Art and Emergency: Modernism in Twentieth-Century India
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During states of emergency, normal rules and rights are suspended, and force can often prevail. In...
Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era, c. 680-850: A History
Leslie Brubaker and John Haldon
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Iconoclasm, the debate about the legitimacy of religious art that began in Byzantium around 720 and...
Degas' Method
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Famous as he is for his ballet dancers, Degas needs no further introduction, but taken in its...
Impressionist France: Visions of Nation from le Gray to Monet
Simon Kelly, April M. Watson, Neil McWilliam and Maura Coughlin
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Between 1850 and 1880, Impressionist landscape painting and early forms of photography flourished...
Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War
J. Matthew Gallman and Gary W. Gallagher
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Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect...
Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy
Claire Breay and Julian Harrison
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When it was granted by King John in 1215, Magna Carta was a practical solution to a political...
Material Culture, Power, and Identity in Ancient China
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In this book, Xiaolong Wu offers a comprehensive and in-depth study of the Zhongshan state during...
Nobody Leaves: Impressions of Poland
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'A peculiar genius with no modern equivalent, except possibly Kafka' - Jonathan Miller Regarded as a...
Radical Russia: Culture, Art and Revolution
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This book accompanies the Russian season exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and...
The Chasuble of Thomas Becket: A Biography
Avioam Shalem and M.Ali de-Unzaga
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The so-called chasuble of Thomas Becket (1118-1170) is one of the most magnificent medieval textiles...