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The City and the King
Architecture and Politics in Restoration London
The City of London is a jurisdiction whose relationship with the English monarchy has sometimes been turbulent. This fascinating book explores how architecture was used to renew and redefine a relationship essential to...
Wilderness and the American Mind
The classic study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history and the origins of the environmental and conservation movements“The Book of Genesis for conservationists”—Dave Foreman...
One Work
Sheila Hicks at the Mint
This book focuses on the sculpture Mega Footprint Near the Hutch (May I Have This Dance?), a majestic piece by renowned fiber artist Sheila Hicks.Distributed for the Mint Museum
Painting in Latin America, 1550–1820
From Conquest to Independence
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Paris 1650-1900
Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum
From 1650 to 1900 Paris was the undisputed center of fashion and taste in Europe. Home to a unique concentration of artists, designers, patrons, critics, and a keen buying public, Paris was the city where trends were made...
Reading Dante
A towering figure in world literature, Dante wrote his great epic poem Commedia in the early fourteenth century. The work gained universal acclaim and came to be known as La Divina Commedia, or
Fictions of Art History
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The Duchess's Shells
Natural History Collecting in the Age of Cook’s Voyages
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715–1785), was one of the wealthiest women in eighteenth-century Britain. She collected fine and decorative arts (the Portland Vase was her most famous acquisition), but her...
Edward III
A landmark biography of the charismatic king beloved of fourteenth-century England Edward III (1312–1377) was the most successful European ruler of his age. Reigning for over fifty years, he achieved...
Imperial from the Beginning
The Constitution of the Original Executive
Eminent scholar Saikrishna Prakash offers the first truly comprehensive study of the original American presidency. Drawing from a vast range of sources both well known and obscure, this volume reconstructs the powers and...