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A Guide to the Collection
Published on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Smart Museum of Art, this handsome volume documents the rapid emergence of one of America's leading university collections. The book celebrates no only the Museum's acquisitions of major art, including those previously collected by the University itself since its founding... more »Price: $25
A New Acquisition by Mark Rothko
In 1977, the Smart Museum acquired a large painting by Mark Rothko as the result of a generous gift by Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, who acquired the painting from the artist himself. This nine page booklet by Russell Bowman, a Ph.D. candidate in the Univeristy of Chicago's Department of Art,... more »Price: $3
A Well-Fashioned Image: Clothing and Costume in European Art, 1500-1850
Fashion—the question of what to wear and how to wear it—is a centuries-old obsession. Beyond superficial concerns with personal appearance, the history of dress points to deep preoccupations surrounding social order, national identity, and moral decency. A Well-Fashioned Image investigates clothing from these various perspectives. This catalogue features an introduction... more »Price: $22
Abstract Expressionism: A Tribute to Harold Rosenberg
Paintings and Drawings from Chicago Collections Harold Rosenberg, art critic, author, and philosopher, published in many magazines, most notably the New Yorker during his long career. He also served as a University of Chicago professor in the Department of Art and on the Committee on Social Thought. This catalogue details... more »Price: $3
Adaptation: Video Installations by Ben-Ner, Herrera, Sullivan, and Sussman & The Rufus Corporation
Adaptation is accompanied by a unique online publication that documents the exhibition through an array of interactive content. This free online catalogue not only offers core information about the exhibition but also presents a series of features that take advantage of the dynamic medium of the web, including: video clips... more »Price: Free
Alderman Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery
Alderman Boydell, 18th century British patron and publisher, collected and commissioned Shakespearean-themed paintings from England’s most prominent artists. The original paintings by Benjamin West, Henry Fuseli, George Romney, Joshua Reynolds, and Angelika Kauffmann, among others, were copied as engravings and sold by subscription to middle-class Britons. These original paintings were... more »Price: $3
Alumni Who Collect I: Drawings from the 16th Century to the Present
This catalogue follows the exhibition Drawings from the 16th Century to the Present, the first of several Alumni Who Collect exhibitions. In particular, this exhibit features drawings from the 16th century to the present and represents more than 70 artists including Eugene Delacroix, Edgar Degas, Paul Klee, and Willem de... more »Price: $3
An Introduction to Nineteenth Century French Bronze Sculpture
This book is an informal study into the world of French Broze Sculptures.... more »Price: $3
Artists of the Committee on Art and Design
This catalogue for Artists of the Committee on Art and Design features the work of seven faculty members at the University of Chicago, including Kanani Bell, Vera Klement, Thomas Mapp, Robert Peters, Richard Shiff, Joel Snyder, and Laura Volkerding. The Committee was formed in 1974 to encourage interdisciplinary study in... more »Price: $3
Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints
When Japan opened to the West in 1854, the prints known as ukiyo-e, or “images of the floating world,” fascinated and delighted European audiences, especially in France, where the term japonisme was coined to describe the influence of this art form. Yet this familiar narrative emphasizes the impact of one... more »Price: $30.00
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China
The massive political, economic, and social changes China has undergone during the past decade have dramatically altered its cultural landscape. The exhibition New Photography from China and its catalogue offer the first comprehensive look at the body of photographic art produced during this period. Often ambitious in scale and experimental... more »Price: $40
Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art
Beyond Green introduces a new generation of international artists who work at the intersection of sustainable design and contemporary art.... more »Price: $25
Blunt Object
This book features both well-known and emerging artists from Europe and the United States, and explores a recent shift in object making from the large-scale and heroic to the vernacular, spunky, and blatant. Blunt Object features artist bios and color reproductions of sculpture by Aaron Baker, John Beech, Mark Cole,... more »Price: $8
Confronting Identities in German Art: Myths, Reactions, Reflections
What does it mean to be German? Recent answers to this question have ranged from the general ("Germans are always the other") to the analytic ("They are a multiple identity with a constant wish for redefinition"). The catalogue for Confronting Identities in German Art turns to art works, artists, and... more »Price: $28
Dawoud Bey: The Chicago Project
Is it possible for a photographic portrait to rereal anything "real" about its subject? As part of a twelve-week residency, acclaimed photographer Dawoud Bey asked this question of twelve teenagers from schools on Chicago's South Side. This fully illustrated book unpacks the process of Bey's ambitious residency and its products:... more »Price: $25
Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art
Displacement continues a series of Smart Museum catalogues produced in conjunction with Wu Hung’s groundbreaking exhibitions of contemporary Chinese art.... more »Price: $30
Drawings by Johann Michael Rottmayr
This catalogue is dedicated to the exhibition Drawings by Johann Michael Rottmayr, the result of Edward A. Maser's study of that painter and his contemporaries.... more »Price: $5
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