The International Exhibition of Modern Art, also known as the Armory Show, was a landmark event in the history of modern......more

The Old Water-Colour Society 1804-1904 is a beautifully illustrated history of the Society of Painters in Watercolours. ......more

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"Showcasing the best works by the acclaimed Nordic master of light and solitude, this is the first major book on the art......more

Discussing an aspect of the European avant-garde that has often been neglected-its relationship to the embodied experien......more

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This beautifully illustrated catalog provides an in-depth examination of the groundbreaking 1957 exhibition at the Solom......more

Originally delivered in 1888, this lecture is a fascinating glimpse into the artistic and literary culture of the late 1......more

A beautifully illustrated catalog of works by some of the most talented artists of the 18th and 19th centuries. From ele......more

New York Times Notable Book Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist Wall Street Journal--One of Five Best Artist Biographi......more

For decades, aesthetics has been subjected to a variety of critiques, often concerning its treatment of beauty or the au......more

This volume surveys the life and work of the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, who is best known for his extraordinary ......more

Discover the life and art of Xanti Schawinski. Xanti Schawinsky: Play Life Illusion refers to the title of a performance......more

"This book mobilizes the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark’s notion of the organic line-an interval of space between material......more

Examines early practices of staged photography in visualizing queer forms of relation. Body Language is the first in-dep......more

Sustaining Loss explores the uncanny, traumatic weaving together of the living and the dead in art, and the morbid fasci......more

First published in 1996, this irreplaceable resource has now been updated, revised, and expanded by Kristine Stiles to r......more

This book is a comprehensive guide to modern French sculpture, written by Daniel Cady Eaton. It includes detailed descri......more

This groundbreaking work of art criticism challenges traditional notions of beauty and aesthetics. Authors Florence Simm......more

Dissecting the role of magazines and journals as laboratories for Surrealism, from Littérature to La Révolution Surréali......more

One of Britain’s most radical and influential artists working in the first decades of the twentieth century, Vanessa Bel......more

Richly illustrated and thoroughly researched, this volume showcases one of the most significant collections of American ......more

"Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change explores instances of what Whistler called his "shop game." David Park Curry’s pra......more

Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) was a German doctor, educator, popular science writer, and information graphics pioneer. Chased o......more

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Miquel Barceló’s ecological neoexpressionist paintings echoing Dubuffet, Tàpies and Miró Known for his experimental appr......more

"These seductive books have slick production values, excellent illustrations, and smart texts. Each one is a fast-food, ......more

A revelatory collection of the artist’s sketches and preparatory drawings, featuring many that have never been published......more

Edithe Beutler was one of the foremost American Colorists of the 20th century. Color film for photography was unavailabl......more

"A leading art historian presents a new grammar for understanding the meaning and significance of print. In process and ......more

This 240-page book, Aubrey Beardsley: The Decadent Magician of the Light and the Darkness, reveals the core of the artis......more

From December 1933 to February 1943, as part of a sprawling economic stimulus package, four federal programs hired artis......more

From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of yellow from antiquity to the present In this ric......more

The Art of Football is a singular look at early college football art and illustrations. This collection contains more th......more

"Author Jeff A. Menges has done a superb job of choosing a fantastic array of artists, providing representative and dazz......more

The definitive book on Art Deco: an elegant large-format hardcover with hundreds of museum-quality color reproductions f......more

An essential text in the history of Marxist art theory, available in English for the first time...more

In the late nineteenth century in Europe and to some extent in the United States, the Jewish upper middle class--particu......more

The last few decades have witnessed an explosion in ideas and theories on art. Art itself has never been so topical, but......more

Jules Bastien-Lepage is dragged to London by Sarah Berhardt to meet the Prince of Wales and paint his portrait. A succes......more

This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen’s ’Thumbelina’, first published in......more

Take a journey into the heart of the Arts and Crafts movement with this enchanting book about the Roycroft community in ......more

This art book explores the contributions of British painter Charles Bentley to the Old Water-Colour Society. With stunni......more

This classic text provides an overview of the major trends and movements in modern painting from the 19th century to the......more

Experience the beauty and timelessness of the Pre-Raphaelite art movement with this stunning collection of works by DG R......more

Explore the vibrant and varied world of 19th-century British art and design with this beautifully illustrated catalogue ......more

Experience the beauty and artistry of the Pre-Raphaelite movement through the eyes of Nathan Anthony Cervo. As an expert......more

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In Modris Eksteins’s hands, the interlocking stories of Vincent van Gogh and art dealer Otto Wacker reveal the origins o......more

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Having procured a cult-like following in the modern field of design, this extraordinary volume is brimming with over 100......more

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In this landmark work, renowned art historian Léonce Bénédite provides a comprehensive survey of the most important pain......more

Richard Muther’s acclaimed book gives readers a complete overview of the development of modern painting. Examining the w......more

Now in paperback, Fredric Jameson’s most wide-ranging work seeks to crystalize a definition of "postmodernism". Jameson’......more

Forgotten Kashmir examines the evolution of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) over the past seven decades. It includes maj......more

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This touching fairy tale is Hans Christian Andersen’s tragic story of a young girl who’s left alone on the snowy streets......more

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This companion volume to the author s Learning to Look at Paintings suggests that the best way to understand modern art......more

Peter Dubé’s Desire as Praxis: Towards a Queer Surrealism dives deeply into the intricate connections between surrealism......more

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the major painters and movements of the 19th century. Sarah Tytler examin......more

Featuring stunning illustrations and groundbreaking literary work from some of the most influential writers of the day, ......more

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Drawing together all kinds of writing about and around Live Art, The Live Art Almanac is both a useful resource and a gr......more

According to Paul Bowles, a tourist travels quickly home, while a traveler moves slowly from one destination to the next......more

Twenty-one thousand New South Wales men and women dead. Thousands more maimed or permanently incapacitated. This was the......more

Are women s orgasms more intense than men s? What did Andr Breton think of homosexuality? Can love be separated from phy......more

Born just fourteen months apart, one in London and the other in rural Suffolk, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable went on ......more

A colorful and fast-moving account of how postwar London became the global center of the art market--a story of Impressi......more

A record of the rise and fall of the BMC farm that foregrounds the voices of a new cast of characters Black Mountain Col......more

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice - A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2024 - A Kirkus Reviews Best......more

"This fresh and engaging, illustrated history of art explains the fundamentals every art lover needs while presenting th......more

The survey began in 1988 as interviews with artists, jewellers, fashion designers and furniture restorers, based at Old ......more