In the decades following the American Civil War and leading up to the First World War, a definitive shift in power took place between Spain and the United States. This original book explores American
In this richly illustrated volume, featuring more than fifty black-and-white illustrations and a beautiful eight-page color insert, Barbara Novak describes how for fifty extraordinary years, American
The first comprehensive archaeological survey of the Muskogee (Mask￠k?) Creek Indians. The Muskogee Indians who lived along the lower Chattahoochee and Flint River watersheds had, and continue
Perspective determines how we, as viewers, perceive painting. We can convince ourselves that a painting of a bowl of fruit or a man in a room appears to be real by the way these objects are rendered.
In The Look of Reading, Garrett Stewart explores the centuries-long tradition of reading pictured in figure painting, arguing that it constitutes a neglected genre in the history of art. Lavishly ill
From the Publisher: Drawing extensively from various disciplines including ethnology, geography, geology, and environmental studies, this groundbreaking book addresses shifting concepts of time, histo
"Surveying the architectural imagery in narrative paintings, the text focuses primarily on Rome, Assisi, Siena and Florence from circa 1250 to circa 1390. The book details the relationship between art
In this treasury of Western art, distinguished art historian Nils Buttner has chosen paintings that not only feature purely natural vistas but also show dramatic scenics with people and architecture.
Luminist Horizons celebrates the art and collection of James A. Suydam (1819-1865), an American landscapist best known for his luminist paintings. Despite the fact that his name has been linked with l
Glorious full-color reproductions of more than 150 paintings capture the interior spaces of the home in works by more than one hundred renowned artists, including Vermeer, Maes, Sargent, Bonnard, Cass
"In Artists at Continent's End Scott Shields delivers an engaging and informative history of an important California art colony, augmenting the record and correcting the many myths of Monterey. An ess
Although the paintings of Canadian artists Wanda Koop, Stephen Hutchings, Eleanor Bond, and Susan Feindel differ markedly in style and iconography, independent painter and art critic Halkes found that
With instruction on a wide range of popular animals, including farm animals, wild animals, birds, reptiles, and insects, a comprehensive guide to drawing one of the most popular, but one of the most p
Following the destruction of Kyoto during the civil wars of the late fifteenth century, large-scale panoramic paintings of the city began to emerge. These enormous and intricately detailed depictions
A distinct painting development with regard to the American West's Wasatch Range emerged in the nineteenth century and persists even today. These "painters of the Wasatch" have set many precedents th
A series of beautiful watercolor paintings by a renowned artist and illustrator evokes the rugged landscapes of coastal Maine, capturing old farmhouses, tidal coves, lobster boats, and rock-strewn, fo
The art of Boris Vallejo is characterized by beautiful maidens, heroic men and fearsome monsters while the work of his wife Julie Bell is famous for a sense of color and dramatic composition which p
Art collector Glen S. Foster developed a consummate eye, combining a yachtsman's experience on the water with the instincts of an art connoisseur. Before its breakup upon his death in 1999, Foster's c
Landscape Meditations examines the process of capturing a sense of place through a series of views of a single landscape subject, like Van Gogh did with sunflowers or Monet did with haystacks and cath
At the nexus of art and science, this dazzling new edition of Ernst Haeckel's first work reintroduces the genius of an enigmatic scientist and passionate observer of the natural world. Although origin
