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An essential exploration of how Russian ideas about the United States shaped architecture and urban design from th e czarist era to the fall of the U.S.S.R. Idealized representations of ...

Some of the most outstanding examples of world architecture, such as the Mosque of Córdoba, the ceiling of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, the Giralda tower in Seville, and the ...

In the first book devoted to Anne Brigman (1869-1950), Kathleen Pyne traces the groundbreaking photographers life from Hawai'i to the Sierra and elsewhere in California, revealing how her photographs emerged ...

Gothic cathedrals in northern Europe dazzle visitors with arrays of sculpted saints, angels, and noble patrons adorning their portals and interiors. In this highly original and erudite volume, Jacqueline E. ...

When Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) completed the revolutionary Ghent Altarpiece in 1432, it was unprecedented in European visual culture. His novel visual strategies, including lifelike detail, not only helped ...

Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), like all ambitious artists, imitated eminent predecessors. What set him apart was his lifelong and multifaceted focus on Michelangelo Buonarroti'the master of the previous age. Berninis Michelangelo ...

About Time: Fashion and Duration traces the evolution of fashion, from 1870 to the present, through a linear timeline of iconic garments, each paired with an alternate design that jumps ...

In this rich, wide-ranging, and meticulously researched account, Kenneth Austin examines the attitudes of various Christian groups in the Protestant and Catholic Reformations towards Jews, the Hebrew language, and Jewish ...

From the late 19th century to the Second World War, American painters adapted Impressionism to their own ends, shaping one of the most enduring, complex, and contradictory styles of art ...

Multilateralism has long been a study of contrasts. Nationalist impulses, diverging and shifting goals, and a lack of enforcement methods have plagued the international organizations that facilitate multilateralism. Yet the ...

This engaging volume tells the history of Western fashion, exploring how and why it has influenced peoples attitudes, actions, and beliefs since the Middle Ages. Back in Fashion focuses on ...

In this revelatory study of one of the great architects in British history, Vaughan Hart considers Christopher Wrens (1632-1723) interest in Eastern antiquity and Ottoman architecture, an interest that would ...

From the mid-1860s until shortly before his death, Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) created 27 canvases that take rock formations as their principal subjects. This is the first publication to focus exclusively ...

Published to celebrate the Museums 150th anniversary, Making The Met examines the institutions evolution from an idea'that art can elevate anyone who has access to it'to one of the most ...

This book features 31 objects from Constance R. Caplans noted collection of 20th- and 21st-century art, including works in a variety of media by artists such as Hans Arp, Lynda ...

Eileen Gray (1878-1976) was a versatile designer and architect who navigated numerous literary and artistic circles over the course of her life. This handsome volume chronicles Grays career as a ...

This Yale University Publications in Anthropology volume presents investigations of Peruvian archaeological sites, focusing on early developments in coastal, highland, and cloud forest environments. The contributors provide new perspectives on ...

A visually stunning examination of El Grecos work that considers the artists constant reinvention and professional drive Renowned for a singular artistic vision, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco (1541-1614), ...

The Age of Undress explores the emergence and meaning of neoclassical dress in the 1790s, tracing its evolution from Naples to London and Paris over the course of a single ...

From the Great Depression to the Vietnam War, the vast majority of the photographs printed and consumed in the United States appeared on the pages of illustrated magazines. Offering an ...