In this groundbreaking and elegantly written study, Joseph Koerner establishes the character of Renaissance art in Germany. Opening up new modes of inquiry for historians of art and early modern Europe, Koerner examines how artists such as Albrecht D...

Theodor W. Adorno goes beyond conventional thematic analysis to gain a more complete understanding of Mahler's music through his character, his social and philosophical background, and his moment in musical history. Adorno examines the composer's wor...

Artists and critics regularly enlist theory in the creation and assessment of artworks, but few have scrutinized the art theories themselves. Here, Daniel examines and critiques the norms, assumptions, historical conditions, and institutions that hav...

In this ambitious book, Terry Smith chronicles the modernist revolution in American art and design between the world wars – from its origins in the new industrial age of mass production, automation, and corporate culture to its powerful and transform...

Writers know only too well how long it can take – and how awkward it can be – to describe spatial relationships with words alone. And while a map might not always be worth a thousand words, a good one can help writers communicate an argument or expla...

In this extraordinary explication of one of the most enigmatic and influential works of the Renaissance, the "Uffizi Circumcision of Christ", Jack M. Greenstein reassesses the nature and goals of high humanist narrative painting. Contents: List o...

With characteristic lucidity and style, Steiner makes Heidegger's immensely difficult body of work accessible to the general reader. In a new introduction, Steiner addresses language and philosophy and the rise of Nazism.

This first comprehensive commentary on "The Spirit of the Laws" uncovers and explicates the plan of Montesquieu's famous but baffling treatise. Pangle brings to light Montesquieu's rethinking of the philosophical groundwork of liberalism, showing how...

Paul Klee – one of the preeminent artists of the twentieth century – was associated with all of the major movements of the first half of the century: expressionism, cubism, surrealism, and abstraction. In this economic and political history, O. K. We...

Translator's Note Tympan Differance Note on a Note from Being and Time The Pit and the Pyramid: Introduction to Hegel's Semiology The Ends of Man The Linguistic Circle of Geneva Form and Meaning: A Note on the Phenomenology of Language The Supplement...