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Sacred to the Touch

Nordic and Baltic Religious Wood Carving

By Thomas A. DuBois

With near-mythical forests of birch and pine, the Nordic and Baltic countries boast a rich tradition of religious wood carving that is in many ways emblematic of their cultures. Sacred to the Touch examines the...

Christian Krohg's Naturalism

By Oystein Sjastad

The Norwegian painter, novelist, and social critic Christian Krohg (1852–1925) is best known for his highly political paintings of workers, prostitutes, and Skagen fishermen of the 1880s and for serving as a mentor to Edvard...

Munch's Ibsen

A Painter's Visions of a Playwright

By Joan Templeton

Drawing on printed and archival sources, including Munch's extensive unpublished writings, Munch's Ibsen provides a comprehensive account of the connection between the two great Norwegian modernists. Situating the interlocking careers of Edvard Munch and Henrik...

The Body in Time

Figures of Femininity in Late Nineteenth-Century France

By Tamar Garb

The Body in Time looks at two different genres in relation to the construction of femininity in late nineteenth-century France: Degas's representation of ballet dancers and the transforming tradition of female portraiture. Class, gender, power,...

John Russell

Australia's French Impressionist

By Wayne Tunnicliffe

Australian artist John Russell (1858–1930), an active and influential member of the French nineteenth-century avant garde, was a close friend of Vincent van Gogh and Auguste Rodin, taught impressionist color theory to Henri Matisse, and...

Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age

Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum

By Gerdien Wuestman

At the time, the art of the seventeenth‐century Dutch Republic was admired and sought after far beyond the country’s borders. To this day, works by painters such as Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer are...

Victorian Watercolours

By Peter Raissis

This book features over eighty artworks by more than seventy artists that represent the glory of British watercolors from the Victorian period. Artists include: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne‐Jones, George John Pinwell and Myles Birket...

Reading Vincent van Gogh

A Thematic Guide to the Letters

By Patrick Grant

Soon after his death, Vincent van Gogh’s reputation grew and developed through the remarkably symbiotic relationship evident between his paintings and letters. However, the sheer bulk and complexity of Van Gogh’s complete surviving correspondence presents...

Prints and Drawings

Europe 1500-1900

By Peter Raissis

Drawn from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, this book reproduces 90 works by over 70 artists that represent a broad panorama of the development of the graphic arts in Europe...

The Mingins Photo Collection

1288 Pictures of Early Western Tattooing from the Henk Schiffmacher Collection

By Henk Schiffmacher and Arlette Kouwenhoven

"A very quiet man, smoking all the time. He used to tattoo while seated on a little bench in the back room of his house at 59 Redfern Road, Harleston, in London, while his wife...

The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

A Critical Study

By Patrick Grant

Vincent van Gogh’s letters are frequently admired for their exceptional literary quality, but there is no extended critique of this aspect of his writing. Addressing key constellations of metaphors and ideas, The Letters of Vincent...

René Lalique

Art Deco Gems from the Steven and Roslyn Shulman Collection

By Katie Buckingham and Rachel Belle

René Lalique: Selections from the Steven and Roslyn Shulman Collection introduces the artistic innovations and legacy of renowned French Art Deco artist René Lalique. Born outside of Paris in 1860, Lalique was recognized as one...