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  • In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s book Dutch Art and Urban Culture, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in turn, […]
    Lowlands Travelogue: Amsterdam

    In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s book Dutch Art and Urban Culture, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in turn, […]

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  • David Ebony– So much in the news these days refers to culture, culture clashes or culture wars, cultural identity, and cultural purity. The meaning of “culture” seems to be expansive […]
    What Exactly is Culture? Interview with Terry Eagleton by David Ebony

    David Ebony– So much in the news these days refers to culture, culture clashes or culture wars, cultural identity, and cultural purity. The meaning of “culture” seems to be expansive […]

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  • “Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.” ― […]
    Happy birthday, Coco Chanel

    “Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.” ― […]

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  • Happy International Cat Day from Yale University Press’s art & architecture department.  We’re celebrating by turning again to one of our favorite recent publications that features two famous art-world appreciators […]
    Happy International Cat Day

    Happy International Cat Day from Yale University Press’s art & architecture department.  We’re celebrating by turning again to one of our favorite recent publications that features two famous art-world appreciators […]

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  • Coming next month (September 2016) is a monumental and magnificent book of photography published by the Yale University Art Gallery: Western Landscapes by legendary American photographer Lee Friedlander (b. 1934). […]
    Where are you going on holiday? (Lee Friedlander has some suggestions)

    Coming next month (September 2016) is a monumental and magnificent book of photography published by the Yale University Art Gallery: Western Landscapes by legendary American photographer Lee Friedlander (b. 1934). […]

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  • In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s book Dutch Art and Urban Culture, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in turn, […] 0

    Lowlands Travelogue: Amsterdam

    Posted on September 7, 2016
    In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s book Dutch Art and Urban Culture, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in turn, […]

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  • David Ebony– So much in the news these days refers to culture, culture clashes or culture wars, cultural identity, and cultural purity. The meaning of “culture” seems to be expansive […] 0

    What Exactly is Culture? Interview with Terry Eagleton by David Ebony

    Posted on August 26, 2016
    David Ebony– So much in the news these days refers to culture, culture clashes or culture wars, cultural identity, and cultural purity. The meaning of “culture” seems to be expansive […]

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  • “Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.” ― […] 0

    Happy birthday, Coco Chanel

    Posted on August 19, 2016
    “Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.” ― […]

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  • Happy International Cat Day from Yale University Press’s art & architecture department.  We’re celebrating by turning again to one of our favorite recent publications that features two famous art-world appreciators […] 0

    Happy International Cat Day

    Posted on August 8, 2016
    Happy International Cat Day from Yale University Press’s art & architecture department.  We’re celebrating by turning again to one of our favorite recent publications that features two famous art-world appreciators […]

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  • Coming next month (September 2016) is a monumental and magnificent book of photography published by the Yale University Art Gallery: Western Landscapes by legendary American photographer Lee Friedlander (b. 1934). […] 0

    Where are you going on holiday? (Lee Friedlander has some suggestions)

    Posted on August 4, 2016
    Coming next month (September 2016) is a monumental and magnificent book of photography published by the Yale University Art Gallery: Western Landscapes by legendary American photographer Lee Friedlander (b. 1934). […]

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  • Welcome to our first Yale University Press art+architecture book podcast! We’ve interviewed Joan Marter, Rutgers professor and editor of the recently-published Women of Abstract Expressionism (which accompanies an exhibition currently […] 0

    Podcast interview with Joan Marter, editor of Women of Abstract Expressionism

    Posted on July 28, 2016
    Welcome to our first Yale University Press art+architecture book podcast! We’ve interviewed Joan Marter, Rutgers professor and editor of the recently-published Women of Abstract Expressionism (which accompanies an exhibition currently […]

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  • As a new exhibition at the National Gallery London looks to our neglected woodland for inspiration, our London office recently asked its creator – National Gallery associate artist George Shaw – some […] 0

    George Shaw: An Interview

    Posted on July 11, 2016
    As a new exhibition at the National Gallery London looks to our neglected woodland for inspiration, our London office recently asked its creator – National Gallery associate artist George Shaw – some […]

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  • In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s book Dutch Art and Urban Culture, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in turn, […] 0

    Lowlands Travelogue: Leiden

    Posted on July 5, 2016
    In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s book Dutch Art and Urban Culture, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in turn, […]

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  • David Ebony– When first published in an ArtNews article in 1971, the provocative question proposed by critic and art historian Linda Nochlin, “Why have there been no great women artists?” […] 0

    Expressive Women: Interview with Gwen F. Chanzit by David Ebony

    Posted on June 30, 2016
    David Ebony– When first published in an ArtNews article in 1971, the provocative question proposed by critic and art historian Linda Nochlin, “Why have there been no great women artists?” […]

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  • Many thanks to our colleagues at The Metropolitan Museum of Art for putting together this terrific post that they are sharing with us. Rachel High, Publishing and Marketing Assistant, Editorial […] 0

    The DNA of an Exhibition Catalogue: Making Manus × Machina

    Posted on June 28, 2016
    Many thanks to our colleagues at The Metropolitan Museum of Art for putting together this terrific post that they are sharing with us. Rachel High, Publishing and Marketing Assistant, Editorial […]

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  • Taking its title from a 1961 work by Robert Rauschenberg—a telegram that stated, “This is a portrait of Iris Clert if I say so”—this groundbreaking book and exhibition, which opens […] 0

    Seeing double

    Posted on June 25, 2016
    Taking its title from a 1961 work by Robert Rauschenberg—a telegram that stated, “This is a portrait of Iris Clert if I say so”—this groundbreaking book and exhibition, which opens […]

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  • A century after his death, the breadth and richness of American painter William Merritt Chase’s career are celebrated in a beautifully illustrated book, William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master, by Elsa […] 0

    The technical brilliance and self-expression of William Merritt Chase

    Posted on June 22, 2016
    A century after his death, the breadth and richness of American painter William Merritt Chase’s career are celebrated in a beautifully illustrated book, William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master, by Elsa […]

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  • “Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.” ― […] Happy birthday, Coco Chanel
    Posted August 19, 2016
  • Coming next month (September 2016) is a monumental and magnificent book of photography published by the Yale University Art Gallery: Western Landscapes by legendary American photographer Lee Friedlander (b. 1934). […] Where are you going on holiday? (Lee Friedlander has some suggestions)
    Posted August 4, 2016
  • Many thanks to our colleagues at The Metropolitan Museum of Art for putting together this terrific post that they are sharing with us. Rachel High, Publishing and Marketing Assistant, Editorial […] The DNA of an Exhibition Catalogue: Making Manus × Machina
    Posted June 28, 2016
  • Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell and her splendid new book Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette will be honored with the Millia Davenport Publication Award tomorrow, Friday, May 27th at […] The European Migrant Crisis of 1789
    Posted May 26, 2016
  •  How a designer’s love for her daughter changed children’s wear Emmanuelle Dirix– These days, coordinating mother-daughter outfits have an uneven reputation, but at the start of the 20th century, matching clothing for […] Mother-daughter Haute Couture
    Posted May 6, 2016

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Header image: William Merritt Chase, Idle Hours, c. 1894. From William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master by Elsa Smithgall, Erica E. Hirshler, Katherine M. Bourguignon, Giovanna Ginex, and John Davis, with a foreword by Frederick Baker

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