History of Art & Design Styles books

The present publication is shedding light on aspects of Rubens's work that have been largely, and sometimes unjustly,...  Read More >>

Six studies of the arts of the medieval Iberian peninsula reveal the intertwining of social, cultural, and political...  Read More >>

The story of Russian imperialism has deep historical roots, and this book shows how Byzantium, the most powerful...  Read More >>

A growing number of historians have realized that the terms “Byzantium” and “the Byzantines” distort the reality...  Read More >>

Exploring architectural remnants of the past—from castles and cathedrals to village churches—and the work of writers,...  Read More >>

«I paint what I see and not what it pleases others to see.» What other words than these of Édouard Manet, seemingly...  Read More >>

Published in association with a solo exhibition Since first revitalizing figurative sculpture in the late 1990s...  Read More >>

A NYT bestseller, this is the tragic story of the talented painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, detailing his turbulent...  Read More >>

The life of the world’s greatest modern artist by one of Britain’s greatest artists. 'Positive, original,...  Read More >>

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A celebration of contemporary Native American art featuring work by artists from the nations of the Great Lakes...  Read More >>

Twenty full-color gallery-quality tear-out prints celebrating the art of Marvel Rivals! Twenty full-color gallery-quality...  Read More >>

Born just fourteen months apart, one in London and the other in rural Suffolk, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable...  Read More >>

As the first volume in the new series Art &, this book signals a bold new vision for a more dynamic study of art...  Read More >>

In this open-access text, Z.S. Strother uses ethnographic studies of individual mask cultures in Africa to dispute...  Read More >>

A chronological illustrated analysis of fifty-eight years of work by the collective Art & Language  Read More >>

An invitation to look closely at artworks and explore the techniques artists use to draw viewers in and keep them...  Read More >>

A comprehensive presentation of the Yale University Art Gallery's collection of Italian paintings from the thirteenth...  Read More >>

The first major biography on artist Louise Bourgeois brings the life and work of an iconic twentieth-century artist...  Read More >>

A showcase of innovative new photo-based work by an acclaimed contemporary artist While best known for large-scale...  Read More >>

While preparing for an event at the University of Sydney in 2017, a librarian turned to the back page of the library’s...  Read More >>

Exploring the captivating works of Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, which reference both popular culture and...  Read More >>

An environmental history of chemical photography through the lens of its deep connections to empire and industry....  Read More >>

""A collection of essays examining how medieval visual culture can be studied through fragments. Explores how incomplete...  Read More >>