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Thursday 13 October 2011The Look of Love: a visual delight
To be published by D Giles Limited in association with the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, in February 2012, The Look of Love: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection is a delightful, lavishly illustrated exploration of a little-known but fascinating decorative art, the “lover’s eye”. Continue reading
Thursday 13 October 2011A remarkable celebration of a world-renowned collection
To be published in February 2012 by D Giles Limited, in association with the Walters Art Museum, Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection is a stunning new volume that presents full-colour plates, details, and comparative images of 148 Pre- Columbian works from the collection assembled by John G. Bourne of Santa Fe, N.M., in the 1950s and 1960s. Continue reading
Thursday 13 October 2011The Phillips Collection: a “life-enhancing” experience of art
To be published by D Giles Limited in association with The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., in January 2012, Master Paintings from The Phillips Collection highlights 108 masterworks from one of the greatest museums of modern art in the world. Continue reading
Thursday 13 October 2011“We Were Here First”: Richard Bell: Uz vs. Them
Published in September 2011 by D Giles Limited, in association with the American Federation of Arts, Richard Bell: Uz vs. Them is a long overdue, vibrant and broad-ranging study of one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists.
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Thursday 13 October 2011Illuminating Fashion
A comprehensive study of dress in Northern Europe from the early fourteenth century to the beginning of the Renaissance, Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands, 1325-1515 is the first thorough study of the history of fashion in this period based solely on firmly dated or datable works of art. It draws on illuminated manuscripts, early printed books,......Continue reading
Thursday 13 October 2011Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn
To be published in November 2011 by D Giles Limited in association with the New-York Historical Society, Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn presents the story of the 18th-century Atlantic revolutions as part of a wider, global narrative. It brings together three internationally influential revolutions—in America, France, and Haiti—to explore the enormous transformations in world politics and......Continue reading
Thursday 13 October 2011A celebration of the creativity, ingenuity, and skill of medieval artists
To be published by D Giles Limited in association with the Walters Art Museum in September 2011, The Medieval World: The Walters Art Museum is a beautifully illustrated volume that explores significant themes of medieval art through an examination of nearly 150 stunning objects from this internationally renowned museum. Continue reading
Thursday 13 October 2011Eugene Savage: The Seminole Paintings
To be published in October 2011 by D Giles Limited in association with the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL, Eugene Savage: The Seminole Paintings is a colourful introduction to an American artist best known as a muralist with the Works Progress Administration. This new volume features 40 paintings from The Cummer’s important recent acquisition of more than 100 of his Seminole......Continue reading
Thursday 13 October 2011Monet in Giverny: Landscapes of Reflection
To be published in February 2012 by D Giles Limited in association with the Cincinnati Art Museum, Monet in Giverny: Landscapes of Reflection is a beautifully illustrated volume which takes a fresh look at some of the most enduring landscapes painted by Claude Monet between 1883 and 1926 in and around his garden at Giverny, some 50 miles northwest of Paris.
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Thursday 13 October 2011Making American Taste
Making American Taste: Narrative Art for a New Democracy is a landmark volume focusing on American art from 1825 to 1870. To be published by D Giles Limited in association with the New-York Historical Society in November 2011, this beautifully illustrated volume reassesses narrative art and what defined artistic “taste” during this period. Continue reading
