Art historians have long been accustomed to thinking about art and artists in terms of national traditions. This volume takes a different approach, suggesting i

This book presents the holistic examination of the 1720 Ottoman imperial circumcision festival through a combined analysis of the hitherto unknown archival sour

Focuses on issues of assimilation, translation and misunderstanding as art objects moved between cultures, either literally or imaginatively, and considers how

An interdisciplinary group of scholars evaluates the global discourse on Early Modern European art.

In Enchanted Islands, renowned art historian Mary D. Sheriff explores the legendary, fictional, and real islands that filled the French imagination during the a