Winner, Canadian Museums Association’s Outstanding Achievement in Research Award and IPPY Awards Silver Medal (Fine Art)......more
Described in the New York Times as the greatest art historian America ever produced, Meyer Schapiro was both a close fri......more
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Since the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989, Prague has become one of Europe s--and the world s--most popular tourist......more
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A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfec......more
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Insane Acquaintances explores a range of exhibitions, organisations and institutions that mediated and promoted modernis......more
The modern media world came into being in the nineteenth century, when machines were harnessed to produce texts and imag......more
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This book productively contests the supposedly exclusive feminine aspect of the style moderne (Art Deco). Through a sust......more
This book addresses the art historical category of "contemporary art" from a transregional perspective, but unlike other......more
During the nineteenth century, Albrecht Dürer’s art, piety, and personal character were held up as models to inspire con......more
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Miquel Barceló’s ecological neoexpressionist paintings echoing Dubuffet, Tàpies and Miró Known for his experimental appr......more
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Artist Marilynne Bradley has spent half a century immortalizing and updating treasures of St. Louis landmarks in the vib......more
The Modernist Bestiary studies Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée (1911), a multimedia collaborative work by French-Polish......more
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An insightful study of the progressive politics animating a great work of modernist mural painting In 1936 the Works Pro......more
An illustrated biography of the celebrated artist James Ensor The Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949) was a major fig......more
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Herbert von Einem (1905-1983) war ein bedeutender deutscher Kunsthistoriker im 20. Jahrhundert. Er legte zahlreiche star......more
The historical avant-gardes defined themselves largely in terms of their relationship to various versions of realism. At......more
The Arts and Crafts Movement of the late 19th century in England, inspired by William Morris, is well-known, but its pre......more
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In the early 20th century, Chicago menswear clothier Hart Schaffner & Marx promoted their wares with a twice-a-year publ......more
This book illuminates how collaborations between dancers and painters shaped Mexico’s postrevolutionary cultural identit......more
After Egon Schiele (1890-1918) freed himself from the shadow of his mentor and role model Gustav Klimt, he had just ten ......more
A fascinating cross-section of current research in modernist art history, at the cutting edge of contemporary scholarshi......more
Contemporary art is increasingly concerned with swaying the opinions of its viewier. To do so, the art employs various s......more
Best known for painting and recipient of the Venice Biennale’s Grand Prize in 1960, Vedova also designed costumes and mo......more
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The War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) were responsible for the production of some of the most iconic images of the ......more
"Describes with plenty of colour how surrealism, from Rene Magritte’s bowler hats to Salvador Dali’s watches, was born a......more
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"It was very difficult to find a way of writing about the different perspectives of France and Africa, of Africans in Fr......more
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This 240-page book, Aubrey Beardsley: The Decadent Magician of the Light and the Darkness, reveals the core of the artis......more
Following a spectacular surge in interest for Egyptian masters, Modern Art in Egypt fills the void in Egyptian art histo......more
An enthralling journey into the world of chess--a story of heartbreak, obsession, failure, and the hunger for greatness ......more
Mere decades after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the promise of European democracy seems to be out of joint. What has b......more
During World War II, London was at its most perilous moment since the Great Fire of 1666. Districts were transformed at ......more