Curule

Curule
Author: David L. Barquist
Publisher: Yale Univ Art Gallery
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2003
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780894679575

Among the rarest forms of classical revival furniture are those that used the sella curulis, or folding stool, as a prototype for chairs, sofas, settees. This publication accompanied an exhibition exploring the sources of inspiration for these uncommon objects, made primarily by New York craftsmen. Included are an essay, "From the Battlefields of Rome to the Mansions of New York: A History of the Curule-Base's Revival." by Ethan W. Lasser, a Henry S. McNeil graduate research assistant, and entries by David L. Barquist, acting curator of American decorative arts.

National Gallery Technical Bulletin

National Gallery Technical Bulletin
Author: Paul Ackroyd
Publisher: National Gallery Company - Technical Bulletin (YUP)
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2021-05-21
Genre: Painting
ISBN: 9781857096705

The annual journal of scientific research from the National Gallery

Kongo: Power and Majesty

Kongo: Power and Majesty
Author: Alisa LaGamma
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2015-09-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1588395758

A fascinating account of the effects of turbulent history on one of Africa’s most storied kingdoms, Kongo: Power and Majesty presents over 170 works of art from the Kingdom of Kongo (an area that includes present-day Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Angola). The book covers 400 years of Kongolese culture, from the fifteenth century, when Portuguese, Dutch, and Italian merchants and missionaries brought Christianity to the region, to the nineteenth, when engagement with Europe had turned to colonial incursion and the kingdom dissolved under the pressures of displacement, civil war, and the devastation of the slave trade. The works of art—which range from depictions of European iconography rendered in powerful, indigenous forms to fearsome minkondi, or power figures—serve as an assertion of enduring majesty in the face of upheaval, and richly illustrate the book’s powerful thesis.

The Tiger's Eye

The Tiger's Eye
Author: Pamela Franks
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300094527

The Tiger's Eye, a widely read magazine of art and literature, was published in nine quarterly issues from 1947 to 1949 by writer Ruth Stephan and painter John Stephan. It took its name from the poem by William Blake. The Tiger's Eye featured European and American Surrealists, members of the Latin American avant garde, and young American painters soon to become known as Abstract Expressionists. The artists, among them Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Adolph Gottlieb, Stanley William Hayter, André Masson, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Anne Ryan, Kay Sage, Kurt Seligmann, Rufino Tamayo, and Mark Tobey, as well as art editor and co-publisher John Stephan himself, range across the cultural forefront of the post-war period. This handsome book presents numerous examples of the art, writings, and pages of the magazine, using it as a lens through which to view the art world during these richly creative years when its center was shifting from Paris to New York. Also included is an essay tracing the history of the magazine, along with an annotated index of its contributors. Lavishly produced as an homage to the format, striking design, and structural devices of The Tiger's Eye, the resultant volume will not only contribute to our understanding of postwar art history but will itself illuminate every aspect of this complex publication.

The Young Velázquez

The Young Velázquez
Author: John Marciari
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0300207867

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition El joven Velazquez: 'La educacion de la virgen' de Yale restaurada, organized by the mayor of the city of Seville and the Yale University Art Gallery."

A Yale Album

A Yale Album
Author: Richard Benson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780300087239

This engaging photograph album of Yale's third century--punctuated with essays by past and present notables of the Yale community and by Benson's own commentary--moves from Old Yale at the turn of the century to challenges facing the university in the new millennium. 150 quadratones, 55 color illustrations.

Bartolomé Bermejo

Bartolomé Bermejo
Author: Letizia Treves
Publisher: National Gallery London
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781857096446

Published to accompany an exhibition held at The National Gallery, London, 12 June-29 September 2019.

National Gallery Technical Bulletin

National Gallery Technical Bulletin
Author: Susanna Avery-Quash
Publisher: National Gallery London
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-10-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781857096491

A collection of studies at the cutting edge of art conservation and the scientific examination of paintings This volume continues the National Gallery's acclaimed series of Technical Bulletins with a selection of studies across the range of the collection, jointly authored by experts in the field of conservation and the scientific examination of paintings. This issue focuses on the conservation and restoration of Artemisia Gentileschi's Self Portrait as Saint Catherine, Guido Reni's The Toilet of Venus, Scipione Pulzone's Portrait of a Cardinal, and Garofalo's Holy Family, as well as Charles Eastlake's research into Jan van Eyck's techniques. Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press