Dark Mirror
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The straggly beard, the hooked nose, the bag of coins, and gaudy apparel - the religious artists of...
Facing Beauty: Painted Women and Cosmetic Art
Book
Throughout the history of the Western world, countless attempts have been made to define beauty in...
Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Hiroshige, Melanie Trede and Lorenz Bichler
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This title features Hiroshige's Edo: Masterful ukiyo-e woodblock prints of Tokyo in the mid-19th...
Kenneth Clark: Looking for Civilisation
Chris Stephens and John-Paul Stonnard
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Art historian, collector, museum director and broadcaster, Kenneth Clark was one of the leading...
Mark Tobey: Threading Light
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The first comprehensive English-language monograph on Mark Tobey in forty years, this book traces...
Paintings in Proust
Book
A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust is one of the most profoundly visual works in Western...
Photography, History, Difference
Book
Over the past decade, historical studies of photography have embraced a variety of cultural and...
Spirit of the Wind: A Photographic Celebration of the Wild Horses of the Namib Desert
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The Namib Desert is vast, arid expanse of constantly moving gravel plains and dunes. It covers more...
Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia
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The artistic fusion of words and images is an intrinsic part of the cultural, social, and spiritual...
States of Obligation: Taxes and Citizenship in the Russian Empire and Early Soviet Republic
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Beginning in the 1860s, the Russian Empire replaced a poll tax system that originated with Peter the...