Volume One: 120 ancient Mesopotamian texts from the Metropolitan Museum's extensive collection of cuneiform tablets are published here in a projected multi-volume edition. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website. Volume Two: This important scholarly work documents 106 religious, …
The presentation of case material is often considered the single most important way in which the theory and practice of psychoanalysis is communicated. The essays in this book explore some of the advantages and shortcomings of this discursive form. Contributors include: Julia Ba…
Today the National Museum of American Art has the world's largest collection of works by this country's artists, from colonial limners to the contemporary avant-garde. This book, with its vast array of full-color illustrations and accompanying text, invites readers to explore th…
"In the mid-nineteenth century the newly established Smithsonian Institution set aside two galleries in the Castle on the Mall for the exhibition of art. From these modest beginnings gradually emerged the idea of a museum dedicated to celebrating the work of American artists. Ov…
