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The Private Universe of James Castle
Drawings from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and the James Castle Collection and Archive
A new approach to the work of self-taught artist James Castle that focuses on how his drawings and practice resonate with earlier masters Drawing on the collections of the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and the...
Edvard Munch
Trembling Earth
A thought-provoking volume on Edvard Munch’s often neglected pictures of nature, exploring the Norwegian artist’s landscapes, seascapes, and existential environments in light of his own time and ours This richly...
Virginia Jaramillo
Principle of Equivalence
The first comprehensive look at the nearly seven-decades-long career of contemporary Mexican American artist Virginia Jaramillo Over the course of her career, Virginia Jaramillo (b. 1939) has forged a pathway to...
Tree and Serpent
Early Buddhist Art in India
With new photography of extraordinarily rare works of art, this pioneering study features discoveries and research essential to understanding the origins and meaning of Buddhist artistic traditions Buddhist...
Romantic Europe and the Ghost of Italy
In this groundbreaking study, unique in English, Joseph Luzzi considers Italian Romanticism and the modern myth of Italy. Ranging across European and international borders, he examines the metaphors, facts, and...
Household Gods
The British and their Possessions
A fascinating account of the British preoccupation with homes, interior decoration, and personal possessions since 1830 At what point did the British develop their mania for interiors, wallpaper, furniture,...
Why the Romantics Matter
A renowned scholar’s reflections on the romantic period, its disparate participants, and our unacknowledged debt to them With his usual wit and élan, esteemed historian Peter Gay enters the contentious,...
The Great Awakening
The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America
A groundbreaking historical treatment of the First Great Awakening and its contribution to the American ideal of equality for all people In the mid-eighteenth century, Americans experienced an outbreak...
The Second Crusade
Extending the Frontiers of Christendom
The first complete account of Catholic Europe's onslaught on "unbelievers" in the 12th century The Second Crusade (1145-1149) was an extraordinarily bold attempt to overcome unbelievers on no less than...
Italy and the Grand Tour
For members of the social elite in eighteenth-century England, extended travel for pleasure came to be considered part of an ideal education as well as an important symbol of social status. Italy, and especially Rome—a...