Art History

The premise of this volume is that the ubiquity of lactation imagery in early modern visual culture and the discourse on breastfeeding in humanist,...

This volume is about how and whether art can be morally bad (or morally good). Politicians, media pundits, and others frequently complain that part...

How grace shaped the Renaissance in ItalyGrace emerges as a keyword in the culture and society of sixteenth-century Italy. The Grace of the Italian...

Some of the great and lasting achievements of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are the architectural wonders of soaring cathedrals, grand castle...

Since the early days of flight, military pilots have personalized aircraft with artistic creations, giving each plane a unique identity and aircrew...

In 1803, an eighteen-year-old West Indiesborn Frenchman arrived in New York City, fleeing Napoleons conscription. His work would become inextricabl...

Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts ist in ganz Europa eine gewaltige Bildproduktion des christlichen Martyriums zu verzeichnen. Im Umkreis des Jesuitengener...

Finalist for Anna Rabinowitz Award from Poetry Society of America Porneia features a selection of works by Eduardo Kac realized in the context of t...

An exploration of phrases and excerpts that inspire a major contemporary artist.   Over the past several years, renowned South African artist Willi...

A beautiful presentation of a new suite of works made for the Menil Collection by Allora & Calzadilla   The Puerto Ricobased collaborative duo ...

'In effervescent and atmospheric prose, Jennifer Higgie explores some of history's most innovative artists and their spiritual investigations into ...

Comparing the radical aesthetic and social experiments undertaken by two exile intellectuals, Experiments in Exile charts a desire in their work to...