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Age of Transition
Byzantine Culture in the Islamic World
In 2012 the Metropolitan Museum of Art presented Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition, a groundbreaking exhibition that explored the transformations and continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the 7th to the 9th...
The Time We Share
Reflecting on and through Performing Arts—One Introduction, Three Acts, and Two Intermezzos
Marking the 20th anniversary of Belgium’s Kunstenfestivaldesarts—a major international arts festival—this ambitious book examines a wide range of critical perspectives on two decades of performing arts. The authors look...
The Letters of T. S. Eliot
Volume 5: 1930-1931
This fifth volume of the collected letters of poet, playwright, essayist, and literary critic Thomas Stearns Eliot covers the years 1930 through 1931. It was during this period that the acclaimed American-born writer...
Whitney Museum of American Art
Handbook of the Collection
An exciting guide to, and celebration of, the Whitney Museum and its outstanding collection of American art This all-new handbook, a fresh look at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s collection, highlights...
We Wept Without Tears
Testimonies of the Jewish Sonderkommando from Auschwitz
The Sonderkommando of Auschwitz-Birkenau consisted primarily of Jewish prisoners forced by the Germans to facilitate the mass extermination. Though never involved in the killing itself, they were compelled to be ...
The Search for Takrur
Archaeological Excavations and Reconnaissance along the Middle Senegal Valley
An authoritative summary of the results of the archaeological excavations in the middle Senegal River valley, site of the ancient African Empire of Takrur. A summary of archaeological discoveries in the...
Samurai and the Culture of Japan’s Great Peace
An exquisite collection of objects relating to the traditions of samurai warriors, from swords and armor to dishes and paintings Through artifacts from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History and other...
Citizen Emperor
Napoleon in Power
The second volume of this authoritative biography of Napoleon, tracking his ruthless drive for absolute power from the post-coup years to exile on Elba “A wonderful read that will offer fresh insights to...
Josef Albers and Wassily Kandinsky
Friends in Exile: A Decade of Correspondence, 1929–1940
Josef Albers (1888–1976) and Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), artists and teachers at the Bauhaus, were exiled from Germany when the school was forced to close in the early 1930s. The 46 letters in this volume document the...
Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples
What Archaeology, History, and Oral Traditions Teach Us About Their Communities and Cultures
A groundbreaking volume on the rich 13,000-plus-year history and culture of Connecticut’s indigenous peoples More than 13,000 years ago, people settled on lands that now lie within the...