Yale Art Books – Looking Forward to 2020
For 2020 we look forward to a new list of beautiful, insightful art books from Yale University Press and our gallery partners. As well…
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Hats Off to George Romney
Summer is the season for hats. Weddings, garden parties and ‘ladies’ day’ at races like Ascot and Goodwood all call for decadent hats. Milliners…
Ever Yours, Van Gogh: 14/15 July 1889
Before his death in July 1890, Vincent van Gogh wrote numerous letters to his fellow artists, family members and friends – 820 of these…
Ever Yours, Van Gogh: 3 June 1890
Before his death in July 1890, Vincent van Gogh wrote numerous letters to his fellow artists, family members and friends – 820 of these…
Art + Science: Michelle Foa on Georges Seurat
Today we are excited to introduce you to a new series on the YaleBooks Art blog: Art + Science. Posts featured here will occupy…
Samuel Palmer: Shadows on the Wall
Nineteenth-century Britain produced some of the most notable and innovative landscape painters of all time and saw the emergence of mega-artists like J. M….
Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design – Catalogue to the Show
Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840 opened appropriately on this year’s St. Patrick’s Day as a new exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. This exciting…
John Singer Sargent: A Portrait in Paintings
John Singer Sargent was one of the most celebrated painters of his generation, perhaps best known for his portraiture, for which he received both…
Art and Architecture of Ireland: From Start to Finish
A new group of deeply researched books covering the Art and Architecture of Ireland (AAI) in 5 volumes, is an extraordinary achievement by a collaboration…
Art for Spring: ‘Frederic Church and the Landscape Oil Sketch’ at the National Gallery London
The exhibition ‘Frederic Church and the Landscape Oil Sketch’ opens this week at the National Gallery, London. To mark the event, we have a selection of…
‘Art of the Actual’: Magnificent work from Richard Thompson’s new interpretation of nineteenth century French art.
Yale University Press presents a splendid high-resolution image and a gallery taken from Art of the Actual. The French Republic – with its rallying cry…
Books from the world’s most prestigious Museums and Art Galleries (Part Two: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Yale University Press have been distributing books on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for over ten years. In the…