Books published by Yale University Press

How objects associated with the American, French, and Haitian revolutions drew diverse people throughout the Atlantic world into debates over revolutionary ideals

A daring reassessment of Louise Nevelson, an icon of twentieth-century art whose innovative procedures relate to gendered, classed, and racialized forms of making

Illustrated essays that broaden our understanding of modernism by centering Black artists and experiences, with a contribution featuring the work of Venice Biennale Golden Lion winner Simone Leigh

One hundred years after Austrian satirist Karl Kraus began writing his dramatic masterpiece, The Last Days of Mankind remains as powerfully relevant as the day it was first published. Kraus's play enacts the tragic trajectory of the First World War, when mankind raced toward self-destruction by methods of modern warfare while extolling the glory and ignoring the horror of an allegedly "e;defensive"e; war. This volume is the first to present a complete English translation of Kraus's towering work, filling a major gap in the availability of Viennese literature from the era of the War to End All Wars. Bertolt Brecht hailed The Last Days as the masterpiece of Viennese modernism. In the apocalyptic drama Kraus constructs a textual collage, blending actual quotations from the Austrian army's call to arms, people's responses, political speeches, newspaper editorials, and a range of other sources. Seasoning the drama with comic invention and satirical verse, Kraus reveals how bungled diplomacy, greedy profiteers, Big Business complicity, gullible newsreaders, and, above all, the sloganizing of the press brought down the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the dramatization of sensationalized news reports, inurement to atrocities, and openness to war as remedy, today's readers will hear the echo of the fateful voices Kraus recorded as his homeland descended into self-destruction.

A powerful record of the first four months of the Russian-Ukrainian war, this book is at once the testimony of one man entering a new reality as he writes and the story of a society unified in its fight for the right to exist.

Founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great, Alexandria's unique urban, political and religious organization evolved alongside the numerous scientific innovations and philosophical expressions that shaped the city into one of the ancient world's civilizational centres. Located at the intersection of art and history, this book revisits the former Egyptian megapolis of Alexandria with the aim of going beyond the usual depictions of the city - focusing on the Greeks, the Egyptians, the Lighthouse and the Library - to take a journey of discovery into an ancient city that is full of nuance. Several recent discoveries have enabled us to refine our knowledge of the lost city of Alexandria. By examining the city's multi-layered temporalities, this book echoes dominant accounts of Alexandria as a city through which successive civilisations and political formations of the past (Byzantine, Arab, Modern) have rehearsed visions of futures that are either no longer present or remain felt through Alexandria's remaining material culture and built environment. This book also features a series of contemporary artworks which develop a critical and poetic association with the themes it covers. Exhibition Schedule: BOZAR, Center for Fine Arts, Brussels: 29/09/2022 - 08/01/2023 MUCEM, Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, Marseille 08/02/2022 - 08/05/2023

Angel Vergara's work tests the limits of art and reality by questioning the way the contemporary image shapes the intermingled public and private spheres--as well as our own experience

An examination of the innovative portrayals of industry and leisure created by five avant-garde artists working at Asnières in the late nineteenth century

A reassessment of self-taught artist William Edmondson, exploring the enduring relevance of his work

The first book-length examination of the clay models and creative process of the preeminent neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova

"Watercolor holds a special place in the history of American art. For generations of artists, the medium has provided a space for innovation and experimentation, allowing practitioners to let their imagination loose and to reflect on process and perception. Its rise to the status of fine art in the decades following the Civil War is well documented, yet its continued role as a testing ground and means of generating new ideas throughout the twentieth century has received comparatively less attention.This volume considers continuity and change in the American watercolor tradition over a century of production through the lens of the Harvard Art Museums' collection. Works by well-known watercolorists such as Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler are included, as well as surprising additions from Zelda Fitzgerald, Alexander Calder, Claes Oldenburg, and many others. In the spirit of the medium, the authors take a fluid and open-ended approach to the topic, offering both personal and scholarly reflections that invite readers to ponder the influence of these works on their own experience of the world. In addition to contextual essays, there are close readings of singular works and examinations of the unique material characteristics of the watercolor medium."--

A virtuoso collage novel about narrative, identity, and exile, from international literary sensation Norman Manea

The third and final volume in the first comprehensive history of Black social Christianity, by the "greatest theological ethicist of the twenty-first century" (Michael Eric Dyson)

An authoritative, jargon-free and engaging guide to understanding and interpreting architecture, as explained through over 50 examples from antiquity to the present day

The first telling of the unknown story of America's two-hundred-year history as a slave-trading nation

This revelatory book shows how the influential and controversial Empress Dowager Cixi used art and architecture to establish her authority

"A sweeping new history that reveals how British, African, and American merchants developed the transatlantic slave trade."--

A comprehensive survey of Syriac Christianity from its origins in Hellenistic and ancient Near Eastern cultures to the present

Lorraine Byrne Bodley illuminates the story of Schubert's life, from his early years at the Vienna Stadtkonvikt to the battle with syphilis that led to his early death. Reconsidering best-loved works and neglected repertoire and sources, Bodley offers a compelling portrait of one of the nineteenth century's most beloved?and elusive?composers.

Exploring seven old towns from Frankfurt to Vilnius, the acclaimed writer Marek Kohn examines how historic quarters have been shaped to reinforce particular versions of history and efface others. Uncovering hidden stories behind their old and old-seeming façades, Kohn offers us a new understanding of the politics of European history-making.

The first major publication devoted to weaver and designer Dorothy Liebes, reinstating her as one of the most influential American designers of the twentieth century

Tracing the vast visual legacy of walking from cave art to contemporary performance, this thought-provoking study features works by artists such as Botticelli, Claude Monet, Maya Lin, and Pope.L and shows how walking has permeated our visual culture ever since humans began to depict themselves in art.

This book presents a new history of economic crises, looking at seven crashes over the past two hundred years, showing how some pushed markets in the direction of more cross-border integration of labor, goods, and capital markets while others prompted substantial deglobalization.

Artist Natalie Frank's evocative drawings accompany five of E. T. A. Hoffmann's most influential short stories, published here in a new translation by fairy-tale scholar Jack Zipes. Tales including The Sandman speak to twenty-first century preoccupations in this thoughtful and visually compelling rendition.

A pathbreaking look at Native women of the early South who defined power and defied authority