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Lowlands Travelogue: Amsterdam
Posted on September 7, 2016In 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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Lowlands Travelogue: Leiden
Posted on July 5, 2016In 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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Seeing double
Posted on June 25, 2016Taking 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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The technical brilliance and self-expression of William Merritt Chase
Posted on June 22, 2016A 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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Apethorpe – a house fit for kings, and queens
Posted on June 11, 2016To mark the Queen’s birthday parade on June 11th, architectural historian Kathryn Morrison, author of Apethorpe: The Story of an English Country House, has written a marvelously entertaining guest post recounting a […] -
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Never Again War: Käthe Kollwitz in America
Posted on June 2, 2016The work of German printmaker and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) was celebrated through two recent exhibitions: the first was held at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College in Fall 2015 […] -
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The European Migrant Crisis of 1789
Posted on May 26, 2016Kimberly 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 […] -
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Mother-daughter Haute Couture
Posted on May 6, 2016How 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 […] -
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Cover Story: Design, Content, and The American School
Posted on April 6, 2016Susan Rather– For a long time, I felt quite sure that the jacket for my book The American School: Artists and Status in the Late Colonial and Early National Era […] -
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Lowlands Travelogue: Delft
Posted on March 22, 2016In 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, […]