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Friday 12 December 2008Modern Masters - new survey of postwar American painting
February 2009 sees the publication of a highly illustrated new book on a formative period in American art. Published by D Giles Limited in association with The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., Modern Masters: American Abstraction at Midcentury is a survey of the intellectual and creative atmosphere in which the mid-century moderns developed and flourished Continue reading
Thursday 11 December 2008Fields of Vision: evocative images of a vanished world
Published in association with the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Fields of Vision: Recording a Century of American Life is a completely new presentation of an internationally important and historically significant collection of photographs, featuring great works of 20th century photography Continue reading
Wednesday 10 December 2008Drawn by New York: rare and novel insights into a remarkable collection
Published in September 2008 by D Giles Limited in association with the New-York Historical Society, Drawn by New York: Six Centuries of Watercolors and Drawings at the New-York Historical Society is the first extensive catalogue of the Society’s unique but previously little-known holdings of original works on paper, the focus of a major new travelling exhibition (September 19, 2009 through......Continue reading
Tuesday 9 December 2008Remarkable survey of six centuries of art from one of America’s leading regional museums
Published in September 2008 by the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, in association with London-based fine art publisher D Giles Limited, One Hundred Stories: Highlights from the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts features 100 of the most important artworks from this unique collection.
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Tuesday 9 December 2008New book throws light on “unofficial” Pre-Raphaelite painter
Published by the Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery in association with London-based publisher D Giles Limited, this new book, Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre- Raphaelite is a newly researched book which uses the extensive Madox Brown collection at BMAG to reassess the work of this important artist, and to reveal his achievements Continue reading
Tuesday 9 December 2008Damaged Romanticism
Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion, published by London-based fine-art publisher D Giles Limited in association with Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston accompanies a major travelling exhibition which opened at Blaffer Gallery in September 2008 Continue reading
Tuesday 9 December 2008St George's Chapel, Windsor
St George’s Chapel Windsor: A Portrait, published by London-based fine-art publisher D Giles Limited in September 2008, is a stunning publication on the Queen’s Free Chapel of St George at Windsor Castle. It captures, in traditional black and white film photography the incredible variety of activities that take place throughout the year, showing both the public and the intimate face of the Chapel......Continue reading
Tuesday 9 December 2008Original look at the ancient Egyptian fascination with death
To Live Forever, published by the Brooklyn Museum in association with D Giles Limited, offers an original angle on the perennially fascinating subject of ancient Egypt. In this highly accessible new book lively text and striking images combine to illustrate just how all ancient Egyptians prepared for death and the afterlife
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Tuesday 9 December 2008Unique collection of Meissen porcelain on view for the first time
Published by London-based fine-art publisher D Giles Limited in association with The Frick Collection, New York, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain, 1710–50, is a comprehensive catalogue to one of the foremost gatherings of early Meissen porcelain, and accompanied a major exhibition of approximately 100 examples presented exclusively at the Frick in the summer of 2008. Continue reading
Tuesday 9 December 2008Stunning visual exploration of the impact of Cinema on contemporary art
The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image, published by London-based fine-art publisher D Giles Limited in association with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, is a thought-provoking journey through contemporary moving image art.
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