
Thomas Sully
George Washington and The Passage of the Delaware
On the night of December 25, 1776, George Washington led his ragged Continental Army through a snowstorm across the Delaware River, on the way to a...
Paul Revere
Sons of Liberty Bowl
American patriot Paul Revere (1734-1818) is wrapped in the swirling mixture of myth and poetry through which history often descends, but as a...
Hokusai's Lost Manga
A mysterious 1823 advertisement for illustrated books by renowned artist Katsushika Hokusai refers to an otherwise unknown work called Mister Iitsu's...
Della Robbia
Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence
The glazed terracotta technique invented by Luca della Robbia, along with his exceptional skill as a sculptor, placed him firmly in the first rank of...
European Painting and Sculpture after 1800
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston houses a world-famous collection of European painting and sculpture, including such masterpieces as Renoir’s Dance at...
Megacities Asia
An unprecedented rate of urbanization over the last fifty years has caused more than half of the world’s megacities—with populations of ten million or...
William Merritt Chase
Praised for his jewel-like landscapes, urban park scenes, and sympathetic images of women, William Merritt Chase was a leading American Impressionist...
Contemporary Art
Contemporary art is a vast and complex field encompassing artists, ideas, and trends from every imaginable cultural and geographical background. This...
The Performance Art of Marilyn Arsem
Marilyn Arsem has created over 180 works of performance art since 1975, and in the process she has helped to define the genre itself. This monograph...
Crafted
Objects in Flux
Contemporary art in craft media presents a profusion of paradoxes. It bridges ancient traditions and state-of-the-art technologies, cutting-edge...