Product Description: Betye Saar, born in Los Angeles in 1926, emerged in the 1960s as a powerful figure in the redefinition of African American art. Over the past forty years, she has injected African American visual histories into mainstream visual culture by blending spiritual, political, and cultural iconography to create complex works with universal impact...read more

Product Description: Celebrates the 300th anniversary of the founding of St Petersburg by exploring the role fo the Romanov dynasty as collectors of fine and decorative arts. Explores in particular the historic role of St Petersburg as Russia's window to the West, and features the great masterworks of western European art collected by Romanovtsars...read more

Product Description: This is the first book to tackle the develop ment of Irish 20th-century art in its socio-political contex t. Works from major artists are included for example Jellett , Keating and Duffy which are examined by leading art and cu ltural historians. '

Product Description: The Mask of Venice looks at the mask, both literal and figurative, as a way of approaching the rich artistic production of 18th-century Venice. Timed to coincide with the 300th anniversary of the birth of Giambattista Tiepolo, the book explores the visual representation of masking as a metaphor for disguise and freedom in the otherwise rigidly controlled society of the time...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)