This book offers the most detailed investigation thus far of the materials and methods of this key American Abstract Expressionist artist.
This innovative volume is the first to address the conservation of contemporary art made from biological materials such as plants, foods, and bodily fluids.
A series of analytic, personal essays that explain how Mark Rothko's most compelling creations elicit profound and varied responses. This volume also reproduces Rothko's "Scribble Book,"... Læs mere
This wide-ranging collection of scholarly essays explores the hybrid cultures, intellectual clashes, and dynamic exchanges of the transpacific region in the age of imperialism.
"An in-depth exploration of the history, authentication, and modern relevance of Caodice maya de Maexico, the oldest surviving book of the Americas"--
Engagingly written and profusely illustrated, this book offers readers a close-up "view from the scaffolding" of some of the greatest Renaissance wall paintings at the Vatican.
The first English collection of writings by Henry van de Velde, one of the most influential designers and theorists of the twentieth century.
This abundantly illustrated book examines the figure of Balthazar, one of the biblical magi, and explains how and why he came to be depicted as a Black African king.
This annotated anthology presents the first English translation of German photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch's collected writings.
An illuminating intellectual biography of a pioneering and singular figure in American art history.
The essential reference for anyone engaged in the material study of cast bronze sculpture.
Vividly illustrated, this is the first comprehensive catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum's celebrated collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French silver.