Cyprus has always shown a remarkable openness to divergent cultures--at no time more than in the Middle Ages, when successive Byzantine and Latin conquerors settled on the island and dominated its...

Vincent is fed up with life in the gray city, but things are about to change! With the support of his loving brother Theo, Vincent sets off on a journey to the sunny south. There he will discover new...

One of the most esteemed abstract expressionists and greatest painters of the 20th century Mark Rothko belongs to the generation of American artists who completely revolutionized the essence of...

Sister Wendy Beckett's highly acclaimed insights into the work and psyche of Max Beckmann, one of the major Expressionist painters and graphic artists of the 20th century. The author sheds new light...

This final volume takes Hogarth from his fifty-third year to his death at sixty-seven. The period opens with Hogarth at the height of his powers; a figure of influence with the literary generation of...

"This book considers how painters from the late sixteenth century to the nineteenth century have interpreted the story of Angelica and Medoro in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. Rensselaer Lee discusses...

An evocative journey through a millennium of North Africa's culturally rich and diverse past, this catalog presents the history of North Africa from the Punic settlements of the seventh century B.C...

''Essay is titled "Darkness Visible." PaceWildenstein has published this catalogue to accompany the like-titled exhibition, which is comprised of Wall Drawings, an installation of eight new graphite...

In this collection of critical essays the well-known critic Barry Schwabsky reexamines the art produced since the 1960s, demonstrating how the achievements of "high modernism" remain consequential to...

“If my story were ever to be written down truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone,” wrote Henri Matisse. It is hard to believe today that Matisse, whose exhibitions draw huge crowds...

SPLENDOR AT COURT RENAISSANCE SPECTACLE AND THE THEATER OF POWER by Roy Strong, c1973, 283 pages including index. This book examines the Renaissance festival, which originated in Italy and spread...

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition/ This rare and vintage book is a perfect addition to any bibliophile's collection