Modern Architecture is a landmark text--the first book in which America's greatest architect put forth the principles of a fundamentally new, organic architecture that would reject …
The first major work to examine Joseph Cornell's relationship to American modernismJoseph Cornell (1903–1972) is best known for his exquisite and alluring box constructions, in …
Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This is the decisive conclusion that renowned public intellectual Nathan Glazer has drawn from two decades …
A deeply personal meditation on the haunting power of American photos and films of the 1940sWartime Kiss is a personal meditation on the haunting power of American photographs and …
The fascinating untold story of how Nazi architects and planners envisioned and began to build a model "e;Aryan"e; society in Norway during World War IIBetween 1940 and …
Art and the Second World War is the first book in English to provide a comprehensive and detailed international overview of the complex and often disturbing relationship between …
An essential examination of how emigration and resettlement defined modernismIn the fraught years leading up to World War II, many modern artists and architects emigrated from …
Between spring and winter 1909, Picasso executed more than sixty portraits of his companion, Fernande Olivier. These works--produced in a variety of formats and mediums--exhibit a …
A groundbreaking and richly illustrated account of the importance of Manet’s family to his artAll families are complicated, but the family of Édouard Manet (1832–1883) was more …
Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This is the decisive conclusion that renowned public intellectual Nathan Glazer has drawn from two decades …
