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 concise illustrated history of one of art’s most important and elusive elements
A beautifully illustrated history of the many inventive, poetic, and alluring ways in which color swatches have been selected and staged
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...
In this groundbreaking book, Andrei Pop presents a lucid reassessment of those writers and artists in the late nineteenth century whose work merits the adjective “symbolist.” For Pop, this term denotes an art that is self-conscious...
The first English translation of one of the earliest and most brilliant art-historical surveys, from one of the greatest modern art historians
An innovative study of Goya's unprecedented elaboration of the critical function of the work of art
An examination of how modern art was impacted by the concept of prehistory and the prehistoric
A classic account of the villa—from ancient Rome to the twentieth century—by “the preeminent American scholar of Italian Renaissance architecture” (Architect’s Newspaper)
From one of the world’s leading authorities on ancient Greek art, a groundbreaking account of how Greek images were understood and used by other ancient peoples, from Britain to China
A striking account of Vasari’s career, friendships, and contribution to the art of the Italian Renaissance
A vivid and exciting account of royal collectors, art dealers, connoisseurs, and the rise of old master paintings
An eminent literary biographer and critic shows how poetry enriched the art of two representative English Romantic painters
Constructivist and sculptor Naum Gabo’s personal account of his development as an artist
An original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from the acclaimed architectural historian
A groundbreaking reevaluation of paleolithic art through the lens of modernism, from the acclaimed historian of art and architecture
The classic work by internationally acclaimed Cézanne scholar John Rewald
A classic study of the art of painting and its relationship to reality
How ornamentation enables a direct and immediate encounter between viewers and art objects
An illuminating look at the iconography of the early church and its important place in the history of Christian art
A magisterial exploration of poetry’s place in the fine arts by one of the twentieth century's leading poets
An incomparable look at how Chinese artists have used mass production to assemble exquisite objects from standardized parts
An illuminating biographical study of the eighteenth-century English man of letters and patron of the arts
The classic work on the sublime interplay between the arts and poetics
An in-depth look at the exquisite metal sculpture of the Roman baroque
A major account of Renaissance portraiture by one of the twentieth century’s most eminent art historians
The classic study of the timeless relationship between literature and the visual arts
The classic book on William Blake as prophet of the New Age
A stunning visual history of sculpture from prehistory through modernity
An acclaimed art historian explains how to identify excellence in art
A leading art historian’s plea for a more engaged reading of Italian Renaissance art
One of the twentieth century’s most influential texts on philosophical aesthetics
A magisterial study of celebrated photographer Walker Evans
From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years
A fascinating account of the growing "Yes in My Backyard" urban movement
An evocative chronicle of the power of solitude in the natural world
The story of the Roman Empire’s enormous wine industry told through the remarkable ceramic storage and shipping containers that made it possible
The first book in English to examine Leon Battista Alberti’s major literary works in Latin and Italian, which are often overshadowed by his achievements in architecture
A panoramic narrative that places ancient Africa on the stage of world history
A color-illustrated introduction to the basic principles of visual language that every content creator and consumer needs to know
How West African gold and trade across the Sahara were central to the medieval world
An unforgettable journey into the forgotten history of medieval Africa
The first study of album-making in the Ottoman empire during the seventeenth century, demonstrating the period’s experimentation, eclecticism, and global outlook
Objects of Translation offers a nuanced approach to the entanglements of medieval elites in the regions that today comprise Afghanistan, Pakistan, and north India. The book--which ranges in time from the early eighth to the early...
The first English translation of the earliest book-length biography of an African woman
This concise edition of the biography of Walatta-Petros (1672) tells the story of an Ethiopian saint who lived from 1592 to 1642 and led a successful nonviolent movement to preserve African Christian beliefs in the face of European...
Two classic illustrated anthologies, now combined in one convenient volume
A compelling look at the Fatimid caliphate's robust culture of documentation
A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers
An exploration of the personal and artistic connections between two icons of twentieth-century art
A richly illustrated celebration of the paintings of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama
The extraordinary life story of the celebrated artist and writer, as told through four decades of intimate letters to her beloved mother
How California’s counterculture of the 1960s to 1980s profoundly shaped—and was shaped by—West Coast artists
An important examination of how artists have grappled with anti-Black violence and its representations from the late nineteenth century to the present