By Jaroslav Folda (NHC Fellow, 1988–89; 1998–99; 2006–07) The Crusades began as expeditions called by the Pope to regain the Holy Land and liberate oppressed Christians living there. One of the least-known aspects of the Crusades is the art that was commissioned by Crusaders in the Holy Land from the time they took Jerusalem in … Continued
By Rona Goffen (NHC Fellow, 1986–87) Giovanni Bellini, a master of the Venetian school of painting, is one of the most important figures in Italian Renaissance art. This lavishly illustrated book is the first major study to consider the artist’s work both stylistically and in its full cultural and historical context. Born in the early … Continued
By Elizabeth C. Mansfield (NHC Fellow, 2008–09) and H. H. Arnason Long considered the survey of modern art, this engrossing and liberally illustrated text traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Retaining its comprehensive nature and chronological approach, it now comes thoroughly reworked … Continued
By Philip Nord (NHC Fellow, 2008–09) The Impressionists and Politics is intended to be an easily accessible introduction to the debates of which Impressionism is currently the subject. Up to what point can one qualify the impressionists of revolutionaries? Is the very dullness of "impressionism" well suited to designate this movement which brought about such upheaval in … Continued
By Irena Kossowska (NHC Fellow, 2009–10)
By B. N. Goswamy (NHC Fellow, 1986–87) The Life and Work of another great Indian painter from a small Hill State.
By B. N. Goswamy (NHC Fellow, 1986–87) and Eberhard Fischer Catalog of the donated paintings of Horst Metzger.
By Larry Silver (NHC Fellow, 1991–92) Modern viewers take for granted the pictorial conventions present in easel paintings and engraved prints of such subjects as landscapes or peasants. These generic subjects and their representational conventions, however, have their own origins and early histories. In sixteenth-century Antwerp, painting and the emerging new medium of engraving began … Continued
By Elizabeth C. Mansfield (NHC Fellow, 2008–09) Offering a nuanced and historically accurate account of François-André Vincent’s life and work, Elizabeth C. Mansfield reveals the artist’s profound influence on the visual culture of the French Revolution. Mansfield restores a critically important body of work to its rightful place in the story of French art and … Continued
By Eleanor Winsor Leach (NHC Fellow, 1992–93) Eleanor Winsor Leach offers a new interpretation of Roman painting as found in domestic spaces of the elite classes of ancient Rome. Leach contends that the painted images reflect the codes of communication embedded in upper class life, such as the theatricality expected of those leading public lives, … Continued