This June, we will publish a new book by the eminent art historian Jonathan Brown. Entitled In the Shadow of Velázquez: A Life in Art History, it blends personal history and art history to show the interrelationship between the two in a life devoted to the study of Spanish art.
David Ebony— One of the most prestigious exhibitions of contemporary art the U.S. has to offer, the Whitney Biennial claims to be a bellwether for new trends, important young artists and all sorts of innovative ideas. For that reason, the exhibition inevitably sparks heated controversy, and the 2014 installment is
The March edition of our From the Designer’s Desk series brings us fresh insight from the inimitable Jeff Wincapaw, design director at Marquand Books. (Special congratulations to Jeff for his work on Building Seagram by Phyllis Lambert, which won the Designers & Books inaugural design book of the year award.) Why
As Albers weeks draws to a close, and we reflect on the legacy of this great educator (Josef Albers died 38 years ago today, on March 25th, 1976), we realized it was an opportune moment to consider the lasting effects of Albers’s teaching methodologies on the way color theory is
Our focus this week on all things Albers has allowed us to notice anew the numerous instances of Albers imagery right here in our offices in New Haven. The following slideshow takes you on a virtual tour of our Yale University Press offices through the Albersiana we have on our
It’s Albers week here at Yale University Press and today we have a contest for you. There exists amazing archival footage of Josef Albers in the classroom, and Albers describing his teaching methodologies; some of this is included among the video content in the Interaction of Color app. The following
Get the app for $7.99 this week! To celebrate Albers’s birthday, we are pleased to offer a temporary discounted price on the app – for the next week, the app will be downloadable from iTunes for a mere $7.99. Happy birthday to Josef Albers, who was born on March 19th,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art generously shared following post with the Yale ARTbooks blog. See the post on their blog. Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator for Byzantine Art, Helen C. Evans traveled to Tehran, Iran, on February 8, 2014, to accept the 21st annual World Book Award for her book Byzantium
The Great War Seen from the Air in Flanders Field, 1914-1918, a monumental publication we are pleased to distribute on behalf of our Belgian colleagues at Mercatorfonds, gathers a wealth of meticulous research and carefully curated images – more than 500 images, culled from an archive of over 20,000 to provide the
The Metropolitan Museum of Art generously shared following post with the Yale ARTbooks blog. See the post on their blog. Piero della Francesca: Personal Encounters, a new catalogue by Keith Christiansen—the John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Met’s Department of European Paintings—is the first publication to explore the private devotional works