Museums & Collections

Masterpieces of Indian Art encompasses the vast gamut of art high-lighting the many tributaries that make up the perennial river of art through choice pictures of masterpieces produced in each age and category. Lavishly illustrated and replete with historical information.... More

Built around four man-made lakes, Udaipur is an ancient walled city named after its founder, Rana Udai Singh of the House of Mewar, belonging to the Sisodia dynasty, which is regarded as the world's oldest surviving dynasty.... More

One of the greatest sculptors of the later Middle Ages, Tilman Riemenschneider (c. 1460-1531) struck a rare balance between formal elegance and expressive strength. His sculpture is noted for such innovative qualities as the acknowledgment of the viewer's mobility, an exquisite finish, and the occas... More

"Close's relationship to printmaking is in the tradition of Durer, Rembrandt, Goya, and Picasso--who all used printmaking for its unique qualities as a creative process and as a means of solving esthetic issues. The interviews give a real sense of Close's enthusiasm for printmaking and for process, ... More

This compact and convenient guide to music in London features the sites where music has flourished and where leading musicians have lived or performed in the city--from Handel's house to Berlioz's rooms, from cathedrals and churches to recording studios and concert halls. It provides historical info... More

This second and expanded edition of "Bronzes 1500-1600, published in 1992, contains further major acquisitions which have greatly enhanced the collection. This book serves at once as a catalogue of one of the finest private collections of such ronzes ever formed and as an introduction to the artists... More

Traces the life-long friendship of sculptor Alexander Calder and painter Joan Mirâo, discussing how each advanced the boundaries of convention in their respective art forms, examining their written correspondences, and assembling 130 works that illustrate their visual dialogue.... More

The only manuscripts to survive that lead to the production of one of William Blake's published illuminated books are those of the "Songs of Innocence and of Experience," his most accessible and best-loved work. Here, one of the world's foremost authorities on Blake's manuscripts and illuminated pri... More

Surrealism in its late phase often abandoned neutral exhibition spaces in favor of environments that embodied subjective ideologies. These exhibitions offered startled viewers an early version of installation art before the form existed as such. In Displaying the Marvelous, Lewis Kachur explores thi... More