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Thematic sections cover the full span of the artist’s career, ranging from academic studies he made as a student, to on-the-spot impressions of contemporary urban and rural life, to finished, formal portraits, to intimate sketches of friends and family completed late in life. In-depth case studies of favored themes and preparatory work for landmark canvases will further illuminate Renoir’s practice of drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by the Morgan Library \u0026amp; Museum in association with the Musée d’Orsay, RMN-Grand Palais, and DelMonico Books • D.A.P.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise and Reviews:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Such an important resource. . . . 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Hujar’s empathetic eye focused in on varying subjects—crowds of protest, damaged relics, farm animals—but, above all, he was preoccupied with making portraits of the overlapping circles of artists, writers, and underground luminaries he moved within in New York. Accompanying critical texts by Joel Smith establish a chronology of Hujar’s contact sheets, presenting an artist developing, experimenting with, and refining his practice against the tumultuous cultural politics and sea changes of gay life conveyed by the words “Stonewall” and “AIDS.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout his career, Hujar recorded more than a thousand photo shoots in his job books. 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You will receive an email as soon as your order ships.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA major new volume explores the origins of tarot in Renaissance Italy and its enduring relevance as a source of inspiration for modern and contemporary artists.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis beautiful book presents valuable new information and context about how tarot has developed, evolved, and been reimagined by artists, mystics, and writers over the centuries, from its origins as a fifteenth-century Italian court game to its profound transformation into a tool for divination, artistic creation, and storytelling. 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Across four chapters, the book examines how blockbooks were produced, circulated, and read both by early readers and later collectors and demonstrates that they cannot be understood simply as reproductions of manuscripts or precursors to typographic books. Grounded in extensive firsthand examination of surviving copies, it integrates bibliographical, codicological, and material analysis, addressing printing techniques, bifolia production, relationships to manuscript and print traditions, and the physical materials of manufacture, including paper, inks, and pigments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eAt the heart of the catalogue is its descriptive census, which records every known blockbook or fragment held in US public and private collections, noting physical characteristics, provenance, and dispersed leaves to aid in reconstructing original copies. By placing material evidence at the center of inquiry, the book establishes a new foundation for blockbook studies. It will be indispensable for scholars and students of book history, bibliography, medieval studies, art history, and the history of printing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003ePublished by the Morgan Library \u0026amp; Museum in association with Penn State University Press. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eIn the Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003e“This important volume restores blockbooks to their rightful place as a subject of serious scholarly inquiry alongside manuscripts and early printed books. Every scholar interested in the history of the book, whether in the fifteenth or sixteenth century or beyond, and every library, especially reference and research libraries, will want a copy of McQuillen’s comprehensive catalogue, which further includes four chapters about the history of blockbooks, which were made alongside and sometimes after books produced with moveable type.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003e—Martha Westcott Driver, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Image in Print: Book Illustration in Late Medieval England and Its Sources\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eThis catalogue accompanies the exhibition \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1155cc;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.themorgan.org\/exhibitions\/blockbooks\" title=\"Graphic Devotions Exhibition Information Page\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003eGraphic Devotions: Late Medieval European Blockbooks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eon view at the Morgan Library \u0026amp; Museum from\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNovember 6, 2026, through May 16, 2027.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Morgan Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525763076313,"sku":"9780271102474","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/6246\/2681\/files\/GraphicDevotions1.jpg?v=1790341418"},{"product_id":"ragtime-cakewalk-in-pianoland","title":"Ragtime: Cakewalk in Pianoland","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eNow available for pre-order! 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Tracing the genre’s evolution from its roots at the intersection of West African and European musical traditions, through its roles in the development of jazz, Broadway, film, and 20th-century popular culture, and to its afterlives today in scholarship, contemporary art, and modern media such as video games, the catalogue explores ragtime’s vibrant legacy through rare printed music, archival materials, and technologies of musical transmission from manuscript to piano roll. Readers will encounter ragtime’s most influential figures, once famous and now largely forgotten or misunderstood, such as Ernest Hogan, Scott Joplin, Aida Overton Walker, and Sisieretta Jones.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthors and co-curators Jesse R. Erickson, Robinson McClellan, and John Davis examine ragtime from complementary perspectives in their respective chapters. Erickson recovers the histories obscured by the appropriation of ragtime, reclaiming the contributions of Black entertainers who shaped American popular culture. McClellan traces the transformation of ragtime from improvisatory and virtuosic performance into a literate art form through its capture in the written score, demonstrating what is revealed and obscured by this translation. Davis brings a personal angle, reflecting on his experience as a collector and performer of early and understudied African American music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by the Morgan Library \u0026amp; Museum.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis catalogue accompanies the exhibition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.themorgan.org\/exhibitions\/ragtime\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRagtime: Cakewalk in Pianoland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon view at the Morgan Library \u0026amp; Museum from\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNovember 13, 2026, through June 20, 2027.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Morgan Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50545661247705,"sku":"9780875980188","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/6246\/2681\/files\/RagtimeCakewalkinPianoland1.jpg?v=1790606900"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.themorgan.org\/collections\/morgan-publications.oembed?page=5","provider":"The Morgan Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}