A fascinating look at one of photography's most controversial and beloved icons

This volume presents the first visual history of the people and organizations that led the fight ...

Offers an introduction to the use of controlled vocabularies. This work presents readers with a '...

Timely, abundantly illustrated, and written by one of the world's leading experts on the conserva...

Highlights images of architecture from Greek temples to Gothic cathedrals to modern-day skyscrape...

A powerful visual journey through twentieth-century Mexico, this bilingual volume showcases the i...

This book chronicles the transformative impact of Black curators on American art museums since th...

This visually striking book provides an introduction to the mysterious and dreamlike work of the ...

This wide-ranging anthology of notable writings by archaeologists, scientists, conservators, and ...

This practical volume is the first to gather resources specific to the provenance of Mediterranea...

The first truly comprehensive analysis of the history, practice, and conservation of painting on c...

This indispensable guide to museum lighting, written by distinguished conservation scientist Davi...

An exciting new approach to understanding the trade of antiquities in early modern Rome traces th...

This important and overdue book examines illuminated manuscripts and other book arts of the Globa...

Explore medieval fashions through illuminated manuscripts--from the luxurious garments worn by ro...

A maverick in the history of photography, Ishiuchi Miyako (b. 1947) burst onto the scene in Tokyo...

An intimate glimpse into the public and private world of one of history's most famous--and infamo...

An essential resource for museum professionals, teachers, and students, the award-winning Teachin...

The first anthology to assemble the writings of the groundbreaking art historian, critic, and cur...

A compelling and vibrant exploration of one of the greatest Flemish illuminated manuscripts, incl...

Fully illustrated with hundreds of artworks, this guide explores depictions of illness and healin...

The first English collection of writings by Henry van de Velde, one of the most influential desig...

Vividly illustrated, this is the first comprehensive catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum's cele...

This authoritative compendium of newly translated primary sources reveals ancient Roman attitudes...

A standard reference in the field of manuscript studies for over twenty years, now revised and up...

The court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II produced nothing more amazing than the Mira calligraphi...

Deliciously illustrated with masterpieces of western art, this latest volume in the Guide to Imag...

What is a cabochon? What are the various types of gilding? What is vermeil? This accessible book-...

From antiquity, when the gods and goddesses were commonly featured in works of art, through to th...

The first study devoted to classical art's vital creative impact on the work of the Flemish paint...

This publication presents fascinating new findings on ancient Romano-Egyptian funerary portraits ...

A unique seventeenth-century account of painting as it was practiced, taught, and discussed durin...

Since the advent of the avant-garde in the early twentieth century, visual artists have adopted n...

Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Ed Ruscha is celebrated for his paintings, drawings, prints...

Thoroughly researched and beautifully produced, this catalogue complements the first comprehensiv...

This handsomely illustrated volume traces the intersections of art history and paintings restorat...

This fascinating book gives readers a rare window into the little-known, but complex, lives of me...

A guide to the symbols of political and dynastic power in Western art

This ambitious work lifts a veil on a pivotal chapter in the history of art and its social meanings.

Celebrated photographer Robert Mapplethorpe challenged the limits of censorship and conformity, c...

For the first time, the pioneering book that launched the study of art and curiosity cabinets is ...

This volume provides a striking account of the life, destruction, rediscovery, and cultural signi...

An icon (from the Greek word 'eikon,' 'image') is a wooden panel painting of a holy person or sce...

In almost thirty interviews, Donatien Grau probes some of the world's most prominent thinkers and...

Investigates the idea of beauty over time and space. This book offers a chronological account who...

Analyzing artists' representations of angels and demons and heaven and hell from the Judeo-Christ...

Provides an illustrated analysis of the symbolic imagery found in gardens throughout history. Thi...

A richly illustrated, comprehensive introduction to the visionary British artist William Blake.