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Vasemania
Neoclassical Form and Ornament in Europe: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
When the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii were excavated in the eighteenth century, the objects found there renewed artistic interest in classicism. Neoclassical style and imagery permeated paintings, sculpture,...
Treasures of the National Gallery of Canada
This handsomely produced volume, featuring 128 full-page color illustrations, showcases a wide-ranging selection of the most outstanding works from Canada’s largest art museum. Each of the pieces chosen for inclusion is...
Stonechats
A Guide to the Genus "Saxicola"
This book is the first to provide a comprehensive treatment of the fourteen members of the genus Saxicola—the stonechats and bushchats. The group is distributed throughout the Old World and includes some familiar...
Notorious Muse
The Actress in British Art and Culture 1776–1812
In this interdisciplinary volume, historians of art, literature, dress, and theater examine the impact of the actress on British art and culture of the Georgian era. From the celebrated doyennes of the stage to the...
The Last Sane Man: Michael Cardew
Modern Pots, Colonialism, and the Counterculture
The British studio potter Michael Cardew (1901-1983) was a man of paradox, a modernist who disliked modernity, a colonial servant who despised Empire, a husband and father who was also homosexual, and an intellectual who worked...
Advanced Business Chinese
Economy and Commerce in a Changing China and the Changing World
China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, and a period of rapid economic development has ensued. Companies from around the world are investing in China and launching operations there, generating the need for...
Gary Schneider
Portraits
An introduction to the provocative portrait work of an innovative contemporary photographer Considered one of the most thought-provoking photographers practicing today, South African-born Gary Schneider...
20th-Century Type
New and Revised Edition
An updated and expanded edition of a classic book on 20th-century graphic designTwentieth-Century Type surveysthe significant issues that have shaped the history and evolution of typography...
Large Bronzes in the Renaissance
Large bronzes are rarely considered as a category in their own right. This volume explores key issues associated with large-scale bronze production in Europe from the fifteenth through early seventeenth centuries....
The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 23
Vol. 23: The "Miscellanies," 1153–1360
This volume concludes the series of private theological notebooks that Jonathan Edwards kept from his late teens to the end of his life. It covers the years from 1751 to 1758, a period during which he faced a variety of...