This collection of fourteen essays by scholars from Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States emerges from a growing interest in the ways postmodern theory can illuminate not just the products and ideas of high culture, but ...

New technical studies of the early paired works and photographs documenting the evolution of his later paintings help to elucidate Matisse's complex evolution.

The book interrogates the very meaning of popular cinema in Italy to give a sense of its complexity and specificity in Italian cinema, from early to contemporary cinema.

This collection of essays honors Robert ter Horst, and reflects the diversity of his scholarly interests, focusing on Spanish literature of the late 15th through the 17th centuries, but including other national traditions and exhibiting a ...

Published to coincide with the 150th anniverary of the battle of Gettysburg, features both familiar and rarely seen Civil War images from such photographers as George Barnard, Mathew Brady, and Timothy O'Sullivan.

Restoring this story to its proper place in the history of the black freedom struggle, Jeffrey D. Gonda's groundbreaking study provides a critical vantage point to the simultaneously personal, local, and national dimensions of legal ...

Through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives, and with an emphasis on exploring patterns as well as distinct and unique conditions across the globe, this collection examines advanced and cutting-edge theoretical and ...

This publication presents a comprehensive catalogue of the works by Pablo Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum.

A popular, up-to-date, comprehensive introduction to the Gospel of John made accessible for the educated lay person.