Named for the city in Greece where they were first discovered in the 1870s, Tanagra statuettes are an elegant example of ancient Greek terra-cotta sculpture from the fourth and third centuries BC. Mainly found in tombs in this city, the small statuet...

For Claude Monet (1840-1926), the founder of French Impressionist painting, these words are a fitting testament to his lifelong relationship with the female muse, most notably – and most hauntingly – with his first wife, the model Camille Doncieux....

Guided by photographer Jeff Jones's sure and well-developed vision, "Arctic Sanctuary" leads the reader on a remarkable journey that few of us will ever take in real life: a trek deep into Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. By turns celebrator...

In "Believing and Seeing", Roland Recht argues that preoccupation with vision as a key to religious knowledge profoundly affected a broad range of late medieval works. In addition to the great cathedrals of France, Recht explores key religious buildi...

Not for sale in Estonia! Kurt Schwitters' stated goal was to "erase the boundaries between the arts". This collection, culled from the five-volume German edition of Schwitters' writings, introduces the total work of art that is Merz through Schwitt...

This book offers a powerful and searching meditation on the lives of the saints and the images of them painted by Renaissance artists in Italy. Robert Kiely, a distinguished scholar of modernist literature and a historian and critic of exceptional se...

The Mogao grottoes, a World Heritage Site near Dunhuang in western China, are located along the ancient caravan routes – collectively known as the Silk Road – that once linked China with the West. Founded by Buddhist monks in the late fourth century,...

In Britain today the output of excellent ceramics seems more eclectic than elsewhere. This stylish and wide-ranging survey comprises examples of clay art by one hundred major artists, covering the period from the late 1980s through 2009. Drawn from t...

Donna and Howard Stone, two of Chicago's premier art patrons, have collected works of art in all media for more than 30 years, building one of the most distinguished private collections of contemporary art in the country. Much of what they have acqui...

One of America's foremost art dealers, Richard Gray, and his wife, art historian Mary L. Gray, have amassed an unparalleled collection of paintings, drawings, and sculpture representing seven hundred years and featuring more than 115 dynamic and impo...