The rich history of blue paper, from the late 15th to the mid-18th centuries, illuminates themes of transcultural interchange, international... Læs mere
An exciting tour of remarkable wall art around the globe, from prehistoric caves to futuristic wonders.
An intriguing look at secrecy during the Byzantine Empire and the role of the art historian in seeking truth
This fascinating volume explores an important fifteenth-century illustrated manuscript tradition that provides a revealing glimpse of how Western Europeans conceptualized the world.
What is an epaulette? What is a keffiyeh? These clothing items-and hundreds more-are entertainingly explained and vividly illustrated in this accessible guide.
The first English-language volume about Hippolyte Bayard, one of the inventors of photography who helped transform the burgeoning medium into an art form.
Reframing long-held assumptions about what distinguishes fine from decorative art, this innovative study explores a mode of making, seeing, and thinking that slices across eighteenth-century visual culture.
This volume explores the crucial role of art dealers in creating a transatlantic art market in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Crossing Over is an interdisciplinary publication that looks at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena as a site for scientific... Læs mere
This volume compiles a wealth of newly translated Latin and ancient Greek sources-treatises, letters, poems, histories, biographies, and other works of... Læs mere
The treatment of light and shadow is one of the building blocks of drawing, and artists have found innovative and dazzling ways to create spectacular effects. This publication examines... Læs mere
With essays written by contributors from the fields of art history and the history of science, and with nearly 200 illustrations, including glimmering golden reliquaries, illuminated manuscripts, rock crystal vessels, astronomical instruments, and more.