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Pathologies of Motion
Historical Thinking in Medicine, Aesthetics, and Poetics
An original study of late Enlightenment aesthetics, poetics, and environmental medicine as overlapping ways of comprehending the dislocations of historical existence lodged in the movements of bodies and minds ...
The Rediscovery of America
Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of...
Mel Brooks
Disobedient Jew
A spirited dive into the life and career of a performer, writer, and director who dominated twentieth-century American comedy Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1926, is one of the great comic voices...
For Now
In this third Why I Write volume, Eileen Myles addresses the social, political, and aesthetic conditions that shape their work"A sharply etched, unvarnished self-portrait."—Kirkus...
Radical Vision
A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry
A “loving, lavishly detailed” (New York Times) and captivating portrait of Lorraine Hansberry’s life, art, and political activism—one of O Magazine's best books of April 2021"A devoted and deeply...
Going There
Black Visual Satire
A kaleidoscopic survey of black satire in 20th- and 21st-century American art In this groundbreaking study, Richard J. Powell investigates the visual forms of satire produced by black artists in 20th- and...
The Art of Paper
From the Holy Land to the Americas
The untold story of how paper revolutionized art making during the Renaissance, exploring how it shaped broader concepts of authorship, memory, and the transmission of ideas over the course of three centuries
The Story of Architecture
An inviting exploration of architecture across cultures and centuries by one of the field’s eminent authors In this sweeping history, from the Stone Age to the present day, Witold Rybczynski shows how...
Unto This Last
Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin
An innovative and lavishly illustrated account of the art, writings, and global influence of one of the 19th century’s most influential thinkers This book presents an innovative portrait of John Ruskin ...
National Gallery Technical Bulletin
Volume 40
A collection of studies at the cutting edge of art conservation and the scientific examination of paintings This volume continues the National Gallery’s acclaimed series of Technical Bulletins with a...