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Apollo’s selection of recently published books on art, architecture and the history of collecting

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Early pioneers

Lesley Jackson applauds a book that explores the early proponents of modernist graphic design

The play of light and shade

Eric Shanes savours an exhibition that reveals the very different handling of light in the works of Turner and Claude

Tuscan light

Mary Anne Goley reports on the mixed successes of an exhibition devoted to the role of Florence within American Impressionism

Thinking in metal form

David Carrier reports on a retrospective of the late John Chamberlain, in which the artist’s majestic, abstract sculptures remain as elusive as ever

Painting silence

Desmond Shawe-Taylor welcomes a catalogue that offers plenty of fresh insight to the study of Vermeer and his contemporaries

Genius redefined

Alexander Adams savours a biography of Van Gogh that meets the challenge of offering a fresh perspective on the artist