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The Met Store Coffee Table Books | Met Publications*Irving Penn: Centennial

By Maria Morris Hambourg and Jeff L. Rosenheim Contributions by Alexandra Dennett, Philippe Garner, Adam Kirsch, Harald E. L. Prins, and Vasilios Zatse Irving Penn (1917–2009) was among the most…

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The Met Store Coffee Table Books | Met Publications*Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion

A Met Museum publication makes the perfect gift. By Andrew Bolton With contributions by Margherita Barone, Linda Borsch, William DeGregorio, Nick Knight, Stephanie Kramer, Rachel Lackner, Dr. Junpeng Lai, Christopher…

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The Met Store Coffee Table Books | Met Publications*Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll

By Jayson Kerr Dobney and Craig J. Inciardi Play It Loud celebrates the musical instruments that gave rock and roll its signature sound. Seven engrossing essays by veteran music journalists…

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The Met Store Coffee Table Books | Met Publications*Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection

By Gaylord Torrence with Ned Blackhawk and Sylvia Yount This landmark publication reevaluates historical Native American art as a crucial but under-examined component of American art history. The Charles and…

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The Met Store Coffee Table Books | Met Publications*Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance

A Met Museum catalogue is the perfect gift for art lovers. Edited by Alison Manges Nogueira Many small Renaissance portraits were richly adorned with covers or backs bearing allegorical figures,…

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The Met Store Coffee Table Books | Met Publications*Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter in the Age of Velázquez

By David Pullins and Vanessa K. Valdés With essays by Luis Méndez Rodriguez and Erin Kathleen Rowe Diego Velázquez’s portrait of Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670) has long been a…

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The Met Store Coffee Table Books | Met Publications*Africa and Byzantium

Bring the art home with a Met Museum publication. By Andrea Myers Achi Medieval art history has long emphasized the glories of the Byzantine Empire, but less known are the…

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The Met Store Coffee Table Books | Met Publications*Cubism and the Trompe l’Oeil Tradition

Emily Braun and Elizabeth Cowling with contributions by Claire Le Thomas and Rachel Mustalish The age-old tradition of pictorial illusionism known as trompe l’oeil (“deceive the eye”) employs visual tricks…

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The Met Store Coffee Table Books | Met Publications*Surrealism Beyond Borders

Edited by Stephanie D’Alessandro and Matthew Gale Challenging conventional narratives of a revolutionary artistic, literary, and philosophical movement, this publication traces Surrealism’s influence andlegacy from the 1920s to the late…

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The Met Store Coffee Table Books | Met Publications*George Grosz in Berlin: The Relentless Eye

By Sabine Rewald with an essay by Ian Buruma This overdue investigation of George Grosz’s (1893–1959) most compelling paintings, drawings, prints, and collages offers a reassessment of the celebrated German…