Finely produced in a traditional scholarly style, this book takes an academic art historian's look at a subject that has some interest for general readers as well. Western Europe in the eighteenth and
The National Gallery of Art introduces a new journal presenting the latest conservation research on works in its collection. Named for ?the manner in which things are made,” Facture addresses aspects
As an artist, Edgar Degas (1834-1917) defies easy description. Allied with the French impressionists through his commitment to portraying modern life, he also took an independent course, preferring li
