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,
RUSSIAN ART OF THE AVANT GARDE: THEORY AND CRITICISM 1902-1934 (REVISED)
During the first third of the twentieth century, Russian art went through a series of dramatic changes, reflecting the political and social upheavals of the country and producing a body of influential avant-garde work.
AMERICAN DREAM: POP TO THE PRESENT
Written by Tallman, Susan
The American Dream: pop to the present, published to accompany an exhibition at the British Museum, presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to such key figures as Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ed Ruscha as well as Louise Bourgeois, Kara Walker, and Julie Mehretu.
LOVE: A CELEBRATION IN ART & LITERATURE (SPECIAL)
Written by Tabori, Lena
A collection of expresssions of romantic love created since ancient times. Each of the more than 100 literary selections and works of art have been chosen because they explore the different aspects of love.
SARGENT'S WOMEN: FOUR LIVES BEHIND THE CANVAS
Written by Lucey, Donna M
In this seductive, multilayered biography, based on original letters and diaries, Donna M. Lucey illuminates four extraordinary women painted by the iconic high-society portraitist John Singer Sargent. With uncanny intuition, Sargent hinted at the mysteries and passions that unfolded in his subjects' lives.
EYE OF THE SIXTIES: RICHARD BELLAMY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF MODERN ART
Written by Stein, Judith E
In 1959, Richard Bellamy was a witty, poetry-loving beatnik on the fringe of the New York art world who was drawn to artists impatient for change. By 1965, he was representing Mark di Suvero, was the first to show Andy Warhol's pop art, and pioneered the practice of "off-site" exhibitions and introduced the new genre of installation art.
DIVINE GOLDEN INGENIOUS: THE GOLDEN RATIO AS A THEORY OF EVERYTHING?
What do the shells of nautilus snails, pineapples, Marilyn Monroe's face, and an Aston Martin all have in common? Is it the same mystic, divine formula that lies behind everything that is beautiful? For centuries this formula, often referred to as the golden mean, has been a subject of endless fascination.
THAT WHICH IS NOT DRAWN: IN CONVERSATION
Written by Morris, Rosalind C
For more than three decades, artist William Kentridge has explored in his work the nature of subjectivity, the possibilities of revolution, the Enlightenment's legacy in Africa, and the nature of time itself. At the same time, his creative work has stretched the boundaries of the very media he employs.
AURELIA: ART AND LITERATURE THROUGH THE MOUTH OF THE FAIRY TALE
Written by Mavor, Carol
In eighteenth-century London butterfly collectors weren't known as lepidopterists--they were the Society of Aurelians, employing an old term that refers to that mysterious cask where beauty is divined: the chrysalis.
ADOLPH MENZEL: THE QUEST FOR REALITY
Written by Busch, Werner
The work of Adolph Menzel (1815-1905) is widely regarded as the epitome of realist art. From the very beginning of his career, he captured the beauty and horror of reality with unflinching precision, and he was a consummate master of atmosphere. A man of very short stature, Menzel was excluded from many aspects of life, and so his struggle with reality was also a struggle to assert himself.
EYEWITNESS VIEWS: MAKING HISTORY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE
Written by Kerber, Peter Bj
Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto, Luca Carlevarijs, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco Guardi, Hubert Robert--these renowned view painters are perhaps most famous for their expansive canvases depicting the ruins of Rome or the canals of Venice. Many of their most splendid paintings, however, feature important contemporary events.
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