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George Stubbs, Painter
Catalogue Raisonné
George Stubbs (1724-1806), now recognized as one of the greatest and most original artists of the eighteenth century, stands out from other practitioners in the field of animal painting. His most frequent commissions were...
William Hogarth
A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings
William Hogarth (1697–1764) was among the first British-born artists to rise to international recognition and acclaim and to this day he is considered one of the country’s most celebrated and innovative masters. His output...
Ars Sacra, 800-1200
The magnificent bronze doors of Hildesheim Cathedral, the ivory, gold, enameled, and bejeweled book covers made to contain superbly illuminated manuscripts, the startling reliquary caskets made in the shape of the part of the...
Facts and Inventions
Selections from the Journalism of James Boswell
James Boswell (1740–1795), best known as the biographer of Samuel Johnson, was also a lawyer, journalist, diarist, and an insightful chronicler of a pivotal epoch in Western history. This fascinating collection, edited by Paul...
The Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale and His Family
Volume 5: The Autobiography of Charles Willson Peale
This autobiography, written by Peale when he was in his eighties, spans American history from the 1740s to the 1820s, an era in which Peale was a primary actor in many of the young nation’s significant cultural and...
Euan Uglow
The Complete Paintings
British artist Euan Uglow (1932–2000) maintained a lower profile than others of his generation, yet his beautiful, intelligent, humane, and often witty landscapes, still lifes, and figure studies are today gaining the...
Shared Passion
An African Art Collection Built in the XXIst Century
Highlighting the strong bond between a collector and an art dealer, Shared Passion explores a remarkable collection of African art assembled in the twenty-first century This book documents and...
A Dictionary of Continental Philosophy
A comprehensive reference work of notoriously difficult concepts and themes in continental philosophy With over 450 definitions and articles by an international team of specialists, this comprehensive...
Tell It Like it Is!
Natural Chinese for Advanced Learners: With Online Media
This unique program emphasizes authentic, unrehearsed Chinese language as it is spoken among Chinese speakers. The program includes an online video component connecting students to Chinese culture, politics, and issues by...
The Impressionist Print
Degas, Pissarro, Cassatt, Renoir, Morisot, Bracquemond, Manet, Whistler—these and other Impressionist painters often experimented with printmaking techniques, producing black and white etchings, aquatints, dry points, and...