Thirty color reproductions bound in a handy postcard collection. Produced between 1856 and 1858 by the artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 1858), One Hundred Famous Views of Edo ( Meisho Edo Hyakkei ), a collection of woodblock prints, has had a lasting influence on Western art, especially the Imperialists and Post-impressionist movements. The Japanese gardens in these prints inspired Claude Monet, and Vincent van Gogh owned several of Hiroshige s prints depicting plum trees in bloom. Selected from the Brooklyn Museum of Art s complete edition of the series, the thirty dramatic prints in this book of postcards epitomize Hiroshige s superb compositions. Pomegranate s books of postcards contain up to thirty top-quality reproductions bound together in a handy, artful collection. Easy to remove and produced on heavy card stock, these stunning postcards are a delight to the sender and receiver. Postcards are oversized and may require additional postage.

Hiroshige Book of Postcards

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William Merritt Chase: Modern American Landscapes, 1886-1890

Hailed early on as a genius destined to transform American art, William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) put his innovative stamp on American painting during a five-year span when he suddenly changed his technique and subject matter and began producing gorgeous, sun-dappled Impressionist views of New York parks and coastlines-the first Impressionist works ever painted of American landscapes. This volume-which accompanies an exhibition of Chase's urban landscapes at the Brooklyn Museum of Art-is the first in-depth study of this pivotal period in Chase's career. Armed with new discoveries about the life of the man who became known as "the artistic interpreter of Central Park and Prospect Park," the author shows how Chase turned to his urban scenes to heed the nationalist call of his critics. With splendid illustrations that evoke nostalgia for a now-gone era, this is an impressive work of scholarship-and a book of great appeal for art lovers. 124 photographs, 54 in full color, 9 1/2 x 11" BARBARA DAYER GALLATI is curator of American painting and sculpture at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. She also teaches art history at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and is the author of numerous articles, essays, and books on American art. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. EXHIBITION SCHEDULE Brooklyn Museum of Art, New YorkMay 26-Aug. 13, 2000 The Art Institute of ChicagoSept. 7-Nov. 26, 2000 The Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonDec. 13, 2000-Mar. 11, 2001

Gallati, Barbara Dayer

Chase, William Merritt

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Examines the emergence of abstract organic forms and their assimilation into the popular arts and culture of American life from 1940-1960, covering advertising, decorative arts, commercial design, and the fine arts.

Vital Forms: American Art in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960

Rapaport, Brooke Kamin

Stayton, Kevin

This is the first book to survey the full range of Asian art in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, which houses one of America's foremost collections. It presents more than one hundred masterpieces from these extraordinary holdings, representing China, Korea, Japan, India, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, and the Islamic world. The featured works introduce to the general public and scholars worldwide the quality and rich diversity of the Museum's collection.Published to celebrate the centenary of the Department of Asian Art at Brooklyn, the volume also tells the fascinating history behind the collection, beginning with the department's founding in 1903. Through two principal essays, the book traces the development of the Museum's criteria of artistic excellence over the course of a century as well as the institution's evolving definition of the arts of Asia.Each of the one hundred and four featured works is reproduced in full colour and accompanied by an illuminating commentary. A bibliography and index complete the volume.

Journey Through Asia: Masterpieces in the Brooklyn Museum of Art

Diba, Layla S.

Poster, Amy G.

Kotik, Charlotta, and Mosaka, Tumelo

Open House: Working in Brooklyn

Mosaka, Tumelo

Kotik, Charlotta

Iranian art of the Qajar period (1779-1925) has long been neglected and is little understood. This beautifully illustrated book for the first time comprehensively examines the flowering of Persian painting and the visual arts of this period. It focuses on the growth of a remarkable tradition of life-size figural painting, virtually unseen in the Islamic world. Exquisite historic manuscripts, lacquer works, calligraphies and enamels further illuminate the subject. The Qajar Epoch carries essays by leading scholars exploring the historical and social context of the period. Detailed entries describing and interpreting a wide variety of painting and artifacts, many hitherto unseen masterpieces from museums such as the Hermitage and private collections are virtually all illustrated in color and accompanied by translations of inscriptions, technical appendices and extensive bibliographies. A unique reference work, The Qajar Epoch will appeal to both specialist of pre-modern Iran and all those interested in non-Western artistic and cultural traditions.

Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch, 1785-1925

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