Ginkgo: A Few Amazing Facts
Perhaps the world’s most distinctive tree, ginkgo has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than two hundred million years….
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Nazi Germany and Modernist art
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How to Design Beautiful Books – Alex Kirby on Book Design
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Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
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The Royal Academy of Arts: History and Collections – by Robin Simon
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Lee Lozano: Not Working – an interview with Jo Applin
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International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
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Bookshop of the Month – Janette Ray, York
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Small Churches by Big Names – Alan Brooks explores Oxfordshire in a new Pevsner Guide
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Gardens of Court and Country – Celebrating Hampton Court Flower Show
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Enlightened Princesses: How they Shaped the Modern World
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Common Ground: German Photographic Cultures Across the Iron Curtain
Common Ground: German Photographic Cultures Across the Iron Curtain is the first book to thoroughly evaluate the photography that…
Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance Man
Yale University Press’ Little Histories collection is a family of books that takes a closer look at some of the…
Garry Winogrand: One of the Most Important Photographers of the Twentieth Century
Widely regarded as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) did much…
‘Salvaging The Past: Georges Hoentschel and French Decorative Arts’
Georges Hoentschel (1855-1915) was a leading French interior designer in historic styles, head of a decorating firm, and…
An extract from ‘Building Seagram’ by Phyllis Lambert
The Seagram building rises over New York’s Park Avenue, seeming to float above the street with perfect lines…
Extract from ‘Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century’, edited by Angus Trumble and Andrea Wolk Rager
Views of the Edwardian era have swung between seeing the period as a golden summer afternoon of imperial…
‘Bonsai: A Patient Art’. A collection of living Bonsai masterpieces from the renowned collection of the Chicago Botanic Garden
Bonsai: A Patient Art, published by Yale University Press, presents a collection of living Bonsai masterpieces from the…
‘Eva Hesse,1965’, Off The Wall
Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) was a Jewish German-born American sculptor and artist, who habitually challenged conventions. She is…
A Video Introduction to the Groundbreaking ‘War / Photography’ Exhibition
War/Photography surveys both iconic and newly discovered photographs of war and conflict, from daguerreotypes documenting the Crimean and…
Extract from ‘Federico Barocci: Renaissance Master of Color and Line’ by Judith Mann and Babette Bohn
For a long time, British art lovers have not had the chance to view the brilliant works of…
Extract from ‘Shoe Obsession’ by Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill
This February, Yale University Press is publishing the lavishly illustrated Shoe Obsession by Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill. The…
‘Under the Banyan Tree: Relocating the Picturesque in British India’ by Romita Ray
Under the Banyan Tree is the first comprehensive study of the evolution and flourishing of the picturesque during the…
‘The Progress of Love’. Extract from ‘Love and Africa’ essay by Kristina Van Dyke
The Progress of Love exhibition opened on December 2nd 2012 and runs until March 17th 2013 at the Menil…
The Pevsner Architectural Guides and an intriguing link to the History Today Trustee’s Award Prize Bowl
Yale University Press was delighted when the Pevsner Architectural Guides series recently won the Longman – History Today Trustees’ Award, which is given…