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The Picture Not Taken: On Life and Photography

For readers who enjoy the particular pleasures, insights, and discoveries that the essay form offers.
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Life Dances On: Robert Frank in Dialogue

The informative text and numerous examples of Frank’s work reveal the artist beyond his early, best-known images.
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Peter Hujar Behind the Camera and in the Darkroom

A valuable look at the work of a notable 20th-century American photographer from someone who worked closely with him.
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Film Camera Zen: A Guide to Finding the Perfect Film Camera

A fun and informative read for newcomers and even for knowledgeable film camera enthusiasts.
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The Coit Tower Murals: New Deal Art and Political Controversy in San Francisco

More a history than an art history, this concise and well-written book smoothly follows the murals from conception to completion to their subsequent evolution into a beloved San Francisco landmark, highlighting their treatment by art critics and historians over the years. It’s beautifully illustrated with photographs of the artists and the murals in various stages of completion.

The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture

A poignant companion work to an important and significant exhibition and an essential contextual experience for librarians, students, artists, museum educators, historians, and the general public.
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The Women Who Changed Photography: And How To Master Their Techniques

A well-designed, entry-level historical look at women photographers.

Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion

Beautifully designed and clearly written, this book is for readers who want to gain new insights into the language of clothing.

Angelica Kauffman

With beautiful color plates, readable text, and a chronology of the artist’s life, this vis an excellent introduction to a remarkable and trailblazing but little-discussed woman painter.

Mestizaje: The Feminist Art of Kathy Sosa

A veritable feast for the eye that elucidates the comingling of contemporary and historical cultural influences in Sosa’s work. Especially recommended for libraries in border states.
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Blood and Lightning: On Becoming a Tattooer

For readers wanting to know more about how tattoo professionals learn their trade, build their business, and develop as artists. With its discussion of the cultural aspects of tattooing, plus its images, Kiskaddon’s book will also appeal to readers interested in cultural studies.
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The Gilded Life of Richard Morris Hunt: Architecture and Art for an American Civilization

A definitive illustrated biography; for specialized collections.
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Rogues and Scholars: A History of the London Art World: 1945–2000

While Stourton steers dangerously close to overfilling the book with names and anecdotes, his brisk writing style and honest approach will win over readers. Ultimately this is a remarkable story about a bygone world, well told by an insider.

Icons of Style: In 100 Garments

An engrossing encyclopedic study of the whos and whys behind what people wear. Will inspire readers to add classics to their wardrobe or rediscover the versatility of pieces they may have pushed to the back of their closet in favor of trendier pieces.
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A Book About Ray

A comprehensive survey with intelligent, thoughtful readings of key works, for both newcomers and those already familiar with Johnson’s art.
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Caspar David Friedrich: Art for a New Age

This is what art history books should be like. The well-written essays are crisp and laser-focused on subjects both esoteric and concrete. The illustrations and paintings are used skillfully. The scholarship has a modern perspective but carefully respects the historical time period when the artwork was created. Given the scale and scope of the Kunsthalle show, it’s possible that exhibitions like this, and books like this, will find the necessary cultural cohesion and financial means scarce in the future.

Inventing the Modern: Untold Stories of the Women Who Shaped the Museum of Modern Art

For readers curious about how museums work, this engaging new look at MoMA’s origins will whet appetites for further scholarship on these fascinating figures.
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BLK MKT Vintage: Reclaiming Objects and Curiosities That Tell Black Stories

This one-of-a-kind monograph will inspire readers to cherish and curate their own collections.
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The Story of Perfume

Overflowing with fragrance facts, this accessible survey will delight perfume lovers on many levels.
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The African Gaze: Photography, Cinema and Power

With its beautiful design and a wealth of accessible material, including 280 photographs, an introduction by Mamadou Diouf, and interviews with luminaries Samuel Fosso and Souleymane Cissé, this book is a valuable resource for contemporary art history collections and a must-read for those interested in African photography and film.

Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion

Well written and informative, with extensive research notes. Highly recommended for fashion merchandising and women’s studies readers.
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Sacro Visions by Dolce & Gabbana

At once an evocation of what it means to worship and a celebration of the art of Dolce & Gabbana. Suggest to readers who thrilled to Andrew Bolton’s Heavenly Bodies exhibition catalogue.

Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939

“Brilliant” also describes this beautiful, browsable, yet scrupulously researched volume. With copious chapter endnotes, an index, and luscious color spreads, this gathering of amazing, trail-blazing women is riveting.
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This Is a Book for People Who Love Tattoos

If readers are wondering why their cubicle mate chose a snake over a bird or how tattooing went from pirates to celebrities, this book will provide answers or at least encourage new ways of thinking about the stories people tell with their skin.
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Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

Reed’s elegant delivery and diction enhance Dykstra’s delightful portrait of a visionary Gilded Age art collector. Recommended for art history buffs and those who enjoyed Douglass Shand-Tucci’s The Art of Scandal.
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The Avant-Gardists: Artists in Revolt in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union 1917–1935

In this deeply sourced and well-illustrated volume, Scheijen’s passionate embrace of the subject matter is almost overwhelming, and sometimes the density of the narrative makes for difficult reading. This is definitely a book for readers already familiar with the topic.
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Double Click: Twin Photographers in the Golden Age of Magazines

Brentan’s inviting narration enhances this fascinating book, offering a unique glimpse into the rise of fashion magazines. Share with listeners seeking to learn more about the challenges women artists faced as they fought against conventional expectations in pursuit of their dreams.

Sonia Delaunay: Living Art

While scholarly in tone with extensive footnotes, this beautifully designed book is readable and includes many handsome images. Recommended to readers who are interested in both the fine and decorative arts of the 20th century made by a remarkable artist.
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Women Artists in Midcentury America: A History in Ten Exhibitions

Scholarly in tone, this would be a good inclusion for a contemporary art history collection, with appeal for students, researchers, or anyone with a strong interest in modern art or women’s studies.
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The Heirloomist: 100 Treasures and the Stories They Tell

Anyone who has ever saved an object as a remembrance will relish this varied collection of heirlooms and their stories.
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Tattoo You: A New Generation of Artists

A beautiful, informative book, perfect for art collections, and an excellent starting resource to learn about the range of contemporary tattoo art.
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Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How To See

Bosker’s foray into contemporary art will have listeners visiting local art museums or even pondering their own art purchases.
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Watching New York: Street Style A to Z

This whimsical alphabetical journey is an homage to the people of New York City. Readers will enjoy perusing pages and pages of fashion and NYC street scenes and might even decide to emulate some of the amazing looks.
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Token Supremacy: The Art of Finance, the Finance of Art, and the Great Crypto Crash of 2022

A fascinating tale about NFTs, the art market, and investment for curious readers who have a solid understanding of how crypto and finance work.
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The Design of Books: An Explainer for Authors, Editors, Agents, and Other Curious Readers

This title illuminates all that goes into producing and designing a book. A must for authors, editors, designers, and curious readers. Give to those who enjoyed ABC for Book Collectors by John Carter and Nicolas Barker. They’ll love this book too.
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Saving Michelangelo’s Dome: How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution

An accessible book about the history of the dome that sparked an architectural revolution; recommended for general audiences.
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Collaboration: A Potential History of Photography

An invigorating alternative to traditional ways of understanding the history of photography.
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Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring

A solid choice for those with an interest in pop art figures or gay culture of the 1970s and ’80s, particularly in relation to the AIDS epidemic in New York City.

Women Dressing Women: A Lineage of Female Fashion Design

With many beautiful images of clothes, including some three-sided views, this excellent book is recommended for readers interested in women fashion designers, particularly those who are not well-known today.
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The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: The Complete Story of the World’s Most Famous Artwork

As an exploration of a famous art heist, Charney’s book does not disappoint. It’s also a succinct but comprehensive study of the Mona Lisa and some of her many secrets.
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Dorothea Lange: Seeing People

A focused look at Lange’s extraordinary, nearly 50-year career through the lens of her portraiture. Recommended for art and large libraries and local collections.

Buddhism: A Journey Through Art

A stunning debut volume in which the photography reigns and the clear and brief descriptions add to the enjoyment of the viewed item. No need to be a practitioner of Buddhism to appreciate and understand the beauty of these art works. Best suited for anyone who enjoys art, Buddhism, and the history of Asia.
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Women Artists Together: Art in the Age of Women’s Liberation

Deeply researched with extensive endnotes, this is a challenging but worthwhile read for scholars of the art and social activism of the ’70s.
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The Other Side: A Story of Women in Art and the Spirit World

Fascinating and heretical to the art historical canon, this title gives readers the opportunity to learn about the complex history of the spiritual in art and encourages them to let their imaginations roam.
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Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art

A fun chronicle of a writer’s attempt to get better at visual art, which will likely inspire readers to give it a go as well.
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Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines

True to the zine medium, this book is not mainstream, presenting a visually intense yet ironical and mischievous archive of countercultural print material that will appeal to niche audiences.

Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris

This excellent, well-researched book sheds new light on an artist whose work has not been included in the mainstream narrative of early 20th-century modernism.
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The Artistic Sphere: The Arts in Neo-Calvinist Perspective

This quite specialized topic is best suited for well-informed art academicians or philosophers.
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Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism

This informative title is recommended for readers interested in the avant-garde art movements of the 20th century.

Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers

Enhances understanding of an aspect of American photography not well enough understood until now.

Reclaim the Street: Street Photography’s Moment

Those who thought they’d seen everything in street photography will find new themes and insights; newcomers will be introduced to photography that is thrilling for its inventiveness, creativity, and humanism.

Yevonde: Life and Colour

With color photography the norm today, it’s fascinating to learn about the work and life of an artist who helped launch color photography.
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Artists in Residence: Downtown New York in the 1970s

Recommended for its immediacy, this personal reminiscence tells readers what 1970s New York was like.
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Postindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt Icons

A readable, accessible, comprehensive account of the stories of defunct factories, grain silos, and train stations that focuses on their possibility and promise as postindustrial sites.

Fashioned by Sargent: Painting Fashion

With gorgeous images and accessible text, this exhibition catalogue is highly recommended for audiences interested in fine art in relation to fashion.

Deep Inside the Blues: Photographs and Interviews

A magnificent oral history of the healing power of blues music.
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Cowboy

A surprisingly fun blend of nostalgia and disruption that’s at once eye-opening and reassuring, and appealing to both the artsy crowd and folks in Wrangler jeans.
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Concealing Enslavement in American Visual Culture

This is a difficult topic, but timely given current debates around public representations that celebrate the Confederacy. Though many of the book’s images depict violence and abuse, Stephens brings to light essential research that will be of interest to scholars of American history and art.
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Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris

Recommended for readers interested in women artists and modern art.

Falling Rocket: James Whistler, John Ruskin, and the Battle for Modern Art

Absorbing and informative, this title is cultural history at its best.
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Japanese Yokai and Other Supernatural Beings: Authentic Paintings and Prints of 100 Ghosts, Demons, Monsters and Magicians

Scholars of art can learn from the detailed captions, while folklore and horror fans will appreciate the creepy images of skeletons and vicious Kasha and his burning chariot.
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Burning Man: Art on Fire; Revised and Updated Edition

Fascinating, joyful, and awe-inspiring. Raiser’s text provides insight into the planning and detail that go into maintaining Burning Man’s integrity and safety while celebrating its spirit of creativity and participation.
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The Printmaking Bible, Revised Edition: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques

Part history, part how-to, part creativity jumpstarter, this hefty, well-written, art-filled guide has appeal for working artists, collectors, browsers, and libraries looking to update their 750s section.
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The Flowers of Provence

An attractive work that focuses solely on Provence. Best suited for libraries with large photography collections or a special interest in France.
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Beauty in Bloom: Floral Portraits

This title may be best suited to libraries with large photography collections, which can accommodate this trim size.
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Liberated: The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun

Rowe’s biography portrays a triumph of queer and Jewish resistance in the face of fascism and stands as a tribute to the love that surrounded the lives of Cahun and Moore, not just for each other but for humanity.
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Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art

This book is better suited for academic libraries than for public libraries.
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FuturLiberty: Liberty Fabrics and the Avant-Garde

A must for libraries with strong textile, fashion, and design collections, this gorgeously printed catalogue reveals layers of history, art, and technology behind the production of Liberty’s renowned fabrics.
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Stalking Shakespeare: A Memoir of Madness, Murder, and My Search for the Poet Beneath the Paint

Anyone with an interest in the Shakespeare author controversy or academic research in general should enjoy Durkee’s colorful account of dark winters spent obsessing over “his homespun collection” of “mugshot bards.”
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The Story of Art Without Men

An excellent, provocatively titled work that shows what it means to celebrate the history, importance, and ongoing influence of women artists, past and present. Recommended for anyone interested in expanded views of art history.
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Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington

Fans of both Carrington and Moorhead, as well as the newly curious, will snap up this nicely paced introduction to a famous surrealist artist/writer, which is also an account of a deepening familial relationship. What makes this unique among the plethora of books about Carrington is Moorhead’s personal and reflective perspective of family and shared space, despite some distance and time.
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Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty

This handsomely designed book with lovely photography that showcases Lagerfeld’s talents is recommended for fashion aficionados and fans of his designs.
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Studio Ceramics: British Studio Pottery 1900 to Now

A comprehensive reference book on contemporary British pottery that would be an excellent addition to an academic library with a strong art program. Ceramics lovers will find this book to be quite a feast.
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The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever

This well-researched monograph is a love letter to a unique time and place. It will likely appeal to readers interested in modern art or New York City history.

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Noguchi and Greece, Greece and Noguchi: Objects of Common Interest

The book’s free-form, nonhierarchical format allows readers to peruse at random. This homage to Noguchi will appeal primarily to fans of the artist.

Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America

An essential purchase for all libraries; as the people and places pictured here span Turtle Island, the book will be relevant to patrons everywhere.

The Story of Art Without Men

A good-looking, valuable addition to general or fine art collections in any public, academic, or school library, this engaging overview shines a light both entertaining and erudite on a critical half of the art world.
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Nonconformers: A New History of Self-Taught Artists

This useful volume is an important entry point to a more inclusive and accessible art world.
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Punk Art History: Artworks from the European No Future Generation

Some of the heavily theoretical art-historical language might be impenetrable to lay readers, but Skov also describes incendiary punk artworks in vivid detail and with an eye for humor. The book is equally for scholars and for punk kids in cities with DIY music scenes.

1964: Eyes of the Storm

This beautiful art book serves as a most welcome companion to Beatles scholarship and 1960s culture in general.

Vermeer

Heavily illustrated with images of the paintings, pictured both in full and in magnified detail, this catalogue is a feast for the eyes as well as the mind. One of the most comprehensive studies of Vermeer in years, worthy of any art history collection.
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Twentieth-Century Man: The Wild Life of Peter Beard

Overall, Beard’s life reads like the adventure it was. Recommended for both general interest readers and photography enthusiasts.
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All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

Bringley brings emotional depth to his experiences, struggling to heal from his brother’s death and immersing himself in the museum’s beauty. Despite minor quibbles, this audio should find a welcome home in most audio collections.
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Tutankhamun’s Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King’s Tomb

Some may wish all 100 objects were included among the color plates, but readers will glean an understanding of ancient Egyptian life, its influences, and its ongoing legacy.
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The Language of Tattoos: 130 Symbols and What They Mean

An interesting browse, with illustrations of fine line, western traditional, and Japanese styles.
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Trees of the West: An Artist’s Guide

A glossary and further reading for field guides and species accounts will satisfy the scientific reader, and artists are well served by the beautifully presented artworks and Hashimoto’s tips and personal insights. Consider also for displays on nature-related travel destinations.
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The Art of the Cosmos: Visions from the Frontier of Deep Space Exploration

Breathtaking images, accompanied by Bell’s scientific notes and comments on artistic techniques, make this an attractive choice for art, photography, and science collections.

The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Right Thing to Black Panther

An appealing read for anyone interested in moviemaking, and an essential for aspiring costumers. Carter’s contributions to Black cinema make this a worthy inclusion in any library collection.

Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen

This is a very comprehensive book with beautiful, copious illustrations. Although academic in tone, it is accessible to general readers interested in the history of fashion and lace and includes a helpful glossary that explains technical terminology.
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Ithra, A Home for the World: The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture

Visually documents and details the history of a complex and visionary work of architecture.
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Capturing Nature: 150 Years of Nature Printing

Some of the pictures detract from the overall value of the images, but this is still an essential purchase for all libraries that support an active fine arts program.
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On the Verge of Domestication

Art served with an arched eyebrow, a marginal title of some interest to art teachers and students.
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Vitamin C+: Collage in Contemporary Art

This global review of collage in today’s art world will serve both as a launching pad for exploration and as inspiration for creatives.
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Fifth Avenue: From Washington Square to Marcus Garvey Park

The precise, descriptive, and objective prose contrasts with the AIA Guide to New York City’s frequently arch comments. For all readers interested in New York’s built environment.
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Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World

A solid addition for any library with a particularly robust fashion or textiles collection.
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In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s

An introduction to an influential period and a diverse group of artists whose works continue to be uncovered, and whose history reverberates today.
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Picasso the Foreigner: An Artist in France, 1900–1973

This hydra of a book, one head assessing Picasso’s art, the other looking at how he negotiated his position in France in politically tense times, is strongly recommended to all Picasso enthusiasts.
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Spatial Orders, Social Forms: Art and the City in Modern Brazil

Architectural history scholars and advanced students of Latin America will benefit from this work, but the exhibition catalogues Condemned To Be Modern and Access for All: São Paulo’s Architectural Infrastructures will serve most readers better.
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Walking Broadway: Thirteen Miles of Architecture and History

For all architectural history students and urban designers, who might read Hilary Ballon’s complementary The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1911–2011 alongside the guidebook.
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BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art

This is a welcome new voice to the generally staid conventions of art history. A lively, engaging examination of a serious and under-addressed topic.
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