Books published by Yale University Press

A timely reconsideration of the history of photography that places Black studio photographers, and their subjects, at the center

A groundbreaking study of the public art collective Smokehouse Associates, whose abstract works transformed New York's Harlem community in the late 1960s

A profound examination of the complex constructs that have kept "outsider" and self-taught artists on the margins of the mainstream

A collection of illustrated essays highlights the works of influential Black artists from Washington, DC, from the 1920s to the present

ARS MECHANICA traces the comprehensive history of the Herstal Group, renowned worldwide through its brands FN Herstal, Browning, and Winchester. Almost 130 years of technological innovation and unique know-how has allowed the company to develop, manufacture and commercialize leading quality products

A roster of prominent artists, curators, and scholars offers a new, entirely contemporary approach to our understanding of photography and media

An illustrated compendium of artworks from the ancient Americas

A penetrating survey of contemporary art from Puerto Rico and the diaspora created since Hurricane Maria

A revealing exploration of Edward Hopper's inspired relationship to New York City through his paintings, drawings, prints, and never-before-published archival materials

"Featuring works by Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516), Jan Gossaert (c. 1478-1532), Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1569), Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), and others, this book positions drawing in the Low Countries in the sixteenth century as a dynamic, multifaceted practice. Drawings played roles as varied as the artists who made them: they were designs for prints, paintings, stained glass windows, decorative objects, and tapestries, as well as tools for presentation, translation, and the display of knowledge and virtuosity. The artists' diversified urban communities shaped their drawing practices, as did shifting cultural and political circumstances surrounding Protestant Reform and the Eighty Years' War. In addition to the book's four essays, many of the more than eighty catalogue entries--selected from the holdings of The Albertina Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art--present new research."--Provided by publisher.

The first publication on the Yorùbá master sculptor Moshood Olúṣọmọ Bámigbóyè

For the first time, explore John Singer Sargent's fascination with Spain as seen in stunning landscapes, architectural views, figure studies, and scenes of everyday life

Showcasing marbled paper, paste paper, fold-and-dye papers, and more, this book reveals a little-known arts phenomenon from its grass roots in the 1960s to artistic heights in the following decades

Exploring the art and life of this important American artist whose work bridged the gaps between abstraction, feminism, and Blackness

An in-depth look at a public art project by David Hammons with an overview of the enigmatic artist's career

This third volume of the catalogue raisonné of Ed Ruscha's works on paper documents more than 1,000 works created between 1998 and 2018

A fascinating historical account of the American Phage Group and how its new research framework became the foundation for molecular biology

A comprehensive history of Yale Divinity School and its impact on theology, religious life, and culture across two centuries, published for the school's bicentennial

A thoroughly researched assessment of how China's economic success continues to be shaped by the communist ideology of Chairman Mao

The first book to feature Jacob Lawrence's Nigeria series, this richly illustrated volume also highlights Africa's place as a global center of modernist art and culture

The fourteenth winner of the Yale Drama Series prize explores "Blackness" and the reasons why joy and peace might be harder to get than we think