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Jet Age Aesthetic
The Glamour of Media in Motion
A stunning look at the profound impact of the jet plane on the mid-century aesthetic, from Disneyland to Life magazine Vanessa R. Schwartz engagingly presents the jet plane’s power to define a new...
Sports in South America
A History
The first book to examine the transformation of sporting cultures in South America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Sports in South America follows the transformation of sporting cultures in South...
Early Modernity and Mobility
Port Cities and Printers across the Armenian Diaspora, 1512-1800
A history of the continent-spanning Armenian print tradition in the early modern period Early Modernity and Mobility explores the disparate yet connected histories of Armenian printing establishments in...
Becoming America
Highlights from the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection of Folk Art
Celebrating two collectors’ passion for Americana and the window it provides into the everyday beauty of the pastBecoming America offers a multifaceted view of one of the foremost collections of 18th...
Facture: Conservation, Science, Art History
Volume 4: Series, Multiples, Replicas
A rigorous and wide-ranging investigation of the techniques and reasons behind the artistic practice of replication Volume 4 of the National Gallery of Art’s biennial conservation research journal Facture
Fragile Victory
The Making and Unmaking of Liberal Order
How the history of liberal order and democratic politics since the 1930s explains ongoing threats to democracy and international order The liberal democratic order that seemed so stable in North America and...
In the Herbarium
The Hidden World of Collecting and Preserving Plants
How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries. These pressed and labeled plants have been...
Henry III
Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement, 1259-1272
The second volume in the definitive history of Henry III’s rule, covering the revolutionary events between 1258 and the king’s death in 1272 After coming to the throne aged just nine, Henry III spent much of his...
For the Freedom of Zion
The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66–74 CE
A definitive account of the great revolt of Jews against Rome and the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple “Deeply impressive. . . . Essential for all future discussions of the subject.”—Barry Strauss, New...
Painting in Stone
Architecture and the Poetics of Marble from Antiquity to the Enlightenment
A sweeping history of premodern architecture told through the material of stone Spanning almost five millennia, Painting in Stone tells a new history of premodern architecture through the material of precious...