A penetrating survey of contemporary art from Puerto Rico and the diaspora created since Hurricane Maria
A revealing exploration of Edward Hopper's inspired relationship to New York City through his paintings, drawings, prints, and never-before-published archival materials
An A to Z exploration of the Enlightenment's quest for understanding and change, as revealed in the era's prints and drawings
A handsome coffee table guide to the celebrated collection of the Kimbell Art Museum
"Featuring works by Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516), Jan Gossaert (c. 1478-1532), Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1569), Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), and others, this book positions drawing in the Low Countries in the sixteenth century as a dynamic, multifaceted practice. Drawings played roles as varied as the artists who made them: they were designs for prints, paintings, stained glass windows, decorative objects, and tapestries, as well as tools for presentation, translation, and the display of knowledge and virtuosity. The artists' diversified urban communities shaped their drawing practices, as did shifting cultural and political circumstances surrounding Protestant Reform and the Eighty Years' War. In addition to the book's four essays, many of the more than eighty catalogue entries--selected from the holdings of The Albertina Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art--present new research."--Provided by publisher.
A comprehensive look at ancient sculptures, wall paintings, vases, and more depicting the elderly in Greek and Roman society
For the first time, explore John Singer Sargent's fascination with Spain as seen in stunning landscapes, architectural views, figure studies, and scenes of everyday life
Showcasing marbled paper, paste paper, fold-and-dye papers, and more, this book reveals a little-known arts phenomenon from its grass roots in the 1960s to artistic heights in the following decades
Exploring the art and life of this important American artist whose work bridged the gaps between abstraction, feminism, and Blackness
An in-depth look at a public art project by David Hammons with an overview of the enigmatic artist's career
A critical reconsideration of the history of photography that explores how commerce and conflict fueled its practice in nineteenth-century China
This third volume of the catalogue raisonné of Ed Ruscha's works on paper documents more than 1,000 works created between 1998 and 2018
A fascinating historical account of the American Phage Group and how its new research framework became the foundation for molecular biology
A comprehensive history of Yale Divinity School and its impact on theology, religious life, and culture across two centuries, published for the school's bicentennial
A thoroughly researched assessment of how China's economic success continues to be shaped by the communist ideology of Chairman Mao
The first book to feature Jacob Lawrence's Nigeria series, this richly illustrated volume also highlights Africa's place as a global center of modernist art and culture
The fourteenth winner of the Yale Drama Series prize explores "Blackness" and the reasons why joy and peace might be harder to get than we think
A stunning combination of landscape photography and thematic essays exploring how the concept of wilderness has evolved over time
A lively and multi-faceted account of Evelyn and William De Morgan, exploring a unique artistic partnership that spanned several cultural circles including the Pre-Raphaelites and Arts and Crafts movement
"After the election of 2016 and, even more urgently, after the election of 2020, many citizens looked at the economic and cultural divisions that were causing deep disruptions in American politics and asked, "What is happening to us?" Paul W. Kahn explores these fundamental changes as they show themselves in a small New England town--his home of twenty-five years, Killingworth, Connecticut. His inquiry grounds a democratic theory that puts volunteering, not voting, at its center. Absent active participation, citizens lose the capacity for judgment that comes from working with others to solve real problems. Volunteering, however, is under existential threat today. Changes in civil society, commerce, employment, and public opinion formation have isolated families from each other and from their communities. Even middle-class families live under financial stress, uncertain of their children's future, and without the support of civil society. Local media has disappeared. Residents do not have the time, information, or interest to volunteer. Under these conditions, national polarization enters local politics, which becomes yet another site for national conflict. To save our democracy, Kahn concludes, we need to find ways of matching opportunities for participation to the ways we live our lives today"--Provided by publisher.
A new history of Asian peace since 1979 that considers America's paradoxical role
A bold redefinition of historical inquiry based on the "cropscape"--the people, creatures, technologies, ideas, and places that surround a crop
A pioneering history of cross-cultural knowledge that exposes enduring fractures in unity across the world's largest continent
A clear-eyed analysis of the role the United States should play in the world as it exists today
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