Art History

A landmark survey of one of architecture's most controversial yet popular style The Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance - and this book d...

Henri Matisse described the Chapel of the Rosary, the chief labour of his final years, as the 'gathering together' of his lifetime's work. Although...

Mapping the possibilities of photofilmic images. This book explores the different ways in which art, cinema, and other forms of visual culture resp...

A modern rethinking of the career and vision of one of the greatest artists of all time on the 500th anniversary of his death The towering genius o...

In the 1790s the sculptural decoration of many French cathedrals was destroyed, and monastic churches were stripped of their royal and noble tombs....

Benedict Read died suddenly on 20 October 2016. His influence on art-history in the field of sculpture, and his ground-breaking authoritative volum...

This fascinating book presents the rst biography of Helen Coombe, a woman admired not only for her artistic skill, but also for her intellect, pers...

The history of modernism has generally been written as a story of artists and their creations alongside the collectors, gallerists, and curators wh...

This book probes the intersection of the beautiful and the ugly, offering a systematic framework to understand, interpret, and evaluate how uglines...

A lavishly illustrated overview of contemporary Korean art that offers new insight into the countrys tumultuous modern history and its multifaceted...

A unique collaboration celebrating the importance of parkas in Yup'ik material cultureParkas are part of a living tradition in southwest Alaska. So...

Parkas are part of a living tradition in southwest Alaska. Some are ornamented with tassels, beads, and elaborate stitching; others are simpler fur...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

From the 1960s drawing assumed a prominent position in the practice of a rising generation of post-war artists in Germany and Austria. This publica...