Art & Architecture 44

Celebrated scholar Carla Kaplan’s cultural biography, Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance, focuses on white women, collectively called “Miss Anne,” who became Harlem Renais……続きを見る

A major biographyーintimate, gripping, revelatoryーof an artist who revolutionized American comedy. Richard Pryor may have been the most unlikely star in Hollywood history. Raised in his family’s br……続きを見る

Imagine a world where New York Times bestselling author, comedian, actor, television, and podcast host Adam Carolla is the President of the United States. Can’t do it? You don’t have to! Adam has do……続きを見る

In the spirit of Mindy Kaling, Kelly Oxford, and Sarah Silverman, a compulsively readable and outrageously funny memoir of growing up as a fish out of water, finding your voice, and embracing your i……続きを見る

From the author of the acclaimed Mr. China comes another rollicking adventure storyーpart memoir, part history, part business imbroglioーthat offers valuable lessons to help Westerners win in China.……続きを見る

Now a major motion picture starring Guy Pearce, The Last Vermeer* is a revelatory biography of the world’s most famous forgerーa talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrushーand a deliciously detail……続きを見る

It might surprise you who’s a fan of poetry ー when it meets them where they are. Before he became an award-winning writer and poet, Brian Sonia-Wallace set up a typewriter on the street with a sign……続きを見る

This colorful history of a powerful family brings the world they lived inーthe glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissanceーto life and is "simply unputdownable" (New York Times Book Review). The nam……続きを見る

In recent years, several of America’s leading art museums have voluntarily given up their finest pieces of classical art to the governments of Italy and Greece. The monetary value is estimated at ov……続きを見る

Why have some of the most interesting artists of our time committed themselves to some of the most devastating conflicts on Earth? Why are some of the most interesting artists of our time committed ……続きを見る

Le 4 août 1897, des ouvriers agricoles découvrent à La Alcudia, site de l’antique Ilici (Elche, au sud de la province d’Alicante), une sculpture ibérique datant du ve-ive siècle av. J.-C. et connue ……続きを見る

Este libro emerge como una intervención reflexiva en el panorama del arte contemporáneo latinoamericano, reuniendo trece conversaciones íntimas con artistas mujeres y disidencias desde una mirada fe……続きを見る

American art museums of the Gilded Age were established as civic institutions intended to provide civilizing influences to an urban public, but the parochial worldview of their founders limited thei……続きを見る

Fluctuante et protéiforme, la culture peut être source de conflit autant que d’identification, riche de ses influences ou bien porteuse d’une mémoire difficile à révéler. Ce volume, au travers de hu……続きを見る

Ce volume rassemble des textes en anthropologie, histoire de l'art, musicologie, histoire du cinéma, réunis pour construire ensemble un véritable objet pluridisciplinaire : l’art est ici examiné com……続きを見る

Im Juni 1937 eröffnete Jacob Zeitlin in seiner Buchladen-Galerie in Los Angeles eine Ausstellung mit Grafiken von Käthe Kollwitz. Es war die erste Ausstellung von Kollwitz’ Werk in Südkalifornien. C……続きを見る

The Facts, Ethics, and Culture of Strip Clubs goes beyond the stereotypes of stripping, skillfully unpacking the intricacies of labor and artistry incorporated in the performances. This book challen……続きを見る

Dans l’entre-deux-guerres à Paris, au moment où une frange d’intellectuels unit ses voix aux mouvements nationalistes, des critiques d’art gravitant autour de l’École de Paris prennent des positions……続きを見る

This is the first book to closely examine the curatorial work that the celebrated poet Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) undertook for the Museum of Modern Art in New York and abroad. Upon his premature deat……続きを見る

Des sociabilités de l’écrit aux créations plastiques en passant par les paysages musicaux, les scènes théâtrales ou les itinéraires de cinéastes, la production culturelle au Proche-Orient est riche ……続きを見る

La famille de Darius, tableau peint en 1660-1661, marque le début de la carrière de Charles Le Brun comme peintre du roi, elle marque également le début du gouvernement personnel de Louis XIV. Cette……続きを見る

Perfect English language book is divided into three parts, the first phase introduces the reader to the elementary part of English for which comprise of the Alphabets, vowels, and consonants syllabl……続きを見る

Bringing together artists, curators, activists, academics, managers, and educators from around the world, this unique anthology examines the notion of ethics within socially engaged art. The volume ……続きを見る

Critical conversations and reflections about lessons learned at the intersection of social movements and artist production. Diversity of Aesthetics collects powerful and timely conversations among l……続きを見る

This is the first in-depth analysis of the place of the Ming palace eunuchs in the social history of Chinese art, examining the intricate intersections of art, politics, and palace eunuchs in the Mi……続きを見る

Beyond the First Glance is an interactive art monograph by Iraqi Polymath, Muntadher Saleh. Using nothing more than fields of evenly spaced black dotsーor, in select pieces, flowing strands of Arabi……続きを見る

Africa is not poor. It is not cursed. And it is certainly not helpless. From the sunlit plains of the Serengeti to the gold-laden mines of the Congo, from the mathematical legacy of ancient Egypt to……続きを見る

Writing this book has been no small feat; indeed, it has been a bold and personal journey. I am well aware that in addressing some of the deeply ingrained beliefs held by many about the causes of Af……続きを見る

Thanks to Salem sea captains, Gilded Age millionaires, curators on horseback and missionaries gone native, North American museums now possess the greatest collections of Chinese art outside of East ……続きを見る

Jina Mahsa Amini's death at the hands of Iran's Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to the streets, uncovering their hair, burning headsca……続きを見る