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Berend Strik
Deciphering the Artist’s Mind
An exploration of recent work by the award-winning Dutch visual artist Berend Strik Berend Strik (b. 1960) is an internationally acclaimed Dutch visual artist whose oeuvre ranges from two-dimensional works...
Fabrice Samyn
I Am?
The first major monograph on the work of contemporary Belgian artist Fabrice Samyn Contemporary Belgian artist Fabrice Samyn (b. 1981) works in a wide variety of media, including painting, photography,...
Nikolai Astrup
Visions of Norway
A compelling introduction to the life and artistic output of a trailblazing Norwegian painter, printmaker, and horticulturist Nikolai Astrup (1880–1928) was a Norwegian Expressionist artist known for...
Sean Scully
The Shape of Ideas
An extraordinary retrospective of one of the leading abstract painters of our time, surveying the artist’s career from the early 1970s to the present In a sustained exploration of the possibilities of...
The Crusader Armies
1099–1187
A major new history of the Crusades that illuminates the strength and sophistication of the Western and Muslim armies During the Crusades, the Western and Muslim armies developed various highly...
America's Impressionism
Echoes of a Revolution
A beautifully illustrated account of the Impressionist experiment in the United States—showing how the French style was put to distinctly American use From the late 19th century to the Second World War,...
Jewish Christianity
The Making of the Christianity-Judaism Divide
A fresh exploration of the category Jewish Christianity, from its invention in the Enlightenment to contemporary debates In this provocative work, Matt Jackson-McCabe argues that the concept of Jewish...
Perspectives on Teaching Language and Content
An overview of current issues and developments in foreign language education, designed for instructors of language, literature, and culture at any stage of their careers A contemporary guide to foreign...
That Is Not Who We Are!
Populism and Peoplehood
How can liberals offer “stories of peoplehood” that can compete with illiberal populist and nationalist stories? Rogers Smith has long argued for the importance of “stories of peoplehood” in constituting...
The House of Fragile Things
A History of Jewish Art Collectors in France, 1870 - 1945
In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jews—pillars of an embattled community—invested their fortunes in France’s cultural artifacts, sacrificed their sons to the country...