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What did it mean for painter Lee Krasner to be an artist and a woman if, in the culture of 1950s New York, to be an artist was to be Jackson Pollock and to be a woman was to be Marilyn Monroe? With ……続きを見る

Uno de los grandes pintores del siglo XIX, Francisco Laso (1823-1869) dio forma visual al Perú moderno. Sus emblemáticos cuadros de tema indígena se integran a un proyecto más amplio, impulsado por ……続きを見る

This book examines Afrofuturism in African American art, focusing specifically on images of black women and how those images expand the discourse of representation in visual culture of the United St……続きを見る

"Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally,been made fully human." ー San Francisco Chronicle Haile……続きを見る

A penetrating consideration of Tennessee Williams’s most enduring characterーBlanche DuBois from A Streetcar Named Desireーwritten by the co-author of The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters and Furious Love. ……続きを見る

An introduction to the rich and diverse art of California, this book highlights its distinctive role in the history of American art, from early-20th-century photography to Chicanx mural painting, th……続きを見る

The works of African American authors and artists are too often interpreted through the lens of authenticity. They are scrutinized for “positive” or “negative” representations of Black people and Bl……続きを見る

One of the first book-length publications on contemporary artist Cheyney Thompson, whose work is known for its radically forward-looking intellectualism and formal rigor. Cheyney Thompson’s (b. 1975……続きを見る

Foregrounding street art in the capital cities of Cuba, Haiti, and Puerto Rico, this book argues that Antillean street artists diagnose the “impossible state” of the arrested present (colonized, occ……続きを見る

Incorporating copious archival research and original close readings of American artist Grant Wood’s iconic as well as lesser-known works, Grant Wood’s Secrets reveals how his sometimes anguished psy……続きを見る

The extraordinary life story of the celebrated artist and writer, as told through four decades of intimate letters to her beloved mother Barbara Chase-Riboud has led a remarkable life. After graduat……続きを見る

Joseph Hillaire (Lummi, 1894–1967) is recognized as one of the great Coast Salish artists, carvers, and tradition-bearers of the twentieth century. In A Totem Pole History, his daughter Pauline Hill……続きを見る

A richly illustrated survey of Alfredo Jaar’s Studies on Happiness (1979–1981) and its deep political stakes in the historical context of Chile’s neoliberal transition. Between 1979 and 1981, Alfred……続きを見る

2022 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize, Bard Graduate Center A landmark study of ancient Peruvian Moche mural art. Moche murals of northern Peru represent one of the great, yet still large……続きを見る

Caribbean Art presents and discusses the diverse, fascinating and highly accomplished work of Caribbean artists, whether indigenous or from the diaspora, popular or high culture, rural or urban base……続きを見る

*The screenplay reads like a novel and playful poetic text, funny, trenchant, and utterly delightful. This text is a companion to Martine Sym's debut film, The African Desperate, which debuted at Ne……続きを見る

Why is something a masterpiece? Art History 101 . . . Without the Exams is about revisiting famous works of art that we may have studied in an art history class or seen in a textbook. Each discussio……続きを見る

Artiste imprévisible et excentrique, le peintre américain Whistler est un véritable personnage de roman, admiré et très discuté. Moderniste avant l'heure, son œuvre se déroule en quatre périodes. Da……続きを見る

L'ambitieux projet d'Audubon de peindre tous les oiseaux d'Amérique du Nord résulta en un travail si important qu'il fut une des grandes étapes de l'ornithologie. Il n'identifia pas seulement des no……続きを見る

Whistler's work can be divided into four periods. The first was a research period in which the artist was influenced by the Realism of Gustave Courbet and by Japanese art. Whistler then discovered h……続きを見る

Echoing and expanding the aims of the first volume, Visualities: Perspectives on Contemporary American Indian Film and Art, this second volume contains illuminating global Indigenous visualities con……続きを見る

In recent years, works by American Indian artists and filmmakers such as Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Edgar Heap of Birds, Sherman Alexie, Shelley Niro, and Chris Eyre have illustrated the importance o……続きを見る

Pine sugar paranormal folklore fairytales gothic pop culture book. Illustrated design art gallery including fancy desserts, flowers, & landscape photography. A collection of short stories & blog art……続きを見る

Lola Mora, escultora, esculpió" su propia vida como una perfecta obra de arte. Surgió de una tierra ignota y se elevó como un cometa rutilante, desde la lejana estancia salteña donde nació, hasta br……続きを見る

NAACP IMAGE AWARD: OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK "What a gift this book is." ー Hilton Als, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author "Leaps off the page." ー Publishers Weekly A gorgeous collection of 1……続きを見る

A revelatory history of the first artist collective in the United States and its effort to reshape nineteenth-century art, culture, and politics The American Pre-Raphaelites founded a uniquely inter……続きを見る

This book is the first to tell the stories of Norman Rockwell’s models and their time in his studio. In 1940, America’s favorite illustrator Norman Rockwell, his wife Mary and their three sons moved……続きを見る

Latin American History through its Art and Literature uses 2,000 years of Latin American history as the organizing theme, and then explores that history through the words of the writer, the brush of……続きを見る

2024 NAACP Image Awards Nominee: Outstanding Non-Fiction A fun and fact-filled introduction to the dismissed Black art masters and models who shook up the world. Elegant. Refined. Exclusionary. Inte……続きを見る

Fearless Godric is a book about a daring and extremely courageous little boy, that exemplifies the definition of being a kid with a wild imagination. This book was also created to assist in motivati……続きを見る