Art & Architecture
A leading art historian presents a new grammar for understanding the meaning and significance of print
A groundbreaking history of digital design from the nineteenth century to today
A beautifully illustrated history of the many inventive, poetic, and alluring ways in which color swatches have been selected and staged
A concise illustrated history of one of art’s most important and elusive elements
A groundbreaking survey of contemporary Indigenous art and its enduring connections to the land
An essential examination of how emigration and resettlement defined modernism
A new study of the early Renaissance portrait
A new account of the renowned Baroque painter, revealing how her astute professional decisions shaped her career, style, and legacy
New perspectives on early globalisms from objects and images
The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca art
An illustrated biography of the pioneering British artist and writer, tracing her life and work through the many places around the world where she lived
A richly illustrated account of the life and work of the twentieth-century Mexican artist and writer who reimagined what the book could look like, mean, and do
A major reassessment of the methods and meaning of impressionism
An arresting illustrated history of twins in mythology, science, and visual culture
A monumental illustrated survey of the architecture of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century China
A beautifully illustrated, interdisciplinary look at the ceremonies and protocols of the dynastic court of Joseon Korea
A richly illustrated history of photography in one of the epicenters of African modernity
A beautifully illustrated exploration of how Latif Al Ani’s photographs and contemporary Iraqi artists continue to challenge the colonial appropriation of Iraq’s ancient past
A box of beautifully designed foldout posters featuring acclaimed artist Jenny Holzer’s celebrated Truisms
A collection of inspiring and provocative quotations from pioneering artist, feminist, and activist Judy Chicago
A historical and theoretical investigation of the unexpected ways screen-based media protect and excite viewers’ fears and anxieties of the world
A vivid and compelling collection of quotations from the influential contemporary artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat
Essays on media systems and contemporary art by a leading theorist of modern visual culture
A connected world as imagined by early modern European artists, mapmakers, and writers, where Asia and the Americas were on a continuum
From an acclaimed historian, a mesmerizing account of how medieval European Christians envisioned the paradoxical nature of holy objects
A timely study, erudite and exciting, about the ordinary—and oftentimes unseen—lives of memorials
From a leading art historian, a provocative exploration of the intersection of art, politics, and history in 1960s Italy
European narratives of the Atlantic New World tell stories of people and things: strange flora, wondrous animals, and sun-drenched populations for Europeans to mythologize or exploit. Yet between 1500 and 1700 one region upended all of...
In this widely anticipated book, two leading contemporary art historians present a stunning reconsideration of the problem of time in the Renaissance. With intellectual brilliance, Alexander Nagel and Christopher S. Wood reexamine the...