An exciting new critical voice explores what it is that makes great art great through an illuminating analysis of the world’s artistic masterpieces.From a carved mammoth tusk (ca. 40,000 BCE) to Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (1505–1510) to Duchamp’s...

John Shearman makes a plea for a more engaged reading of art works of the Italian Renaissance, one that will recognize the presupposition of Renaissance artists about their viewers. His book is the first attempt to construct a history of those...

From the salon to the boudoir: the world of Casanova as seen through the art of his eraIn 18th-century Europe, while the old order reveled in the luxurious excesses of the Rococo style and the Enlightenment sowed the seeds of revolution, the...

Approaching the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, the world- renowned da Vinci expert recounts his fifty- year journey with the work of the world’s most famous artistA personal memoir interwoven with original research, Living with Leonardo takes us...

Martin Gayford’s masterful account of painting in London from the Second World War to the 1970s, illustrated by documentary photographs and the works themselvesThe development of painting in London from the Second World War to the 1970s has never before...

A fascinating look at how Classical sculpture inspired Rodin and his workRodin, famous for The Thinker and The Kiss, was captivated by the sculptures of Classical antiquity and he constantly reworked and assimilated the forms of ancient Greek and Roman...

A glittering collection of jewelry emulating the human form, from the collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in ParisJewelry has always been a vehicle for the deepest of human emotions: remembrance, faith, devotion, love, belonging, and mourning...

A dynamic look at the potential of disguise seen in masks, installations, and performances by contemporary artists of African descent While masks are a major art form in many parts of Africa, their use has taken new turns in the 21st century. Disguise:...

The Greeks and Romans lived according to a distinctively Hellenic conception of time as an aspect of cosmic order and regularity. Appropriating ideas from Egypt and the Near East, the Greeks integrated them into a cosmological framework governed by...

Introduces the “Smart Light” movement that is illuminating and enriching our urban spaces and nighttime surroundings with spectacular new lighting technologyIn recent years, new lighting technologies have been used to illuminate cities and towns in...

The Description for this book, The Fourth Dimension And Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art, will be forthcoming.

A sustained study of Lichtenstein's pop oeuvre, offering new readings of such canonical works as Look Mickey and Happy Tears.In Hall of Mirrors, Graham Bader traces the development of Roy Lichtenstein's art into, through, and beyond his classic pop...

Pattern is back, and what better way to celebrate its revival than with a cool compendium of the best pattern design from around the globe? This exciting book showcases some of the most innovative pattern designs around, including graphics, textiles,...

Key texts on the notion of “situation” in art and theory that consider site, place, and context, temporary interventions, remedial actions, place-making, and public space.Situation—a unique set of conditions produced in both space and time and ranging...

The history of contemporary art in Russia, from socialist realism to the post-Soviet alternative art scene. In The Museological Unconscious, Victor Tupitsyn views the history of Russian contemporary art through a distinctly Russian lens, a "communal...

Mark Wallinger (b. 1959) is a British painter, sculptor, and installation and video artist whose work is notable for addressing political and moral issues. Among his well-known projects are Ecce Homo (1999) for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square and...