The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts49
The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts were inaugurated in 1949 by Paul and Mary Mellon and have been delivered annually at the , since 1952. av福利社 has published the resulting books in the Bollingen Series since 1967. Named for Andrew W. Mellon, the series was founded 鈥渢o bring to the people of the United States the results of the best contemporary thought and scholarship bearing upon the subject of the Fine Arts.鈥� It is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious lecture series in the humanities in North America. The entire series is now available in print and digital formats, including twenty-six titles that were long out of print, now with stunning new covers. View full list of lectures and publications in the series by year.
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A vivid historical imagining of life in the early United States
鈥淥ne of the richest books ever to come my way.鈥濃�擜nnie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize鈥搘inning author of The Shipping News -
A leading art historian presents a new grammar for understanding the meaning and significance of print
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A groundbreaking reassessment of Picasso by one of today's preeminent art historians
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From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years
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Constructivist and sculptor Naum Gabo鈥檚 personal account of his development as an artist
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A major account of Renaissance portraiture by one of the twentieth century鈥檚 most eminent art historians
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A striking account of Vasari鈥檚 career, friendships, and contribution to the art of the Italian Renaissance
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A classic account of the villa鈥攆rom ancient Rome to the twentieth century鈥攂y 鈥渢he preeminent American scholar of Italian Renaissance architecture鈥� (Architect鈥檚 Newspaper)
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The classic work on the sublime interplay between the arts and poetics
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A groundbreaking reevaluation of paleolithic art through the lens of modernism, from the acclaimed historian of art and architecture
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From one of the world鈥檚 leading authorities on ancient Greek art, a groundbreaking account of how Greek images were understood and used by other ancient peoples, from Britain to China
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The classic book on William Blake as prophet of the New Age
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An illuminating look at the iconography of the early church and its important place in the history of Christian art
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A magisterial exploration of poetry鈥檚 place in the fine arts by one of the twentieth century's leading poets
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A classic study of the art of painting and its relationship to reality
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An acclaimed art historian explains how to identify excellence in art
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The classic work by internationally acclaimed C茅zanne scholar John Rewald
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An in-depth look at the exquisite metal sculpture of the Roman baroque
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An incomparable look at how Chinese artists have used mass production to assemble exquisite objects from standardized parts
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An eminent literary biographer and critic shows how poetry enriched the art of two representative English Romantic painters
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A landmark account of the work, thought, and life of the seventeenth-century French painter
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The classic study of the timeless relationship between literature and the visual arts
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One of the twentieth century鈥檚 most influential texts on philosophical aesthetics
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An original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from the acclaimed architectural historian
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An illuminating biographical study of the eighteenth-century English man of letters and patron of the arts
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A stunning visual history of sculpture from prehistory through modernity
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From a leading art historian of Renaissance Italy, a compelling account of the artistic and cultural impact of the sack of sixteenth-century Rome
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A leading art historian鈥檚 plea for a more engaged reading of Italian Renaissance art
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How ornamentation enables a direct and immediate encounter between viewers and art objects
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A vivid and exciting account of royal collectors, art dealers, connoisseurs, and the rise of old master paintings
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A cultural and social history of art collecting, art history, and the art market
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A sweeping look at Chinese art across the millennia that upends traditional perspectives and offers new pathways for art history
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The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India鈥檚 Chola dynasty in social context
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How artists created an aesthetic of 鈥減ositive barbarism鈥� in a world devastated by World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bomb
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How social upheavals after the collapse of the French Empire shaped the lives and work of artists in early nineteenth-century Europe
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A history of the reception of Chinese painting from the sixteenth century to the present
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A bold new interpretation of two northern Renaissance masters
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The classic and provocative account of how art changed irrevocably with pop art and why traditional aesthetics can鈥檛 make sense of contemporary art
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A brilliant brief account of romanticism and its influence from one of the most important philosophers and intellectual historians of the twentieth century
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A sweeping account of the controversies surrounding the worship of images in the early Byzantine church
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A richly illustrated reevaluation of Caravaggio from one of today's leading art historians
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Modern American poets writing in the face of death
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An illuminating exploration of the meaning of abstract art by acclaimed art historian Kirk Varnedoe
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A groundbreaking account of perception and art, from one of the twentieth century鈥檚 most important art historians
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A groundbreaking account of the meaning of abstract painting
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Unique perspectives from an acclaimed art historian on the relationship between drawing and painting
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An essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of the architectural and social inheritance of the West
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From the celebrated cultural historian and bestselling author, a provocative history of the evolution of our ideas about art since the early nineteenth century
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A landmark study of the nude in art鈥攆rom the ancient Greeks to Henry Moore鈥攂y a towering figure in art history