Art History

This excavation of a Late Bronze Age town on the island of Mochlos in northeastern Crete includes the House of the Metal Merchant (with two large b...

In this volume, leading scholars of photography and media examine photographys vital role in the evolution of media and communication in the ninete...

Situated at the interface of philosophy, aesthetics and art history, this collection brings together a series of creative responses to the recent s...

Islamic art is justly famed for its technological sophistication, varied approaches to ornament, and innovative employment of the written word. But...

The first biography of Roland Penrose, one of the great English-born practitioners of modernism in the twentieth centuryAs an artist, an impresario...

From the 1990s onwards the 'ethnographic turn in contemporary art' has generated intense dialogues between anthropologists, artists and curators. W...

Assembling the foremost scholars in this innovative, distinctive and expanding subject, internationally well-known critical theorists John Armitage...

Bringing to light the largely overlooked female participation in domestic and international art worlds, this book offers the first comprehensive s...

Over the last two decades, the study of graffiti has emerged as a bustling field, invigorated by increased appreciation for their historical, lingu...

Throughout history, manuscripts have been made and used for religious, artistic, and scientific performances, and this practice continues in most c...

The process of coding is a systematic experimentation with signs, symbols, and the construction of larger cultural meanings. The fourth volume in t...

The first study of Christian murals created by indigenous artists in sixteenth and seventeenth century Yucatán. In the sixteenth and seventeenth ce...

Archaeoacoustics, the study of sound in the past, is increasingly attracting attention. Although some work, particularly in musical archaeology, ha...

Critical Voices is a fascinating account of women writing about art in Britain at the turn of the twentieth century. Meaghan Clarke employs extensi...

This volume explores the early history of the photographic studio and portrait in China and Japan. The institution of the photographic studio has r...

This book traces the development of scientific conservation and technical art history. It takes as its starting point the final years of the ninete...

In this multidisciplinary book, Sanda Iliescu articulates a rich, multi-faceted approach to the aesthetic experience. Through in-depth discussions ...