Art History

In recent years scholars in a range of disciplines have begun to re-evaluate the history of the Society of Jesus. Approaching the subject with new ...

In Devastation and Laughter, Annie Gérin explores the use of satire in the visual arts, theatre, cinema, and the circus under Lenin and Stalin. Gér...

The Dignity of Every Human Being studies the vibrant New Brunswick artistic community which challenged the tyranny of the Group of Seven with socia...

The cult of the Christ Child flourished in late medieval Europe across lay and religious, as well as geographic and cultural boundaries. Depictions...

Contested Spaces, Counter-narratives, and Culture from Below in Canada and Québec explores strategies for reading space and conflict in Canadian an...

From his provincial origins in the small northern Mexico town of Múzquiz, Coahuila, to his meteoric rise in Manhattan's East Village art scene, to ...

Italian Forgers takes an unorthodox approach to the fascinating topic of art forgery, focusing not on art forgery per se, but on the major forgery ...

In this beautifully illustrated overview, Renée Worringer provides a clear and comprehensive account of the longevity, pragmatism, and flexibility ...

The Art Of Ukrainian Sixties is the first comprehensive edition to represent various aspects of the unofficial Ukrainian culture of the 1960s, cove...

Drawing on the generous semantic range the term enjoyed in early modern usage, Experimental Selves argues that person, as early moderns understood ...

The Persistence of Presence analyzes the relationship between emblem books, containing combinations of pictures and texts, and Spanish literature i...

Winner, New Brunswick Book Award (Non-Fiction) and APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book AwardMary Pratts art has captivated millions of Canadians. Her...

The paintings are grouped under various headings to take the reader through specific visual experiences beginning with some of the artists tools, c...

Shortlisted, APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book AwardLaurie Swim is an artist of extraordinary range and vision. For more than forty years, she has ...

Having grown up in Germany or France, they have crossed the border between the linguistic and cultural areas several times, both literally and meta...

In this new edition of A Short History of the Middle Ages, Barbara H. Rosenwein offers a panoramic view of the medieval world from Iceland to China...

William Kurelek (19271977) is a beloved figure in Canadian art, a revered Ukrainian-Canadian painter whose works express his deeply felt immigrant ...

Who are the important artists of the 1980s? This book urges a new look at that question in light of the digital direction of our culture since then...

A Short Medieval Reader contains the essential primary sources for exploring the Middle Ages in depth. Designed to both complement the sixth editio...

A Short Medieval Reader contains the essential primary sources for exploring the Middle Ages in depth. Designed to both complement the sixth editio...

Charlie James (18671937) was a premier carver and painter from the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation of British Columbia. Also known by his ceremonial nam...