When they were first exhibited in the late 1960s, Frank Bowling's immense "map paintings" were widely celebrated for their vibrant color and subtle modulation of the painted surface. These works, like many in Bowling's oeuvre, draw on the principle o...

"A New American Sculpture, 1914-1945" is the first publication to situate the individual contributions of Gaston Lachaise, Robert Laurent, Elie Nadelman, and William Zorach into a compelling constellation of artists with shared aesthetic and social c...

From converted factories and chapels to cabins built from salvaged wood, this collection of innovative, beautiful, and sustainable dwellings showcases a worldwide trend for upcycling in home design. Antonia Edwards' first book, Upcyclist, explored h...

Alexei Jawlensky (1864-1941) was Russian, but lived in Germany much of his life and obtained German citizenship in 1934. He was a friend of Vasily Kandinsky, who he met in Munich when studying painting with Anton Azbe, and had close ties to the Germa...

The decades following the 1973 publication of Alessandro Conti's"Storia del Restauro" have seen considerable scholarly interest in the development of restoration in France in the second half of the eighteenth century. A number of technical treatises...

In 2015, the "U. S. News & World Report" raved that the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum "houses one of the most distinguished university collections in the country".Spotlights: Collected by the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum" commemorates the museum's...

This activity book combines fun and focus, entertainment, and mindfulness using collage techniques. It includes a brief history of collage and practical tips and ideas on how to cut and paste, draw and paint, and sew and stitch using paper and everyd...

An exploratory, artistic activity guide based around the infinite possibilities and techniques of collage and mixed media. Through ten different works produced using a wide variety of procedures, the book analyzes the process of creation step by step...

In this book, art historian Darby English explores the year 1971, when two exhibitions opened that brought modernist painting and sculpture into the burning heart of United States cultural politics: "Contemporary Black Artists in America", at the Whi...

William Hogarth (1697-1764) was among the first British-born artists to rise to international recognition and acclaim and to this day he is considered one of the country's most celebrated and innovative masters. His output encompassed engravings, pai...