How to Read European Decorative Arts
ISBN: PB: 9781588397515,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
March 2023
168 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 141 colour illus.
168 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 141 colour illus.
Illuminating three centuries of European artistry and ingenuity, this volume in The Met's acclaimed How to Read series provides a wide-ranging exploration of decorative arts from British writing tables to Russian snuffboxes.
Spanning three decades o...
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How to Read Greek Sculpture
ISBN: PB: 9781588397232,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
September 2021
168 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 165 colour and black&white illus.
168 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 165 colour and black&white illus.
Introducing eight centuries of Greek sculpture, this latest addition to The Met's compelling and widely acclaimed How to Read series traces this artistic tradition from its early manifestations in the Geometric period (ca. 900-700 BCE) through the gr...
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How to Read Buddhist Art
ISBN: PB: 9781588396730,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
January 2020
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 200 colour illus.
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 200 colour illus.
For more than 2,000 years, sublime works of art have been created to embody essential aspects of Buddhist thought, which developed and evolved as its practice spread from India to East Asia and beyond. "How to Read Buddhist Art" introduces this compl...
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How to Read Literature
ISBN: PB: 9780300247640,
Yale University Press,
August 2019
232 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm
232 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm
A literary master's entertaining guide to reading with deeper insight, better understanding, and greater pleasure What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be f...
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£11.99
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How to Read Islamic Calligraphy
ISBN: PB: 9781588396303,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
October 2018
156 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 141 colour illus.
156 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 141 colour illus.
"How to Read Islamic Calligraphy" explores the preeminence of the written word as a means of creative expression throughout the Islamic world. Aimed at a general audience, the book introduces all five major Islamic calligraphic script types, demonstr...
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How to Read European Armor
ISBN: PB: 9781588396297,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
September 2017
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 175 colour illus.
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 175 colour illus.
This engaging book offers an introduction to and overview of armor in Europe from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, focusing in particular on the 16th century when plate armor reached its peak of stylistic beauty and functional perfection. Cr...
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£19.95
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How to Read Medieval Art
ISBN: PB: 9781588395979,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
October 2016
136 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 141 colour illus.
136 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 141 colour illus.
An enlightening, accessible guide to understanding and appreciating European art from the Middle Ages How to Read Medieval Art introduces the art of the European Middle Ages through 50 notable examples from the Metropolitan Museum's collection, which...
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£19.95
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How to Read Chinese Ceramics
ISBN: PB: 9781588395719,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
September 2015
144 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 180 colour illus.
144 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 180 colour illus.
Chinese ceramics are among the most significant and widely collected decorative arts produced anywhere in the world, with a history that spans millennia. Despite the saturation of Chinese ceramics in global culture – in English, the word "china" has...
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£19.95
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How to Read Islamic Carpets
ISBN: PB: 9780300208092,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
October 2014
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 175 colour illus.
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 175 colour illus.
Carpets made in the "Rug Belt" – an area that includes Morocco, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and northern India – have been a source of fascination and collecting since the 13th century. This engaging and accessible book explores the...
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How to Read Oceanic Art
ISBN: PB: 9780300204292,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
June 2014
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.
Art from Oceania, the region encompassing the islands of the central and south Pacific, spans hundreds of distinct artistic processes, formats and mediums. Many people's exposure to Oceanic art comes through its influence on the work of European arti...
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