Robert Layton provides an authoritative introduction to the richness and diversity of art forms in non-Western societies. He addresses the problems of aesthetic appreciation across cultures, the varied uses of art, and the fundamental problem of what...

A wide-ranging exploration of the birth of impressionism centered around the landmark exhibition in Paris in 1874Discover the origins of impressionism in this revelatory look at the context for the radical 1874 exhibition that is considered the birth of...

A must-have for jewelry enthusiasts, this engaging volume illuminates the ways in which jewelry has been used to craft and express identity.Why do people wear jewelry? What meaning does it hold for the wearer? And what does the wearer hope it will convey...

Explores Wayne Thiebaud's career as a self-described "thief" who appropriated and reinterpreted old and new European and American artworks.Although artist Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021) earned acclaim for his poetic renderings of the prosaic particulars of...

Andy Warhol said about his road trip to Los Angeles in 1963: “The farther West we drove, the more Pop everything looked on the highways.” In this original and engaging book, Cécile Whiting examines what Pop looked like when it left the highbrow cloisters...

Engage in pursuit of democracy and social change through the provocative and political art of Hans Haacke.Hans Haacke is a legend of political conceptual art, and at the same time, his work is highly topical and of great relevance today. As a founding...

The hidden world of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s unique art frames!Ernst Ludwig Kirchner regarded the picture and its frame as a unit. Contrary to Kirchner’s intention that they each belong together, some paintings were separated from their original frames...

Herausgegeben Von Astrid Ihle, Julia Nebenführ, René Zechlin. Parallel Texts In German And English. On The Occasion Of An Exhibition Held At The Wilhelm-hack-museum, Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, November 16, 2024 - April 21, 2025.

This groundbreaking volume unearths the representation of plants and their vital impact on art, thereby advocating for the botanical world’s legitimate place in art history.Desired for their aesthetic beauty, sought after for their medicinal properties,...

This color-rich volume catalogues the collection of devotional art held in the Museum of Sacred Art located in the Belgian Ardennes.

Elephant Kingdom traces the myriad stories and symbolisms behind India's much-loved animal throug its depictions in architectural sculpture. At the heart of the study is a collection of over sixty color photographs from a diversity of antique sett ings,...

Khanna's work over fifty years kept its focus on painting and drawing everyday life in India.

Set against feminist discourse, this title looks at the iconography of the Indian woman. Traced over the century these images suggest an extraordinary transformation in imaging the Indian woman, as manifested in painting, photography, popular posters and...

Recent work by 24 artists has been selected to represent art-making in India today.

This book was born of Suhag Shirodkar's conviction that children will delight in history-if adults will bring it alive for them.

The first full-career survey of the idiosyncratic life and work of Ray Johnson, a collagist, performance artist, and pioneer of mail art.Ray Johnson (1927-1995), a.k.a. “New York’s most famous unknown artist,” was notorious for the elaborate games he...

A landmark survey of the wide-ranging practice of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative artistsBest known for her sinuous looped-wire sculptures, Ruth Asawa (1926–2013) used everyday materials to create endlessly innovative works in a variety of...

The Fantasy ContinuesThe Art of Spirited Away collects color illustrations of Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) for the first time in an English edition! This book includes paintings and designs from the new animated film from the director of...

A groundbreaking reading of Duchamp's work as informed by Asian “esoterism, ” energetic spiritual practices identifying creative energy with the erotic impulse.Considered by many to be the most important artist of the twentieth century, the object of...

As the companion to the exhibition, Fighting for Freedom places Black craftspeople at the forefront of American history, from before the Revolutionary War through the Civil War and beyond Reconstruction. Delving into diverse narratives of creativity,...