Georgia O’ Keefe Abstraction edited by Barbara Haskell, hardback published by Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14817-6, price 45.00 from www.yalebooks.co.uk
I’d like to say first of all that I am not a big Georgia O’ Keefe fan. If ever a book could persuade me otherwise, this is it. O’ Keefe has enjoyed huge success worldwide and [...]
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Duccio to Leonardo by Simona de Nepi
Duccio to Leonardo, Italian Painting 1250-1500 by Simona de Nepi, softback published by The National Gallery. ISBN 978-1-8570-9421-3, price 9.99 from www.yalebooks.co.uk
This latest title in the series from The National Gallery covers 250 years of Italian painting. Like all the book in this excellent series, there is a series of mainly full page plates of [...]
Cezanne and American Modernism by Gail Stavitsky et al
Cezanne and American Modernism by Gail Stavitsky and Katherine Rothkopf, hardback published by Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14715-5, price 45.00 from www.yalebooks.co.uk
This book reflects upon the genius of Cezanne and his influence upon American Modernism. Five essays plus an introduction and epilogue examine Cezanne’s contribution. The book is lavishly illustrated with Cezanne’s paintings and also [...]
Mrs. Delany and Her Circle ed by Mark Laird et al
Mrs. Delany and Her Circle, edited by Mark Laird and Alicia Weisberg-Roberts, hardback published by Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14279-2, price 40.00 from www.yalebooks.co.uk
This sumptuous book is sheer delight. 284 pages are filled with excellent reproductions and interesting text. Mary Delany did not start her enterprise of botanical painting until the age of seventy-two. nearly [...]