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The Albert Memorial
The Prince Consort National Memorial: its History, Contexts, and Conservation
The Albert Memorial is one of the most famous British monuments, the product of a richly creative architectural period (the international Gothic Revival) and the masterpiece of a great architect, George Gilbert Scott....
Lorenzo Lotto
Rediscovered Master of the Renaissance
Hailed as the greatest Venetian painter after Titian, Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480-1556) is known for a delightfully idiosyncratic artistic vision that has had special appeal for twentieth-century sensibilities. This book—which...
Shrikes
A Guide to the Shrikes of the World
Shrikes are a charismatic group of small- to medium-sized birds with striking raptor-hooked bills and a face mask that gives them the look of small, fierce highwaymen. Their Latin name, Lanius, means butcher, and...
The Harps that Once...
Sumerian Poetry in Translation
The eminent Assyriologist Thorkild Jacobsen, author of Treasures of Darkness, here presents translations of ancient Sumerian poems written near the end of the third millennium b.c.e., including a number of compositions...
The Real Shakespeare
Retrieving the Early Years, 1564-1594
One of the central assumptions of established Shakespeare scholarship has been that the playwright produced flawless work needing no revision—that if a text was inferior in style, it could be assumed that Shakespeare did not...
The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766-1769
Volume 2: 1768-1769
This is the second and final volume of James Boswell’s general correspondence for the years 1766 to 1769. The richly diverse collection includes the texts of letters between Boswell and 123 correspondents, beginning when...
Modern Wildlife Painting
During the past century the western world has shown an unprecedented interest in wildlife and its identification and conservation, and the art of the era has both stimulated and reflected this interest. This stunning book...
Academies, Museums and Canons of Art
This lavishly illustrated book examines the variety of ways in which works of art have achieved a position in the so-called canon of Western art. Focusing mainly on art and institutions in Britain and France from the...
The Social Contract and The First and Second Discourses
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s ideas about society, culture, and government are pivotal in the history of political thought. His works are as controversial as they are relevant today. This volume brings together three of...
Mel Bochner Photographs, 1966-1969
Mel Bochner (b. 1940) is considered a pioneer of the Post-Minimal and Conceptual art movements. Perhaps best known for his paintings, sculptures, and drawings, Bochner became deeply involved with photography in the mid-...