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A testament to the Detroit Institute of Arts rich and diverse collection, this impressive catalogue brings together a selection of the museums masterworks in American, European, African, Asian, Native American, ...

A provocative study of a freedman painter that recognizes the labor of enslaved artists and artisans in seventeenth-century Spain Diego Velázquezs portrait of Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608-1670) has long ...

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) is best known for his religious subject matter, yet some of his most iconic works depict secular themes. Celebrating Murillos genre paintings and shedding new light ...

Including Indigenous works from the southwestern United States, Mesoamerica, the Isthmo-Colombian Area, and the Andes of South America, this book showcases more than 100 masterpieces of art from the ancient ...

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, this deluxe volume showcases its world-renowned collection. The book includes engaging texts by Kimbell curators ...

The artists in Boundary Trouble in American Vanguard Art defy binary constructs of insider and outsider. Some are credentialed professionals, others are self-identified amateurs, and yet others are indifferent to ...

Through the lens of Aleksandr Rodchenkos photography, a new and provocative understanding emerges of the troubled relationship between technology, modernism, and state power in Stalins Soviet Union Tracing the shifting ...

Howardena Pindell: Reclaiming Abstraction is a fascinating examination of the multifaceted career of artist, activist, curator, and writer Howardena Pindell (b. 1943). It offers a fresh perspective on her abstract ...

Among the most celebrated figures of modern art, Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) has been the subject of many exhibitions and publications, but none until now has examined in depth how the ...

The age-old tradition of pictorial illusionism, known as trompe loeil ('deceive the eye'), employs visual tricks that confound the viewers perception of reality and fiction, truth and falsehood. This radically ...

A fascinating new look at the artistic legacy of the Tudors, revealing the dynastys influence on the arts in Renaissance England and beyond Ruling successively from 1485 through 1603, the ...

Meticulously researched and luxuriously illustrated, this volume offers a comprehensive view of Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1460/1466-1525/1526), whose work has been admired for centuries for its fantastical settings enriched with contemporary ...

Painter to popes, princes, and scions of Renaissance dynasties, Simone Martini (ca. 1284-1344) transformed Western painting with his groundbreaking devotional images and masterful manipulation of gold. This beautifully illustrated book ...

From the chaos of the First World War to the ravages of the Second, from the Great Depression to the rise of consumer culture, artists we call 'modern' faced the ...

Featuring works by Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516), Jan Gossaert (c. 1478-1532), Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1569), Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), and others, this book positions drawing ...

This engaging book delves into the iconic relationship between Edward Hopper (1882-1967) and New York City. This comprehensive look at an essential aspect of the revered American artists life reveals ...

American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) experienced Spain, including the picturesque island of Majorca, as a source of rejuvenation and inspiration. Sargent and Spain features scores of the artists dazzling ...

Lucian Freud (1922-2011) was one of the greatest figurative painters of the twentieth century. With an unflinching eye and an uncompromising commitment to his work, he created masterpieces that continue ...

With a partnership spanning two centuries, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Evelyn (1855-1919) and Arts and Crafts potter and author William De Morgan (1839-1917) influenced several significant art movements in nineteenth-century Britain. ...

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871-1949) was a polymath who experimented in a variety of media including electric lighting, stage design, photography, the development of pigments, and textile and garment design. ...