A collection of essays that think with, against, and beside the intellectual questions that have engaged Michael Ann Holly throughout her storied career. American scholar Michael Ann Holly (b. 1944) has devoted a decades-long career to the historio...

A showcase of a collection spanning from Old Master prints to innovative contemporary works. Arthur and Marny Solomon assembled a superlative art collection spanning Old Master prints, nineteenth-century French paintings, and trailblazing contempor...

This survey of the life and work of American painter Susan Watkins explores how she and other women artists carved paths to success at the turn of the twentieth century. In a career that spanned only a little more than fifteen years, American artis...

Celebrating a major collection of Islamic art, this volume spans the entire history of Islam to bring together items produced throughout the vast region between Andalusia and Mughal India. The Farjam Collection of Islamic, and Modern and Contempora...

A comprehensive catalogue of Sargent's charcoal portraits, capturing high society, professions, and the arts in an era of profound transformation. In comparison with his portraits in oil, John Singer Sargent's charcoal portraits are relatively litt...

An updated selection of iconic paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago's evolving global collection, spanning ancient Egypt to the present. Painting's complex history receives a new consideration in this fresh presentation of paintings in the A...

Charting Auguste Rodin's relationships with the dancers who shaped his signature style and his mythic persona. Juliet Bellow traces Rodin's interactions with dance makers and performers during his late career (1890-1912) through a series of interrel...

The dramatic life story of Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, one of the greatest portrait painters of all time. Supremely talented and strategically charming, Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (1755-1842) overcame tragedy and broke gender barriers to reach the height...

An examination of how engagement with the nuances of Caribbean intellectual thought could reshape art history. Despite its rich cultural and intellectual heritage, the Caribbean region has often been excluded from art history – along with essential...