Category - Art
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Mummified: The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Mummified explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums. From powdered mummies eaten as me...
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Negro: An Anthology
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /Reprint Edition of the 1934 Edition. This is the abridged edition of Nancy Cunard's classic collection. In 1934, Nancy Cunard self-published this v...
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Francisco de Goya and the Art of Critique
HardcoverOriginal price $42.00Original price $42.00 - Original price $42.00Original price $42.00Current price $38.99$38.99 - $38.99Current price $38.99| /An innovative study of Goya's unprecedented elaboration of the critical function of the work of art Francisco de Goya and the Art of Critique probe...
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Golden Mummies of Egypt: Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period
HardcoverOriginal price $44.95Original price $44.95 - Original price $44.95Original price $44.95Current price $40.99$40.99 - $40.99Current price $40.99| /Golden Mummies of Egypt presents new insights and a rich perspective on beliefs about the afterlife during an era when Egypt was part of the Greek ...
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Southern/Modern: Rediscovering Southern Art from the First Half of the Twentieth Century
HardcoverOriginal price $65.00 - Original price $65.00Original price $65.00$76.99$76.99 - $76.99Current price $76.99| /Inspired by a companion exhibition, Southern/Modern is the first book to survey progressive art created in the American South during the first half...
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Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture...
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
PaperbackOriginal price $18.95 - Original price $18.95Original price $18.95$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /In the winter of 1417, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties plucked a very old manuscript off a dusty shelf in a remote monaster...
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Be More Japan
HardcoverOriginal price $25.00Original price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price $25.00Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Be More Japan is a celebration of all things Japanese. You can take a look through popular sights and pick and choose what interests you to plan ...
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The Face of Britain: A History of the Nation Through Its Portraits
HardcoverOriginal price $42.99Original price $42.99 - Original price $42.99Original price $42.99Current price $38.99$38.99 - $38.99Current price $38.99| /Author of a number of celebrated works, including the bestselling The Story of the Jews and Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, Simon S...
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The Making of Juana of Austria: Gender, Art, and Patronage in Early Modern Iberia
HardcoverOriginal price $60.00 - Original price $60.00Original price $60.00$71.99$71.99 - $71.99Current price $71.99| /Edited by art historian Noelia GarcÃa Pérez, this first-ever collection of essays on Juana of Austria, the younger daughter of Holy Roman Emperor...
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Picasso the Foreigner: An Artist in France, 1900-1973
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00Original price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00Current price $36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Absorbing [and] astute . . . Cohen-Solal captures a facet of Picasso's character long overlooked." --H...
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Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
HardcoverOriginal price $28.95Original price $28.95 - Original price $28.95Original price $28.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Some five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created works of unearthly beauty. A star of Florence's art world, he w...
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Trailblazing Women Printmakers: Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios and the Folly Cove Designers
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /A visual history of the Folly Cove Designers (1941-1969)--one of America's longest-running block printing collectives. The Folly Cove Designers (o...
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What the Ermine Saw: The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo Da Vinci's Most Mysterious Portrait
HardcoverOriginal price $27.00Original price $27.00 - Original price $27.00Original price $27.00Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /The remarkable true story behind one of history's most enigmatic portraits--"a glorious picaresque of unbridled passions and unmitigated scoundrels...
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Women Photograph: What We See: Women and Nonbinary Perspectives Through the Lens
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Open your eyes to a new world view with 100 women and nonbinary photojournalists' stories from behind the lens. 85% of photojournalists are men. T...
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Tarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00Original price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00Current price $36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /Laetitia Barbier's Tarot and Divination Cards is a stunning visual history of tarot. Used for self-exploration or divination, tarot has, for more ...
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The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A breathtaking journey into the hidden history of medieval manuscripts, from the Lindisfarne Gospels to the ornate Psalter of Henry VIII"A delight-...
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Temptation Transformed: The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple
HardcoverOriginal price $27.50 - Original price $27.50Original price $27.50$37.99$37.99 - $37.99Current price $37.99| /A "brisk and entertaining" (Wall Street Journal) journey into the mystery behind why the forbidden fruit became an apple, upending an explanation t...
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys Into the Medieval World
HardcoverOriginal price $45.00Original price $45.00 - Original price $45.00Original price $45.00Current price $40.99$40.99 - $40.99Current price $40.99| /An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts....
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Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World
HardcoverOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Beautiful watercolor portraits and illuminating essays from bestselling author and illustrator Ann Shen bring 100 legendary women to life in this p...
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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
HardcoverOriginal price $32.50Original price $32.50 - Original price $32.50Original price $32.50Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art trea...
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History as They Saw It: Iconic Moments from the Past in Color
HardcoverOriginal price $42.50Original price $42.50 - Original price $42.50Original price $42.50Current price $38.99$38.99 - $38.99Current price $38.99| /Step into a time machine and witness some of the most significant events of the late 19th and early 20th century, brought to vivid life in full-col...
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Schoenberg: Why He Matters
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /In his time, the Austrian American composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) was an international icon. His twelve-tone system was considered the futu...
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A Portrait of Walt Disney World: 50 Years of the Most Magical Place on Earth
HardcoverOriginal price $60.00Original price $60.00 - Original price $60.00Original price $60.00Current price $50.99$50.99 - $50.99Current price $50.99| /Walt Disney World honors its fiftieth anniversary with "The World's Most Magical Celebration," an incredible 18-month event that begins October 1, ...
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