Colonial art books

The complex, special power of the Quay Brothers' puppet animation poetics.  Read More >>

Ruben C. Cordova traces the history of Con Safo, one of the earliest and most significant of the Chicano art groups,...  Read More >>

The Fire of Life, the collection of performance artist Robert Legorreta, is a fascinating and eclectic archive....  Read More >>

The Mexican Museum of San Francisco was founded in 1975 by artist Peter Rodriguez to ""foster the exhibition, conservation,...  Read More >>

An overview of Cornell University's impressive collection of Greek and Roman antiquities.  Read More >>

The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art is unparalleled in its comprehensive approach to the study of art in the...  Read More >>

Showcases more than 200 aviation photos from the NSHS collections. The book includes chapters on Nebraska's early...  Read More >>

Visitors to such historic homes as the Hermitage and Monticello can study the remains of places where slaves once...  Read More >>

The Crystal Quilt , a 1987 performance broadcast live on PBS and featuring hundreds of women in Minneapolis-and...  Read More >>

Imagined Museums examines the intertwined politics surrounding art and modernization in Morocco from 1912 to the...  Read More >>

Marcel Duchamp's 1919 readymade, L.H.O.O.Q. , which he created by drawinga moustache and goatee on a commercial...  Read More >>

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Marcel Duchamp's 1919 readymade, L.H.O.O.Q. , which he created by drawinga moustache and goatee on a commercial...  Read More >>

Imagined Museums examines the intertwined politics surrounding art and modernization in Morocco from 1912 to the...  Read More >>

The tales of the mi'raj describe the prophet Muhammad's journey through the heavens, his encounters with prophets...  Read More >>

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At the beginning of the twentieth century, criminals, both alleged and convicted, were routinely photographed and...  Read More >>

At the beginning of the twentieth century, criminals, both alleged and convicted, were routinely photographed and...  Read More >>

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""The site is the result of a careful study of the river-banks, and commands so many views of varied beauty, that...  Read More >>

Prior to widespread literacy, the Kiowa people recorded their history in pictorial calendars, marking an entry for...  Read More >>

Black South African artists have typically had their work labeled ""African art"" or ""township art,"" qualifiers...  Read More >>

Black South African artists have typically had their work labeled ""African art"" or ""township art,"" qualifiers...  Read More >>

Icons of the Desert is an exhibition catalog produced by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University...  Read More >>

In National Camera, Roberto Tejada offers a comprehensive study of Mexican photography from the early twentieth...  Read More >>