Product Description:  The brilliantly painted ivory boxes from twelfth-century Norman Sicily have long been regarded as some of the most extraordinary artifacts recovered there. Evidence of the rich and multilayered culture, these small but distinctly exotic boxes also demonstrate the Normans’ fascination with Islamic culture and art...read more

Product Description: English description: Twenty-two contributions by renowned specialists deal with the development of the gallery as architectural type and its function, as well as literary and visual illustrations of galleries. Examples from throughout Europe, dating from 1400 to 1800, illustrate national building and furnishing traditions and their interrelationship...read more

Product Description: Focuses on Roman art from the early Middle Ages to the 18th century and its influence on European art history. German text. Das Romische Jahrbuch der Bibliotheca Hertziana veroffentlicht Forschungsergebnisse der Mitarbeiter und Gaste der Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institut) in Rom...read more

This collection of interviews, personal testimonies, autobiographical narratives, stories, essays, and political, historical, and sociological studies centers on the issues of social class in America.