An updated edition of this hugely successful book, the most accessible history of world art ever assembled.

In the sixteenth century, the humanist values and admiration for classical antiquity that marked the early Renaissance spread from Italy throughout the rest of the continent. Part of the "Art through the Centuries" series, this volume is divided into three sections that discuss the important people, concepts, and artistic centres of this period.

Gustave Caillebotte: Painting the Paris of Naturalism, 1872-1887 is the first book to study the life and artistic development of this painter in depth and in the context of the urban life and upper-class Paris that shaped the man and his work.

Offers an overview on the development of British painting in the eighteenth century, which anticipated themes, and techniques that later became paradigms of modernity. This book focuses on the English context at a time when the growth of artistic standing was accompanied by the country's conquest of hegemony on a political and economic plane.

Lex Horn (1916-1968) was een van de belangrijkste kunstenaars uit de periode van de wederopbouw van Nederland na de Tweede Wereldoorlog. De overheid pompte miljarden in de herinrichting en beschouwde kunst in de openbare ruimte als middel om te grote eenvormigheid in de nieuwbouw tegen te gaan en het geestelijk welzijn van de bevolking te bevorderen. Dat beïnvloedde de relatie tussen architectuur en kunst en leidde tot nieuwe vormen van monumentale kunsttoepassing.

Lex Horn was van Joodse k...

We are no strangers today to visual representations of human suffering at sea: the refugee crisis that continues to play out in the seascape between Europe and Africa (and not only there) yields an ever-growing archive of humanitarian tragedy. As both a visual backdrop and a lethal medium of unequal mobility, maritime space and landscape play a significant role in mediating the ethical demands of this crisis. Yet there has been little exploration of the longer history of morality’s role in ...

In this book the leading authority on Japanese art history sheds light on how Japan has nurtured distinctive aesthetics, prominent artists, and movements that have achieved global influence and popularity. The History of Art in Japan discusses works ranging from earthenware figurines in 13,000 BCE to manga, anime, and modern subcultures.

Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. The first anthology to assemble the key artists' writings which have influenced and catalysed contemporary queer artistic practice.