The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Books, Videos, DVDs

The University of Virginia Press is proud to add the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to our list of distribution partners. Beginning immediately, we will offer the following titles from the Museum’s fine selection of books, videos, and DVDs, all featuring visual art from its exceptional collection.

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A Noble Feast:
English Silver from the Jerome and Rita Gans Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Christopher Hartop
With a preface by Elanor Alcorn and two entremets by Philippa Glanville
This volume celebrates the stunning beauty of English silver crafted over three centuries through examples taken from the Gans collection, one of the leading silver collections in the United States.

Country Pursuits:
British, American, and French Sporting Art from the Mellon Collections in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Malcolm Cormack
The VMFA has long been renowned for its fine collection of sporting art, comprising not only British but also American and French works. Country Pursuits provides a consideration of these three national traditions, combined for the first time in one book.

Selections from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Anne Barriault with Kay M. Davidson
Including an updated introduction to VMFA’s history as well as full-color reproductions of art from the permanent collection, this newly designed, revised, and expanded edition features more 148 highlights selected by the museum’s curators and staff.
376 pages, 8 1/2 x 10
190 color illustrations
Cloth 978-0-917046-82-7• $45.00

Tigers and Sails and ABC Tale
Malcolm Cormack
This heart warming children’s book blends the foundations of language and masterworks from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts into a lovely journey that both parent and child will enjoy.
64 pages
26 colorplates and 26 thumbnail-sized illustrations
Cloth 978-0-917046-65-0 • $14.95

James McNeill Whistler: Uneasy Pieces
David Park Curry
A maestro of modernism who made calculated use of tradition, James McNeil Whistler (1834–1903) was one of the most easily misinterpreted artists of the later nineteenth century. This volume explores the intersection of Whistler's aestheticism with the commercial art world, revealing why his elusive pictures have remained uneasy pieces over time.
2005, 456 pages, 9 1/2 x 10
200 color and 195 b&w illustrations
Cloth ISBN 0-917046-67-6 • $35.00

 

The Arts of India
Joseph M. Dye III
Written in clear, evocative prose that sensitively describes the VMFA's renowned collection, this striking survey of Indian art and culture will engage both scholars and general readers.
2005, 599 pages, 9 1/4 x 12
300 color and 175 b&w illustrations, 1 map
$75.00 S cloth, ISBN 0-917046-60-9

 

Capturing Beauty: American Impressionist and Realist Paintings from the McGlothlin Collection
David Park Curry
With an introduction by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.
Drawn entirely from one of the largest holdings of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American paintings stil lin private hands
2005, 80 pages, 9 x 11, 30 color illustrations
$21.95 T paper, ISBN 0-917046-78-1

Masterpieces:
A Celebration of Food and Art in Virginia
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Council
Introduction by Felicia Rogan, Pakencroft Vineyard and Winery
Offers a magnificent selection of recipes and artwork from around Virginia.
2005, 152 pages, 8 3/4 x 9 1/4
39 color illustrations, 30 b&w illustrations
$29.95 T cloth, ISBN 0-9170046-79-X

 

William Blake
Illustration of the Book of Job
Malcolm Cormack with an Afterword
by David Bindman
Presents the entire set of Blake’s twenty-one Book of Job engravings in actual size.
1997, 88 pages, 7 1/2 x 10, 6 color & 61 b&w illustrations
$21.95 T paper, ISBN 0-917046-49-8

African Art
Richard Woodward
Popular introduction to African art that examines the art and ideas that brings Africa to life.
2000, 96 pages, 7 1/2 x 8, 40 color & 28 b&w illustrations
$15.95 T paper, ISBN 0-917046-57-9

Fabergé
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
David Park Curry
Story of the renowned Lillian Thomas Pratt Collection from Russia to Virginia. Features five Easter eggs and many other Fabergé treasures.
1995, 132 pages, 7 1/2 x 8, 91 color & 95 b&w illustrations
$19.95 T paper, ISBN 0-917046-40-4

Late 19th and Early 20th Century
Decorative Arts
Frederick Brandt and Denys Sutton
Features Art Deco and Art Nouveau jewelry, furniture, lamps, and glassware from the Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
1985, 300 pages, 11 1/4 x 8 3/4, 100 color illustrations
$24.95 T paper, ISBN 0-917046-16-1

American Dreams
Paintings and Decorative Arts from the
Warner Collection
David Park Curry
1997, 88 pages, 9 x 11, 35 color illustrations
$25.00 S paper, ISBN 0-917046-48-X

Art of Late Rome and Byzantium
Anna Gonosová and Christine Kondoleon
1994, 472 pages, 9 x 11, 25 color & 300 b&w illustrations
$34.50 S paper, ISBN 0-917046-36-6

British Sporting Paintings
Judy Egerton
1985, 104 pages, 11 1/4 x 8 3/4, 58 color illustrations
$30.00 S cloth, ISBN 0-917046-24-2

Champion Animals
Sculptures by Herbert Haseltine
Malcolm Cormack Herbert
1996, 100 pages, 7 1/2 x 8, 37 color & 19 b&w illustrations
$15.00 S paper, ISBN 0-917046-43-9

English Silver
The Jerome and Rita Gans Collection
Joseph Bliss; Addenda I and II by John Culme
3-volume set: 1992, 1999, 2001
334 pages, 8 1/4 x 10 1/2, 66 color & 184 b&w illustrations
$35.00 S paper, ISBN 0-917046-53-6

French Paintings
Pinkney L. Near with an Introduction by John Rewald
1985,156 pages, 11 1/4 x 8 3/4, 69 color illustrations
$30.00 S paper, ISBN 0-917046-20-X

German Expressionist Art
Frederick R. Brandt and Eleanor M. Hight
1987, 90 pages, 15 color & 113 b&w illustrations
$25.00 S cloth, 9 1/4 x 11, ISBN 0-917046-26-9
$12.00 S paper, 8 7/8 x 10 3/4, ISBN 0-917046-25-0

Selections
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Anne Barriault
1997, 136 pages, 7 1/2 x 8, 120 color illustrations
$22.00 S paper, ISBN 0-917046-47-1

Vanitas
Meditations on Life and Death in Contemporary Art
John B. Ravenal
2000, 68 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 1/2
14 color & 23 b&w illustrations
$19.00 S paper, ISBN 0-917046-55-2

Capturing Beauty
American Impressionist and Realist
Paintings from the McGlothlin Collection
David Park Curry
With an introduction by Theodore E. Stebbins Jr.
2005, 80 pages, 9 x 11
30 color illustrations
$21.95 paper, ISBN 0-917046-78-1

Masterpieces
A Celebration of Food and Art in Virginia
Virginia Museum of Fine arts Council
Introduction by Felicia Rogan, Oakencroft Vieyard and Winery
2005, 152 pages, 8 3/4 x 9 1/4
39 b&w illustrations
$29.95 cloth, ISBN 0-917046-79-X

Videos & DVDs

Tigers and Sails and ABC Tales
Produced by Ruth Twiggs with special guests: Children from SPARC and Richmond area daycare, Rainbow Station
Heartwarming children’s video that blends the alphabet with art into a lovely journey that both parent and child will enjoy. Children ages 3–6.
2003, 15 minutes
VHS, $9.95 T, ISBN 0-917046-68-4
DVD, $9.95 T, ISBN 0-917046-69-2

An American’s Dream
Jack Warner on Collecting American Art
Produced by Ruth Twiggs with special guest
Jack Warner
1997, 30 minutes, VHS, $19.95 T, ISBN 0-917046-50-1

Fabergé
Shopping, Collecting, Remembering
Produced by Ruth Twiggs
1996, 30 minutes, VHS, $19.95 T, ISBN 0-917046-44-7

Five African Art Facts
Produced by Ruth Twiggs with special guest
Shelby Barnett
1996, 15 minutes, VHS, $9.95 T, ISBN 0-917046-45-5

Impressionist Paintings from the Collection
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Produced by Ruth Twiggs with special guests
Holly Shimizu and Malcolm Cormack
2000, 30 minutes, VHS, $19.95 T, ISBN 0-917046-56-0

Tangible Spirits with Alison Saar
Produced by Ruth Twiggs with special guest
Alison Saar
Grades 7 to adult.
1996, 30 minutes, VHS, $19.95 T, ISBN 0-917046-39-0

The Fine Art of Life
Produced by Ruth Twiggs with special guest
Daphne Maxwell Reid (New Millennium Studios)
1998, 30 minutes, VHS, $19.95 T, ISBN 0-917046-52-8

This Sporting Life
British Sporting Art from the Collection of Paul Mellon
Produced by Ruth Twiggs
2002, 30 minutes
VHS, $19.95 T, ISBN 0-917046-62-5
DVD, $19.95 T, ISBN 0-917046-64-1

What Color Is Black . . .
The David C. Driskell Collection
Produced by Ruth Twiggs with special guests
David C. Driskell; Lowery Stokes Sims
1996, 30 minutes, VHS, $19.95 T, ISBN 0-917046-59-5

Women’s Work
Urban Bush Women
Produced by Ruth Twiggs with special guests
Urban Bush Women
1996, 30 minutes, VHS, $19.95 T, ISBN 0-917046-46-3