Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)

Manet : the still-life paintings by George L Mauner ( Book )
3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 937 libraries worldwide

Noble dreams, wicked pleasures : orientalism in America, 1870-1930 by Holly Edwards ( Book )
3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 863 libraries worldwide
Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures explores complex American attitudes toward the Near East--as revealed in collected paintings, interior design, and multiple vernacular forms--at the formative moment of industrialization and the crystallization of a truly mass culture. Published to coincide with the multimedia exhibition that opens at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and travels to the Walters Art Gallery and the Mint Museum of Art, this catalogue considers how urban, mercantile, Protestant America represented the Islamic world of the Middle East and North Africa in ways that say more about itself than the foreign culture. This gorgeously illustrated volume first looks at the use of Orientalist stereotypes by some of the country's most important high art painters of the nineteenth century: Frederic Edwin Church's treatment of the exotic terrain through a lens of deep religiosity; a more cosmopolitan reading of the harem girl by John Singer Sargent; the perfumed alternative to industrial capitalism conjured in the landscapes and market scenes of Samuel Colman and Louis Comfort Tiffany; and interpretations of the Orient as emancipatory by Ella Pell, the only major woman Orientalist. The book next traces the popularization of Orientalism in the decorative arts (including a few treasures from Olana, Church's Moorish-style home on the Hudson), on Broadway, and in Hollywood, as well as through advertising that linked consumer products with visual suggestions of exotic sexuality and through cultural objects, such as the Shriners' fez.

Alfred Sisley ( Book )
1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 777 libraries worldwide
There has never before been a major retrospective exhibition in Europe or America of Sisley's work, and there have been few serious publications. He remains therefore the least known of the Major Impressionists. Although a prolific artist, the uneven quality of his output has made it difficult to establish his particular place within the history of Impressionism. An important international exhibition (of which this is the catalogue) has been organised by the Royal.

Masters of light : Dutch painters in Utrecht during the golden age by Joaneath A Spicer ( Book )
4 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in English and held by 742 libraries worldwide

Time sanctified : the Book of hours in medieval art and life by Roger S Wieck ( Book )
6 editions published between 1988 and 2001 in English and held by 656 libraries worldwide

Pandora : women in classical Greece by Ellen D Reeder ( Book )
8 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in English and German and held by 641 libraries worldwide
Spotlighting superb examples of classical Greek art in the context of recent findings in anthropology, social history, psychology, classics, and classical archaeology, Pandora offers a multifaceted look at women in myth, ritual, and daily life in classical Greece. Written to accompany an international traveling exhibition organized by the Walters Art Gallery, this volume examines the imagery of classical Greek marbles, bronzes, terracottas, and vases in order to understand how women were perceived and how they lived. Pandora offers a new emphasis on myths dealing with the unmarried maiden and the difficulty of the transition to marriage and motherhood - as exemplified in the stories of Danae, Thetis, Atalanta, and Amymone. Also explored are images of containers and untamed animals as metaphors for women; rituals involving women, such as the wedding and the cult of the Little Bears at Brauron; the character and cult of goddesses; and the close association of women with textiles.

Japonisme : Japanese influence on French art, 1854-1910 : [exhibition catalog ( Book )
7 editions published between 1975 and 1988 in English and held by 638 libraries worldwide

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7 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 632 libraries worldwide

African Zion : the sacred art of Ethiopia by Marilyn Eiseman Heldman ( Book )
1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 626 libraries worldwide

Scythian gold : treasures from ancient Ukraine ( Book )
2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 582 libraries worldwide