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Private Lives
Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900
Four “prophets” of art whose luminous work unfolds the mysteries of domestic life In 1889, avant-garde artists in Paris formed a brotherhood to promote a radical new direction in art. Adopting the name Nabis—Hebrew...
Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne
Nature Transformed
A beautifully illustrated, concise critical analysis of the art, careers, and reception of the husband-wife team of artists known as Les Lalanne François-Xavier (1927–2008) and Claude (1925–2019) Lalanne...
The Seas and the Mobility of Islamic Art
Tracing the currents of change that unite the visual and material culture of the Islamic world across space and time The seas have long served as both connective tissue for and barriers between intellectual, social,...
Vivienne Westwood
The Complete Collections
Forty years of catwalk photography featuring seventy groundbreaking collections from the inimitable Vivienne Westwood—over 1,000 looks as they originally appeared in Westwood’s iconic shows “The only reason I’m in...
David Smith Sculpture
A Catalogue Raisonne, 1932-1965
Embracing factory methods of construction, building on the legacy of cubism, and turning his back on European carving and casting traditions, David Smith (1906–65) transformed postwar sculpture. His body of work, contemporary with the...
Kindred Voices
A Literary History of Medieval Anatolia
The fascinating story of how premodern Anatolia’s multireligious intersection of cultures shaped its literary languages and poetic masterpieces Michael Pifer explores how Muslim and Christian poets of Anatolia...
Bletchley Park and D-Day
The untold story of Bletchley Park's key role in the success of the Normandy campaign Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become one of the most...
Palaces of Pleasure
From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment
An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century’s growing...
Providence and the Invention of American History
How providential history—the conviction that God is an active agent in human history—has shaped the American historical imagination Sarah Koenig traces the rise and fall of Protestant missionary Marcus Whitman’s...
Hung Liu
Portraits of Promised Lands
A major survey of contemporary artist Hung Liu, whose layered portraits explore history and memory through the stories of marginalized figures?Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands presents the stunning work...