Art History

Abstract paintings along with their often ambiguous visual language are not only difficult to grasp for viewers, but also for art historians to i...

The perfect introduction to Aboriginal art for students, travellers, art lovers and collectors, now in its fourth edition. This concise survey sho...

Presents a clear and comprehensive introduction to the evolving discipline of global art studies This volume examines how art historians, critics, ...

This edited volume explores the dialogue between art and music with that of mystical currents at the turn of the twentieth century. The volume draw...

Magic existed in diverse forms in the Middle Ages, from simple charms to complex and subversive demonic magic. Its negative characteristics were de...

The art of predicting earthly events from the movements of stars and planets has always been a source of fascination. Medieval astrologers, though ...

Longlisted, First Nation Communities READ Award Honourable Mention, Alcuin Society Book Design Awards (Prose Illustrated) Arctic/Amazon: Networks o...

Informed by a provocative exhibition at the Louvre curated by the author, The Severed Head unpacks artistic representations of severed heads from t...

Ars Judaica is an annual publication of the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University. It showcases the Jewish contribution to the visual art...

Despite having become marginalized on the map of contemporary art since the wars of the 1990s, the regions of former Yugoslavia continue to be a hu...

Focal Points is a new book series of essays, articles and reviews, by acclaimed curator and critic Robert Storr. Expertly edited by art historian a...

A pathbreaking history of early modern education argues that Europes oldest university, often seen as a bastion of traditionalism, was in fact a vi...

An engaging account of todays contemporary art world that features original articles by leading international art historians, critics, curators, an...

This issue examines the legacy of Nazi-looted art in light of the 2012 discovery of the famous Hildebrand Gurlitt collection of stolen artwork in G...