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Ruben's Massacre of the Innocents By David Jaffé The recent rediscovery of Rubens's Massacre of the Innocents (bought by Lord Thomson for £50 million in 2002) offers an important opportunity to reassess the painter's early career. Of Rubens's works immediately following his return to Antwerp in 1608, it is the most assured, achieving a remarkable complexity both compositionally and emotionally.In association with the Thomson Collection, the Art Gallery of Ontario and Skylet. David Jaffé, Senior Curator at the National Gallery, London, considers the work in its context, discussing the numerous sources and influences from which Rubens drew.

PUBLISHER: Skylet ISBN: 9781903470817 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 128 ILLUSTRATIONS: 80 SPECIFICATION: 241mm x 279mm PUBLICATION DATE: September 1, 2009 NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

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Canadian Art The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario Together with important First Nations material, the Thomson Canadian Collection is the largest of all private holdings of Canadian art. There are rare and incomparable examples of Northwest Coast Aboriginal art. Krieghoff's inspired accounts of life in the Canadas, prior to Confederation, bring the light and atmosphere of history fully into the present. A staggering power to capture the fleeting and the fugitive in paint still distinguishes the work of the early 20th-century painter Morrice.

PUBLISHER: Skylet ISBN: 9781903470831 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 159 PUBLICATION DATE: October 15, 2008 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

Medieval Ivories and Works of Art By John Lowden The Thomson Collection contains examples of the highest quality of most types of medieval ivory carving, both secular and religious. The Thomson Collection contains examples of the highest quality of most types of medieval ivory carving, both secular and religious. These include large statuettes of the Virgin and Child intended to stand on altars in chapels, small versions for private use in the home, and folding tablets or diptychs with scenes from the life of Christ carved in relief.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781903470800 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 128 ILLUSTRATIONS: 80 SPECIFICATION: 241mm x 279mm PUBLICATION DATE: December 1, 2008 READER INTERESTS: Medieval Art Medieval Art & Architecture NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

Peterborough Cathedral 2001-2006 From Devastation to Restoration By Michael Bunker and Paul Binski Peterborough Cathedral - one of the finest Romanesque cathedrals in Northern Europe - was ravaged by fire on 22 November 2001. Peterborough Cathedral - one of the finest Romanesque cathedrals in Northern Europe - was ravaged by fire on 22 November 2001. The first part of this book is a personal account of the process of restoring the Cathedral after that devastating event, while the second part the unique 13th-century painted nave ceiling which came close to complete destruction.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781903470558 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 128 ILLUSTRATIONS: Illustrated throughout SPECIFICATION: 280mm x 240mm PUBLICATION DATE: November 22, 2006 READER INTERESTS: 21st century History NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

Chevening A Seat of Diplomacy By Julius Bryant · A hugely welcome new guide to the handsome architecture, sumptuous decoration, notable collections and glorious gardens of Chevening, the grand country residence used typically by Britain's Foreign Secretary

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing

Chevening stands in a magnifi cent park below the wooded escarpment of the North Downs in Kent. It has a history dating back around 800 years, but the house we see today is almost entirely the creation of seven generations of the Stanhope family, building on the original Inigo Jones house of 1630. For 250 years the Stanhopes served their country as soldiers and statesmen, and at Chevening as patrons of architecture and art. This new guide highlights the contributions of the Earls and Countesses Stanhope to the building, furniture, pictures, gardens and landscape of Chevening. It also gives a short account of the family in the wider world in order to set their creations in context.

PUBLICATION DATE: October 31, 2017

The decoration and architectural features of each of the rooms – from the Entrance Hall with its spectacular swirling staircase of c. 1721 to the sumptuous Tapestry Room with its rare Berlin tapestries woven by Huguenot craftsmen in 1708 – are described and illustrated, and signifi cant and unusual works of art highlighted, such as important portraits by Allan Ramsay, Thomas Gainsborough, and Sir Thomas Lawrence. The Estate consists of some 3,000 acres, and the gardens include a lake, maze, parterre and a double hexagonal walled kitchen garden. The history of the garden is explored, from the extensive landscaping in the formal style by the 1st and 2nd Earls in the early 18th century, to the naturalistic style created in 1775–78 – much of the character of which survives today – to the re-formalizing in the 19th century, with the creation of the 'Italian' gardens, a maze and hedged allées. The wonderful restoration of recent decades and the replanting to the designs of Elizabeth Banks is celebrated with new photography.

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Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Chevening Act coming into eff ect with the death of the last Earl Stanhop and the 300th anniversary of his family's acquisition of Chevening Estate.

ISBN: 9781911300113 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £30.00 PAGES: 144 ILLUSTRATIONS: 130 colour illus. SPECIFICATION: 242mm x 212mm

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Vartan of Nazareth By Malcolm Billings · A lavishly illustrated account of a true medical pioneer Vartan of Nazareth is the little-known story of a medical hero who founded a hospital in Nazareth 150 years ago. This book traces the remarkable story of Pacarooni Kaloost Vartan, the son of a poor Armenian tailor in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul).

PUBLISHER: Miscellaneous ISBN: 9781907372438 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 240 ILLUSTRATIONS: 200 illustrations SPECIFICATION: 260mm x 216mm PUBLICATION DATE: September 15, 2012 READER INTERESTS: Biography NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

Vartan of Nazareth is the little-known story of a medical hero who founded a hospital in Nazareth 150 years ago. This book traces the remarkable story of Pacarooni Kaloost Vartan, the son of a poor Armenian tailor in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). Born in 1835 at a time of great change in the Ottoman Empire, the young Vartan attended the first American missionary school in the imperial city. He left school to join the British Army as an interpreter in the Crimea and, having witnessed the rigours of battlefield medicine, he was drawn to a career as a surgeon and physician. The book recounts the story of his time in Edinburgh as a missionary medical student, his marriage to Mary Anne, a daughter of the Manse and, with the ink hardly dry on the marriage certificate, the young couple's departure for Palestine. The book is rich in descriptions of nineteenth-century Nazareth: the plight of people whose remedies amounted to old wives' tales, village bone-menders and leeches to blend the afflicted; the doctor's struggle to overcome local prejudice and aversion to Evangelical missionaries. The Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society sponsored Vartan's work in Nazareth and his quarterly reports to headquarters in Edinburgh preserve a vivid picture of his hard work to establish the hospital. The Vartans were not immune to tragedy. Five of their ten children died in infancy; they are buried with their siblings and parents in the graveyard on the edge of the hospital compound. The Vartans visited Jerusalem as the Holy City became the focus of huge pilgrimage traffic and the failed attempt to evangelize Jews in time for the second coming of the Messiah. Lavishly illustrated, Vartan of Nazareth features contemporary photographs taken by the Royal Engineers on their Survey of Palestine, including one taken by the young officer who would become famous as 'Kitchener of Khartoum'. Photographs of the Vartan family, and of day-to-day activities at the hospital where patients with gunshot wounds would arrive by camel, contribute to this unique historical record. The book also tells of Vartan's legacy after his death in 1908 and follows the development of the hospital through the turbulent times of the First World War, the British Mandate and the birth of modern Israel. Against all odds the hospital survived. It is still registered in Scotland and, as a remarkable element of continuity, the founder's great grand-son, John Vartan, is actively involved. About the Author: Malcolm Billings spent most of his career broadcasting and producing Radio 4 and BBC World Service program. He presented the Today program during the 1970s. He has also contributed from many parts of the world to Radio 4's From Our Correspondent and was producer and presenter of the BBC World Service Heritage program for fifteen years. His other publications include: The Crusades, the War Against Islam, 1096-1798 (2006); Queen's College: 150 Years and a New Century (2000); and The English, the

Making of a Nation from 430-1700 (1991).

Court & Craft A masterpiece from northern Iraq By Rachel Ward A masterpiece of medieval Arab metalwork revealed, shedding light on courtly life in northern Iraq under the Mongol governorship. A study of the so-called 'Courtauld wallet', a brass container richly inlaid with gold and silver, imitating a lady's textile or leather bag, and probably made in Mosul in northern Iraq around 1300. Essays explore the origins, function and iconography of this splendid luxury object as well as the cultural context in which it was made and used.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372650 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £30.00 PAGES: 176 ILLUSTRATIONS: 120 colour illustrations SPECIFICATION: 260mm x 216mm PUBLICATION DATE: February 15, 2014 READER INTERESTS: Ancient & Medieval Warfare Art History NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

A Reservoir of Ideas Essays in Honour of Paul Williamson Edited by Glyn Davies and Eleanor Townsend An invaluable reference for all those interested in the history of sculpture and medieval art. This lavishly illustrated volume is a celebratory tribute to the leading scholar and curator Paul Williamson, formerly Keeper of Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics & Glass at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781911300168 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £50.00 PAGES: 292 SPECIFICATION: 287mm x 247mm PUBLICATION DATE: February 28, 2017

This rich collection of over twenty fully illustrated essays covers an array of medieval topics, with a particular emphasis on sculpture. The contributors, all friends and colleagues of the dedicatee, are prominent experts in their different fields, from the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. The wide range of subjects covered includes ivories, wood carvings, alabaster, architectural sculpture, caskets, reliquaries, and questions of imagery and iconography. With a full scholarly apparatus, A Reservoir of Ideals is an invaluable work of reference. The volume celebrates the museum career and scholarship of Paul Williamson, a scholar and curator whose outstanding contribution to art history continues to expand and inspire the study of sculpture in general and medieval art in particular. Williamson joined the V&Ain 1979 as one of the youngest curators ever appointed. He took over as Chief Curator in 1989, and he was Director of the Collections from 2004-07, and Acting Deputy Director in 2013. During his 36-year career at the V&Ahe wrote 17 books and over 150 articles. Williamson's profound experience and expertise as a curator at the V&Ahave both enhanced his own well-deserved reputation as the leading expert in the study of European sculpture, and simultaneously enriched the standing and holdings of the collections themselves. The works acquired during his time at the V&A, and the gallery displays that he either oversaw or curated himself, amply demonstrate his tremendous range of knowledge and appreciation of art. Despite his wide-ranging expertise and enthusiasm for the art of all periods, it seems fitting that this volume is devoted to medieval art, and primarily to sculpture - the works of art that undoubtedly lie closest to his heart. It is a testament to his standing at the pinnacle of medieval studies that so many leading experts have eagerly contributed to this exceptional collection.

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BERNADETTE OF LOURDES Greg Tricker is a stone carver and painter. His profound and simple style of painting is deeply rooted in a mystical tradition of art. Qualities of myth, an innocence of spirit akin to the folk art tradition and a powerfully theatrical element feature in his work.

ISBN: 9781903470886 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £25.00 PUBLICATION DATE: November 15, 2008 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

Decorative Textiles from Arab and Islamic Cultures Selected Works from the Al Lulwa Collection By Jennifer Wearden and Jennifer Scarce This exceptional collection of Islamic textiles published here ranges widely in region, material and technique. There are exquisite textiles and garments from North Africa, Syria, Arabia, Iran, Turkey and the Indian subcontinent, mainly from the 19th and early 20th centuries, which continue the traditions established in the medieval Islamic world.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372872 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £40.00 PAGES: 200 ILLUSTRATIONS: 140 colour illus. SPECIFICATION: 300mm x 245mm PUBLICATION DATE: March 31, 2016 READER INTERESTS: Middle East NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

One of the most distinctive features of Islamic design is the evolution of an increasingly abstract and repetitive repertoire of motifs, which are shared among all media – metalwork, woodwork, ceramics, tilework and textiles. In textiles the main themes are based on angular and geometric shapes – vertical and horizontal striped bands; hexagons and octagons, which can be linked and infinitely extended; stylized and rhythmic scrolls of foliage and flowers; and Arabic calligraphy, of which the letters can be formed into continuous borders, panels and medallions. These motifs can be used separately or combined into complex patterns, of which the repetitive and twodimensional features are ideal for textile production, especially where varying lengths are required – for hangings, curtains, robes and shawls. Valued for their role in the subtleties of court ceremonial and fashion, these textiles were also much admired beyond the Islamic lands. The exceptional collection published here ranges widely in region, material and technique. There are textiles and garments from North Africa, Syria, Arabia, Iran, Turkey and the Indian subcontinent linked by a shared vocabulary of ornament – evidence of the international nature of Islamic design. Materials represented are silk – the most prestigious of fibres, requiring highly respected weavers – wool, cotton and linen. Decoration is based on variations of weave and colour and embellishment through embroidery, printing and appliqué and illustrates the work of both professional and domestic workers. The strengths of the collection are concentrated in the textile production of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which, thanks to the basically conservative nature of textile technique and design, preserve and continue the traditions established in the medieval Islamic world. They are important in an assessment of Islamic textiles both for their quality and as illustrations of survival and adaptation in a major industry. Their heritage reaches back well over a thousand years, even though their very high perishability means that for the earlier part of the tradition our knowledge is reliant very largely on written sources. These, however, attest to the superb quality and quantity of textiles at the courts of the period.

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Basic Instincts Love, Lust and Violence in the Art of Joseph Highmore By Jaaqueline Riding The first major publication dedicated to the important 18th-century British artist Joseph Highmore, whose works address themes ranging from love, friendship and motherhood, to abuse, abandonment, infant death and murder. His extraordinary painting The Angel of Mercy, the centrepiece of this book, is one of the most controversial images in 18th-century British art.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781911300281 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 120 ILLUSTRATIONS: 80 colour illus. SPECIFICATION: 260mm x 216mm PUBLICATION DATE: September 30, 2017 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

RICHARD WALKER IMAGE AND MYTH Best known for a dramatic, layered and visionary urban imagery, Richard Walker (born 1954) is a painter, printmaker and photographer. He works in a variety of media, including acrylic, collage, pastel, watercolour, charcoal and pencil, mainly on canvas and paper. This unique book is both a kind of autobiography – compiled and written by himself – and a selective catalogue of his work, past and present. Peter Parker, biographer of Christopher Isherwood, also interviews the artist.

ISBN: 9781903470244 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £16.95 PUBLICATION DATE: November 15, 2004 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

PAGES OF THE QUR'AN The Lygo Collection By Will Kwiatskowski Includes pages from some of the most celebrated manuscripts of the period as well as lesser-known ones, and provide a comprehensive overview of stylistic developments in Qur'anic calligraphy and illumination. During the period represented by this outstanding collection, the scriptsand formats used for copying and illuminating the Holy Word multiplied and developed – visual testimony to the extraordinary exchange of ideas that took place under the 'Abbasid dynasty, which stretched at its height from the Atlantic to the borders of China. The consistent esteem in which the art of the calligrapher was held across the Islamic world reflected the status of the Qur'an as the unmediated word of Allah and its centrality to the notions of Islamic culture and identity.

ISBN: 9780955339356 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £30.00 PAGES: 132 PUBLICATION DATE: January 17, 2013 READER INTERESTS: Art History Islamic Art NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

JONATHAN RICHARDSON BY HIMSELF By Susan Owens

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372841 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £12.95 PAGES: 72 PUBLICATION DATE: June 30, 2015 READER INTERESTS: Art History Modern & Contemporary Art NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

Jonathan Richardson (1667–1745) was one of 18th-century England's most significant cultural figures. A leading portrait painter and influential art theorist, he also amassed one of the period's greatest collections of drawings. But there was another, highly unusual dimension to his pursuits. In 1728, at the age of 61 and shortly before his retirement from professional life, Richardson began to create a remarkable series of self-portrait drawings. Not intended for public display, these works were unguarded explorations of his own character. In one of the most astonishing projects of selfexamination ever undertaken by an artist, for over a decade Richardson repeatedly drew his own face. His self-portrait drawings are usually dated precisely, and they document, from month to month, his changing state of mind as much as his appearance. Many were drawn in chalks on large sheets of blue paper, from his reflection in the mirror. Some of these are bold and psychologically penetrating, while others, in which he regards his ageing features with gentle but unflinching scrutiny, are deeply touching. A further group of self-portraits is drawn with graphite on small sheets of fine vellum, and in these Richardson often presents himself in inventive and humorous ways, such as in profile, all'antica, as though on the face of a coin or medal; or crowned with bays, like a celebrated poet. Sometimes, too, he copies his image from oil paintings made decades earlier, in order to recall his appearance as a younger man. In this extraordinary series of self-portraits, Richardson offers a candid insight into his mind and personality. Together, these drawings create nothing less than a unique and compelling visual autobiography. This publication – which accompanies the first ever exhibition devoted to Richardson's self-portrait drawings, held in the new Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Drawings Gallery at the Courtauld – tells the story of these remarkable works Jonathan Richardson (1667–1745) was one of 18th-century England's most significant cultural figures. A leading portrait painter and influential art theorist, he also amassed one of the period's greatest collections of drawings. But there was another, highly unusual dimension to his pursuits. In 1728, at the age of 61 and shortly before his retirement from professional life, Richardson began to create a remarkable series of self-portrait drawings. Not intended for public display, these works were unguarded explorations of his own character. In one of the most astonishing projects of selfexamination ever undertaken by an artist, for over a decade Richardson repeatedly drew his own face. His self-portrait drawings are usually dated precisely, and they document, from month to month, his changing state of mind as much as his appearance. Many were drawn in chalks on large sheets of blue paper, from his reflection in the mirror. Some of these are bold and psychologically penetrating, while others, in which he regards his ageing features with gentle but unflinching scrutiny, are deeply touching. A further group of self-portraits is drawn with graphite on small sheets of fine vellum, and in these Richardson often presents himself in inventive and humorous ways, such as in profile, all'antica, as though on the face of a coin or medal; or crowned with bays, like a celebrated poet. Sometimes, too, he copies his image from oil paintings made decades earlier, in order to recall his appearance as a younger man. In this extraordinary series of self-portraits, Richardson offers a candid insight into his mind and personality. Together, these drawings create nothing less than a unique and compelling visual autobiography. This publication – which accompanies the first ever exhibition devoted to Richardson's self-portrait drawings, held in the new Gilbert and

Ildiko Butler Drawings Gallery at the Courtauld – tells the story of these remarkable works and puts them into the context of his other activities at this period of his life – in particular the self-searching poems he wrote during the same years and often on the same days as he made the drawings. An introductory essay is followed by focused discussions of each work in the exhibition. This part of the book explores the materials and techniques Richardson used, whether working in chalks on a large scale or creating exquisitely refined drawings on vellum. It will also reveal how Richardson modeled some of his portraits on old master prints and drawings, including works in his own collection by Rembrandt and Bernini. The publication brings together the Courtauld Gallery's fine collection of Richardson's drawings with key works in the British Museum, the National Portrait Gallery and the Fitzwilliam Museum.

TIBETAN MANUSCRIPTS Accompanying an exhibition held at Sam Fogg Ltd., London, in 2001. Tibetan Manuscripts spaning the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries and includes a set of 42 painted tsakalis, or ritual cards.

ISBN: 9780953942220 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £10.00 PUBLICATION DATE: March 15, 2005 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

The Museum by the Park 14 Queen Anne's Gate By Max Bryant The depth of history at Queen Anne's Gate – a handsome Baroque street overlooking St James's Park – is unusual even in London, and few houses resonate with more memories than the extraordinary number 14. The story of the house over the centuries features political revolutionaries, occult initiations, clandestine war meetings, and a decapitated head. It begins, however, as a museum of Roman sculpture, unrivalled outside Italy, designed for connoisseur and virtuoso Charles Townley (1737–1805). Townley embodied Enlightenment values perhaps more completely than any other figure in the art world of 18th-century Britain – his portrait by Johann Zoff any (seen above) is one of the iconic paintings of the period – yet remarkably he has never been the subject of a major publication.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781911300328 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £25.00

Written with a sparkle matching Townley's own enthusiasm, this beautiful and engaging publication tells the story of 14 Queen Anne's Gate and examines the extraordinary life of Charles Townley and his remarkable collection of over 150 Roman marble statues (mostly now in the British Museum but captured in spectacular engravings of the period). It will be a revelation. The house was designed as a temple to the past, reviving in the modern city the occult practices of the ancient world. Here visitors in eighteenth century would have found an assembly of Roman sculpture unrivalled outside Italy, as well as a library and collection devoted to understanding a universal 'generative sprit' worshipped by early civilizations. That spirit may be found in the succession of major roles the house has continued to take through generations of dramatic change up to the present day.

PAGES: 128 ILLUSTRATIONS: 100 colour illus. SPECIFICATION: 260mm x 215mm PUBLICATION DATE: October 31, 2017 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture

Charles Townley, for whom the house was built, was a fi gure both marginal and emblematic. Catholic and bisexual, he forged a life literally on the borders of the Protestant British establishment. He remains little understood or appreciated in his homeland and, remarkably, has never been the subject of a major exhibition or publication. The 'emblematic' side of Townley's life was dedicated to virtù, the term used for an appreciation of fi ne art pursued for its own sake. The 'marginal' side of Townley, by contrast, manifested itself in a fascination with the ancient occult, particularly the Bacchic mysteries. The house he made for himself was at once a temple to virtù and to Bacchus and contained an unprecedented programme of Bacchic iconography.

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The Comfort of The Past Building in Oxford and Beyond 1815-2015 By Steven Parissien This groundbreaking architectural history examines what people actually wanted in their institutional and private patronage over the last two centuries as opposed to what architects and theorists thought they should want - as seen through the prism of Oxford's principal building contractor and craft practitioner, Symm & Company. This groundbreaking architectural history examines what people actually wanted in their institutional and private patronage over the last two centuries as opposed to what architects and theorists thought they should want - as seen through the prism of Oxford's principal building contractor and craft practitioner, Symm & Company. About the Author: Director of Compton Verney museum and gallery in Warwickshire and currently Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, Oxford

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372773 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £40.00 PAGES: 200 ILLUSTRATIONS: 200 colour and b/w SPECIFICATION: 280mm x 240mm PUBLICATION DATE: March 1, 2015 READER INTERESTS: Art History NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

THOMSON COLLECTION AT THE ART GALLE Celebrating the recent opening of the Thomson Collection galleries at the transformed Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. They have been redesigned by Canadian architect Frank Gehry--five new books recording Ken Thomson's historic donation of 2,000 superb works of art have been published by Skylet in association with the AGO. All five jacketed paperbacks are available in a box set. ISBN: 9781903470862 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £100.00 PUBLICATION DATE: October 15, 2008 NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

MEDITATIONS ON A HERITAGE Papers on the Work and Legacy of Sir Ernst Gombrich The importance of Gombrich's work on the history of taste has yet to be fully recognised, and when it comes to the application of developments in psychology to the visual arts he has remained largely on his own. That Ernst Gombrich was one of the most important art historians of the 20th century would seem to go without saying. Gombrich was an avowed enemy of 'big ideas', interested not in generalizations but in the specifics of individual cases. Avoiding jargon or rhetoric, standing for 'common sense', he always argued from clear premises, and his thought was also very wide-ranging. These essays assess the nature of his empiricism, the degree to which his ideas have been adopted, overturned or developed, and his contribution to the dialogue of art and perception.

ISBN: 9781907372544 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £20.00 PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2014 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

Pride and Persecution Jan Steen's Old testament Scenes By Robert Wenley, Nina Cahill and Rosalie Van Gulick · Full of humanity and even humour, the Old Testament paintings by master visual storyteller Jan Steen are often treated like incidents in 17th-century Holland. This groundbreaking examination considers the infl uence of Jewish history and Dutch theatre on this exciting element of his oeuvre

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781911300090 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 80 ILLUSTRATIONS: 46 colour illus. SPECIFICATION: 210mm x 210mm PUBLICATION DATE: October 1, 2017 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

The Leiden-born artist Jan Steen (1626–1679) is widely admired as one of the most engaging and technically brilliant painters of the Dutch Golden Age. This volume accompanies an exhibition that will be the first in the UK devoted to Steen's Old Testament subjects. The focal point will be his magnificent Wrath of Ahasuerus (c.1668–69), one of the highlights of the Barber's collection, which will be joined by a number of other paintings by Steen from private and public collections across the world. Three essays will examine the core themes of the show – the role of Jewish history in Steen's Old Testament scenes; the infl uence of Dutch theatre on his work; and the critical response to his Old Testament paintings from the 17th century to date. Robert Wenley (Barber Institute of Fine Arts) will look at how the Dutch nation established its identity in part by associating its people with the Biblical Israelites, seeing themselves as persecuted by the Spanish for their faith. He will explore the popularity of the story of Esther and other Old Testament subjects in Dutch culture – in plays as well as paintings – and the possibility of Jewish patrons for Steen's Old Testament paintings. Nina Cahill (University of Kassel) will put forward new research about how Steen adopted the gestural language of contemporary Dutch theatre, amateur and professional, in order to represent the key fi gures in these scenes and to convey the pivotal dramatic moments. In some instances, Steen may have been quoting from an actual production of a play based on the Biblical story. Rosalie van Gulick (Utrecht University) will consider how Steen's Old Testament scenes have been received and understood over the years. She will investigate how the apparent farcical character of these scenes has been understood over the centuries and why they have prompted adversely critical responses from some modern art historians.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372957 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £50.00 PAGES: 200 ILLUSTRATIONS: 140 colour illus. PUBLICATION DATE: April 30, 2016 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

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Ship Models In The Thomson Collection At The Art Gallery Of Ontario By Simon Stephens Spanning some 350 years, the Thomson Collection of historic ship models contains examples of exquisite workmanship and some of the masterpieces of the genre. Pride of the collection are the rare British dockyard models made to scale for affluent 18th-century clients closely associated with the Navy. Spanning some 350 years, the Thomson Collection of historic ship models contains examples of exquisite workmanship and some of the masterpieces of the genre.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781903470824 BINDING: Paperback

Pride of the collection are the rare British dockyard models made to scale for affluent 18th-century clients closely associated with the Navy. A large number of models – made from wood and bone, with rigging of human hair – were made by some of the 120,000 French and other prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars. The diverse collection also includes tugs, dredgers, trawlers, cargo vessels, passenger steamers, private yachts, corvettes, battleships, cruisers, torpedo boat destroyers and two aircraft carriers. The author (curator at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich) considers the rich history and the artistry of model shipbuilding. New photography captures the incredible workmanship – the carving, casting, gilding and stitching – that such model-making demands.

PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 144 ILLUSTRATIONS: 100 illustrations SPECIFICATION: 280mm x 240mm PUBLICATION DATE: October 1, 2008 READER INTERESTS: Modelling NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

OSKAR REINHART COLLECTION This volume, with full entries on the entire collection of 207 works by 45 leading scholars in their field, both American and European, and superb plates carefully checked against the originals, sets out to rectify this state of affairs. When Oskar Reinhart (1885–1965) bequeathed a significant part of his remarkable art collection – chiefly of French nineteenth-century painting but also containing a number of outstanding Old Masters – to the Swiss nation, he did so on condition that the works of art would never be loaned. As a consequence the many very important works in the collection have not been discussed in major exhibition catalogues and have not received the scholarly attention they deserve.

ISBN: 9781903470381 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £65.00 PUBLICATION DATE: August 15, 2006 NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

Art of the Middle Ages French Edition By Sam Fogg · An outstanding collection of Medieval art, including rare and previously unpublished objects. Ranging from paintings and sculpture to stained glass, manuscripts and caskets, many of the objects presented here are of absolute rarity, some are previously unpublished and - until recently - unknown.

PUBLISHER: Sam Fogg ISBN: 9780955339318 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £20.00

This is the catalogue to an outstanding collection of Medieval art from a private collection. Of particular interest are: the recently discovered Anglo-Saxon Chrismatory, the first significant piece of its kind to come to light in well over a century; the walnut Casket painted with Illustrations of the Prise d'Orange, uniquely dating from the thirteenth century and a miracle of survival; the beautiful, ninth-century Byzantine Silk Samite of Confronting Birds; and the panel of The Dream of Joseph which formed part of the programme of stained glass installed at the Abbey of St-Denis in the twelfth century. About the Author: sam fogg ltd is a world-leading gallery specialising in illumiated manuscripts and medieval art. Their publications have broken new ground in the fields of medieval sculpture, stained glass, works of art, illuminated manuscripts, Ethiopian and Armenian art, Islamic manuscripts and calligraphy and Indian paintings.

PAGES: 144 ILLUSTRATIONS: 140 col. illustrations SPECIFICATION: 300mm x 240mm PUBLICATION DATE: September 15, 2007 READER INTERESTS: Ancient & Medieval Warfare NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

The Honour and Grandeur Regalia, Gold and Silver at the Mansion House By Ralph Holt, Michael Hall and Clare Gifford Timed to coincide with the first ever public exhibition of the Crystal Sceptre, this new book will present the Sceptre and over 80 of the finest, most historic pieces in the plate collection at Mansion House – the home and office of the Lord Mayor of the City of London. The greatest treasure of the City of London has been, until now, the least known. The unique Crystal Sceptre of c.1420 - seen only at the inauguration of the Lord Mayor and at coronations, and never photographed before - is here presented with as much as is known of its history, its materials and their origins and its first recorded outing, to the coronation of Catherine of Valois, the wife of King Henry V, in 1421 at Westminster Abbey.

PUBLISHER: Sam Fogg ISBN: 9781907372896 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £15.00 PAGES: 200 ILLUSTRATIONS: 100 colour illus. SPECIFICATION: 212mm x 168mm PUBLICATION DATE: October 31, 2015 READER INTERESTS: Art History NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

Timed to coinicide with the first ever public exhibition of the Crystal Sceptre, which opens on the occasion of the 600-year anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, this new book will present the Sceptre and over 80 of the finest and most historic pieces in the plate collection at Mansion House - the home, office and centre of entertainment for the Lord Mayor of the City of London. The regalia includes several famous items, notably the 16th-century gold and enamel Chain of Esses, the great Mace of 1735-36 and the Pearl Sword of the 1570s, carried by the Lord Mayor before the Sovereign on visits to the City. The silver-gilt and silver, used constantly during the year, includes pieces by some of the greatest names of English silversmithing - Paul de Lamerie and Paul Storr, for example - but also rare ones by more modern masters - Latino Movio and Omar Ramsden - including masterpieces previously completely unknown to silver historians. An inscription on a silver-gilt cup presented to the Lord Mayor in 1741 records that the intention of the gift was to increas - the Honour and Grandeur - of the City of London. It is just one piece of a vast, eclectic and exceptional collection of plate, which is constantly in use at the Guildhall and Mansion House today to uphold that honour and in the grandest way possible - a rare survival of medieval practices of display. The quality and quantity of the 19th- and 20th-century pieces in particular is extraordinary. This volume is the third in the series on the treasures of Mansion House, following The Harold Samuel Collection of Dutch and Flemish Paintings (2012) and Magnificent Marble Statutes: A Guide to the Sculpture at the Mansion House (2013). Intended to introduce to a broad audience the plate collection - as well as the history of the Lord Mayors, the City guilds and Mansion House itself, and the formation of the collection, it will also be of interest to specialists in silver, who will discover many masterpieces of style and technique.

Jean de Carpentin's Book of Hours By Alixe Bovey In the 1470s, one of the most innovative artists working in Bruges illuminated a Book of Hours for Jean Carpentin, lord of Gravile and prominent citizen of Normandy. Known as the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book after one of his other masterpieces, this artist and members of his workshop enriched the pages of Carpentin's manuscript.

PUBLISHER: Sam Fogg ISBN: 9781903470954 BINDING: Hardback

In the 1470s, one of the most innovative artists working in Bruges illuminated a Book of Hours for Jean Carpentin, lord of Gravile and prominent citizen of Normandy. The manuscript is enriched with miniatures, historiated initials and boldly colored borders in which human figures, monsters and monkeys are framed by twisting branches of acanthus.

PRICE: £50.00 PAGES: 184 PUBLICATION DATE: December 27, 2011 READER INTERESTS: Medieval Art Medieval Art & Architecture NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

BROOKS'S 1764-2014 THE STORY OF A To celebrate Brooks's 250th anniversary, this beautiful commemorative volume looks afresh at some historical aspects and the architecture of the club, and presents much original research, including essays on the club's archives. One of the many aspects of London that never failed to attract comment from foreign visitors in the late 18th and early nineteenth 19th was the Clubland that sprouted along Pall Mall and St James's. Paris and Vienna had nothing like it. From its foundation in 1764, Brooks's was accepted as one of the most important manifestations of this new form of London living. From its inception, its membership drew on some of England's wealthiest and most influential families.

ISBN: 9781907372612 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £40.00 PUBLICATION DATE: December 12, 2013 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

THIS BLESSED PLOT, THIS EARTH This beautifully designed and illustrated book celebrates the career of Jonathan Horne FSA, international authority on English pottery and for forty years a London dealer at the top of his field. With over thirty essays the book covers a broad range of subjects by specialists from around the world including curators, academics and archaeologists. Subjects include the first pottery in James Fort, America; shipping containers for Atlantic ceramic cargoes; Delftware exports to the West Indies; recent archaeological discoveries in London; an 18th-century duke's bill for creamware and other. Encompassing a broad range of new research this book is a lasting tribute to Jonathan Horne's many services to English pottery, a subject to which his insight, warmth and scholarship has contributed so much.

ISBN: 9781907372094 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £40.00 PUBLICATION DATE: November 15, 2010 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

This publication offers new ways of thinking about the rural idyll and the countryside more broadly, through the innovative integration of a wide range of art and visual cultures. These include classic landscapes by artists such as Blake, Claude, Constabl The Rural Idyll By Verity Elson and Edited by Rosemary Shirley · In addition to the new scholarship on the rural idyll – by academic experts from a wide range of disciplines, encompassing the spheres of art history, contemporary art, poetry, literature, rural history, agriculture, and everyday life – it includes interviews with ten key contemporary artists who are working with the rural in innovative ways PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing

· It contains newly commissioned material from leading artists and writers which articulate the themes of the publication in ways that differ from the traditional catalogue essay

ISBN: 9781911300106

· It will include a specially commissioned visual essay by Jeremy Deller.

BINDING: Paperback

In the contemporary art world the rural is seriously under-represented as an arena of critical inquiry and artistic production

PRICE: £20.00 PAGES: 120 SPECIFICATION: 260mm x 216mm PUBLICATION DATE: March 18, 2017 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

· This publication will make a significant contribution towards redressing this situation · Highly original and vibrant study that will examine how key moments in art history have shaped the concept of the idyll and how contemporary artists continue to access and often challenge this concept The rural idyll is a powerful force in the British national imagination. This highly original and vibrant study will examine how key moments in art history have shaped the concept of the idyll and how contemporary artists continue to access and often challenge this concept. This publication offers new ways of thinking about the rural idyll and the countryside more broadly, through the innovative integration of a wide range of art and visual cultures. These include classic landscapes by artists such as Blake, Claude, Constable and Turner, works of modern British art, and contemporary works by artists who present new perspectives on the rural idyll. Crucially, this volume will enter these familiar and unfamiliar art works into a productive dialogue with an extensive range of visual cultures which populate everyday life now and in the past, for instance Frank

Newbould's iconic wartime recruitment posters of 1942–44 and rural-themed video games. In the contemporary art world the rural is seriously under-represented as an arena of critical inquiry and artistic production. This publication will make a significant contribution towards redressing this situation.

IN CELEBRATION OF CECIL COLLINS A centenary portrait of the artist, a mosaic in word form, through the reflections and memories of his friends, admirers and students. Cecil Collins (1908–1989) is arguably one of the greatest English visionary artists since Blake and Palmer. With emblematic figures such as the Fool, the Angel, the Pilgrim and the Sibyl in extraordinary landscapes, Collins portrayed an original and inspiring philosophy of life. The vitality of his charismatic presence is recreated through the many people whose lives he affected so profoundly. The influences which shaped Collins' art and philosophy, are considered, as well as the wider historical and political context.

ISBN: 9781872468990 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £30.00 PUBLICATION DATE: January 25, 2009 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

OLIVETAN GRADUAL (ITALIAN)

ISBN: 9781903470909 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £15.00 PUBLICATION DATE: September 15, 2008 NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

Building a Crossing Tower A Design for Rouen Cathedral of 1516 By Costanza Beltrami Prompted by the recent discovery of a 3-metre tall Gothic drawing of a soaring tower that was never built, this book offers a rare insight into the processes of designing and building a major Gothic project. Who drew this, and when? This book explores these questions, and uncovers the dramatic circumstances in which the drawing was created.

PUBLISHER: Sam Fogg ISBN: 9781907372933 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 136 ILLUSTRATIONS: 70 colour illus. SPECIFICATION: 300mm x 245mm PUBLICATION DATE: January 22, 2016 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture Medieval & Renaissance NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

Prompted by the recent discovery of an impressive three-metre tall late Gothic drawing of a soaring tower and spire, this book offers a rare insight into the processes of designing and building a major gothic project. The drawing's place and date of creation are unknown, and it corresponds to no surviving Gothic tower. Equally mysterious is the three-quarter, top-down perspective from which the tower is represented, without parallel in any other medieval drawings. Who drew this? When? And what did he hope to convey with his choice of a top-down representation of the tower? Building a Crossing Tower explores these questions, and uncovers the dramatic circumstances in which this drawing was created. The first part of the book links the drawing to an early 16th-century building project in the city of Rouen in Normandy, France. Rouen was then a thriving port, one of the most populous cities in France, and a vibrant construction site, where dazzling, flamboyant creations were erected side by side with Renaissance buildings. At the centre of this intense building activity was Roulland le Roux, the city's leading master mason, most likely the author of the newly discovered drawing. Given the scarcity of French gothic drawing, the discovery of this impressive piece and its attribution to a known artist are significant events in themselves. Moreover, in this exceptional case it is also possible to recreate the social context of the drawing's production, explored in the second part of the book. Previously unpublished minutes of the cathedral chapter reveal that the drawing was realised following the dramatic fire which destroyed the cathedral's crossing tower in 1514. The fire sparked fierce disputes among the cathedral's canons, who divided into two factions: one hoping to see the crossing tower reconstructed in stone, the other lobbying for a safer and cheaper wooden spire. The differences between the two parties and the changing fortunes of artists employed in the reconstruction project are documented in gripping detail in the chapter's minutes, which reveal how the new drawing was commissioned and realised. But the minutes also reveal that this drawing ultimately failed to convince the chapter to support and authorise the project, despite its impressive size, perspective and skilful representation of virtuoso carving. The flamboyant gothic tower never was erected, and the worksite came to a standstill until 1542, when a Renaissance tower was eventually built by Robert Becquet. This drawing then represents a failed design proposal. Yet, for this very reason, it offers a unique insight into the politics of building a great late gothic project, shedding light on an ever-changing landscape of contrasts and collaborations. If drawings are often interpreted as a direct window into a master's mind, graced by the touch of his hand, this drawing is unexpectedly revealed as a mirror of the social life of a key late Gothic building site.

PETER COKER R A Born in 1926, Peter Coker was elected RA in 1972; his substantial output of acknowledged work was recently commemorated in a catalogue raisonné. Since a stroke in 1990 his work has been severely impaired, but the chance discovery of some earlier drawings sparked this 'explosion of creativity', consisting of mixed media works, large oil paintings, lithographs and a series of etchings, The Parisian Suite. All the work is based on views from a particular spot by the Pont au Change to the Ile St-Louis in central Paris. It conveys, in Coker's vigorous, decisive handling, sensations of energy, speed, rush, chaos and interruption in the city. The oils are beautifully complemented by the elegant, varied and sprightly etchings.

ISBN: 9781903470152 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £12.99 PUBLICATION DATE: June 1, 2003 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

Legacy of the Masters Islamic Painting and Calligraphy By Will Kwiatkowski A stunning collection, accumulated over many years, of paintings, drawings and calligraphy of the highest quality mostly created for albums from the Safavid, Uzbek, Ottoman and Mughal Empires from the 16th to early 19th century. Lavishly illustrated, this unusually exquisite and scholarly book is a noteworthy addition to its field. A stunning collection, accumulated over many years, of paintings, drawings and calligraphy of the highest quality mostly created for albums from the Safavid, Uzbek, Ottoman and Mughal Empires from the 16th to early 19th century. Lavishly illustrated, this unusually exquisite and scholarly book is a noteworthy addition to its field.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781911300731 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £50.00 PAGES: 224 SPECIFICATION: 300mm x 235mm PUBLICATION DATE: October 1, 2019 READER INTERESTS: Art History Middle East NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

This publication presents a collection of over sixty paintings, drawings and calligraphic specimens mostly made in the Safavid, Uzbek, Ottoman and Mughal Empires in the period from the 16th through the early 19th century for inclusion in albums (muraqqa'). The compilation of these albums, involving the collection and ordering of the works to be included as well as the design and execution of decorative borders, was an art form in itself and amounted to a broader cultural phenomenon that has increasingly become the focus of scholarly attention. This was the age of the master artist, whose work was eagerly sought by collectors, imitated by admirers and forgers, taken as loot by invaders, and exchanged as gifts that had value across political borders. The international currency of a master artist's work is particularly apparent in the case of the calligrapher Mir 'Ali of Herat (d. 1544), whose calligraphies were almost obsessively sought out by the Mughal rulers of India and provided a model for subsequent generations of calligraphers in India and Iran. In Iran, Shah 'Abbas' new capital of Isfahan was the breeding ground for a generation of artists specialized in single-page calligraphic compositions, paintings and drawings, often working in distinctive styles. These included calligraphers such as Mir 'Imad alHasani and 'Ali Riza 'Abbasi, and painters like Riza 'Abbasi, Muhammad Qasim and, later, Mu'in Musavvir. The processes of collection and compilation were complex, as albums were gifted and reassembled to suit the tastes and outlook of new owners. An eloquent example of this ongoing evolution is the famous St. Petersburg Album. Compiled and given decorative borders in Iran in the mid-18th century, the album contains a number of Mughal and Deccani paintings and drawings presumed to have been taken to Iran as plunder by Nadir Shah following the invasion of India in 1739. The end of this tradition is marked in the publication by a number of works from Mughal-style albums of calligraphy and painting acquired by officers and administrators of the British East India Company such as Warren Hastings and William Fraser.

WALLACE COLLECTION OF GOLD BOXES The history of collecting and display of the Wallace boxes, which were acquired over a period of fifty years only and reflect the taste for these exquisite objects during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. The 18th-century gold snuffbox was the ultimate fashion accessory - beautifully made, exquisitely decorated and very expensive, its form and ornament subject to the changing taste of the time. Playing an important role in self-promotion, diplomacy and collecting, a box denoted status and could be used as currency for its monetary value. This beautiful publication considerably advances our knowledge and appreciation of the Wallace Collection's gold boxes and establishes their place in the scholarship of 18thcentury decorative arts.

ISBN: 9780900785948 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £100.00 PUBLICATION DATE: July 4, 2013 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

The Young Durer By Stephanie Buck, Stephanie Porras, D. Freedberg and Michael Roth Accompanying a landmark exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, this book examines the remarkable drawings made by Dü rer as a young man from 1490 to 1495, especially those made during his journeyman years, or Wanderjahre – considered the final part of a craftsman's training – and a second shorter trip which immediately followed and seems to have ...

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372513 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £40.00 PAGES: 240 ILLUSTRATIONS: 200 col illus PUBLICATION DATE: October 17, 2013 READER INTERESTS: Medieval Art Medieval Art & Architecture NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

Accompanying a landmark exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, this book examines the remarkable drawings made by Du&#776;rer as a young man from 1490 to 1495, especially those made during his journeyman years, or Wanderjahre – considered the final part of a craftsman's training – and a second shorter trip which immediately followed and seems to have brought the artist to Italy. These trips form the framework for the book, which focuses on the young artist's figure studies and has at its heart the Courtauld Gallery's double-sided drawing of a Wise Virgin and Two studies of the artist's left leg. This superbly ambitious work serves as a springboard to explore in depth the role of drawing at this stage of Du&#776;rer's career. It allows us to address a series of crucial questions: how Du&#776;rer formed 'his hand', how he responded to artistic challenges presented by contemporary and earlier art (both on a stylistic and an iconographic level), how his pursuit of professional success was linked with the quest for an individual artistic identity, and how the strategy of recording his own creative achievements in drawings dovetails with his claim for a new status for the artist in his city. The scholarly and beautifully illustrated catalogue is introduced with five essays by distinguished experts. Stephanie Buck examines the documentary evidence and attempts to reconstruct the motivations and activities of Du&#776;rer's travels as a young man. David Freedberg discusses Du&#776;rer's obsessive observation and recording of himself in portraits and in studies of his limbs. These represent the first critical steps in the artist's developing understanding of the body, and of the ways in which its movements could not just show emotion, but rouse the equivalent sense of torsion, tension and pathos in the bodies and minds of his viewers. Stephanie Porras looks at Du&#776;rer's copies of drawings or prints circulating in Nuremberg workshops or acquired during the Wanderjahre, which were used as a means of seeking inspiration, of challenging himself to draw more sophisticated figures and dynamic compositions. Michael Roth asks the question of how the three strands of the art of the line – drawing, engraving and woodcut – structurally correspond in Du&#776;rer's work and, consequently, how drawing merges with certain manual aspects of printing. A final essay presents new technical research on Du&#776;rer's early drawings undertaken collaboratively in a number of leading collections of the artist's work, and aims to enrich our understanding of the young Du&#776;rer's approach to the medium of drawing.

Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery The Gambier Parry Collection By John Lowden In 1966 Mark Gambier-Parry bequeathed to the Courtauld the art collection formed by his grandfather Thomas Gambier Parry (who died in 1888). Since then, of the 28 ivories in the collection, about half have been on permanent display at The Courtauld, yet they have remained largely unknown, even to experts. This scholarly catalogue, full of beautiful new photography, is the first publication dedicated solely to the collection. There are examples of the highest quality of ivory carving, both secular and religious in content, and a number of the objects are of outstanding interest.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing SERIES: Medieval Craftsmanship ISBN: 9781907372605 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £40.00 PAGES: 144 ILLUSTRATIONS: 90 Colour illustrations SPECIFICATION: 285mm x 245mm PUBLICATION DATE: November 3, 2013 READER INTERESTS: Art History NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

Kenneth Thomson the Collector The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario Ken Thomson was no mere trophy gatherer. A man of passionate commitment and of wide-ranging cultural curiosity, the late Lord Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006) began a half-century of collecting in 1953 and continued to the very end of his life. The most important private art collection in Canada, it has drawn the respect of museum curators worldwide.

PUBLISHER: Skylet ISBN: 9781903470794 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 200 PUBLICATION DATE: October 15, 2008 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

West Country to World's End By Sam Smiles, Susan Flavin, Karen Heard and Stephanie Pratt During the Tudor Age the South West was famed for the innovation and endeavor of its people. Devon sea dogs Drake, Raleigh and Hawkins sailed to 'World's End' in their pursuit of treasure and glory, Exeter's Nicholas Hilliard produced exquisite miniature portraits of courtiers while fellow Exonian Thomas Bodley re-founded Oxford University's library, later named the Bodleian in his honor. Essays by leading scholars in the field of South West arts and the Tudor period discusses developments in the decorative arts of the 16th century based on archival research, Sam Smiles writes on education and learning, Stephanie Pratt on exploration and Karen Hearn on Nicholas Hilliard.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372520 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £20.00 PAGES: 120 ILLUSTRATIONS: 50 col illus PUBLICATION DATE: October 19, 2013 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

HOGARTH, FRANCE AND BRITISH ART By Robin Simon

ISBN: 9780955406300

Hogarth has long been viewed as an insular and chauvinistic individual, with a particular aversion to all things French. On the contrary, while Hogarth himself liked to project this image, his effective invention of British art was founded upon a profound knowledge of contemporary French art and theory. This lavishly illustrated book conjures up in great detail the French and wider European context within which Hogarth's art was formed. Robin Simon examines the ways in which Hogarth interacted with and influenced his contemporaries not only in painting and printmaking, but also in sculpture, poetry, the novel, the theater, public life, art education, copyright law, music and opera. In this wide-ranging but richly detailed book, full of analyses of individual works, the author draws upon a mass of new material, with fresh analyses of Hogarth's most famous and less well-known works alike, opening a window on to one of the most creative and formative periods in British life. Robin Simon, FSA, is Editor of The British Art Journal, having been Editor of Apollo magazine and a tenured university academic for many years before that. He is the author of many scholarly articles on British art, and his books include The Portrait in Britain and America (1987).

BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £45.00 PAGES: 448 SPECIFICATION: 296mm x 218mm PUBLICATION DATE: January 15, 2007 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

Collecting Gauguin By The Courtauld Gallery Collecting Gauguin is the first of a new series of special Summer displays which will showcase aspects of The Courtauld's outstanding permanent collection. The Courtauld Gallery holds the most important collection of works in the United Kingdom by the Post-impressionist master Paul Gauguin (1841–1903). Assembled by the pioneering collector Samuel Courtauld (1876–1947), it includes major paintings and works on paper as well as one of the only two marble sculptures ever created by the artist. This special Summer display presents the complete collection together with the loan of two important works by Gauguin formerly in Courtauld's private collection: Martinique Landscape and Bathers at Tahiti. .

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372476 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £14.95 PAGES: 60 ILLUSTRATIONS: 40 illus PUBLICATION DATE: January 6, 2013 READER INTERESTS: Modern Art NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

Picturing Piety By Roger S. Wieck This catalogue of Books of Hours, the 'best seller' of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, presents two dozen Books of Hours mostly dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Examples from France, the Netherlands, and Belgium are presented chronologically with illustrations in color for each entry.

PUBLISHER: Les Enluminures

This catalogue of Books of Hours, the 'best seller' of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, presents two dozen Books of Hours mostly dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Examples from France, the Netherlands, and Belgium are presented chronologically with illustrations in color for each entry. Highlights include a fine early Dutch Book of Hours with illuminations closely related to those by the artists of the Utrecht History Bibles. There is also a lavish Book of Hours signed with marks by one of the Masters of Otto von Moredrecht; and a high-quality Parisian Book of Hours with an unusual sequence of miniatures by the Master of Jacques de Besancon. Many of these Books are previously entirely unknown and unpublished. An introductory essay explores how illuminated Books of Hours encouraged their readers to picture piety through reading of texts accompanies by visual aid.

ISBN: 9781903470657 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 276 ILLUSTRATIONS: 200 illustrations PUBLICATION DATE: September 1, 2007 READER INTERESTS: Medieval Art Medieval Art & Architecture NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Hill Collection Edited By Patricia Wengraf This richly illustrated and beautifully produced scholarly catalogue of the superlative collection of Renaissance and Baroque bronze figurative statuettes from the Hill collection accompanies an exhibition of the collection at the Frick Collection, New York, opening late January 2014. This richly illustrated and beautifully produced scholarly catalogue of the superlative collection of Renaissance and Baroque bronze figurative statuettes from the Hill collection accompanies an exhibition of the collection at the Frick Collection, New York, opening late January 2014.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372636 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £65.00 PAGES: 284 ILLUSTRATIONS: 350 colour illustrations SPECIFICATION: 320mm x 240mm PUBLICATION DATE: March 3, 2014 READER INTERESTS: Art History NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

Spanning from 1470 to 1740, the bronzes presented are of exceptional quality and exemplify the development of bronze statuettes from 1470 in Renaissance Italy to their dissemination across the artistic centres of Europe. The Hill Collection is distinguished by rare, autograph masterpieces by Italian sculptors such as Andrea Riccio and Giambologna, and has the most important collection of Baroque Bronzes by Giuseppe Piamontini in the world. Its holding of works by the Giambologna school is the strongest found in any single collection, with the sole exception of the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. These evoke the splendour of the late Renaissance courts, while the richness of the international BAroque is represented by religious themes by Alessandro Algardi, northern bronzes by Adriaen de Vries and Hubert Gerhard, and a remarkable assemblage of French 16th- and early 17th-century bronzes in the classical mode by Barthélemny Prieur and from the circle of Ponce Jacquiot. The Hill Collection reveals the range of artistry, invention and technical refinement characteristic of sculptures created when the tradition of the European statuette was at its height. The catalogue includes detailed biographies of each of the artists represented, and is introduced with essays by the distinguished authors. Patricia Wengraf is one of the world's leading dealers in bronzes, scuplture and works of art, and in her particular speciality, bronzes of the 15th-18th centuries, her knowledge and connoisseurship are of world repute. Denise Allen is Curator of Renaissance Paintings and Sculpture at the Frick Collection. Claudia Kryza-Gersch, formerly at the Kunstkammer, Vienna, is an independent scholar renowned for her studies of North Italian bronzes of the 16th and 17th centuries. Dimitrios Zikos, in Florence, an independent scholar renowned for his knowledge of the Florentine archives from c. 1550 to 1740, has curate many exhibitions at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. Rupert Harris is the leading conservator of metalwork and sculpture in the UK.

Bruegel in Black and White Three Grisailles Reunited By Karen Serres Accompanying a display at The Courtauld Gallery that will bring together for the first time Pieter Bruegel the Elder's only 3 known grisaille paintings, this book will examine the sources, function and reception of these 3 exquisite and unusual masterpieces. Accompanying a focused display at The Courtauld Gallery that will bring together for the first time Pieter Bruegel the Elder's only three known grisaille paintings – the Courtauld's Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (which is barred from travel), The Death of the Virgin from Upton House in Warwickshire (National Trust) and Three Soldiers from the Frick Collection in New York – this book will examine the sources, function and reception of these three exquisite masterpieces. The panels will be complemented by prints and contemporary replicas, as well by other independent grisailles in order to shed light on the development of this genre in Northern Europe.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372940 BINDING: Paperback

Despite his status as the seminal Netherlandish painter of the 16th century, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525–1569) remains an elusive artist: fewer than forty paintings are ascribed to him. Of these, a dozen are cabinet-sized. These small-scale works offer key insights as they often bear a personal significance for the artist and were sometimes given as gifts to friends and patrons. Presenting these works together for the first time is not only an extraordinary and unprecedented opportunity but it will be extremely revealing, considering their unusual nature in both Bruegel's oeuvre and 16th-century art in general.

PRICE: £12.95 PAGES: 60 ILLUSTRATIONS: 40 colour illus. PUBLICATION DATE: February 4, 2015 READER INTERESTS: Art History Medieval & Renaissance NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

Monochrome painting in shades of grey was a mainstay of Netherlandish art from the early 15th century, most often present on the wings of altarpieces and preparatory sketches for engravings. In contrast, Bruegel's panels constitute one of the earliest and rare examples of independent cabinet pictures in grisaille, created for private contemplation and enjoyment. This seemingly austere type of painting has often been imbued with religious or political significance. On a purely artistic level, it enabled the painter to showcase his skill by limiting his palette. The publication, which includes a technical investigation of the three panels, will provide the opportunity to reassess the practical aspects of the grisaille technique and the many ways in which this effect was achieved. Indeed, Bruegel's three monochromatic paintings display quite different techniques, raising the question of the painter's intent. This is the latest in the series of books accompanying critically acclaimed Courtauld Gallery displays, following on from Collecting Gauguin (2013), Antiquity Unleashed (2013), Richard Serra (2013), A Dialogue with Nature (2014), Bruegel to Freud (2014) and Jonathan Richardson (2015).

COLNAGHI THE HISTORY In celebration of their 250th anniversary, they are producing a commemorative catalogue, which traces the history of the gallery from its foundation in 1760 by the enterprising fireworks manufacturer Giavanni Battista Torre. The oldest commercial art gallery in the world, print sellers to the Prince Regent, and pioneers of photographic publishing, Colnaghi have sold some of the most important Old Master works to come on the market to private collectors and museums across the world. The book is slanted to what one might call the Golden Age of Old Master picture dealing, between c. 1894, when Colnaghi began to challenge Agnew and Sulley for domination of the Old Master picture market, and 1930-31, the date of the great Hermitage sale, which is discussed by David Ekserdjan.

ISBN: 9781907372070 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £30.00 PUBLICATION DATE: March 20, 2010 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

Gold, Jasper and Carnelian: Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court Edited by Alexis Kugel The goldsmith and mineralogist Johann Christian Neuber (1736–1808) was one of the greatest masters of the gold objet which he in particular decorated to splendid effect with semiprecious stones. In 1769 he became director of the Grünes Gewölbe, the magnificent State Treasury in Dresden, and in 1775 court jeweler to the court of Saxony. This book is the first comprehensive introduction to this master craftsman's oeuvre, presenting boxes and other decorative objects from the Grünes Gewölbe, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum and public and private collections in Germany, France and New York.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372360 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £100.00 PAGES: 400 PUBLICATION DATE: May 19, 2012 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

MEZROP OF XIZAN An Armenian Master of the Seventeenth Century By Mikayel Arakelyan The first serious study of 46 surviving manuscripts by illuminator, painter, scribe, clerk, teacher, doctor of theology, restorer and binder, Mesrop. The focus of the book is The Four Gospels, one of the few manuscripts painted entirely by Mesrop's hand and one of the most extensively illuminated in his oeuvre. It includes an extraordinary series of illuminations of both Old and New Testament scenes, with no less than twenty-three full page miniatures, and seventeen smaller miniatures.

ISBN: 9780955339332 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 128 PUBLICATION DATE: February 15, 2011 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

Prince Henry revived Image and Exemplarity in Early Modern England By Timothy Wilks There can be few examples of intensive fashioning and self-fashioning by a Renaissance figure more remarkable than Prince Henry (1594-1612). Two decades after the appearance of Roy Strong's revelatory Henry Prince of Wales and England's Lost Renaissance this collection of essays re-examines the extraordinary artistic and cultural response to Prince Henry and presents many new findings in the context of recent scholarship.In the present age, in which anti-heroes are preferred to heroes exemplifying virtue and honour, and in which 'idols' are raised in the expectation that they will sooner or later fall, the investment of great hopes in Prince Henry indicate that early modern society regarded its leaders very differently from our own.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781903470572 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £30.00 PAGES: 312 PUBLICATION DATE: December 1, 2007 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

Flight and the Artistic Imagination By Sam Smiles Accompanying a major exhibition at Compton Verney, Warwickshire, this book examines the innate human desire to transcend the limitations of physiology and gravity – and to fly. Through an intriguing combination of paintings, sculpture, photographs, drawings, prints and video, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, José Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Paul Nash, Peter Lanyon and Hiraki Sawa, the reader will be provided with a unique overview of artists' creative responses to flight, from the earliest imaginings to an era in which space travel has allowed us to glimpse other worlds.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372377 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £16.99 PAGES: 96 PUBLICATION DATE: July 19, 2012 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

Inspired by Italy Dutch Landscape Painting 1600-1700 By Anne Charlotte Steland and Laurie Harwood

PUBLISHER: Dulwich ISBN: 9781898519195 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 224 ILLUSTRATIONS: 75 colour & 75 b&w illustrations SPECIFICATION: 244mm x 272mm PUBLICATION DATE: March 15, 2003 NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

PAINTINGS FOR THE PLANET KING Philip IV of Spain (ruled 1621–1665) was known as the 'Planet King', shining brightly in the universe of the arts even if the Golden Age of Spanish painitng coincided with imperial decline. The Buen Retiro Palace surpassed any palace ever built in Europe for the collection of paintings it contained, most of them commissioned in the 1630s from the finet painters in Europe at the time.This magnificent catalogue contains a mouthwatering display of paintings by these masters, and examines in particular the Battle Paintings and the Hercules series of the throne room (Hall of Realms), the Landscape Gallery, and the hitherto virtually unknown History of Rome cycle. Many of these works, already famous, are now seen in their original context, while others have remained uidentified in the Prado's storerooms until now.

ISBN: 9781903470428 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £20.00 PUBLICATION DATE: October 1, 2008 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection By Timothy Schroder Silver, porcelain and ruby glass seem unlikely bedfellows, yet the objects in the Zilkha Collection are all united by the medium of silver or luxury metalwork. The objects were also made, for the most part, over about a century and a half. Silver, porcelain and ruby glass seem unlikely bedfellows, yet the objects in the Zilkha Collection are all united by the medium of silver or luxury metalwork. The objects were also made, for the most part, over about a century and a half. All of them tell a fascinating story of the particular circumstances that produced them: a maker, a workshop, a patron. They also tell the wider story of the society that made them necessary or desirable; the science that made them possible; and of their survival down the centuries.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372353 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £60.00 PAGES: 376 PUBLICATION DATE: July 19, 2012 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

Collecting for the Public Works That Made a Difference Edited by Bart Cornelis, Ger Luijten, Louis Van Tilborgh and Tim Zeedijk · "Best Art books of 2016" Evening Standard In this celebration of collecting, in 34 essays, renowned curators and art historians discuss the acquisition of works of art, medieval to modern, by museums in Europe and the United States – acquisitions that have made a difference, crucial acquisitions from a more distant but also the recent past. There was a time when museums might have been regarded as rather forbidding and austere centres of learning, but today they are more likely to position themselves firmly within the tourism and leisure industry with all manner of food, fun and family

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781911300045 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £30.00

entertainment on offer. A high-profile museum brand often relies on a fast-changing menu of temporary exhibitions with an attractive programme of activities, cleverly marketed to ever-growing numbers of visitors. Many of these changes have been positive and beneficial but they have not been without risk to the central purpose of museums as repositories for collections that are looked after, researched and displayed with knowledge and sensitivity. The permanent collection should be the heart and soul of any museum. Nurtured and developed with intelligence, a collection can be an endless source of surprise and delight as well as a focus of local and national pride. The museum in this view is a setting for sustained encounters with objects and works of art, somewhere to be visited and revisited over the course

PAGES: 240 SPECIFICATION: 260mm x 216mm PUBLICATION DATE: June 16, 2016 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

of a lifetime, a place that helps to bind communities, with collections that are cared for and shared as a reminder of the past and a source of inspiration for the present. The process of acquiring works for public collections is rarely easy in any setting. In the face of escalating prices on the art market and diminishing public funds it is all too easy for complacency and apathy to settle upon the museum community. But the task of building collections of national or local importance is never finished. It should not be about casual 'shopping' or satisfying the whims of museum directors or sponsors. It is about building a heritage that is richer, more complete and more relevant for future generations; with every successful acquisition, a museum's collection gains in strength and character. The volume is dedicated to Peter Hecht, the great champion of public art collections, who throughout his career has worked to show us why museums matter and how their collections, large or small, national or local, can make a profound difference to the lives of those who use them. We hope that it will bring people the world over to realise the importance of collecting for the public, locally, nationally and internationally, and to acknowledge and encourage the role of private individuals, associations and institutions, as well as public bodies, in this vital endeavour.

KERRY BREWER This is an exploration into the work and practices British artist Kerry Brewer has been developing over seven years. Dark and sumptuous, these large-scale, heavily glazed canvases respond constantly to changes in light and the movements of the viewer. The book is a journey through these paintings, revealing 'stills' from the works up close and almost as if frame by frame. In these works, Brewer combines theories on the growing scientific studies of perception with buried narratives of disquieting under-painting. Neither figurative nor abstract, the effect is disorientating and consuming. The book brings together and explores a selection of nine of these works and presents them for the first time in print.

ISBN: 9780955339325 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £20.00 PUBLICATION DATE: March 26, 2010 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

Johan Zoffany This beautifully designed and illustrated publication is the first comprehensive biography of the portrait painter Johan Zoffany (1733–1810), one of the leading figures of eighteenth-century British art. The German-born artist shot to fame with his charming conversation pieces and portraits of London celebrities, including actor David Garrick. He soon became the painter of choice of King George III, depicting the royal family with rare informality, and subsequently a founder-member of the Royal Academy of Arts. His pictures have earned him the right to stand alongside Hogarth, Gainsborough and Reynolds as one of the most important founding artists of the British School.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781907372049 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £30.00 PAGES: 400 PUBLICATION DATE: December 15, 2009 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

André Beauneveu By Susie Nash This catalogue accompanied an exhibition at the Groeninge Museum, Bruges, which celebrated one of the greatest European artists of the late fourteenth century, André Beauneveu, apparently born in Valenciennes c. 1335. Active throughout the Southern Netherlands, his reputation grew swiftly and in 1364 he was commissioned by the King of France, Charles V, to create a group of royal tombs at St Denis. In the 1370s he oversaw another ambitious funerary project, for Louis de Mâle, Count of Flanders, at Courtrai, whilst continuing to undertake major civic commissions at Ypres, Mechelen and his home town of Valenciennes. Beauneveu spent the last years of his career in Bourges working for the most celebrated royal patron of all, Jean, Duc de Berry.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781903470664 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £30.00 PAGES: 216 PUBLICATION DATE: January 1, 2008 READER INTERESTS: Medieval Art & Architecture NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

MASTERS AND PUPILS By Gert-Rudolf Flick This book is about a family tree: the line of descent that can be traced from Perugino in Italy in the fifteenth century to Edouard Manet in France in the nineteenth. It is not the usual kind of genealogy, of those connected by blood, more an 'apostolic succession', following the way in which art in Europe was taught, from one generation to the next, from 1480 to 1880. The book reveals how the nature and methods of artistic instruction changed over the centuries, from the guild system and the individual workshop to the academy and the establishment of state institutions dedicated to the purpose, as exemplified in France.

ISBN: 9780955406324 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £50.00 PAGES: 400 SPECIFICATION: 305mm x 248mm PUBLICATION DATE: March 15, 2008 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

DE LASZLO IN HOLLAND

ISBN: 9781903470480 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £25.00 PUBLICATION DATE: March 15, 2006 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

Irish Paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland Volume 1 By Nicola Figgis and Brendan Rooney The first volume cataloging the Irish painters in the National Gallery of Ireland covers more than 220 paintings from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century, including figures such as George Barret, James Barry, Hugh Douglas Hamilton, William Hickey, Nathaniel Hone, Charles Jervas, James Latham, Thomas Roberts, and Martin Archer Shee. All of the paintings are illustrated in excellent color reproductions. These paintings are not only of intrinsic interest but provide important insights into the social, political, cultural, and environmental history of eighteenth-century Ireland.

PUBLISHER: NGI ISBN: 9780903162708 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £60.00 PAGES: 496 SPECIFICATION: 292mm x 248mm PUBLICATION DATE: March 15, 2006 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

ANNIBALE CARRACCI This book reveals important new information about Annibale Carracci, technically, creatively and stylistically. Annibale Carracci was the great genius of early Baroque painting in Italy, blighted by melancholia at the end of his life but full of promise and invention in his prime. This book concentrates on one of his most ambitious early works, the Venus, Adonis and Cupid in the Prado Museum, Madrid. The paintings has recently been cleaned and restored and this book establishes it as one of the great works of Annibale's career and as a simply wonderful painting.

ISBN: 9781903470404 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PUBLICATION DATE: May 15, 2005 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

Images in Light Stained Glass 1200–1550 By Michael Michael Invented around AD 1000, it soon achieved a dominant position in the arts of the Middle Ages, not only in churches but also in secular contexts. Stained glass was unknown in antiquity. Its innovation can be compared with that of television - and like television it involves passing light through a transparent layer, using the light of sun instead of light generated by electricity, so that in a real sense the stained glass image is in constant motion, as the light passing through it changes.This book presents a brilliant selection of stained glass now detached from its original location, featuring work related to some of the finest masters of the late Middle Ages, such as the Housebook Master or Domenico Ghirlandaio.

PUBLISHER: Sam Fogg ISBN: 9780953942237 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 124 PUBLICATION DATE: March 1, 2005 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

CHINESE BOOKS Some books from this collection are very rare. This catalogue discusses and illustrates a wide variety of Chinese books, dating from the sixth to the nineteenth century – some very rare.

ISBN: 9780953942206 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £30.00 PUBLICATION DATE: March 15, 2005 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

Manuscripts of the Silk Road By Will Kwiatlowski and Ramsay Fendall For more than a thousand years, the paths of the Silk Road formed a complex web of trade, pilgrimage and intellectual exchange. Interest in the cultures of the Silk Road was renewed in the end of the nineteenth century. In 1907 Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943) made one of the most sensational archaeological finds of all time: at the Mogao Caves, also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, near Dunhuang, he discovered a library containing thousands of both religious and secular manuscripts dating from the fifth to the eleventh centuries. Most such documents have ended up in institutions like the British Museum, the Bibliothèque Nationale and other national libraries in India, China and Japan.

PUBLISHER: Sam Fogg ISBN: 9780953942299 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £20.00 PAGES: 52 ILLUSTRATIONS: 30 colour illustrations SPECIFICATION: 300mm x 240mm PUBLICATION DATE: March 15, 2005 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

DIVISION AND REVISION This study of a pivotal work in the troubled painter's oeuvre reveals his pioneering genius and the modernity of his search to capture a distillation of life in his own time. Manet's well-known painting in the National Gallery London of a café-concert – a kind of cabaret performance and musicmaking that was the latest fashion in Paris of the 1870s – has a peculiar history. The painter initially planned an ambitious canvas with which he grew dissatisfied, then cut it in two, one half being the painting in the National Gallery and the other half now in Winterthur in Switzerland. Without the experimentation, false paths and new discoveries of the Reichshoffen he would never have painted that masterpiece.

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton Publishing ISBN: 9781903470770 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £20.00 PUBLICATION DATE: July 15, 2008 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

ECKSTEIN SHAHNAMA An Ottoman Book of Kings By Will Kwiatkowski This publication joins a series of outstanding publications on Islamic manuscripts by Sam Fogg. This richly illustrated study confirms the Ottoman origin of this and other manuscripts in the group and demonstrates the Eckstein Shahnama in particular to be a representative example of Ottoman manuscript painting and to have had itself a significant influence on later production. This joins a series of outstanding publications on Islamic manuscripts by Sam Fogg.

PUBLISHER: Sam Fogg ISBN: 9780954901455 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £15.00 PAGES: 64 PUBLICATION DATE: November 15, 2005 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

An Album of Medieval Art · An extensive collection of Medieval art 'Where have they come from? Where did you find them?' These are some of the first questions we hear when people see medieval works of art like those assembled in this catalogue. The canon of what in medieval art is considered excellent was established long ago. Recent decades have witnessed a vigourous re-evaluation of this legacy and some of its keystones have begun to loosen. For example, the pre-eminence of Italian painting over that of Northern Europe is being questioned, and classes of objects once treated as peripheral, like stained glass, are moving back to centre stage. Works of art we could not see or knew nothing about are becoming visible, and it is exciting to reveal items to a wider public in this album.

PUBLISHER: Sam Fogg ISBN: 9780955339301 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £20.00 PAGES: 128 ILLUSTRATIONS: 130 col. illustrations SPECIFICATION: 295mm x 240mm PUBLICATION DATE: May 15, 2007 READER INTERESTS: Ancient & Medieval Warfare NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF By Peter Somerville-Large The National Gallery of Ireland was founded in 1854 and has since acquired an extraordinary collection of masterpieces by artists such as Caravaggio, Lanfranco, Poussin, Rubens, Uccello, Velázquez, and Vermeer, as well as British artists such as Gainsborough and Reynolds and the leading lights of Irish art, from James Barry to Jack Yeats. The Gallery has expanded steadily, benefiting from the royalties to the works of George Bernard Shaw and from numerous generous donations by figures such as Lane, Milltown, Beit, Mahon, and Chester Beatty. The story of the Gallery, with all its tribulations and struggles, good and bad luck, good and bad judgement, all its personalities, is told for the first time. It displays the breadth and depth of the collection, but it also reveals much about the rebirth of a nation and changing attitudes to art over time.

ISBN: 9781904288084 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £40.00 PAGES: 480 SPECIFICATION: 254mm x 178mm PUBLICATION DATE: March 15, 2006 READER INTERESTS: Art Art & Culture NOT FOR SALE: CA, MX, US

Paths to Reform By Sandra Hindman and Laura Light Throughout the history of Christianity, men and women have wrestled with the challenge of how to interpret, and how to follow, the Gospels. Intrinsic to this process is the concept of "reform", a recognition that changes is necessary in order to return to a more authentic Christian life. Throughout the history of Christianity, men and women have wrestled with the challenge of how to interpret, and how to follow, the Gospels. Intrinsic to this process is the concept of reform, a recognition that changes is necessary in order to return to a more authentic Christian life. The approximately thirty-five manuscripts presented here trace this process from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries through the texts that inspired reform movements and communicated their ideas to others.

PUBLISHER: Les Enluminures ISBN: 9780983854654 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PAGES: 113 ILLUSTRATIONS: 40 illus. PUBLICATION DATE: January 4, 2013 READER INTERESTS: Medieval Art Medieval Society & Culture NOT FOR SALE: AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DK, ES, FI, FR, GI, GR, HR, IT, MC, ME, MX, NL, NO, PT, RS, SE, SI, US

CREATIVE TENSION

ISBN: 9781903470282 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £25.00 PUBLICATION DATE: March 1, 2005 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

VENICE EXTRAORDINARY MAINTENANCE

ISBN: 9781903470121 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £30.00 PUBLICATION DATE: May 15, 2003 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

JEAN DE JULIENNE COLLECTOR AND CON

ISBN: 9780900785894 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PUBLICATION DATE: March 15, 2011 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

EAST ASIAN BOOKS This catalogue offers a fascinating selection of books from China, Japan, Tibet, Nepal, Burma, Thailand and Java This selection of books range from the 11th to the 18th century, most of them with illustrations. Each is fully discussed and richly illustrated.

ISBN: 9780951754542 BINDING: Paperback PRICE: £25.00 PUBLICATION DATE: March 15, 2005 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US

PAINTINGS FOR THE PLANET KING

ISBN: 9781903470435 BINDING: Hardback PRICE: £60.00 PUBLICATION DATE: September 15, 2005 NOT FOR SALE: CA, FR, MX, US