Marking Time: Objects in Early Modern History
During the early modern period, people’s relationship with the concept of time and their personal experience of it underwent a series of revolutions –…
Yale Center for British Art
Marking Time: Objects, People & Their Lives, 1500-1800
How do we measure the days of our lives? Through more than 450 objects from an extraordinary private collection of fine and decorative artworks,…
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…
Curator Nathan Flis Unpacks The Paston Treasure
The Paston Treasure – one of the most enigmatic paintings in Western art – has come back home to the Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery…
Enlightened Princesses: How they Shaped the Modern World
Joanna Marschner introduces her new book Enlightened Princesses, which accompanies a landmark exhibition showcasing the valuable and important possessions of three powerful and significant…
Two American Photographers, Britain and Ireland: A Meeting
Today, courtesy of our colleagues at the Huntington Gallery, the Yale Books Blog shares a guest post from Matt Stevens, editor of the Library’s…
Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower
This gorgeous book – one of our favourite publications for the summer – explores depictions of the natural world through the book form, from centuries-old manuscripts…
Edwardian Opulence: ‘The Gown’ by Angus Trumble
Views of the Edwardian era have swung between seeing the period as a golden summer afternoon of imperial and elite complacency and the starkly…
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 and elite complacency and the starkly…
Sculptor Anthony Caro in conversation with Julius Bryant, Keeper of Word & Image at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Few men have had a bigger influence over their field than Sir Anthony Caro. This is a fascinating chance to hear arguably Britain’s most…