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Art and China's Revolution
A groundbreaking look at art made in China during the Cultural Revolution Although numerous books on the Cultural Revolution have been published, they do not analyze the profound shift in aesthetic...
Thomas Chambers
American Marine and Landscape Painter, 1808-1869
Labeled as a traveling American folk artist when he was rediscovered in the mid-20th century, the mysterious Thomas Chambers here receives a fresh and creative reassessment. Although his distinctive sea- and...
Apostles of Beauty
Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago
The Arts and Crafts movement in architecture, interior design, and decorative arts reached its peak between 1880 and 1910 in Britain and North America. The movement’s emphasis on aesthetic quality and a high level of...
First Doubt
Optical Confusion in Modern Photography: Selections from the Allan Chasanoff Collection
Many photographers have been intrigued with the baffling distortions—both subtle and disquieting—that can occur when the camera “captures” the real world. Not always intentional, some images dazzle with impossible...
John La Farge's Second Paradise
Voyages in the South Seas, 1890-1891
A comprehensive new assessment of the South Seas works of American painter, muralist, and stained-glass artist John La Farge, published on the 100th anniversary of his death In 1890, John La Farge (1835...
Paul McCarthy
Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement: Three Installations, Two Films
This is the first publication to explore the role of mirrors, spinning, and “neurotic” architecture––a feeling of psychological breakdown––in the work of one of America’s most important contemporary artists, Paul...
Decoded Messages
The Symbolic Language of Chinese Animal Painting
During the Ming Dynasty numerous new animal themes were created to convey political and ethical messages current at court. As the result a sophisticated language of Chinese animal painting was developed, employing...
Through the Seasons
Japanese Art in Nature
The arts of Japan have been inextricably linked with nature, whether through traditional themes of seasonal change or through objects whose shape, materials, or decorative elements evoke natural motifs. This...
Brought to Light
Photography and the Invisible, 1840-1900
A fascinating look at photography’s impact on science and popular cultureBrought to Light invites readers to step back to a time when photography, X-rays, and movies were new, when forays...
The Art of Japanese Craft
1875 to the Present
From Japan’s first forays onto the international stage of world’s fairs in the late 19th century to the dynamic creativity of the 1920 and 1930s, from the heady post–World War II period to the present day, Japanese...