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Cinemagritte

René Magritte within the Frame of Film History, Theory, and Practice

Lucy Fischer

Examines the fascinating ties between Surrealist artist René Magritte and the cinema.

Paperback
Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814346372
$38.99
Hardcover
Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814346365
$87.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814346389

In Fitting Memory

The Art and Politics of Holocaust Memorials

Sybil Miltonphotographs by Ira Nowinski

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
Published: May 2018
ISBN: 9780814343760
$6.99

Harry Bertoia, Sculptor

Samuel Nelson and June Kompass Nelson

The first book devoted to the life and work of a contemporary Italian-born American artist Harry Bertoia.

Paperback
Published: February 2018
ISBN: 9780814343722
$24.99
Ebook
Published: February 2018
ISBN: 9780814343715
$5.99

Harry Bertoia, Printmaker

Monotypes and Other Monographics

June Kompass Nelsonforeword by Ellen Sharp and Nemo Warr

A representation of the principal styles and themes that emerges from Harry Bertoia's printmaking and structure work.

Paperback
Published: December 2017
ISBN: 9780814343692
$29.99
Ebook
Published: December 2017
ISBN: 9780814343708
$5.99
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Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals

Jewish Identity in the American Scene

Diana L. Linden

A study of Ben Shahn's New Deal murals (1933--43) in the context of American Jewish history, labor history, and public discourse.

Hardcover
Published: October 2015
ISBN: 9780814339831
$44.99
Ebook
Published: October 2015
ISBN: 9780814339848
$24.99

Subverting Modernism

Cass Corridor Revisited, 1966-1980

Julia R. Myers

Exhibition catalog highlighting artists of Cass Corridor from the 1960s-1970s.

Paperback
Published: February 2013
ISBN: 9780912042978
$24.95

The Buildings of Detroit

A History

W. Hawkins Ferry
With a new foreword by John Gallagher

The definitive volume on Detroit's architectural history, from the 1700s to the end of the twentieth century.

Hardcover
Published: October 2012
ISBN: 9780814316658
$99.00
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Detroit's Historic Places of Worship

Barbara E. Krueger, Dorothy Kostuch, and Marla O. Collumforeword by John Gallagher and Dirk Bakker

A vibrantly photographed historical survey of significant Detroit houses of worship.

Ebook
Published: September 2012
ISBN: 9780814338117
$24.99

Time's Visible Surface

Alois Riegl and the Discourse on History and Temporality in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna

Michael Gubser

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
Published: January 2006
ISBN: 9780814332085
$57.99
eBOOK
Published: January 2006
ISBN: 9780814337462

Manipulating the Sacred

Yorùbá Art, Ritual, and Resistance in Brazilian Candomblé

Mikelle S. Omari-Tunkara

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
Published: October 2005
ISBN: 9780814328521
$30.95

Myth and the Creative Process

Michael Ayrton and the Myth of Daedalus

Jacob E. Nyenhuis

An original inquiry into how the artistic psyche interacts with myth; includes a catalogue of the works of British artist Michael Ayrton.

Hardcover
Published: January 2003
ISBN: 9780814330029
$48.99