The description for this book, Illustrations in Roll and Codex: A Study of the Origin and Method of Text Illustration, will be forthcoming.

In a panoramic narrative John Wilmerding has brought together individual studies of the artists who painted Mount Desert Island off the Maine coast in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries...

Paintings and graphics, novels and poems are historical sources as well as aesthetic objects. Artists themselves become historians when they interpret the pastby painting a historical scene, for...

Lying on the intersection between art and architecture, the Berlin artist duo Franz Hoefner and Harry Sachs create site-specific temporary architecture, innovative performances and constructive...

Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg (1883 - 1931) is perhaps best known as a prime mover in De Stijl, the Dutch artistic movement that demanded an extreme simplicity and abstraction in both architecture...

Catalog Of An Exhibition Held At The Bibliothèque Nationale De France, Paris, April 24-june 17, 2007. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. French And English.

Every Man Is an Artist investigates Joseph Beuys’ (1921–1986) voluminous output of multiples. For Beuys, multiples were a vehicle for communication, discussion and debate--a means for disseminating...

Apparu aux États-Unis sur la côte Est à la fin des années 1960, le mouvement punk a traversé l'Atlantique durant l'été 1976 pour s'épanouir à Londres et contaminer la France. Art, musique, mode,...

A unique exploration of the kinetic yet orderly work of abstract artist Piet Mondrian, inspired by the cities that influenced him The work of Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), whose orderly black-and-white...

In 1984 the groundbreaking Subway Art brought graffiti to the world. 30 years on, the bible of the street-art movement is back and better than ever! In new introductions Martha Cooper and Henry...

A notable monograph on British artist Derek Boshier, covering his extensive collection of work from the mid-1950s to the present dayDerek Boshier’s art has journeyed through a number of different...

"Although few philosophers agree about what it is for something to be art, most, if not all, agree on one thing: art must be in some sense intention dependent. Art and Art-Attempts is about what...

The complete art-lovers guide to all the known and unknown art in New York City. Art on Sight: The Best Outings In and Near New York City invites readers to see public art in a wide variety of venues...