Publications

Corpus of Early Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections: The South

Conceived in 1993 by Professor Bruce Cole of Indiana University and the late Professor Andrew Ladis of the University of Georgia, the goal of the Corpus of Early Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections is to profile and illustrate every Italian Renaissance painting dated between 1250 and 1500 in museums and galleries across the continent. The South is the first in the series of Corpus catalogues to be published and covers Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Puerto Rico, neatly balancing comprehensiveness and concision under the careful hand of author Perri Lee Roberts of the University of Miami. Three volumes' worth of entries provide full information, bibliography and scholarly commentary on each work of art, all of which are illustrated, vastly expanding the resource base of curators, students and educators. Neatly packaged in a slipcase, the work is a major accomplishment and an essential reference for those in the field.

Publishing Date: December 2009

801 pages; $200 (hardcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977642

Lord Love You: Works by R. A. Miller from the Mullis Collection

This catalogue accompanies the exhibition of the same name organized by the Georgia Museum of Art for the Lyndon House Arts Center in Athens, Ga., from August 8 to October 24, 2009, consisting of more than 80 works of art (paintings, sculptures, whirligigs, etc.) by the Georgia self-taught artist Reuben Aaron "R.A." Miller and drawn from the collection of Carl and Marian Mullis. Paul Manoguerra served as the curator of the exhibition and contributes an essay to the catalogue and a lengthy interview with Carl Mullis and Durwood Pepper, a close friend of R.A. Millier and an early dealer of his work, as well as a folk artist in his own right. The book includes many color illustrations, a checklist of the exhibition and a reproduction of the Georgia House of Representatives' resolution commending Miller.

Publishing Date: August 2009

32 pages; $25 (hardcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977703

The South in Black and White: The Graphic Works of James E. Routh Jr., 1939-1946

Born in New Orleans in 1918 and raised in Atlanta, James E. Routh Jr. enrolled in the Arts Students League in New York in 1936, where he studied painting with Raphael Soyer, printmaking with Harry Sternberg, and lithography as an assistant to the League s master printer, Will Barnet. Routh's career as a printmaker culminated in a year-long trip through his native South, which he documented in sketches and, later, in paintings and prints. The fall 2009 exhibition was organized by GMOA in collaboration with the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The companion catalogue includes eighteen color and black-and-white reproductions of Routh s prints, an essay by curator Stephen J. Goldfarb, and a checklist of the exhibition.

Publishing Date: August 2009

32 pages; $20 (softcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977710

The Historian's Eye: Essays on Italian Art in Honor of Andrew Ladis: Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia, September 7-9, 2006

Between September 7 and 9, 2006, 25 scholars of Italian Renaissance art gathered at the Georgia Museum of Art to honor Andrew Ladis, Franklin Professor of Art History at the University of Georgia s Lamar Dodd School of Art. Sponsored by the museum, the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the Lamar Dodd School of Art, the Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts and the President s Venture Fund, the conference represented the fulfillment of more than 10 years of similar gatherings in Athens that Ladis had helped to organize. The scholars and audience that came to Athens in September 2006 had all participated in one or another of these earlier events. They gathered to honor Ladis s scholarship and to celebrate his generosity, his enthusiasm, and his joy at sharing art history with others. "The Historian s Eye: Essays on Italian Art in Honor of Andrew Ladis" comprises many of the papers presented at that conference, from scholars including Paul Barolsky, Norman E. Land, Perri Lee Roberts and the editors of this volume, Hayden B.J. Maginnis and Shelley E. Zuraw. Subjects addressed range from maps of Rome to chalices and guild regulations, the history of the Madonna delle Grazie motif in Renaissance Naples and the echoes of the Divine Comedy in the murals of the Chiostro Verde. The book concludes with a collection of tributes to Ladis by his former students and his academic bibliography. More than the usual compilation of essays resulting from a conference, "The Historian s Eye" is a true Festschrift and a worthy tribute to Ladis as scholar and teacher.

Publishing Date: June 2009

258 pages; $40 (hardcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977697

The Ring Shows: Then & Now and Putting the Band Back Together: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, August 23-November 2, 200

The catalogue of an exhibition for which Ashley Callahan, former curator of decorative arts, Georgia Museum of Art; Rob Jackson, associate professor and area chair, Jewelry and Metalwork, Lamar Dodd School of Art; and Mary Hallam Pearse, associate professor, Jewelry and Metalwork, Lamar Dodd School of Art, served as co-curators, this marvelous little full-color book captures the spirit of the original juried National Ring Shows from the late 1970s and their revisiting in this new exhibition. Every ring in the show is illustrated, and the book also contains essays by Callahan, Jackson and Pearse, as well as an artist's statement by Steuart Bremner, a reflection by juror Lane Coulter, and an interview with Gary Noffke by Pearse and Callahan.

Publishing Date: August 2008

244 pages; $12 (softcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977680

The Art of Disegno: Italian Prints and Drawings from the Georgia Museum of Art

This book, produced in conjunction with a traveling exhibition, offers a wealth of original research into many rarely seen and unpublished works by such famed artists as Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Jacopo Palma il Giovane, Parmigianino, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Pietro Testa, and Giambattista Tiepolo. The entries, by Robert Randolf Coleman and Babette Bohn, draw on a wide range of primary source material and include a sensitive discussion of both artist and object, accompanied by color illustrations and numerous comparative examples. In addition, the lively introduction by Giancarlo Fiorenza, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art at the Georgia Museum of Art, outlines the theory and practice of disegno (drawing) in artists' workshops and academies.

Publishing Date: March 2008

160 pages; $40 (hardcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977628

Decorative Arts in Georgia: Historic Sites, Historic Contexts: The Third Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts

Edited by Ashley Callahan, curator of decorative arts, this book contains the lectures presented at the third Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, which was held at the museum in February 2006. Essays include: The Role of the House Museum in Georgia: Evolution and Recent Development, by John C. Waters; Recreating the Manse: Interpreting Woodrow Wilson's Civil War Childhood in Augusta, by Erick D. Montgomery; Classicism Returns to Georgia: Shaping a Collection of American Federal Period Furniture for the Governor's Mansion in Atlanta, by Katharine G. Farnham; Silk in Georgia, 1732-1840: From Sericulture to Status Symbol, by Madelyn Shaw; Brothers in Clay Revisited: Georgia Folk Pottery and the Regional Stoneware Tradition, by John A. Burrison; The Arts and Crafts Collection at Tallulah Falls School, by Ashley Callahan; Georgia Furniture: Attributions and Characteristics, by Deanne Deavours; and a revised and updated version of the brochure text for From Sideboard to Pulpit: Silver in Georgia, by Ashley Callahan and Dale Couch.

Publishing Date: February 2008

157 pages; $25 (softcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977666

Amazing Grace: Self-Taught Artists from the Mullis Collection

This hardcover 12-by-12-inch exhibition catalogue features full-page color illustrations of all 90 works in the exhibition, organized by Paul Manoguerra, curator of American art at the Georgia Museum of Art, as well as essays by Carl Mullis, the collector, and Carol Crown, professor of art history at the University of Memphis. Biographies of all the artists, from Howard Finster and R.A. Miller to Sister Gertrude Morgan and Mary T. Smith, by Paul Manoguerra, follow the exhibition catalogue section. This book recieved a bronze medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards for Fine Art Books.

Publishing Date: September 2007

160 pp.; Illustrated (color). Published: 2007; $48.00

ISBN: ISBN-10: 0-915977-63-X, ISBN-13: 978-0-915977-63-5

Real Western Wear: Beaded Gauntlets from the William P. Healey Collection

This catalogue to the exhibition curated by Marilyn Laufer is coffee-table sized (12 x 12 inches) and hardcover, featuring incredible full-page, full-color photographs of these spectacular gloves beaded by American Indian artisans in the 19th and 20th centuries. With essays by Joyce M. Szabo, professor of art history at the University of New Mexico, and Steven L. Grafe, curator of American Indian art at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, this catalogue marks an exciting new direction for the Georgia Museum of Art.

Publishing Date: September 2007

144 pages; $40 (hardcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977659

Amazing Grace: Self-Taught Artists from the Mullis Collection

This hardcover exhibition catalogue features full-page color illustrations of all ninety works in the exhibition, organized by Paul Manoguerra, curator of American art at the Georgia Museum of Art, as well as essays by Carl Mullis, the collector, and Carol Crown, professor of art history at the University of Memphis. Biographies of all the artists, from Howard Finster and R.A. Miller to Sister Gertrude Morgan and Mary T. Smith, by Paul Manoguerra, follow the exhibition catalogue section. This book recieved a bronze medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards for Fine Art Books.

Publishing Date: September 2007

160 pages; $48 (hardcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977635

Modern Threads: Fashion and Art by Mariska Karasz

This fully illustrated book on fashion designer and fiber artist Mariska Karasz (1898-1960) accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Georgia Museum of Art from January 20 to April 15, 2007. It is divided into three major sections, one focusing on her fashion design for women, one on her fashion design for children, and one on her embroidered wall hangings. With many full-color images representing all three of these categories, it is the most comprehensive work published on Karasz.

Publishing Date: January 2007

128 pages; $30 (softcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977611

Weaving His Art on Golden Looms: Paintings and Drawings by Art Rosenbaum

This catalogue of the works of Athens artist Art Rosenbaum accompanies his first major retrospective exhibition and is fully illustrated with 51 full-page color images reflecting the entire checklist of the exhibition. Rosenbaum's paintings show many influences, from the American Scene to self-taught art to German Expressionist prints, and their large scale, complexity and vivid color draw the viewer in. Dennis Harper (Georgia Museum of Art curator of exhibitions), Paul Manoguerra (Georgia Museum of Art curator of American art) and Len Jenkins (playwright) contributed essays to the catalogue, which also includes a 45-minute documentary on DVD titled "It's Not What You Think It Is" and is directed by Neil Rosenbaum.

Publishing Date: October 2006

General Editor: Dennis Harper

104 pp.; Illustrated (color). Published: 2006; $35.00

ISBN: 0-915977-60-5

Woven Jewels from the Black Tents: Baluchi, Aimaq, and Related Tribal Weavings of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan

This CD-ROM catalogue of an exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art (May 20-July 30, 2006) breaks new ground in the field of tribal weavings by the Baluch and Aimaq peoples (and related tribes) of Central Asia. Essays at the beginning examine weaving and spinning techniques, the history of tribal rugs, traditional and more modern dyes, and the imagery of war rugs from both the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1970s and the post-9/11 era. A catalogue of the exhibition, with extensive details on the included weavings, follows.

Publishing Date: May 2006

131 pages; $7 (CD-ROM)

ISBN: 978-0915977581

Sacred Art, Secular Context: Objects of Art from the Byzantine Collection of Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

This exhibition featured 71 objects from the Byzantine Collection of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., representing the imperial, ecclesiastical and secular realms. The book also contains reproductions of American paintings from the collection of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss, by such artists as Childe Hassam, Walter Gay, and Henry Golden Dearth. The Byzantine section of the book includes sections on jewelry and glyptics, bronze, sculpture, ceramic vessels, and coins, all of which are introduced with an essay from a scholar in the field.

Publishing Date: December 2005

192 pages; $35 (softcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977574

Proceedings from the Second Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts: Georgia Inside and Out

This book contains the lectures presented at the second Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, which was held at the Georgia Museum of Art in January 2004. It includes contributions from John McKay Sheftall ("Restoring the Cedars Inside and Out: The Odyssey of Keeping a Homeplace"), Maryellen Higginbotham ("Bits and Pieces, Paper and Pattern: Researching Wallpaper in Nineteenth-Century Vernacular"), Tania Simmons ("Feeling Gravity''s Pull: The Andrew Low House Bathing Room, A Mid-Nineteenth-Century Example"), Mary Burdell ("Sharing Henry Green"), Susan Asbury-Newsome and Laura Caldwell Anderson ("''Simple Colonial Furniture'': Franklin H. Gottshall''s Influence on Interior Design at Berry College"), Brad Sanders ("William Bartram and the Changing Landscape"), Paul A. Manoguerra ("The Weight of a Perpetual Creation: George A. Cooke''s Tallulah Falls and American Tourist Representations of Waterfalls"), Thornton F. Jordan ("Westville and 1850 Gardening in the South"), Michele Gillespie ("From Artisan to Entrepreneur: William Price Talmage, Ironworker"), Betty S. Snyder ("Milledgeville Federal-Style Architecture") and Henry D. Green ("Adventures of a Collector, Presentation to the Williamsburg Antiques Forum, 1978").

Publishing Date: December 2005

176 pages; $20 (softcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977567

Coming Home: American Paintings, 1930-1950, from the Schoen Collection

Organized by the Georgia Museum of Art and the Mobile Museum of Art, this exhibition features 128 paintings from the numerous periods that make up the American scene from 1930 to 1950, when the influences of the Depression and World War II contributed to styles of art variously known as Regionalism, Social Realism, Magic Realism, Surrealism and Precisionism. The exhibition will travel to the Mobile, Alabama; Gainesville, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Coral Gables, Florida; Savannah, Georgia; and Athens, Georgia.

Publishing Date: August 2005

344 pages; $45 (hardcover)

ISBN: 0-915977-50-8

Figurative Connections: Selected Works by Eric Bransby

Publishing Date: June 2004

Essays by Marilyn Laufer and William U. Eiland, Published: June 2004

ISBN: 0-915977-53-2; $20

Before 1948: American Paintings in Georgia Collections

This beautifully illustrated catalogue was released in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, commemorating the Georgia Museum of Art's fiftieth anniversary. The works featured in the exhibition and catalogue represent the full range of American painting genres up until 1948, the year of the museum's founding. The catalogue features such artists as George Cooke, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, John Sloan, Lee Krasner, and many more. Novelist Terry Kay has contributed an introduction to the book, which also includes an essay by curator Donald Keyes and catalogue entries.

Publishing Date: January 1999

123 pages; $40 (hardcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977369

Intimate Expressions: Two Centuries of American Drawings

This catalogue examines the life and work of such prominent American artists as Thomas Hart Benton, Benjamin West, Charles Burchfield and many others, in the context of works on paper. The works featured in the catalogue were created in such media as silver point, gouache, charcoal, ink and watercolor and demonstrate the range of moods and textures inherent in works on paper, as well as a feeling of spontaneity and immediacy. The essays also examine the collection as a whole, discussing the range of styles and genres.

Publishing Date: December 1997

General Editor: Donald D. Keyes

Essays by Henry Adams; Douglas Dreishpoon 84 p.; Illustrated (includes 22 color plates); Essays: 2; Published: 1998; $30.00

ISBN: 0-915977-28-1

Fritz Bultman: Collages

Fritz Bultman, a New Orleans-born artist who studied in Munich, Germany as a teenager, became a student and fellow Abstract Expressionist of Hans Hofmann in the 1940s. He was also one of the 18 Advanced Artists who boycotted the 1950 exhibition "American Painting Today" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The "Irascible 18," as the artists were dubbed, protested the conservative nature of the selection process for the show in a letter published by the New York Times. When the Irascibles were pictured in Life magazine in 1950, Bultman was in Italy studying bronze casting techniques, so he missed the photography session. The artist has never really been given the same credit as such contemporaries as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko or his mentor, Hans Hofmann. The publication highlights Bultman's collages, which were influenced by Henri Matisse's cut-paper technique. This catalogue is available for loan from the Louis T. Griffith Teacher Resource Center Essays by Evan Firestone; Donald Windham

Publishing Date: November 1997

80 pages; $25

ISBN: 0-915977-33-8