New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

Art Auctions and Dealers
The Dissemination of Netherlandish Art during the Ancien Régime
edited by Dries Lyna, Filip Vermeylen and Hans Vlieghe
This collection of essays presents a status quaestionis concerning the dissemination
of Flemish and Dutch art during the period 1400-1800, and highlights the role art
auctions and dealers have played in this process. The scholars who contributed to this
volume have approached the phenomenon in an interdisciplinary fashion in order to
properly understand how art markets functioned. The essays explore the various ways
in which art dealers helped shape markets for art, and how they facilitated the increasing
volume of exports of Netherlandish art from the sixteenth century onwards.
174p, hardback, 9782503516202, $87.00, Brepols Publishers, August 2009,
Studies in European Urban History (1100-1800) 20.
Antique Collecting in Malta
by Robert Attard and Romina Azzopardi,
photography by Kevin Casha
There is a healthy antique-collecting community in Malta and
the contents of Maltese private collections are simply breathtaking.
Most of the items illustrated herein have only one thing
in common: they are found in Maltese collections and are hidden
safely in the vast network of Maltese house museums
scattered all over the island. Some private collections seem
to rival the state collections. Ninety-five percent of the items
depicted in this volume are not family heirlooms, but are items
that have appeared on the market over the past twenty years.
189p, illus, hardback, 9789993272335, $70.00, Midsea Books, December 2008.
Frans Hals und Haarlems Meister
der Goldenen Zeit
by Pieter Biesboer
During the first half of the 17th century, Haarlem was a
flourishing center of the arts and Frans Hals was its preeminent
artist. This catalog demonstrates the variety of topics
and genres painted, as well as the leading role of Haarlem
artists in innovations in Dutch painting. German text.
180p, 17 col pls & 160 col illus, hardback, 9783777460055,
$35.00(s), Hirmer Verlag, May 2009.
Campanae Lovanienses
Het klokkenpatrimonium van Groot-Leuven
edited by T Bearda, J Sergeys and J L Teugels
This volume publishes an inventory of bells found throughout Leuven, Belgium. The bells are cataloged
and documented with photographs, and their sound structure is analyzed. Dutch text.
339p, illus, hardback, 9789042921856, $80.00, Peeters Publishers, December 2008.
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Treasures of the British Museum
by Marjorie Caygill
The British Museum is
the most magnificent
treasure-house in the
world. The wealth
and range of its collections
is unequaled
by any other national
museum. The Rosetta
Stone, the Parthenon
sculptures, Egyptian
mummies, drawings
by Botticelli and Michelangelo, Assyrian reliefs, the Lewis
Chessmen and the Sutton Hoo treasure are all to be found here.
Treasures of the British Museum reveals and delights the reader
with the intriguing stories behind these treasures and many
more. A beautiful redesign incorporating full color photography
throughout gives this classic volume a fresh new look.
240p, 300 col illus, hardback, 9780714150628, $50.00,
British Museum Press, May 2009.
Baroque Painting in Malta
by Keith Sciberras, photography by Joseph Borg
The story of Baroque painting in Malta reflects that of the Italian
peninsula and, in many ways, can be directly integrated within
it. A handful of Maltese artists worked beyond the island’s
shores and some, like the painter Francesco Noletti (il Fieravino),
made major breakthroughs in Rome, the ‘mother’ of all cities.
450p, col illus, hardback, 9789993272496, $148.00,
Midsea Books, August 2009.
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