In a nineteenth century Chinese lacquer box, this book’s author Joris Escher found two drawings of his great-uncle, the ......more
A monograph on one of the leading figures of German Expressionism, Erich Heckel and on artistic exchange in wartime Euro......more
In Politics Unseen, Ellen Macfarlane radically reframes the "pure photographs" of California art photography society Gro......more
The extraordinary story behind Degas’s groundbreaking painting of the African-American circus performer Miss La La. Edga......more
A fresh look at the global dimensions of US painting from the 1850s to 1898. Painting US Empire is the first book to off......more
Discover the life and art of Xanti Schawinski. Xanti Schawinsky: Play Life Illusion refers to the title of a performance......more
As evidenced by the famed Book of Kells and monumental high crosses, Scotland and Ireland have long shared a distinctive......more
This text offers a comprehensive and tightly focused account of the emergence and flourishing of British modern-life pai......more
The subconscious as catalyst for Surrealist and avant-garde practices across decades and continents Marking the 100th an......more
- Brilliantly introduces Jules Schmalzigaug, Belgium’s sole Futurist artist - Features the world’s largest collection of......more
How medieval Gothic art inspired a generation. Gothic Modern illuminates the pivotal discovery of medieval Gothic art fo......more
Reverberations of the young rebels and influencers in the artist group Brücke. The artist group Brücke is Germany’s most......more
Tour through a century of Surrealism artworks in a quest to answer poignant questions on humanity and identity. Surreali......more
Through case studies, this book investigates the pictorial imaging of epidemics globally, especially from the late eight......more
This study constructs a framework of narratology for art history and rewrites the development of twentieth-century Chine......more
Highlights Daniel Crews-Chubb’s mixed-media paintings that explore the human condition through figuration, abstraction, ......more
A critical contextualizing of the early work of modernist painter Ceri Richards. This study assesses Ceri Richards’s ear......more
Inspired by Richard Wagner’s idea of the total artwork, European modernist artists began to pursue multimedia projects t......more
The first publication of its kind, connecting a constellation of artists working at the forefront of abstraction in the ......more