Art History

Before the late sixteenth century, the churches of Florence were internally divided by monumental screens that separated the laity in the nave from...

Inspired by global masonry techniques and Hudson Valley history, Martin Puryears installation for Storm King Art Center opens its oculi onto the mu...

A leading critics acclaimed story of the photo boom during the crucial decades of the 1970s and 80s  Grundberg . . . is a vibrant, opinionated, aut...

James Baldwins perennial essay as a starting point for artistic exploration of racism. James Baldwin (19241987) penned his famous essay Stranger in...

A scintillating account of the cultural freedom and empowerment that American women experienced as leaders in the avant-garde scene in early twenti...

Prince was devoted to the art of dressing. A multi-million selling artist and musical trailblazer, he used fashion as an added storytelling tool. O...

Even during the artist's lifetime, contemporary art lovers considered Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) to be an exceptional artist. In this revelator...

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...

A revealing examination of how mental illness informs and connects the highly charged work of Edvard Munch and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner    The Norweg...

Bringing to light little-known artistic traditions, the latest volume of Ars Judaica focuses on the local and temporal contexts of objects and thei...

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...

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...

Animal products were used extensively in nineteenth-century Britain. A middle-class Victorian woman might wear a dress made of alpaca wool, drape h...

A deeply personal yet broadly relevant exploration of the ephemeral life of the classic in art, from the eighteenth century to our own day   Is the...

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...

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...

Irish-born designer Eileen Gray (1878-1976) is widely known today as a pioneer of both Art Deco and Modernism. In a career spanning nearly 80 years...