Overview :The most comprehensive book on the paintings and frescoes of Florence -- with nearly 2,000 beautifully reproduced artworks from the city's g... Read More
Overview :Meet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world. Hokusai (1760-1849) is not only one of the giants of Japanese ar... Read More
Overview :Rembrandt's revealing self-portraits in an appealing, affordable format Celebrated as the supreme painter of the human condition, Rembrandt... Read More
Overview :This book challenges the conventional ideas of art and beauty. What is the value of things made by an anonymous craftsman working in a set t... Read More
Overview :From an award-winning graphic designer comes this gorgeous collection that celebrates African Americans and their contributions--many little... Read More
Overview :Tramp art describes a particular type of wood carving practiced in the United States and Europe between the 1880s and 1940s in which discard... Read More
Overview :Born of Japan's cultural encounter with Western entertainment media, manga (comic books or graphic novels) and anime (animated films) are tw... Read More
Overview :Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award The real story behind the major motion picture The Monuments Men. The cast of characters in... Read More
Overview :Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists explores the artistic achievements of Native women and establishes their rightful place in the ar... Read More
Overview :Home to an extraordinary collection of treasured masterworks, including the famed Unicorn Tapestries, The Cloisters is devoted to the art an... Read More
Overview :Unique in its inclusive treatment, Framing America embraces the full scope of American art from the sixteenth century to the present. In add... Read More
Overview :In collaboration with Miami's Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, a rediscovery of a lost figure of American modernism--the early-twentieth-century ... Read More
Overview :Recent art historical scholarship has helped restore, to a large degree, some understanding of the identities and cultural roles of Native A... Read More
Overview :African American art in the era of Malcolm X and the Black PanthersIn the period of radical change that was 1963-83, young black artists at ... Read More
Overview :At the age of six, Salvador Dal (1904-1989) wanted to be a cook. At the age of seven, he wanted to be Napoleon. "Since then," he later said... Read More
Overview :Hudson River School artists shared an awe of the magnificence of nature as well as a belief that the untamed American scenery reflected the ... Read More
Overview :In August 1576, in the midst of an outbreak of the plague, the Spanish Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahag n and twenty-two indigenous arti... Read More