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Featuring more than 150 treasures from several of the world's most prestigious collections, Making Marvels explores the vital intersection of art, technology, and political power at the courts of early ...

The works of Michelangelo (1475-1564) remain an enduring source of awe and fascination more than 500 years after his death. Michelangelo:Mind of the Master offers a new context for understanding ...

With a lively narrative thread and thematic chapters, this book offers an exceptional introduction to Dutch and Flemish drawing during the long 17th century. Victoria Sancho Lobis discusses the many ...

This lively book reveals the clothing and fashion of the world depicted in Jane Austens beloved books, focusing on the long Regency between the years 1795 and 1825. During this ...

Jean-François Millet (1814-1875) was one of the most important artists of the Barbizon School. Through his publicly exhibited works and their critical reception, Millet was of crucial significance to modernist ...

The significant collection of 19th-century French paintings at the National Gallery, London, includes many important works by artists associated with the Barbizon School. In addition to paintings by Courbet, Millet, ...

From the time Maximilian I (1459-1519) became duke of Burgundy at the age of eighteen until he died while serving as Holy Roman Emperor, his passion for the trappings and ...

This book offers a close look at the art of Dutch Golden Age painter Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693). One of Rembrandts most talented students, Maes began by painting biblical scenes in ...

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was an artist perpetually in search of new horizons. This fascinating visual tour reveals the full extent of Gauguins travels and their influence on his unique style. ...

A nuanced portrait of the 20th-century architect whose work defined the built aesthetic of corporate America Gordon Bunshaft's (1909-1990) landmark 1952 design for Lever House reshaped the Manhattan skyline and ...

This stunning book unites for the first time the pioneering work of six artists and designers: Clara Porset, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Anni Albers, Ruth Asawa, Cynthia Sargent, Sheila Hicks. Inspired ...

This fascinating exploration of French womens fashion during World War I is the first in-depth consideration of the role that fashion played in the upheaval of French society between 1914 ...

Alonso Berruguete (c. 1488-1561) revolutionized the arts of Renaissance Spain with a dramatic style of sculpture that reflected the decade or more he had spent in Italy while young. Trained ...

Taking a multifaceted look at a topic of widespread fascination, this pioneering book presents new research on the intersection of fashion and politics through incisive essays by the fields leading ...

In this broad yet sympathetic survey'ranging from the Crusades to the modern day'Martin Pugh explores the social, political, and cultural encounters between Britain and Islam. He looks, for instance, at ...

The painter, designer, and architect Henry van de Velde (1863-1957) played a crucial role in expanding modernist aesthetics beyond Paris and beyond painting. Opposing growing nationalism around 1900, he sought ...

The towering genius of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) has been celebrated'and remained undisputed'for hundreds of years. A groundbreaking, essential addition to scholarship, Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered continues this legacy while ...

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) took his first major trip to New York in 1909, fleeing a failed marriage and artistic stagnation. He returned a decade later, his personal life and ...

In this enthralling book, Merav Mack and Benjamin Balint explore Jerusalems libraries to tell the story of this city as a place where some of the worlds most enduring ideas ...

In this important book Christina Weyl takes us into the experimental New York print studio Atelier 17 and highlights the women whose work there advanced both modernism and feminism in ...