Jacob van Ruisdael is the preeminent Dutch landscape painter of the seventeenth century, renowned for the wealth of closely observed naturalistic detail in his works. This book, written by one of the most distinguished scholars of Dutch art, is a...

The long Pax Tokugawa was founded on the blood of 40,000 severed enemy heads. Indeed, 1600 marked the end of the period of wars that saw the defeat of the troops opposed to General Ieyasu Tokugawa. The absence of wars, banishing the memories and horrors...

"Painting as a Way of Life offers a fresh look at a brief yet transformative moment in French art. At the beginning of this period, France's painting industry was still underdeveloped compared to those in Holland, Flanders, or Italy; by the end, it was...

A rich and original history of Edo, the shogun’s city that became modern Tokyo. Tokyo today is one of the world’s mega-cities and the center of a scintillating, hyper-modern culture—but not everyone is aware of its past. Founded in 1590 as the seat of...

The Definitive Publication Of Internationally Acclaimed Artist Shahzia Sikander, Published To Coincide With A Major Multivenue Midcareer Retrospective. Over The Past Thirty Years, Shahzia Sikander Has Forged An Innovative And Original Approach To...

Luminous and tranquil, Saar’s newest installation uses natural objects and materials to take the viewer on a spiritual journeyThis volume features the Huntington Library and Museum’s commissioned site-specific installation Drifting toward Twilight (2023)...

From the distinguished art critic and historian, vital essays on key artists and critics, revealing how they redefined art and criticism over the last six decades.“Serious art anticipates the future as much as it reflects the present,” Hal Foster...

A celebration of bookselling in paintings and with independent voices.The Art of the Bookstore is romantic, poetic, charismatic, and enduring, and independent booksellers around the world thrive on creating this unique culture and ambiance. In this...

This massive catalogue features fine reproductions and extensive individual discussions of nearly 120 canvases dating from the colonial period to the 1980s. With 268 illustrations, 243 in color.

A new, affordable edition of French Marxist and proto-Situationist Henri Lefebvre’s classic text on the everyday, illustrated by Julie MehretuThe work of French Marxist sociologist and philosopher Henri Lefebvre radically transformed the discourse of...

New paintings from Wiley that examine how nature is depicted and symbolized in Japanese artThis striking volume presents a new body of work by American painter Kehinde Wiley, who is best known for his vibrant portraiture of Black people that subverts the...

The first comprehensive book about Michael Stewart, the young Black artist and model who was the victim of a fatal assault by police in 1983, from Elon Green, the Edgar Award-winning author of Last Call.At twenty-five years old, Michael Stewart was a...

A richly illustrated exploration of Black culture at its most wildly imaginative, artistically ambitious, and politically urgent.A richly illustrated exploration of Black culture at its most wildly imaginative and artistically ambitious, In the Black...

A hilarious celebration of cats in artwork from medieval times.Look what the cat dragged in from the Middle Ages—a curious compendium of cats unlike any you’ve ever lapped up before.For more than a millennium, a myriad of medieval manuscripts and...