Art Treatments & Subjects

This book reinterprets Wifredo Lam’s work with particular attention to its political implications, focusing on how these implications emerge from t...

An aesthetically and socially significant book that celebrates the human spirit; it is this spirit that shines through the coal dust in the faces o...

Desperately Young introduces the masterpieces left behind by some of the greatest rising stars in fine art - all of whom died before their thirti...

Werner Mantz (1901-1983) was a prominent architectural and industrial photographer who began his career in the 1920s. His work occupies a unique hi...

The use of images as evidence in historical writing has been largely neglected by historians, though recent interest in the importance of visualiza...

A landmark survey of the wide-ranging practice of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative artists   Best known for her sinuous looped-wire s...

The American artist Theresa Ferber Bernstein (1890–2002) made and exhibited her work in every decade of the twentieth century. This authoritative b...

Women, Fertility, and Maternal Art in Renaissance Florence examines maternity-centered art to reveal women’s crucial function in saving Florence fr...

A leading figure in contemporary art since the early 1970s, Chuck Close is internationally renowned for his monumentally scaled portrait paintings,...

The publication of Portraits of John Quincy Adams and His Wife makes available a record which both affords unique visual documentation of the most ...

A read-aloud picture book for young children that celebrates the heartland of our great country.Every country has a heart and America’s is in those...

This is the first monograph on Chicago-based Hairy Who artist Suellen Rocca (born 1943), presenting her paintings, drawings and prints from the 196...

Minnie Riperton and Maya Rudolph. Judy Garland and Liza Minelli. Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher, and Billie Lourd. These dynasties of powerful wome...

Capturing fleeting natural impressions played a central role in the art of Claude Monet. He deeply engaged with the landscape and light of differen...

András Koerner is the author of a number of critically acclaimed, award-winning CEU Press titles on the cultural history of Hungarian Jews and Jewi...

Filled with wit and insight, this is a fascinating tour of Venice from an artist's perspective. The city of Venice has always provided an almost ir...