A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice "Absorbing [and] astute . . . Cohen-Solal captures a facet of Picasso’s cha......more

Charles Darwin s theory of evolution bore a decisive influence on aesthetic thought that was nothing if not diverse. Fro......more

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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is widely recognized as the preeminent institution that defined twentieth-century art th......more

Beginning with the 1881 Itinerant Art Exhibition, this book examines the history of modern Russia through the paintings ......more

Beginning with the 1881 Itinerant Art Exhibition, this book examines the history of modern Russia through the paintings ......more

The Art of Mary Linwood is the first book on Leicester textile artist Mary Linwood (1755-1845) and catalogue of her work......more

A gripping art history cold case: the previously untold story of Victorine Meurent, forgotten painter and famous muse to......more

A gripping art history cold case: the previously untold story of Victorine Meurent, forgotten painter and famous muse to......more

Peter Gregory, Director and then Chairman of Lund Humphries, was at the heart of the avant-garde British art world for n......more

A wide-ranging study of the intertwined notions of home and homeland that were central to the art and material culture o......more

The first comprehensive study of Cassatt’s life, work, and legacy through the prism of a transatlantic framework. This b......more

Using artworks by Berthe Morisot, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and others, The Art of Parisian Ch......more

Using artworks by Berthe Morisot, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and others, The Art of Parisian Ch......more

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How medieval Gothic art inspired a generation. Gothic Modern illuminates the pivotal discovery of medieval Gothic art fo......more

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While surrealism’s treatment of the body has been much researched, the role of landscape has rarely been examined. Publi......more

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A fresh look at the global dimensions of US painting from the 1850s to 1898. Painting US Empire is the first book to off......more

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A critical contextualizing of the early work of modernist painter Ceri Richards. This study assesses Ceri Richards’s ear......more

At the turn of the twentieth century, New York City philanthropist, arts patron, and scholar Archer M. Huntington became......more

This book presents innovative analysis of emergent visual trends in Japan from the late 1960s to the present day. Adopti......more

Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts entstand eine materialistische Theorie, die sich mit ökonomischen und sozialen Verhältnissen......more

This book highlights the intimate relationship between landscape and portraiture in the work of the Austrian Expressioni......more

This lavishly illustrated exhibition catalog features 70 career-spanning works by the French avant-garde painter, one of......more

Many consider Georges Rouault (1871-1958) to be one of the most important religious painters of the last few centuries. ......more

As evidenced by the famed Book of Kells and monumental high crosses, Scotland and Ireland have long shared a distinctive......more

How did German aesthetic values change as the Weimar Republic fell and state Nazism began, and to what extent did they i......more

An entirely new exploration of the life and career of the expat American artist Julius LeBlanc Stewart (1855-1919), who ......more

Reverberations of the young rebels and influencers in the artist group Brücke. The artist group Brücke is Germany’s most......more

Women Pioneers of the Arts and Crafts Movement is a celebration of the work and ambition of the women who were at the he......more

This book introduces a compelling new personality to the modernist canon, Marisa Mori (1900-1985), who became the only f......more

Inspired by Richard Wagner’s idea of the total artwork, European modernist artists began to pursue multimedia projects t......more

The years prior to Van Gogh’s death in 1890 were pivotal to the painter’s brief artistic career. He was working in the S......more

Most surveys of the history of art come neatly packaged. They are divided up into historic periods, artistic schools and......more

Peyton’s new work unveils a holy world of cultural luminaries Elizabeth Peyton’s art is one of glances and gestures that......more

A groundbreaking and richly illustrated account of the importance of Manet’s family to his art All families are complica......more

Between 1760 and 1840, exotic plants were imported from across Britain’s empire and were lavishly depicted in periodical......more

2024 marks the centennial of surrealism, one of the most influential artistic movements of the modern era. In 1924, Andr......more

With his virtuosic prints of rolling California hills, classically inspired nudes, and natural and manmade forms--from a......more

When German artist Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943) handed her gouache series Life? or Theater? over to a friend, she besee......more

When German artist Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943) handed her gouache series Life? or Theater? over to a friend, she besee......more

A major rethinking of twentieth-century abstract art mobilized by the work of Brazilian artist Lygia Clark What would it......more

Documenting the extraordinary breadth of sculptural production by American artist Tony Smith (1912-1980), this comprehen......more

Original essays and visual art that reveal the depth and complexity of the sculpture of American modernist Tony Smith, p......more

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Housing is the most omnipresent urban typology. Housing is also the essential architecture of the human condition. Perha......more

Explore the works of one of the greatest artists of all time. Claude Monet: 50 Masterpieces Explored is a dazzling colle......more

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An exploration of shifting landscapes--both real and represented--in nineteenth-century France and the role of images in......more

Man Ray (1890-1976) was a man both of and ahead of his time. With his conceptual approach and innovative techniques, he ......more

One of the most innovative and influential artists of the early twentieth century, the master of color, subjective reali......more

Five of Monet’s most beloved works spring to life in this vivid and brilliantly engineered collection of pop-up scenes. ......more

From the summer of 1870 to the spring of 1871, Paris and its people were forced into surrender by Germans and imperiled ......more

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In 2005 Damien Hirst (born 1965) began photographing every pharmacy in the Greater London area. Shooting both the indivi......more

Ronald Moody is a significant artist of the twentieth century, yet until now there has been no comprehensive monograph o......more

In this magical book, pop-up engineer Gérard Lo Monaco brings to life eight works of art by leading surrealists: Salvado......more

A new history of Futurism and its fraught ideological ambitions, centered on sculptural experimentation As the first com......more

One of the most influential artists and thinkers of his time comes to life in this stunning graphic biography inspired b......more

- An unusual biography of Picasso through his dogs, richly illustrated with reproductions of his works and archive photo......more

- Written by the former Director at the National Galleries of Scotland, home to the popular portrait. Among his publicat......more

While Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949) is forever associated with his seaside hometown of Ostend, it was in the bu......more

Imaging Animal Industry focuses on the visual culture of the American meat industry between 1890 and 1960. It describes ......more

The pursuit of antiquity was important for scholarly artists in constructing their knowledge of history and cultural ide......more

Surreal Geographies recovers a forgotten archive of Holocaust representation. Examining art, literature, and film produc......more

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Having grown up in Germany or France, they have crossed the border between the linguistic and cultural areas several tim......more

"The first English-language study to explore the longevity of Orientalist art in Spain over a period of 120 years. Highl......more

A new translation, with a new foreword, of Nicolas Bourriaud’s landmark 1998 work of art theory. First published in 1998......more

This book addresses the unique and profound indeterminacy of "Creole," a label applied to white, black, and mixed-race p......more