. ISBN: 9788864130019 $120.00
sAMpLE ConTEnT

Antique Collectors Club Hardcover, 2 vols. 9.25 x 11.75 in. 888 pp, 900 color illus. ISBN: 9781851496129 $350.00 Professional Discount

Inside Venetian Houses with Marcantonio Michiel Remembering the Man and the Artist: Castiglione, Pino, Dolce Endeavor and Contradictions in Vasari Venice Open City Patrons Standing Before a Mirror The Shadow of Domenico Grimani Country and City Madonnas

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt 1736-1783

From Neoclassicism to Expressionism
Edited by Maria Ptzl-Malikova; Essays by Antonia Bostrm, Guilhem Scherf & Marie-Claude Lambotte
esserschmidt can be seen in relation to artists such as William Blake and Francisco Goya for his explorations of the dark side of the human soul. His character heads, in particular, are masterly works of sculpture, whose expressive intensity anticipates several later developments in art. This is the catalog to the exhibition at the Neue Gallerie, New York (September 16, 2010January 10, 2011).
Officina Libraria Hardcover, 9.25 x 11.25 in. 192 pp, 180 color illus. ISBN: 9788889854549 $55.00
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A small but potent retrospectiveThe New York Times One of the strangest yet most compelling figures in the history of art The Wall Street Journal

This Herculean effort...has lead to commencing a complete rewriting of 19th century art history as academic artists lead by Bouguereau are seen increasingly to have complimented the work of celebrated writers of the day (like Balzac, Hugo and Stendhal) who focused on exposing the plight of the sick, the poor, and the less fortunate and the codifying of Enlightenment ideals... Especially important is the formerly suppressed seminal role that Bouguereau played (with Rudolph Julian) in opening up the Paris Academies and Salons to women artists, one of many facts that reverse the villainous role that had been taught about him previously. Since 1968 the prices for Bouguereaus paintings have doubled every 3 to 4 years climbing fully 1000 times (100,000%) for solid examples of his work sold at major auction houses in London and New York. Art Daily

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Nueva York
16131945
Edited by Edward J. Sullivan
he population of New York City is approaching the milestone of being one-third Hispanic, a demographic transformation that will have a huge impact on the citys culture, daily life and its very future. This marks a new phase in New Yorks relations to the Hispanic world, as Latino cultures and the Spanish language become an ubiquitous and important presence in the city. The roots of this transformation run deep. The history of the citys ties to the Spanish-speaking world is as old as New Amsterdam itself, and is largely unknown. Accompanying a major exhibition organized by the New York Historical Society and El Museo del Barrio (an abbreviated version of which will travel through the United States), this groundbreaking, interdisciplinary publication will for the first time make visible these connections and the myriad ways in which they have shaped the city for more than four centuries. The book also includes an essay by Mike Wallace, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the best-selling book Gotham. contents Preface, Louise Mirrer and Julian Zugazagoitia Curators Statement and Acknowledgements, Marci Reaven Art Worlds of New York, Edward J. Sullivan Nueva York: The Back Story, Mike Wallace Painters, Politics, and Pastries: How New York Became a Cultural Crossroads of the Americas, 1848-99, Katherine E. Manthorne Making Nueva York Moderna: Latin American Art, the International Avant-Gardes, and the New School, Anna Indych-Lopez Notes on Writing in Spanish in New York, Carmen Boullosa The Discovery of Spain in New York, Circa 1930, James D. Fernndez Blame It on Washington Irving: New Yorks Discovery of the Art and Architecture of Spain, Richard L. Kagan Permeable Empires: Commercial Exchanges between New York and Spanish Possessions before 1800, Cathy Matson Cubans in Nineteenth-Century New York: A Story of Sugar, War, and Revolution, Lisandro Prez Puerto Ricans in Olde New York: Migrant Colonias of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Virginia Snchez Korrol Before Mambo Time: New York Latin Music in the Early Decades (192545), Juan Flores author Edward J. Sullivan is Helen Gould Sheppard Professor in the History of Art at New York University.
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Goncharova
Anthony Parton

The Art and Design of Natalia Goncharova

Scala Hardcover, 9 x 10 in. 304 pp, 260 color illus. ISBN: 9781857596397 $65.00

You enter feeling fairly sure of geographic bearings and leave less certain, curious, challenged. And can anything more be hoped for from a museum exhibition? The New York Times

contemporary of Picasso, Matisse and Kandinsky, Goncharova is now recognized as one of the leading Russian artists of the twentieth century. This book traces the development of her art from its impressionist origins, through a provocative phase of primitive style paintings on peasant themes to highly innovative abstract works that rivaled the most daring experiments of the Cubists and Futurists. As a woman artist she was galvanized by gender issues and addressed these directly in her work. In both her paintings and her behavior she questioned accepted conventions and scandalized Russian society. Arrested in 1909 on the grounds of the pornographic content of her paintings, accused of heresy against the Orthodox Church in 1914 because of her religious work and branded a Futurist because she walked about in public with a painted face, her large-scale exhibition in Moscow in 1913, in which she exhibited over 700 works, demonstrated to the public and critics alike that she was, unquestionably, one of the greatest painterly talents that Russia had ever produced. In 1914 Diaghilev, the director of the famous Ballets Russes invited Goncharova to make designs for The Golden Cockerel which was staged at the Paris Opera. The staggering success of this production opened up new creative horizons for her and she remained in Paris to become one of Diaghilevs resident designers. Her work of this period reveals her gifts not only as a superb stage designer but also as a designer of womens fashions for the haute-couture industry of Art Deco Paris. Her work is now in the collections of museums and galleries across the world and is so highly sought that she has achieved the highest sale price ever recorded at auction for a woman artist. author Anthony Parton is a specialist in Russian avant-garde art of the earlytwentieth century. He is author of Mikhail Larionov and the Russian Avant-garde, editor of Women Artists of Russias New Age and has contributed many scholarly essays on the subject of Russian modernism to exhibition catalogs, journals and reference works. He is lecturer in the History of Art at Durham University.

Antique Collectors Club Hardcover, 9.25 x 11.75 in. 520 pp, 654 color, 177 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781851496051 $95.00

ConTEnTs

ExhIbITIon

El Museo del Barrio, New York (September 17, 2010 February 15, 2011)

Introduction: Natalia Goncharova 1881-1962: The Journey The Queen of Diamonds: From Tula to Miasnitskala Ulitsa 1881-1910 A Glittering Talent 1910-1914 Questioning the Canon: Goncharova and Gender 1908-1914 Ciphers of Opposition: Neo-Primitive Art and Ideology 1909-1912 Lifting the Veil: Abstraction and the Au-Del 1910-1914 On the New Illustration: Redefining Graphic Art 1906-1914 From the Easel to the Stage 1914-1919 Music and the Silence 1919-1962 Goncharova and the Modernist Stage 1914-1929 Errant Forces: Stage Design After Diaghilev 1929-1956 Dressing the Body and Dressing the Room: Goncharova, Couture and Interior Design 1919-1939 Completed Orbit: Goncharova and the Easel 1916-1962 Conclusion: Spring After Death

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Seeing Matisse

An Abstract Inheritance

Alexander Calder
Edited by Alexander Rower
lexander Calder is the catalog to the major retrospective of Calders work at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (October 23, 2009 to February 14, 2010 ). Conceived as a panorama of the artists entire career, this project was unprecedented in both form and size. Over 100 works are featured from major public and private collections and the Calder Foundation itself. Alongside the artists highly recognizable, deftly engineered wire mobiles and sculptures are lesserknown works, including installations, toys and paintings circa 1930, which provide theoretical counterpoints and pivot points in his career. author Alexander Rower is the director of the Calder Foundation and the artists grandson.

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Gourcuff Gradenigo Paperback, 9.5 x 11 in. 288 pp, 250 color illus. ISBN: 9782353400607 $50.00

pecially produced for the exhibition at the Matisse Museum in Cateau-Cambrsis, this catalog features some very exceptional works borrowed from both public and private collections including the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation (New York), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), and the Centre Pompidou (Paris, France). Here readers can view works by some of the greatest American and European artists, including Rothko, Pollock, Hantai, Buren, and Viallat, in relation to major works by Matisse (paintings, drawings, sculptures, and paper cut-outs) drawn from public and private collections. These artists were chosen for their declared connections with Matisse and their active responses to his work. Each of them borrowed certain aspects of Matisses work, then took them further: his expansion of space through the theme of dance, his monumentality, the decorative power of his use of color, or his use of materials. Seeing Matisse offers an analytical chronology, weaving together the encounters of these artists with the works of Matisse. A discussion between Eric de Chassey and Yve-Alain Bois, analyzes the American reception of Matisses work. Additional essays concentrate specifically and in greater depth on the relationship between Matisse and Pollock, Hains, Villegle and Hantai. Features works by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Sam Francis, Ellsworth Kelly, Simon Hanta, Raymond Hains, Morris Louis, Frank Stella, Daniel Buren, Blinky Palermo, Franois Rouan, Richard Tuttle, Claude Viallat and Jacques Villegl.

24 ORA Cultura Hardcover, 11.75 x 11 in. 266 pp, 120 color illus. ISBN: 9788864130088 $75.00

Text in French and English

ExhIbITIon

Includes essays by Jed Perl, Alexander S.C. Rower, Giovanni Carandente, Judith Farley Upjohn, Terry Erskine Roth, Daniela Lancioni, and Ugo Mulas

Matisse Museum, Le CateauCambresis (March 15 June 14, 2009)

EssAys

Modern Masters

American Abstraction at Midcentury

Edited by Virginia Mecklenburg; introduction by Elizabeth Broun
his stunning exhibition catalog, with over 70 postwar artworks from the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, looks at the rise to prominence of New York as the center of the modern art scene in the two decades following the Second World War. Some 31 major artists are featured, including Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, Grace Hartigan, Robert Motherwell, Romare Bearden, Richard Diebenkorn, Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Louise Nevelson, Larry Rivers and Theodore Roszak. author Virginia Mecklenburg is senior curator, painting and sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum. She is co-author of Edward Hopper: The Watercolors (1999), and co-author of Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and their New York (1996). Elizabeth Broun is Director at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

To Look at Matisse, Dominique Szymusiak and milie Ovaere Chronology: 1948-1968, Lucile Encrev The Matisse Effect: Abstraction and Decoration, ric de Chassey The Love of Materials for Their Own Sake, milie Ovaere Matisse in American Art, Discussions between Yve-Alain Bois and ric de Chassey Merely an Even Greater Level of Abstraction, Dominique Szymusiak Matisses Jazz/Papiers decoupes and Jackson Pollock, Tetsuya Oshima Matisse in Movement Pnlope (Raymond Hains and Jacques Villegl), Marion Daniel Hains & Villegl looking at Matisse, Jacques Villegl

Giles Hardcover, 10 x 12 in. 264 pp, 85 color, 66 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781904832591 $65.00
ExhIbITIons (pARTIAL LIsT) Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA (Nov. 5, 2010-Feb. 5, 2011) Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, TN (Mar. 19Jun. 19, 2011) Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC (Oct. 7, 2011 Jan. 1, 2012)

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American Landscapes

Treasures from the Parrish Art Museum Prints

Edited by Alicia G. Longwell
his vibrant book displays 42 color plates ranging from majestic views to intimate glimpses, all of which contribute to what we have come to think of as a distinctly American vision. American Landscapes contains works by some of the most important figures in the history of American art, including the Hudson River Schools Thomas Doughty and Asher B. Durand; European-influenced artists Theodore Robinson, William Lamb Picknell, and William Stanley Haseltine; and artists associated with major American artist colonies such as John Henry Twachtman, John Sloan, and Ernest Lawson. In addition, this volume features important highlights of the Parrish museums unique collection of paintings by artists who lived and worked on Eastern Long Island, including William Merritt Chase, Samuel Colman, Irving Wiles and Frederick Childe Hassam, as well as contemporary painters Fairfield Porter, Jane Freilicher, and Alex Katz. author Alicia G. Longwell is the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, Art and Education at the Parrish Art Museum, and the author of Photographs from the William Merritt Chase Archives, with Ronald G. Pisano (1992); North Fork / South Fork: East End Art Now (2004); and SAND: Memory, Meaning and Metaphor (2008).

1934

A New Deal for Artists

Edited by Ann Prentice Wagner; introduction by Elizabeth Broun

Giles Hardcover, 8.25 x 10 in. 104 pp, 45 color, 5 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781904832744 $39.95

ExhIbITIon

Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama (October 15, 2010January 5, 2011); Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, PA (January 30April 24, 2011)

934: A New Deal for Artists celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Public Works of Art Program, drawing on the Smithsonian American Art Museums unparalleled collection of paintings created for it. In 1934, against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the U.S. Government created its first program to support the arts. The PWAP lasted for six months, from mid-December 1933 to June 1934, and artists from across the United States were encouraged to depict the American scene, and boost morale through art. The Program paid artists to paint regional, recognizable subjectsranging from portraits to cityscapes, from images of city life to landscapes and depictions of rural lifethat reminded the public of the essential American values of hard work, community and optimism. The 55 paintings in this volume are a lasting visual record of America at a specific moment in time; a response to an economic situation that is all too familiar today. contents Are Artists Workers?, Elizabeth Broun Acknowledgments Coaxing the Soul of America Back to Life, Roger G. Kennedy Catalogue of the Exhibition, Ann Prentice Wagner American People Labor Industry L eisure The City The Country Nature Selected Bibliography authors Ann Prentice Wagner is a curatorial associate at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Roger G. Kennedy is a historian and director emeritus of the Smithsonians National Museum of American History.

Giles Hardcover, 10.5 x 11 in. 156 pp, 55 color, 16 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781904832676 $49.95

These artists created exuberant, colorful, serious, and diverse works that were snapshots of life at that time. Pittsburgh Tribune
ExhIbITIons

Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh

(January 30April 25, 2010)

Fort Wayne Museum, Indiana

(May 21August 22, 2010)

First Impressions

Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA (September 16, 2010

January 9, 2011)

Nineteenth-Century American Master Prints

Edited by Alicia G. Longwell

Mennello Museum, Orlando

(February 3May 1, 2011)

Oklahoma City Museum, OK

(May 26August 21, 2011)

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Giles Hardcover, 8.25 x 10 in. 96 pp, 75 color, 11 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781904832751 $39.95

irst Impressions features more than 70 works by some of the leading painter-etchers of the 1880s including Thomas Moran and Mary Nimmo Moran, William Merritt Chase, Henry Farrer, Stephen Parrish, James D. and George H. Smillie, John Henry Twachtman, and Thomas Waterman Wood. Many of the prints in the Parrishs collection are bon tirer, that is, the first impression that was fully acceptable to the artist and the printer. The quality of these works evokes the moment of complete artistic collaboration shared by artist and printer, when the master print was pulled from the press.

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama (September 24,

2011January 8, 2012)

Muskegon Museum, Michegan

(February 16May 6, 2012)

Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul (June 2September 22, 2011) Elizabeth Broun is Director at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI (February 16April 28, 2013) Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
(September 28, 2013January 5, 2014)

Portland Museum of Art, ME

(January 30May 11, 2014)
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Mandala

Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism

Edited by Martin Brauen
he mandala depicts a sacred and complex realm. Its most recurrent graphic form is a circle, or a circle in a square. The word mandala means both center and circumference. Mandalas are created as a model for visualization practice as an aid to mediation, enabling an initiate to advance toward a state of enlightenment. The Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism, by Martin Brauen, is an updated edition of his acclaimed volume, first published in 1992. The book and its related exhibition, Mandala: The Perfect Circle at the Rubin Museum of Art, explore the various manifestations of the mandala while simultaneously explaining its symbolism, the means by which it fulfills its function, and its correlation with our physical reality. An important part of the book and the exhibition focus on the complex symbolism of the number five, which plays a critical role in Tantric Buddhism. This pentarchy is found in the spatial references of the five directions (the four cardinal points plus the center): the five elements, the five colors, the five aggregates, the five wisdoms, and the five Tathagata Buddhas, or transcendent Buddhas. Illustrations include different kinds of mandalas--paintings, three-dimensional works, and ritual objects related to mandala ceremonies and drawn from the collection of the Rubin Museum of Art as well as museum and private collections worldwide. Also illustrated is a mandala ritual with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama presiding as master. In his concluding chapter, Brauen reflects on the mandala and its relationship to Western philosophy, especially in the work and writings of the renowned Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung. This book includes contributions by Karl Debrecseny, Amy Heller, Edward Henning, Christian Luczanits, Ariana Maki, Marylin Rhie, Michael R Sheehy, and Jeff Watt. author Martin Brauen is the head of the Department of Tibet, Himalaya and Far East at the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is author of several books and exhibitions about Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Ladakh and Japan. He has also produced several films and documentaries about Tibet and the Himalayas and worked in the fields of development and policy in a private NGO. He remains engaged in humanitarian aid and human rights issues for Tibetans.

Buddhist Art
Giles Bguin

An Historical and Cultural Journey

uddhism and its art is perhaps the one truly unifying factor of the entire Asian continent and has become a fundamental part of our shared world heritage. To draw a unique portrait of this art in a single work is a formidable undertaking due to the great plurality of traditions spanning different countries and regions over various epochs. Furthermore, the variability in the state of conservation of Buddhist monuments and their decorations provides additional challenges. A passionate scholar of Buddhist art, Giles Bguin has chosen to organize his work in the form of an historical atlas. Thus together with beautiful photography, plans and reconstructions of the monuments and their magnificent works of art, this book also contains previously unpublished cartography. The author takes the reader on an historical and cultural journey across the vast continent of Asia stretching from India, Sri Lanka and Gandhara to countries such as Thailand, Cambodia and Burma in Southeast Asia up to the Himalayan kingdoms of Nepal and Tibet before arriving at the far eastern civilizations of China, Korea and Japan. The book is not only a visual feast but also a far-reaching introduction to Buddhist beliefs and practices. author Giles Bguin is an expert in Asian art and chief conservator of the Cernuschi Museum in Paris. He is the author of various books including Arte tibetana and Npal: Vision dun art sacr with Suzanne Held. He has also contributed numerous articles on Buddhist art and is a member of the scientific committee of the Fondazione Torino Musei.
River Books Hardcover, 9.5 x 12.25 in. 400 pp, 650 color illus. ISBN: 9789749863879 $70.00

Arnoldsche Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.5 in. 262 pp, 160 color, 15 b&w illus. ISBN: 9783897903050 $70.00

Brauens book is one of the clearest and most lucid expositions of mandala theory and practice to appear in recent years. As such, it is destined to become a classic both in the classroom and in the public readers library. Professor Frank Korom, Boston University

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Rubin Museum of Art, New York (August 14, 2009 January 11, 2010)

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Introduction: Approaching the mystery The Centre of the Buddhist Wheel of Doctrine Fundamental ideas The outer mandala: The cosmos The inner mandala:The individual The other mandala: The Tantric method The mandala and the West

Foreword The Doctrine Buddhism and Art India The Expansion of Buddhism in Asia Sri Lanka Java The Khmer Empire The Kingdom of Champa Srivijaya Thailand Myanmar (Burma) Gandhara and West Central Asia The Tarim Basin Nepal Tibet and Mongolia China Korea Japan Bibliography

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Painted Images of Enlightenment

Early Tibetan Thankas, 1000-1400
Steven Kossak; foreword by Pratapaditya Pal

Heaven Has a Face, So Does Hell

The Art of the Noh Mask
Edited by Steven E. Marvin
remarkable combination of superb artistry, sophisticated design, and a lengthy history of continuous usage sets the masks of the Noh theater of Japan apart from all others. That so little is known outside of Japan about their great beauty and brilliant craftsmanship prompted the author to undertake the two decades of study, research, and writing that has culminated in this work. The result is nearly 800 pages of text and images published in a two-volume boxed edition limited to 1200 copies. Volume 1 consists of an extended treatise on the history of Noh and the evolution of its masks, including mask forms and functions, types and roles, nomenclature and taxonomy, mask carvers and their lineages, signatures, and other markings. It includes plot and character synopses of the plays most often staged as well as others rarely performed, with particulars about the masks used by various troupes for the principal roles. Volume 2 is an album showcasing in full color over 140 of the finest masks of Noh, both ancient and more recent, with detailed information on their creation, character, and significance, as well as photos of their backs showing inscriptions and artists signatures. An extensive bibliography, glossary, and index round out this presentation of an exquisite, centuries-old art form. No existing publication on the subject, in either English or in Japanese, remotely compares in scope and depth to the present work. author Stephen E. Marvin is a graduate of Stanford University in Asian Studies. He has lived in the Far East continuously since 1982 and is fluent in both Japanese and Korean. In the course of his research he examined firsthand nearly 1000 Noh masks, including those held by traditional Noh troupes and in the collections of the finest museums; he benefited from the tutelage of several of the leading Japanese authorities on Noh masks and was privileged to interview the Grand Masters of the Kongpo and Umekawa troupes on numerous occasions.

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Marg Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in. 150 pp, 152 color illus. ISBN: 9788185026954 $65.00

ver since the publication of Giuseppe Tuccis monumental book on thankas in 1949, early Tibetan thankas (scroll paintings) have fascinated scholars. In 1984, when Pratapaditya Pal wrote his ground breaking book Tibetan Painting, probably fewer than 50 of these Tibetan paintings on cloth from the eleventh through fourteenth centuries were known. Since then over 300 early thankas have appeared. These works provide a plethora of new data for the art historian, and their study has transformed our understanding of their iconography and chronology. They have also transformed our knowledge of early Tibetan history and monasticism. This book will be incredibly useful to experts in Tibetan art, to art historians wishing to integrate Tibetan subjects into their teaching, and to the growing body of amateur admirers of Tibetan thankas. author Steven Kossak, former curator of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is one of the premier researchers in this field.

Floating World Hardcover, 2 vols., 8.5 x 11 in. 769 pp, 150 color, 220 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781891640322 $300.00 professional discount
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essays (partial list) Pala Painting Style and Its Tibetan Variant; Sartorial and Pictorial Styles in 14th-15thCentury Central Tibetan Painting; Tibetan-Style Paintings from Khara Khoto: A New Perspective on Dating and Style

Origins of the Noh Mask The Evolution of Noh Masks A Brief History of Noh Theater The Fundamentals of Noh Theater The Art of the Noh Mask The Form and Function of the Mask Noh Masks Names and Taxonomy Noh Mask Types and Roles Master Carvers of the Noh Mask Signatures and Other Markings Traditional Storage and Handling

Woven Masterpieces of Sikh Heritage

Frank Ames

The Stylistic Development of the Kashmir Shawl 1780-1839

mes describes the nature and source of the enigmatic patterns that define the Sikh period through the exploration of miniature painting of Northern India and the hill states, Kashmiri manuscripts, the Sikh Holy Scriptures of the Sri Adi Granth and Janam Sakhis, and illustrations of unique shawls from world collections. Textile enthusiasts will also discover new material in chapters devoted to the Mughal period, lacquer painting and Indo-Persian shawl influences and trade.
Antique Collectors Club Hardcover, 9.25 x 11.75 in. 256 pp, 208 color, 18 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781851495986 $89.50

author Frank Ames has written extensively on the subject of the Kashmir shawl. His publications include The Kashmir Shawl and its Indo-French Influence for the Antique Collectors Club.

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African Faces

An Homage to the African Mask

Marnix Neerman, Herman Brussens; photography by Hugo Maertens
his beautiful book was born out of the passion and artistic insight of Marnix Neerman and Hugo Martens. Each of the 128 masks has been photographed from the front and the rear. Detail shots reveal each mask as an autonomous work of art. They have been photographed in such a unique style that their artistic nature is revealed to the utmost. And yet, these masks are not considered works of art in their countries of origin, but rather tools that have a function and a meaning in socio-religious life. Many of these masks have never been displayed or published before and come from reference collections such as the The Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium; Ethnographic Museum of Antwerp; and private collections in Belgium, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. The book also features an appendix that includes information about each masks origin, materials, dimensions, and the collection to which it belongs. African Faces was produced in cooperation with the Yale University Archives, Tribal Art magazine, Parcours des Mondes in Paris and many other experts and will become a future reference work when it comes to the African mask. The powerful photographs accentuate the artistic value of the masks like never before. authors Marnix Neerman is a private collector of African masks and a dealer in contemporary art. Hugo Maertens is a well known photographer and has worked for different publishers and museums worldwide. Herman Brussens is emeritus professor of African art and cultural history at the University of Ghent.

The Horse Rider in African Art

George Chemeche

Lannoo Hardcover, 13.5 x 10.75in. 336 pp, 380 color illus. ISBN: 9789020983487 $150.00

orses are very rare in Africa. The few to be found west of Sudan, from the lands of the Sahara and Sahel down to the fringes of the tropical forests, belong to the king, the chief warrior and to notable persons. Due to the dense humidity of the tropical rainforest and the deadly tsetse fly, only restricted numbers of horses survive. And yet, rider and mount sculptures are common among the Dogon, Djenne, Bamana, Senufo and the Yoruba people. The Akan-Asante people of Ghana and the Kotoko of Chad produced a good deal of small casting brass and bronze sculptures of horse riders. Some of the artists could barely even have caught a glimpse of a horse. This visually stunning book presents a wealth of African art depicting the horse and its rider in a variety of guises, from Epa masks and Yoruba divination cups to Dogon sculptures and Senufo carvings. In Mali, the Bamana, Boso and Somono ethnic groups still celebrate the festivals of the puppet masquerade in which the horse and its rider play a pivotal role. The final chapter of this book is dedicated to the art and cult of these festivals, which are still alive and well. authors Kate Ezra is currently Nolen Curator of Academic Affairs at the Yale University Art Gallery. Previously she has been Associate Curator of African Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and professor of Art History at Columbia College, Chicago. She has curated more than a dozen exhibitions on African Art and she is the author of Royal Art of Benin: The Perls Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mary Jo Arnoldi is Curator of African Ethnology and Arts the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History. She has curated several exhibitions and is the author of Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali. John Pemberton III, now retired, was Crosby Professor of Religion at Amherst College, Massachusetts. He is the co-author of Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought, Yoruba Art and Aesthetics, Yoruba Sacred Kingship, and Insight and Artistry in African Divination. Bernard de Grunne has been an antiques dealer since 1996. He has a PhD in History of Art, Yale University, 1987. He was Director at Sothebys, New-York and London from 1987 to 1992. He has written extensively on African Art and curated several exhibitions; amongst them Mains de Maitres. A la dcouverte des sculpteurs dAfrique. George Chemeche is an artist whose work is in many museums throughout the United States. A collector and expert on African art, he is the co-author and curator of Ibeji. The Cult of Yoruba Twins.

ACC Editions Hardcover, 11 x 9.5 in. 336 pp, 334 color, 2 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781851496341 $95.00

Text in English & French

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Foreword: An Alternative View of the African Mask Masks of the Sub-Saharan Africa How Modern Art is Indebted to So-called Primitive Art An Homage to the African Mask An Overview of the Masks Afterword

Introduction, George Chemeche Equestrian Figures in Yoruba Art, John Pemberton III The Artistry of the Sogobo Masquerade in Mali, Mary Jo Arnoldi Heroic Riders and Divine Horses: An Analysis of Ancient Sonin and Dogon equestrian figures from the Inland Niger Delta Region in Mali, Bernard de Grunne The Image of the Horse and Rider in Senufo Art, Kate Ezra MAP PLATES Wood Dogon, Bamana, Senufo, Yoruba, Songo Chokwe, Other Groups Metals Kotoko, Gimbala, Djenne, Dogon, Bamana, Senufo, Yoruba, Fon, Kingdom of Benin, Other Groups Terra Cotta and Stone Djenne, Dogon, Nomoli, Yoruba, Koma, Other Groups Ivory Tswana, Yoruba, Bini-Portuguese, Kingdom of Benin Beads Yoruba Bozo/Sonomo Horseman Puppets
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Silent Splendour

Palaces of the Deccan, 14th-19th Centuries

Edited by Helen Philon
ilent Splendour examines the private and ceremonial structures found in the five principal dynastic capitals and administrative centers of the Deccan through the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Indo-Islamic courtly cultures of the different dynasties that ruled the Deccan, with their surrounding garden areas and water resources, have been considered as one entity for the first time. The authors offer much new data and interpretations based on recent research. The essays and photographs offer a fresh look at both familiar and unfamiliar buildings, capturing the architectural inventiveness and dazzling details of these now silent but splendid palaces. author Helen Philon, is a freelance Islamic art historian and founder and curator of the Department of Islamic art at the Benaki Museum, Athens.

Ottoman Architecture
Dogan Kuban

Marg Hardcover, 9.5 x 12 in. 160 pp, 150 color illus. ISBN: 9788185026961 $68.00

ttoman Architecture is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging survey of Ottoman architecture ever produced. It extends to over 700 pages and is illustrated with over 1000 illustrations, plans of buildings, maps and drawings. Whilst this work will become an invaluable reference tool to students and scholars, its appeal is also broadened by the high quality of its photographs, many of which were commissioned for the publication. In particular the reader will be impressed by the the superb interiors of buildings often decorated by stunning Iznik tiles. Ottoman architecture developed in parallel with the political structure of the Ottoman Empire. Located at the intersection of Asia and Europe it was influenced by the numerous competing traditions of Islam, China, the Mediterranean and Byzantine worlds. Building on its early development particularly in Bursa and Edirne at the end of the fourteenth century, the Ottoman world reached its high point during the so called Classical period 1437-1703 notably under the Sultans Suleyman I and Selim II. The finest architectural achievements were undoubtedly the works of the court architect Sinan 1489-1588. It is these works that form the core of this spectacular book. This book also seeks to survey the extensive building works of the Ottomans throughout their Empire which extend to Damascus, Cairo and as far as the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina. This first work devoted to the topic since Godfrey Goodwins A History of Ottoman Architecture should supersede it Library Journal An excellent addition to a library whose focus is the history of architecture and/or Islamic art history ARLIS/NA author Professor Dogan Kuban has held various academic positions in the United States, Italy and Turkey. He was a founding member of the Turkish Commission of the International Council of Monuments and Sites. He holds many awards and has written many works of reference. He has also written numerous articles and research publications.

Antique Collectors Club Hardcover, 9.25 x 12.25 in. 720 pp, 1000 color illus. ISBN: 9781851496044 $115.00

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Ottoman Architecture Befre Sinan I. Historical Conditions of the Development literature, cultural and artistic identity, people, religion II. Buildings mosques, palaces, complexes, architectural decoration Ottoman Architecture After Sinan III. Sinan and the Classical Ottoman Architecture historical context, selection of works, architectural profession, patrons and public works, sacred and vernacular architecture IV Opening of Europe

Royal Tombs
A.S. Bhalla

13th to 18th Centuries

Mapin Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in. 152 pp, 80 color, 7 b&w illus. ISBN: 9780944142899 $65.00

oyal Tombs focuses on the Tughluq and Lodi tombs, Qutb Shahi tombs and Mughal tombs (Humayun, Akbar, Aurangzeb, Jahangir and Nur Jahan, Bibi-ka-Maqbara, and the Taj Mahal), as well as the controversy surrounding the location of Baburs tomb. The tombs are described in the broader historical and architectural context of the reign of Tughluq, Lodi, Qutb Shahi and Mughal dynasties. It also analyses the different characteristics of pre-Mughal and Mughal architecture and how it was influenced by Persian and Indian architecture. The royal tombs of pre-Mughal sultans (Slave, Khalji and Tughluq), Qutb Shahi kings and Mughal emperors are also discussed. author A.S. Bhalla, is a Visiting Professor at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham (UK). He is the author and editor of eighteen books. His recent publications include: In Search of Roots; Globalization, Growth and Marginalization (also in French); Uneven Development in the Third World: A Study of China and India; and Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World (also in Japanese).

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Where the Revolution Began

Lawrence and Anna Halprin and the Reinvention of Public Spaces

Essays by John Beardsley, Janice Ross, and Randy Gragg; photography by Susan Seubert

Global Citizen

The Architecture of Moshe Safdie

Donald Albrecht, Sarah Williams Goldhagen

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Spacemaker Press Hardcover, 10.5 x 10.5 in. 100 pp, 120 color illus. ISBN: 9780982439210 $29.95

etween 1963 and 1970, Lawrence Halprin and Associates realized a quartet of public plazas in Portland, Oregon, that redefined the city and set a bold new precedent for urban landscape architecture. Dubbed the Portland Open Space Sequence and composed of the Lovejoy Fountain, Pettygrove Park, and Forecourt Fountain (later renamed Ira Keller Fountain), plus the lesser known Source Fountain, the plazas were a dynamic collage of striking concrete forms, gushing water, and alpine flora that, in their seamless mix of nature and theater, created a playful metaphorical watershed coursing through the central city. Where the Revolution Began is the story of how these plazas came to be. Born of the creative experimentation and collaboration between Halprin and his wife, pioneering choreographer/dancer Anna Halprin, the sequence came to life in the unlikely setting of the citys first scrape-and-rebuild urban renewal project. But Halprin defied the conventions of both American urban renewal and midcentury modernism, designing the kind of inviting, exuberant public space not seen since Renaissance Romes Trevi Fountain and Piazza Navonna. For Halprin, the plazas became the first step in a career-long exploration of sequential works of landscape design, from the Haas Promenade in Jerusalem to the Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, DC. For Portland, Halprins work marked the beginning of a tradition of remaking the city around interactive public spaces such as the famed Pioneer Courthouse Square. And for landscape architecture, the plazas offer some of the earliest precedents for the ecologically and socially responsive urbanism ascendant today. author Randy Gragg is editor in chief of Portland Spaces magazine and has written on art and architecture for Architectural Record, Metropolis, Preservation, The New York Times magazine, Harpers, and numerous other publications.

oday, as architecture is reasserting its role in popular culture, Moshe Safdies buildings are exemplars of what has been be termed progressive contextualisman important way of thinking globally about building. Published to accompany a major international traveling exhibition, Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie will explore this renowned architects buildings and the philosophy that shapes them. Safdies canonical works combine the social activism and advanced technologies of modernism, with profound respect for historical and regional context. This elegantly designed book features new photography and essays examining Safdies role in the move toward architectural globalization, as well as his use of architecture as a medium for political, religious and cultural agendas. The catalog also features a unique illustrated essay by Safdie examining the architects thoughts on the future of the global city at the start of the twenty-first century. authors Donald Albrecht is Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of the City of New York, as well as an independent curator. He has organized major exhibitions and books for such institutions as the Library of Congress, the Getty Center and the Smithsonian Institution. Sarah Williams Goldhagen is The New Republics architecture critic. She was, for ten years, a professor at Harvard Universitys Graduate School of Design. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The American Prospect, and Art In America, and she has contributed scholarly essays to many publications, including Assemblage, the Harvard Design Magazine, and the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.
Scala Hardcover, 10 x 11 in. 144 pp, 130 color illus. ISBN: 9781857595871 $35.00

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Where the Revolution Began: The Portland Open Space Sequence and the Reinvention of American Public Space Randy Gragg Choreographing Nature: Lawrence and Anna Halprin, the Open Space Sequence, and the 1960s Janice Ross Being in Space: Lawrence Halprins Urban Ecologies and the Reconciliation of Modernisms Ideals John Beardsley The Projects The Source Fountain Lovejoy Fountain Pettygrove Park Forecourt Fountain Portfolio of Drawings Lawrence Halprin

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Americas Unquietest Library: Salt Lake City Public Library Gus Powell Creating a Sense of Place Robert Workman An Extraordinary Journey Uri D. Herscher Creating a Humanist Architecture Donald Albrecht Portfolio: Selected Buildings 1967-2009 Architecture As Vocation Sarah Williams Goldhagen Habitat of the Future Moshe Safdie An Experience of Serenity and Calm: Skirball Cultural Center

also available - each volume sold separately Moshe Safdie I with essays by Paul Goldberger, Peter G. Rowe, and Witold Rybcynski Images | Hardcover, 9.5 x 13.5 in., 268 pp, 256 color, 365 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781864701623 $85.00 Moshe Safdie II with essays by William J. Mitchell and Thomas Fisher Images | Hardcover, 9.5 x 13.5 in., 288 pp, 326 color, 115 b&w illus. ISBN: 9781864701630 $85.00

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