Art History

Whilst seemingly simple garments such as the tunic remained staples of the classical wardrobe, sources from the period reveal a rich variety of cha...

In this important and timely publication, top international scholars present current research and developments about the art, archaeology, and hist...

Not rediscovered until the twentieth century, the works of Georges de La Tour retain an aura of mystery. At first sight, his paintings suggest a ve...

Zar Peter der Große legte 1714 nahe St. Petersburg den Grundstein zu Schloss Peterhof, dem russischen Versailles, das zwei Jahrhunderte lang als S...

A year of weekly interviews (1949-1950) with artist Diego Rivera by poet Alfredo Cardona-Peña disclose Riveras iconoclastic views of life and the a...

What is the relation between image practices and the iconic power of flying and more specifically falconry? The book investigates for the first tim...

The definitive history of a cherished East Los Angeles institution over five decades of art making and community building.  Self Help Graphics at F...

This Is America: Re-Viewing the Art of the United States is a new, brief text on the history of art in the United States from the Colonial era to t...

From fairy-tale castles and baronial halls to dungeons, torture and horror, the Gothic style has been incredibly influential. Indeed the cultural h...

The dramatic story behind the 3,200-year-old colossal Grand Egyptian Museum Ramesses statueKing Ramesses II ruled Egypt for an extraordinary sixty-...

Combining black feminist theory, philosophy, and performance studies, Sarah Jane Cervenak ruminates on the significance of physical and mental roam...

A 2008 cover of The New Yorker featured a much-discussed Black Power parody of Michelle and Barack Obama. The image put a spotlight on how easy it ...

Axé Bahia examines the unique cultural role played by Salvador, the coastal capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. An internationally renowned ce...

Making a foundational contribution to Mesoamerican studies, this book explores Aztec painted manuscripts and sculptures, as well as indigenous and ...

These experimental translations will grab you some will give you goose bumps, some will rub off their lyric pensiveness and cheeky melancholia; so...

In 1799, one of the most important hoards of gold from the European early Middle Ages was discovered near the village of Nagyszentmiklós (then in t...

Why do so many contemporary Chinese artists use porcelain in their work? In New Export China, Alex Burchmore presents a deep dive into a unique gen...

For decades, aesthetics has been subjected to a variety of critiques, often concerning its treatment of beauty or the autonomy of art. Collectively...

An encyclopedic and richly detailed history of everyday life in the Soviet UnionThe Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least ...