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Sacred Art, Secular Context: Objects of Art from the Byzantine Collection of Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.
This exhibition featured 71 objects from the Byzantine Collection of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., representing the imperial, ecclesiastical and secular realms.
Exhibition dates: May 6-November 6, 2005
General Editor: Asen Kirin
192 pp; Illustrated. Published: 2005; $35.00
ISBN: 0-915977-57-5
Images of Women in 17th-Century Dutch Art: Domesticity and the Representation of the Peasant
This book, the third in the series that includes the volumes Crosscurrents in American Impressionism and The Craft of Art , was written in conjunction with a symposium that accompanied the 1994 exhibition entitled Adriaen Van Ostade: Etchings of Peasant Life in Holland's Golden Age. The publication includes several scholarly essays that discuss issues of women and peasants in 17th-century Dutch art, as well as a memoir by S. William Pelletier, director of the Institute for Natural Products Research at the University of Georgia, on his collection of prints by Van Ostade. Scholars covered the broad issue of domesticity as well as the underlying themes of privacy and civility throughout the Dutch works of that period. The characterization of the peasant as a parent and cultural entity is also discussed. Scholars emphasized the portrayal of the Dutch peasant as the "other" in the country's social structure rather than as a positive or negative figure in 17th-century art.
General Editor: Patricia Phagan
Essays by S. William Pelletier; Lisa Rosenthal; Wayne Franits; Nanette Salomon
94 p.; Illustrated; Essays: 5; Published: 1997; $16.00
ISBN: 0-915977-19-2
J. M. W. Turner Watercolors from the British Museum
With exceptional powers of observation, Joseph Mallord William Turner recorded the changing world of the 18th century in his work. As the only British artist of his era to reflect the spirit of progress, he assumes a unique place in English art. The works in the exhibition were selected both to document Turner's career as a watercolorist and for their sheer beauty; the watercolors and drawings featured in the exhibition demonstrated Turner's mastery of watercolor. The publication includes an examination of Turner's life and artistic technique as well as a catalogue of the exhibition, which focused on the artist's watercolors.
General Editor: Lindsay Stainton
Essay by Richard S. Schneiderman
Preface by William C. Agee; John Rowlands; Richard S. Schneiderman
92 p.; Illustrated (includes 16 color plates); Essays: 1; Published: 1982; $15.00