Kunst og musikk

The first biography of Gilbert Spencer, recounting the life and career of a long-overlooked twentieth-century British artist   Gilbert Spencer (1892–1979) was a British painter, …

A landmark study of how the famed Bloomsbury Group developed their distinct aesthetic  “Fascinating and wide-ranging. . . . Will be enjoyed by both Bloomsbury aficionados and …

An expansive look at the multifaceted American artist Toshiko Takaezu within the history of postwar artmaking   Toshiko Takaezu (1922–2011) was an American artist whose …

An enchanting, beautifully illustrated guide to seasonal plants—showing the long history of herbal remedies and their uses today  “[A] charming almanac. . . . Hart-Davies, a writer …

The most up-to-date account of the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterwork   The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art is a monument of …

The first comprehensive account of Charles J. Connick, America’s most innovative and influential stained glass artist working in the first half of the twentieth century   When …

Named by the New Yorker as one of the best books of 2022, this posthumously published work serves as the fourth and final volume in Anne Truitt’s remarkable series of journals …

A revolutionary study of nineteenth-century Parisian cartography and its role in shaping a modern conception of space   Maps are rarely given the same attention as other print …