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Sneak Peek from Stephen Houston, The Life Within: Classic Maya and the Matter of Permanence
Posted on January 8, 2014In March, we will publish a groundbreaking new book about Maya animism and how their belief system informed their choices in and uses of artistic materials. Renowned Mayanist scholar Stephen […] -
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Sneak Peek of Whistler: A Life for Art’s Sake
Posted on December 13, 2013In March of 2014, we will publish the first biography of James McNeill Whistler in 20 years. Whistler: A Life for Art’s Sake by Daniel E. Sutherland offers a more […] -
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Sneak a Peek at THE EROTIC DOLL: A Modern Fetish
Posted on November 26, 2013Follow @yaleARTbooks Marquard Smith is the Founding Director of the Institute for Modern and Contemporary Culture at the University of Westminster; he is also a Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the […] -
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Svetlana Alpers: A Life Spent Looking
Posted on September 20, 2013“This is not art history, and it is not criticism, nor is it some mixture of the two. It is not, in other words, what people expect me to be […] -
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Building Seagram
Posted on April 29, 2013Follow @yaleARTbooks The Seagram building rises over New York’s Park Avenue, seeming to float above the street with perfect lines of bronze and glass. Considered one of the greatest icons […] -
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March 22: Agnes Martin’s Birthday
Posted on March 22, 2012To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Agnes Martin, Yale University Press would like to share Agnes Martin, a collection of essays edited by Lynne Cooke and Karen […] -
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Eminent Biography: Michael Hirst on Michelangelo
Posted on March 6, 2012Born March 6, 1475 not far outside of Florence, Italy, Michelangelo di Ludovico Buonarroti Simoni seemed already to have the credentials to become the quintessential Renaissance Man. His hometown—Caprese—has since […] -
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Excerpt from a Modernist Masterpiece: The Looshaus
Posted on January 12, 2012In the midst of Vienna stands the Looshaus, originally home to gentleman’s tailoring firm Goldman & Salatsch, and a striking icon of modern architecture. The building, which is colloquially named […]