In his 1989 book on Balthus―the storied and controversial artist who worked in Paris throughout the twentieth century―Guy Davenport gives one of the most nuanced, literary, and compelling readings of
From acclaimed poet and New Yorker writer Cynthia Zarin comes a deeply personal meditation on two cities, Venice and Rome―each a work of art, both a monument to the past―and on how love and loss shape
Master sculptor Auguste Rodin’s illuminating writings on cathedrals in France are especially relevant and significant following the recent fire at Notre Dame.In this volume, the writer and Rodin schol
In this exploration of contemporary photography, David Levi Strauss questions the concept that “seeing is believing.”Identifying a recent shift in the dominance of photography, Strauss looks at the po
