Artistic representations of landscape are studied widely in areas ranging from art history to geography to sociology, yet there has been little consensus about how…

Bringing together a collection of high-profile authors, Biographies and Space presents essays exploring the relationship between biography and space and how specific subjects are used…

The quest for gentility has shaped Chinese civilization and the formation of culture in China until the present day. This book analyzes social aspirations and…

Scholarly and innovative with visually stunning line drawings and photographs, this volume provides readers with a compelling record of the unbroken pattern of reciprocal use…

Food touches everything important to people: it marks social difference and strengthens social bonds. Common to all people, it can signify very different things from…

In an age where art history’s questions are now expected to receive answers, Richard Shiff presents a challenging alternative. In this essential new addition to…

Continuing her feminist reconceptualisation of the ways we can experience and study the visual arts, world renowned art historian and cultural analyst, Griselda Pollock proposes…

Art History: The Basics is a concise and accessible introduction for the general reader and the undergraduate approaching the history of art for the first…

Engaging Art explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society – from museum attendance to music downloading. Drawing on the…