Category: Art History

“Venice” Makes ForeWord’s Big Ten

ForeWord magazine lists Margaret Doody’s Tropic of Venice among the Big Ten Outstanding Books from University Presses for 2006. The ForeWord review begins by placing Doody in some impressive company:… READ MORE

A Wonderful Mine

This month’s Library Journal calls Tropic of Venice by scholar and novelist Margaret Doody "a wonderful mine of information for anyone with an interest in Venice, its history and customs,… READ MORE

Romare Bearden Authors on BBC Caribbean

The BBC Caribbean interviewed Romare Bearden authors Richard and Sally Price about their work on their lavishly illustrated study of the American artist. "Many books have been written about him,"… READ MORE

The Making of a Miami Treasure

Like its palatial contemporaries Biltmore and San Simeon, Vizcaya represents an achievement of the Gilded Age, when country houses and their gardens were a conspicuous measure of personal wealth and… READ MORE

Now Available–Nature as Model

Nature as Model: Salomon de Caus and Early Seventeenth-Century Landscape Design Luke Morgan 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 54 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3963-6 | $55.00 |… READ MORE