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This scholarly but concise and accessible account of the decoration of the Sistine Chapel examines the history and explains the meaning of the masterpieces contained within.

Essential - and engaging - reading for anyone interested in the issues that concerned artists and patrons in the sixteenth century.

"Promote, Tolerate, Ban presents the clash between Socialist modern and radical aesthetics shaped by the cultural policies of the Jaanaos Kaadaar regime (1956-1989) and highlights the key protagonists of the scene in Cold War Hungary."--ECIP summary.

During the First World War, the bombardment of the cathedral in Reims, France, by German troops, was one of the most controversial events on the Western front. This fascinating publication examines the implications for the intellectual, cultural, and political relations between the two nations.

The newest addition to the Artist's Materials series offers the first technical study of one of Australia's greatest modern painters.

The first analytical history of Sarnath, the place where the Buddha preached his first sermon and established the Buddhistmonastic order.

This groundbreaking book explores why and how to encourage physical and sensory engagement with works of art.

This volume provides a striking account of the life, destruction, rediscovery, and cultural significance of the Roman town ofHerculaneum and its grandest residence-the House of the Bicentenary.

Part of the Medieval Imagination series, this title explores portraiture in the medieval and Renaissance periods.

A compelling and vibrant exploration of one of the greatest Flemish illuminated manuscripts, including stunning reproductions of the illuminations-never before published in colour.

A standard reference in the field of manuscript studies for over twenty years, now revised and updated with full-colour illustrations throughout.

This lavishly illustrated coffee-table book features more than one hundred paintings from the J. Paul Getty Museum's extraordinary collection.

A comprehensive and fascinating look at the history of the Museum of Modern Art's Architecture and Design Department under the leadership of the influential curator Arthur Drexler.

"A sumptuously illustrated compact volume which uses full colour images and the accented gold of illuminated manuscripts to full advantage. . . . [This book] tantalises the reader through the well written text and accompanying illustrations."-European Review of History

A celebration of the visual contributions of the bestiary - one of the most popular types of illuminated books during the Middle Ages - and an exploration of its lasting legacy.

An exciting new approach to understanding the trade of antiquities in early modern Rome traces the journey of objects from discovery to display.

The next volume in the GCI's Readings in Conservation series brings together a selection of seminal writings on the conservation of historic cities.

Showcasing diverse methodologies, this volume illuminates London's central role in the development of a European art market at the turn of the nineteenth century.

The first anthology to assemble the writings of the groundbreaking art historian, critic, and curator Marcia Tucker.

A critical rethinking of the way canons are defined, constructed, dismantled and revised.

What is a cabochon? What are the various types of gilding? What is vermeil? This accessible book - the first of its kind - offers concise explanations of key jewellery terms.

This practical guide provides artists, conservators, curators and other heritage professionals with tools for understanding, evaluating and approaching the care and treatment of modern metals.

An engaging look at early twentieth-century American printmaking, which frequently focused on the crowded, chaotic, and "gritty" modern city.

This volume analyzes the extraordinary patronage of modern architecture that the Tremaine family sustained for nearly fourdecades in the mid-twentieth century.

This thought-provoking and original book argues that hyperimages-calculated displays of images on walls or pages-have played a major role in the history of art.

The first English-language book to comprehensively discuss the history and methodology of conserving medieval polychromewood sculpture.

Merging memoir, biography, and cultural history, this distinctive book, a bestseller in France, traces the life of Dora Maar (1907-1997) through a serendipitous encounter with the artist's address book.

Available in English for the first time, Julius von Schlosser's seminal work in the history of art and collecting was the first study to interpret sixteenth- and seventeenth-century cabinets of wonder as precursors to the modern museum, situating them within a history of collecting going back to Greco-Roman antiquity.

Illustrated with masterpieces of western art, this volume explores the rituals, customs, and symbolism of food and dining in art. It describes the importance of food and feasts in art throughout history as told in the Scriptures and in the lives of the saints; food and dining in Greek and Roman mythology; and food in later literature and history.