BLACK REFRACTIONS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM
An authoritative guide to one of the world's most important collections of African-American art, with works by artists from Romare Bearden to Kehinde...
NINTH STREET WOMEN: LEE KRASNER, ELAINE DE KOONING, GRACE HARTIGAN, JOAN MITCHELL, AND HELEN FRANKENTHALER: FIVE PAINTERS AND THE MOVEMENT
Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and...
ART AFTER STONEWALL: 1969-1989
The powerful art that emerged in the wake of the Stonewall Riots and the rise of the LGBTQ liberation movement in the U.S. Art after Stonewall...
Art Surveys, Art History,
BALTHUS NOTEBOOK
Written by Davenport, Guy
In his 1989 book on Balthus--the storied and controversial artist who worked in Paris throughout the twentieth century--Guy Davenport gives one of the most nuanced, literary, and compelling readings of the work of this master.
MODERN ART. A HISTORY FROM IMPRESSIONISM TO TODAY
Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose brushwork. They turned to everyday street life for subjects, instead of overblown heroic scenes, and they escaped the power of the Salon by organizing their own independent exhibitions.
WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS SAY. 100 MASTERPIECES IN DETAIL
Written by Hagen, Rainer & Rose-Marie
This important addition to our understanding of art history's masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a magnifying glass to uncover their most small and subtle elements and all they reveal about a bygone time, place, and culture.
BRITISH BAROQUE: POWER AND ILLUSION
A fresh and visually breathtaking new look at the art of the late Stuart period in Britain (1660-1714) From the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714, the late Stuart period was a time of change for Britain.
MOSCOW & ST. PETERSBURG 1900-1920: ART, LIFE & CULTURE OF THE RUSSIAN SILVER AGE
Written by Bowlt, John E
The quintessential guide to Russia's vibrant and influential Silver Age, now in paperback
MARK RYDEN'S SUPER SPIRIT ANIMALS
Written by Ryden, Mark
Mark Ryden returns with 20 new incredible portraits of creatures
HOT, COLD, HEAVY, LIGHT, 100 ART WRITINGS 1988-2018
Written by Schjeldahl, Peter
Hot Cold Heavy Light collects 100 writings--some long, some short--that taken together forma group portrait of many of the world's most significant and interesting artists.
ART IN AFRICA: AFROFUTURISM IN MODERN COLLAGE ART AND ILLUSTRATION
Africa is a vast continent with a profound history. Its art culture can be traced back for thousands of years. Under the influence of modern civilization, African art has evolved alongside technology and risen as a new form with more energy and power. Art in Africa includes two chapters. In Collage Art, you will explore the developing intersection of African culture with technology.
PHENOMENAL: CALIFORNIA LIGHT, SPACE, SURFACE
During the 1960s and 1970s, a loosely affiliated group of Los Angeles artists--including Larry Bell, Mary Corse, Robert Irwin, James Turrell, and Doug Wheeler--more intrigued by questions of perception than by the crafting of discrete objects, embraced light as their primary medium.
GEORG SIMMEL: ESSAYS ON ART AND AESTHETICS
Written by Simmel, Georg
Georg Simmel is one of the most original German thinkers of the twentieth century and is considered a founding architect of the modern discipline of sociology. Ranging over fundamental questions of the relationship of self and society, his influential writings on money, modernity, and the metropolis continue to provoke debate today.
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