Books
Nudity, high living, intense emotion, danger, tragedy and erotic allure
A new book looks at Roman choices of mythological subjects
The connoisseurs’ preserve needs expansion
The study of carpets has changed little since the 19th century and new approaches are needed
Let perception be your guide: how to see the Rococo
A virtual reality tour of an 18th-century German abbey
Life at the high end: what it is like to work at an auction house
Memoirs by Charles Hindlip and Simon de Pury, and a history of Christie’s, shed light from above
The whole world in wood and copper
Prints were the main source of visual (mis)information for three centuries
The persistent disbeliever: on Donald Judd's writings
A new book of his collected essays reveals the ferocity with which he questioned almost everything
Oedipal susceptibilities: on rivalry and friendship among artists
Skilfully interwoven stories cast new light on the artistic and personal dynamics behind some of the greatest works of Modern art
The comprehensive corpus on Peter Paul Rubens
Two new titles are added to the peerless catalogue of Rubens’s work
Marsden Hartley's Maine: what the Modern painter took from his home state—and what he left behind
An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum looks at the profound role Maine played in peripatetic artist's life and work
Did he influence Dürer or Dürer him? On Jacopo de’ Barbari
As an artist, Jacopo de’ Barbari became almost invisible
The devil is always lurking: on Hieronymous Bosch
A survey of the best books that have come out of Hieronymus Bosch’s quincentenary
Instrumental versus ideal art
Art for art’s sake, or for the sake of socioeconomic benefits? Two writers reach very different conclusions
Very varied, inquisitive, lively and wide-ranging
On the eve of his 100th birthday, James Ackerman shows no signs of slowing down in this collection of essays
Influential then, forgotten since, remembered again: on Nino Costa
The influential “Etruscan” painter and Risorgimento patriot deserves our recognition
Root of an unfocus: how Merce Cunningham developed common time into an artistic strategy
With John Cage and others, the choreographer invented a new way of thinking about movement
Beautifully and thoughtfully presented: on the Nicolas Poussin catalogue raisonné
The first volume of a long-awaited work of scholarship
The Howards under scrutiny
Science is the key to the story of the 16th-century aristocratic tombs in a Suffolk parish church
What they do and how they do it: why museums matter
A new books makes a passionate argument for museums
Life is changed, not ended: how the Medieval English dealt with death
Not everyone could afford their own mortuary churches or chapels
Credence and credulity: on Islamic art and the supernatural
This small book is ground-breaking, bringing to light Islamic beliefs and superstitions
Picasso thought shit was great for painting
Diana Widmaier Picasso, granddaughter of the artist, reveals this secret
English minificence: why Opus Anglicanum can no longer be dismissed as a minor art
Quite suddenly, a sophisticated and passionate discussion has sprouted about this fine needlework
Crowning achievements: how artists imagined Henrietta Maria of France
The uses of magnificence at the Stuart Court is the subject of a new book