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Matthew Wong
The Realm of Appearances
A complete overview of landscape painter Matthew Wong’s oeuvre, covering his short yet prolific career and focusing on his process and commitment to experimentation and connection Self-taught artist Matthew Wong ...
River of Forms
Giuseppe Penone's Drawings
A groundbreaking look at the drawings of Giuseppe Penone and how the medium of drawing articulates the artist’s wide-ranging practice The youngest member of the Arte Povera movement, Giuseppe Penone (b. 1947) is...
Lives of the Gods
Divinity in Maya Art
This engaging exploration of the Maya pantheon introduces readers to the complex stories of Mesoamerican divinity through the stunning carvings, ceramics, and metalwork of the Classic period Focusing on the period...
Design
The Invention of Desire
A compelling defense for the importance of design and how it shapes our behavior, our emotions, and our lives Design has always prided itself on being relevant to the world it serves, but interest in design was once...
A Cotton Mather Reader
An authoritative selection of the writings of one of the most important early American writers “A brilliant collection that reveals the extraordinary range of Cotton Mather’s interests and contributions—by far...
Let's Study Urdu
An Introduction to the Script: With Online Media
Let’s Study Urdu! is a comprehensive introduction to the Urdu language that draws on a range of real-life contexts, popular film songs, and prized works of Urdu literature. A variety of effective aural, oral, and...
The Yellow River
A Natural and Unnatural History
A three-thousand-year history of China’s Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape “No other scholar has produced such a systematic, comprehensive account of the long...
Enraged
Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths
An examination of remedies for violent rage rediscovered in ancient Greek myths Millennia ago, Greek myths exposed the dangers of violent rage and the need for empathy and self-restraint. Homer’s Iliad
Why Argument Matters
Hailed by the New York Times as a book that “examines the role that argument has played throughout history and how it has shaped human existence.”“An invigorating reflection on the nature and value of...
Majolica Mania
Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850–1915
The first comprehensive study of the most important ceramic innovation of the 19th century Colorful, wildly imaginative, and technically innovative, majolica was functional and aesthetic ceramic ware. Its...