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Speaking of Objects
African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago
A lavishly illustrated selection of highlights from the Art Institute of Chicago’s extraordinary collection of the arts of Africa Featuring a selection of more than 75 works of traditional African art in the Art...
The Northern Silence
Journeys in Nordic Music and Culture
An essential exploration of Nordic composers and musicians, and the distinctive culture that continues to shape them Once considered a musical backwater, the Nordic region is now a musical powerhouse. Conductors...
Theoderic the Great
King of Goths, Ruler of Romans
The first full-scale history of Theoderic and the Goths in more than seventy-five years, tracing the transformation of a divided kingdom into a great power In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of...
Electrifying Design
A Century of Lighting
An unprecedented survey of modern lighting design foregrounding its materials, innovators, and far-reaching influence Offering the first comprehensive history of lighting design from the 20th and 21st centuries,
Hieronymus Bosch
Time and Transformation in The Garden of Earthly Delights
A new and exciting interpretation of Bosch’s masterpiece, repositioning the triptych as a history of humanity and the natural world Hieronymus Bosch’s (c. 1450–1516) Garden of Earthly Delights has elicited a...
The Origins of Judaism
An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal
Groundbreaking research that utilizes archaeological discoveries and ancient texts to revolutionize our understanding of the beginnings of Judaism“A bravura study.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) ...
Making the Imperial Nation
Colonization, Politics, and English Identity, 1660-1700
How did the creation of an overseas empire change politics in England itself? After 1660, English governments aimed to convert scattered overseas dominions into a coordinated territorial power base. Stuart monarchs...
Ruth
A Migrant’s Tale
A wide-ranging exploration of the story of Ruth, a foreigner who became the founding mother of the Davidic dynasty “[A]n insightful exploration of the book’s themes of otherness, kindness, and loyalty. This is a...
Distilled
A Natural History of Spirits
An imaginative natural history survey of the wide world of spirits, from whiskey and gin to grappa and moonshine In this follow-up book to A Natural History of Wine and A Natural History of Beer,...
John Craxton
A Life of Gifts
Uplifting and engaging, this story recounts the life and career of a rebellious 20th-century British artist Born into a large, musical, and bohemian family in London, the British artist John Craxton (1922–2009) has...