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Cinemagritte
René Magritte within the Frame of Film History, Theory, and Practice
Examines the fascinating ties between Surrealist artist René Magritte and the cinema.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814346372
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780814346365
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814346389
In Fitting Memory
The Art and Politics of Holocaust Memorials
In Fitting Memory, a critical survey of Holocaust memorials and monuments in Europe, Israel, and the United States, focuses on the archeological remains at the original sites of Nazi terror which constituted the first postwar memorials.
Ebook
ISBN: 9780814343760
Harry Bertoia, Sculptor
The first book devoted to the life and work of a contemporary Italian-born American artist Harry Bertoia.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343722
Ebook
ISBN: 9780814343715
Harry Bertoia, Printmaker
Monotypes and Other Monographics
A representation of the principal styles and themes that emerges from Harry Bertoia's printmaking and structure work.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343692
Ebook
ISBN: 9780814343708
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Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals
Jewish Identity in the American Scene
A study of Ben Shahn's New Deal murals (1933--43) in the context of American Jewish history, labor history, and public discourse.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780814339831
Ebook
ISBN: 9780814339848
Subverting Modernism
Cass Corridor Revisited, 1966-1980
Exhibition catalog highlighting artists of Cass Corridor from the 1960s-1970s.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780912042978
The Buildings of Detroit
A History
The definitive volume on Detroit's architectural history, from the 1700s to the end of the twentieth century.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780814316658
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Detroit's Historic Places of Worship
A vibrantly photographed historical survey of significant Detroit houses of worship.
Ebook
ISBN: 9780814338117
Time's Visible Surface
Alois Riegl and the Discourse on History and Temporality in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
Expands our understanding of Alois Riegl beyond his role as an art historian to a pivotal figure in cultural theory at large, while placing his interest in history and time within the intellectual world of fin-de-siècle Vienna.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780814332085
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814337462
Manipulating the Sacred
Yorùbá Art, Ritual, and Resistance in Brazilian Candomblé
The first art historical study of Yoruba-descended African Brazilian religious art based on an author's long-term participation in and observation of private and public rituals.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814328521
Myth and the Creative Process
Michael Ayrton and the Myth of Daedalus
An original inquiry into how the artistic psyche interacts with myth; includes a catalogue of the works of British artist Michael Ayrton.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780814330029