When Edgar Degas died in 1917, his enormous art collection, consisting of several thousand paintings, drawings, and prints, came to light. This remarkable assemblage included great numbers of works by the French nineteenth-century masters whom Degas revered - Delacroix, Ingres, …
"When Edgar Degas died in 1917, his enormous art collection, consisting of several thousand paintings, drawings, and prints, came to light. This remarkable assemblage included great numbers of works by the French nineteenth-century masters whom Degas revered - Delacroix, Ingres,…
When Edgar Degas died in 1917, his enormous art collection, consisting of several thousand paintings, drawings, and prints, came to light. This remarkable assemblage included great numbers of works by the French nineteenth-century masters whom Degas revered - Delacroix, Ingres, …
A richly entertaining journey through the vagaries of the art world, narrated by an acutely insightful raconteur.
Lunar Follies is a richly entertaining journey through the vagaries of the art world, narrated by an acutely insightful raconteur.
Skewers postmodern culture in a bitingly satiric tour or imaginary gallery, museum, and performance art exhibitions. These fifty-three "reviews", named after geographic features of the moon, provide a guide through the lunacy of a contemporary art world valiantly maintaining its…
This edited collection traces the impact of monographic exhibitions on the discipline of art history from the first examples in the late 18th century through the present. Roughly falling into three genres (retrospectives of living artists, retrospectives of recently deceased art…
This edited collection traces the impact of monographic exhibitions on the discipline of art history from the first examples in the late 18th century through the present. Roughly falling into three genres (retrospectives of living artists, retrospectives of recently deceased art…
This edited collection traces the impact of monographic exhibitions on the discipline of art history from the first examples in the late 18th century through the present. Roughly falling into three genres (retrospectives of living artists, retrospectives of recently deceased art…
This edited collection traces the impact of monographic exhibitions on the discipline of art history from the first examples in the late 18th century through the present. Roughly falling into three genres (retrospectives of living artists, retrospectives of recently deceased art…
What is contemporary curatorial thought? Current discourse on the topic is heating up with a new cocktail of bold ideas and ethical imperatives. these include: cooperative curating, especially with artists; the reimagination of museums; curating as knowledge production; the hist…
"For more than 500 years, the artists of the West African kingdom of Benin created objects in brass, ivory, terracotta, and wood for use in divine kingship rituals, to adorn the royal palaces, and to identify the king, chiefs, warriors, and other officials at court. This volume …
"For more than 500 years, the artists of the West African kingdom of Benin created objects in brass, ivory, terracotta, and wood for use in divine kingship rituals, to adorn the royal palaces, and to identify the king, chiefs, warriors, and other officials at court. This volume …
