A Chronology of Art

One of the last plays Shakespeare penned on his own, The Winter's Tale is a transcendent work of death and rebirth, exploring irrational sexual jea...

Thinking about Art explores some of the greatest works of art and architecture in the world through the prism of themes, instead of chronology, to ...

Diane Arbus: A Chronology is the closest thing possible to a contemporaneous diary by one of the most daring, influential and controversial artists...

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Romantic Art and Architecture contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography...

A journey of addiction, grief and the healing power of art - the memoir from the highly acclaimed author of The Book of Joan

Reducere. ``Jesus Christ entered into the history of our world. Christianity, therefore, has historical basis. The backbone of history is chronology. Whereas...

A fiercely provocative novel, exploring the treacherous borders between war and sex, love and art, from the author of The Book of Joan and The Chro...

The Life of Raphael is a keytext not only for the appreciation of Raphael's own art -whose development and chronology Vasari describes in detail, t...

A tribute to the artist, renowned as a mid-century New York art director and graphic designer and throughout Europe as a fine artist and lithograph...

Reducere. Handsomely produced in hardcover at a very affordable price, Barnes & Noble Signature Editions have been carefully edited and reset in a modern des...

Reducere. At a time when interest in China has never been greater, this revised edition of Mary Tregear's authoritative survey of the Chinese visual arts wil...

Redefining curatorial practice for those working with new kinds of art.As curator Steve Dietz has observed, new media art is like contemporary art-...

Reducere. Taking an early look at the work of one of comicdom's most esteemed artists, Jack Davis. This chronology of his earliest work reveals the incredibl...

In 1984, Lee Krasner (1908-1984) became one of the few women artists to have been given a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. She ...

Reducere. A massive anthology of the exhibitions of the late, great Germano Celant, the Italian curator who named Arte Povera and created countless landmark ...

DescriptionGerman artist, filmmaker and theorist Hito Steyerl (born 1966) has emerged as one of the most influential cultural figures of our time. ...

From a carved mammoth tusk (ca. 40, 000 BCE) to Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights (1505-1510) to Duchamp's Fountain (1917), a remarkable lexicon o...

An epic exploration of the artist internationally renowned for his unique gunpowder artThis is the first publication to synthesize the fundamental ...

A new translation of the ancient Chinese military classic that is widely admired by military and business strategists For more than two thousand ye...

Reducere. Michelangelo: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works cover the life and works of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Michelangelo is considered to be one of ...

Specially-commissioned essays analyse the history, politics, art and literature of Latin America from the nineteenth century to the present day. A ...

A unique collection of advice for lifeand perhaps the first 'self-help' book ever written Written over 350 years ago, The Pocket Oracle and Art of ...

Surrealism was launched as a literary and artistic movement by French poet Andre Breton in 1924, and by the time of his death in 1966 it had become...

Corita Kent (1918-1986) lived a remarkable life as an artist, educator, nun, and activist. Unapologetically holding true to herself and her beliefs...

Reducere. This Vintage Classics edition of James Joyce's groundbreaking story collection has been authoritatively edited by scholars Hans Walter Gabler and W...

Look for the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, with The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts February 21st 2017The Legend of Zelda(TM) Ar...

This anthology brings together core classical texts for understanding literature. The selections from Plato illustrate the poetic philosopher's sur...

DescriptionJoan Eardley was one of the best-loved Scottish artists of the twentieth century. Her observations of children in the back streets of Gl...

DescriptionAnne Bogart is an award-winning theatre maker, and a best-selling writer of books about theatre, art, and cultural politics. In this her...

A timely reassessment of the artist's early performances and feminist sculptures, affirming their radical engagements and art historical significan...

Description"I believe if there is any meaning in art, it resides in the physical presence of a work."--Vija Celmins Best known for her striking dra...

This publication celebrates the well-known German collector and gallerist Ingvild Goetz's longstanding passion for art. An extensive chronology pro...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joseph ConradEditor: Paul B. Armstrong- A newly edited text based on the first English book edition (1902), the last versio...

Reducere. This superbly illustrated volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600 B.C. and A.D. 800, from the ...

Reducere. Designed specifically for the classroom, this volume presents the accurate and definitive version of Sinners, accompanied by the tools necessary to...

A wildly original fin-de-siècle novel, Against Nature follows its sole character, Des Esseintes, a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an i...

'I am a mirror, a motionless puddle glittering with reflected gaslight. But has a mirror ever mirrored itself?'Bebuquin is the first and only novel...

Reducere. In this first paperback edition of his enormously successful Time, internationally acclaimed artist Andy Goldsworthy presents a wealth of work that...

Reducere. Spinoza's Ethics is one of the most significant texts of the early modern period, important to history, philosophy, Jewish studies and religious st...

Reducere. This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1925 first American edition text, introduced and annotated by Anne Fernald. A map of Mrs. Dalloway's Lon...

The most comprehensive monograph on figurative painter Jenny Saville, whose large-scale nudes continue to challenge accepted ideals of beauty.Thirt...

Reducere. Alice Walker's early story, "Everyday Use, " has remained a cornerstone of her work. Her use of quilting as a metaphor for the creative legacy that...

Reducere. Henry James left America in 1875 for the sake of his art and for the rich cultural heritage of Europe. His return in the late summer of 1904, based...

In less than fifty-three years, Rome subjected most of the known world to its rule. This authoritative and compelling work tells the story of the r...

Reducere. The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age is a wide-ranging survey of a crucial period in prehistory during which many social, economic, and t...

Reducere. DescriptionMaps & coins point to the Empire of Eurasia The accumulation of geographical knowledge as reflected in cartography is a gradual and irre...

Reducere. "The ultimate in art is self-expression, not escape."-Duke Ellington In this fascinating portrait of one of America's greatest musical legends, lon...

In this redesigned and expanded version of a classic Aperture book, the work of Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) is introduced by historian Julia Van Ha...

DescriptionThe work of American artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) is brought into brilliant focus in this definitive book, originally published to acco...

Rilke is one of the leading poets of European Modernism, and one of the great twentieth-century lyric poets in German. From The Book of Hours in 19...

DescriptionAn authoritative and comprehensive survey of the life and work of the visionary and influential painter Philip Guston. Driven and consum...

Reducere. First published on the occasion of the major retrospective exhibition that opened at Tate Modern in 2011, Gerhard Richter: Panorama is the most com...

This highly original and personal exploration of Tadao Ando's work, one of Japan's leading architects, traverses both the physical and spiritual wo...

DescriptionEncompassing the entire career of the American surrealist painter Kay Sage, this catalogue raisonn features all her known mature works a...

Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea under sail; ...

Reducere. The ever-controversial Shakur offers a great occasion for a close, passionate reading of rap and ghetto culture. White's understanding of Tupac's a...

Reducere. This little red book brings together many of the longtime Detroit Mayor's most unforgettable lines in a format meant to recall the famous little re...