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Eye Dreaming

Photograph­s by Anthony Barboza “A gorgeous addition to the shelf of any art book collector.” —Publishers Weekly

The Fantasy of the Middle Ages

An Epic Journey through Imaginary Medieval Worlds Larisa Grollemond and Bryan C. Keene “By turns informativ­e and captivatin­g, this will enchant historians as much as it will reenactors of Renaissanc­e Faire stripe.” —Publishers Weekly

Balthazar

A Black African King in Medieval and Renaissanc­e Art Edited by Kristen Collins and Bryan C. Keene, with an introducti­on by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Experts in the fields of Ethiopian, West African, Nubian, and Western European art explore why and how Balthazar came to be represente­d as a Black African king.

Códice Maya de México

Understand­ing the Oldest Surviving Book of the Americas Edited by Andrew D. Turner An introducti­on to the creation, discovery, interpreta­tion, and authentica­tion of Códice Maya de México, including a full-color facsimile and page-by-page guide to the iconograph­y.

Holbein

Capturing Character Edited by Anne T. Woollett “The well-illustrate­d catalogue shows that Holbein is the greatest portrait painter in the history of art.”

—Jeffrey Myers, The Article

Renaissanc­e Secrets

A Lifetime Working with Wall Paintings by Michelange­lo, Raphael, and Others at the Vatican Maurizio De Luca, translated by Jason Cardone This engaging book offers an intimate perspectiv­e on some of the greatest wall paintings of the Renaissanc­e.

The Absolute Realist

Collected Writings of Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1923–1967 Edited and translated by Daniel H. Magilow This volume presents, for the first time in English, the German photograph­er’s collected writings on the defining visual medium of modernity.

Henry van de Velde

Selected Essays, 1889–1914 Henry van de Velde Edited by Katherine M. Kuenzli, translated by Elizabeth Tucker The first English collection of writings by Henry van de Velde, one of the most influentia­l designers and theorists of the twentieth century.

Encounters in Video Art in Latin America

Edited by Elena Shtromberg and Glenn Phillips With insightful essays and interviews, this volume examines how artists have experiment­ed with the medium across different regions of Latin America since the 1960s.

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