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Epic Tales from Ancient India
Paintings from The San Diego Museum of Art
Exploring the topic of narrativity in Indian art, this beautiful and deeply researched book considers illustrations to the Bhagavata Purana, the Ramayana, the Ragamala, and a range of texts in the Persian...
Albert Oehlen
Woods Near Oehle
This multimedia boxed set presents a sweeping look at work by pioneering German painter Albert Oehlen (b. 1954), one of the most energetic and significant artists working today. Deeply influenced by literature, music, film,...
Monet
The Early Years
The first comprehensive examination of the painter’s formative years, tracing the evolution of Monet’s early style and personal ambitions that drove the rest of his career This elegant volume is the first...
Aleksandr Zhitomirsky
Photomontage as a Weapon of World War II and the Cold War
The first comprehensive study in English of the Soviet propaganda artist Aleksandr Zhitomirsky, who conceived and deployed his striking photomontages as a political weapon The leading Russian propaganda...
Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate
Consuming the World
Coffee, tea, and chocolate were all the rage in Enlightenment Europe. These fashionable beverages profoundly shaped modes of sociability and patterns of consumption, yet none of the plants required for their preparation was...
Winslow Homer
The Clark Collection
Winslow Homer (1836–1910) is one of the core figures of 19th-century American art. While most well-known for his oil paintings of Civil War scenes and the windswept Atlantic coastline, Homer’s oeuvre encompasses a variety...
Rituals of Rented Island
Object Theater, Loft Performance, and the New Psychodrama—Manhattan, 1970–1980
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Enlightened Princesses
Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World
Caroline of Ansbach (1683–1737), Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719–1772), and Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz (1744–1818) were three German princesses who became Queens Consort—or, in the case of Augusta, Queen in Waiting, Regent...
Gather Out of Star-Dust
A Harlem Renaissance Album
Gather Out of Star-Dust takes as its central premise that the Harlem Renaissance, known by its participants as the Negro Renaissance, relied heavily on “gatherings” of all kinds. Collaboration, friendship, partnership,...
Hans Hofmann
Works on Paper
Hans Hofmann (1880–1966) was an acclaimed Abstract Expressionist and one of the most influential art teachers of the 20th century. While his paintings have been the subject of many exhibitions and publications, his works on...