A profound examination of the complex constructs that have kept “outsider” and self-taught artists on the margins of the mainstream.

This book examines the legacy of influential Black artists in the nation’s capital as well as the key institutions and communities that contributed to the Washington Black Renaissance.

Can the reception of a single, widely disseminated book offer a historical road map for a global art history? This is the question posed by the editors of this volume of essays, which charts the enduring response to Heinrich Wölfflin’s Principles of Art History.

Reflecting on the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, this notable book brings together a range of media and perspectives that show how the conflict has been recorded and remembered over time.

A historic first showing outside Japan of Itō Jakuchū's thirty-scroll series Colorful Realm of Living Beings (c. 1757–1766) at the National Gallery of Art was the occasion for this collection of twelve essays that reimagine the concepts of the artist and art-making as they were understood in early modern Japan.

This fascinating book examines responses to the excavations of ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum by 18th- and 19th-century monarchs, statesmen, scholars, and archaeologists, as well as by artists, architects, designers, writers, and tourists.

The twelve essays included in this exceptional volume grapple with the definition and significance of modernism in landscape design during this transformative era.

12 essays explore important ways in which photographically illustrated publications influenced the experience and the history of art.

This far-ranging collection of essays—the first book-length scholarly exploration of Orsanmichele since 1996—marks the conclusion of a decades-long campaign to restore the magnificent medieval church and its art, most notably Orsanmichele’s celebrated niche sculptures.

Essays examine the technological, social, political, religious, personal, and institutional contexts of 15th-century woodcuts and challenge many assumptions about the phenomenon of early printing.

Dialogues between eminent art historians on current topics and dilemmas in the field.

The first critical examination of the East Building, I. M. Pei’s celebrated addition to the National Gallery of Art, considering this iconic building from various historical vantage points, from the evolution of its design to its place in 20th-century museum architecture.

15 international scholars present their latest research into the contexts and meanings of French genre painting of the 18th century, from Jean-Antoine Watteau to Louis-Leopold Boilly.

This volume considers the work of painter Romare Bearden (1911–1988) in the contexts of American and international modernism as well as African American art history.

In the first book to survey the practice of collecting sculpture from late medieval times to the 19th century, 20 renowned scholars explore the collections of eminent artists and great princes throughout Europe.

An absorbing exploration of the relationship between image and text, The Art of Natural History considers how both aided the development and transmission of scientific knowledge.

In examining the forces that shaped the arts of this period―from the academy to the avant-garde, and from the museum to public spaces―this volume explores the relationship between the arts and political conflict and the impact of nationalism during the early modern period in France.

The years around 1700 were marked by transformations in European and colonial capital cities. 12 distinguished contributors provide a comprehensive look at the design, renewal, and expansion of capitals and countries including Naples, Rome, Vienna, Stockholm, Saint Petersburg, England, Amsterdam, Cádiz, Lisbon, Quebec City, and Lima.

In this generously illustrated book, historians, art historians, and conservators from the United States, Germany, and Austria discuss Riemenschneider’s art from various perspectives, addressing such issues as attribution, pictorial rhetoric, surface treatment, and critical reception.

This volume explores key issues associated with large-scale bronze production in Europe from the 15th through early 17th centuries.

Centuries before the rise of the Inca, the Moche created impressive monumental architecture and precious metal objects (c. 100–800 AD). This fascinating book examines these records and analyzes connections between the visual arts and political representation in Moche culture.

This far-ranging book presents the most recent research on small-scale bronze production of the Renaissance. An international group of curators, art historians, and conservators analyze the production and collecting of small bronze sculptures from the 15th through the early 17th century in both Italy and the North.

This wide-ranging book brings together a rich array of current approaches to panel painting of the 13th and 14th centuries, a period that has received far less attention than the Renaissance.

This study brings together leading scholars from Europe and the United States to consider the art of Hans Holbein the Younger from a variety of perspectives and disciplines.

On the multiple discourses produced on perspective between the 15th and 17th centuries by such authors as Leonardo da Vinci, Piero della Francesca, Albrecht Dürer, Sebastiano Serlio, and Matteo Zaccolini.

This book discusses recent spectacular finds and provides a framework for understanding the history, art, and archaeology of the Olmec.

This book consists of 19 essays by philologists, historians, archaeologists, and art historians considering live performance in ancient culture.
 

In this volume, scholars, conservators, and scientists investigate Vermeer’s art and the milieu in which he worked. They offer insight into the current state of understanding of the Dutch master’s art and focus special attention on the unique qualities of his paintings.

An exploration into the history of engraved gems from ancient Greece through to the 19th century including their use by artists, historians, and collectors.

An examination of how German artists, architects, designers, writers, and critics struggled to redefine Germany culturally during the mature years of the empire.

A stunning collection of essays and color photographs analyzing the manufacture of Saint-Porchaire ceramics whose origins in the Renaissance have been a mystery to art historians.

Through several case-studies of international and domestic buildings, this text is an explanation by 14 experts who individually address the public policy known as design review, in which buildings and public policy intersect.

A challenging and fascinating group of essays concerned with the ways in which the sculpture adorning the most important temples in 5th c. Greece may reflect the political issues of the time.

Proceedings of the symposium “Monarca della pittura: Piero and His Legacy” (1992) sponsored by the Center, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Getty Center for History of Art and the Humanities

A wide-ranging analysis of national museums in Europe, the United States, and Asia from 18th-century origins to late-20th-century controversies.

A collection of 14 essays on all aspects of the Anthony Van Dyck’s career, from his early Antwerp years to his experiences at the English court, in commemoration of the 350th anniversary of his death.

Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Titian.

On the 800th anniversary of Frederick II Hohenstaufen, 15 scholars offer contemporary assessments of art, architecture, society, and culture during his reign.

A collection of essays published in honor of the scholar Frank Edward Brown (1908–1988). 

A consideration of how arts and artists have worked within the pastoral tradition since ancient times.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Society of Architectural Historians.

Edited by Craig Hugh Smyth, 1992

16 art historians and archaeologists consider issues during the 400 years that preceded the emergence of Classical Greece.

The rise and origins of urbanization in India, Pakistan and Nepal is discussed in this work by scholars in a wide range of disciplines.

Featuring 14 essays by prominent historians, architects, and leaders of some of Washington, DC’s most important institutions, this book explores the Mall’s origins and growth as well as the shifting political forces and cultural values that have shaped it.

Seven essays, covering a wide range of periods, artistic media, and themes, share a common belief that issues of national identity have been crucial to the creation of art in a variety of circumstances.

Addressing the ways in which art functions as a cultural signifier, these seven essays show how the arts articulate the identity of communities who represent themselves through art and how the arts mediate their exchanges.