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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

    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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  • 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

    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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  • 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

    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

    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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  • To 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 […] 0

    Apethorpe – a house fit for kings, and queens

    To 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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  • The 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 […] 0

    Never Again War: Käthe Kollwitz in America

    The 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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  • 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 […] 0

    The European Migrant Crisis of 1789

    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 […]

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  •  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 […] 0

    Mother-daughter Haute Couture

     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 […]

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  • Susan 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 […] 0

    Cover Story: Design, Content, and The American School

    Susan 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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  • 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: Delft

    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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