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The oboe is an instrument with a long and rich history. In this book two distinguished oboist-musicologists trace that history from its beginnings to the 21st century, discussing how and why the oboe evolved, what music was written for it, and which players were prominent.

An authoritative new two-volume publication cataloguing the German paintings before 1800 in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The extraordinary story behind Degas’s groundbreaking painting of the biracial circus performer Miss La La

Highlighting the creativity and symbolism of covered portraits, this volume explores an intriguing but largely unknown aspect of Italian and Northern European Renaissance art

A reminder that war is not always, or even generally, good for long-term growth

A renowned scientist and environmental advocate looks back on a life that has straddled the worlds of science and politics

An incantatory poetic novel that interweaves the legends, tragedies, and histories of a village in Vietnam

A deep look at Christina Ramberg’s life and work, the origins of her influential investigations of form and femininity, and the evolution of her artistic vision

A groundbreaking publication on the Caribbean-born French Neoclassical painter Guillaume Lethière and his extraordinary, yet largely unexamined career

One of our most influential political theorists offers a boundary-breaking—and liberating—perspective on the meaning of life in the internet age

The essence of Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color in a format that engages learners of all ages and levels and encourages a hands-on approach

The first comprehensive account of Charles J. Connick, America’s most innovative and influential stained glass artist working in the first half of the twentieth century

The surprising history of how Americans have fought over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution for nearly two and a half centuries

A biography of Native Son’s Bigger Thomas that examines his continued relevance in the debates over Black men and the violence of racism

The best essays from America’s premier cultural historian

A deeply researched, fully updated edition of The National Security Constitution that explores the growing imbalance of institutional powers in American foreign affairs and national security policy

A scintillating account of the cultural freedom and empowerment that American women experienced as leaders in the avant-garde scene in early twentieth-century Paris

A new history of postwar painting that explores how the desire to look backward shaped some of the period’s most radical artmaking

A groundbreaking reassessment that foregrounds Van Gogh’s profound engagement with the industrial age while making his work newly relevant for our world today

The first major English-language history of Ukraine from its emergence after the demise of the Soviet Union through the current Russian invasion

A fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies—from ciphers to counterfeiting, invisible inks to assassination

An expansive look at the multifaceted American artist Toshiko Takaezu within the history of postwar artmaking

An incisive, authoritative account of the West’s failures in Afghanistan, from 9/11 to the fall of Kabul

An exploration of the development of the art scene, its socio-political context, and the role of the fine arts in nineteenth-century Nordic society

An ambitious alternative history of the modern Middle East