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<UC Press July and August Award-Winning Authors

UC Press July and August Award-Winning Authors

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our recent award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news! …

<Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the <em>Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians</em>

Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

This summer marks the 80th anniversary of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH). As JSAH‘s former editor Keith Eggener noted last summer when commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Society (JSAH 79:2), the …

<The Social Lives of God Pictures and Temple Statues

The Social Lives of God Pictures and Temple Statues

By Laurel Kendall, author of Mediums and Magical Things: Statues, Paintings, and Masks in Asian Places The paintings of bold-faced gods in the Korean shaman’s shrine had fallen to the floor and …

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Light on Fire by Gabrielle Selz

Light on Fire

Gabrielle Selz

The Invention of the American Desert by Lyle Massey, James Nisbet

The Invention of the American Desert

Lyle Massey, James Nisbet

Craft Culture in Early Modern Japan by Christine M. E. Guth

Craft Culture in Early Modern Japan

Christine M. E. Guth

The Night Albums by Kate Palmer Albers

The Night Albums

Kate Palmer Albers

Remaking Race and History by Renée Ater

Remaking Race and History

Renée Ater

Forming Abstraction by Adele Nelson

Forming Abstraction

Adele Nelson

Radical Picasso by Charles F. B. Miller

Radical Picasso

Charles F. B. Miller

We Gather Together by Charles C. Eldredge

We Gather Together

Charles C. Eldredge

Carlos Villa by Mark Dean Johnson, Trisha Lagaso Goldberg

Carlos Villa

Mark Dean Johnson, Trisha Lagaso Goldberg

Muybridge and Mobility by Tim Cresswell, John Ott

Muybridge and Mobility

Tim Cresswell, John Ott

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Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees by Lawrence Weschler

Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees

Lawrence Weschler

Art and Visual Perception, Second Edition by Rudolf Arnheim

Art and Visual Perception, Second Edition

Rudolf Arnheim

The World History of Animation by Stephen Cavalier

The World History of Animation

Stephen Cavalier

Infinite City by Rebecca Solnit

Infinite City

Rebecca Solnit

Unfathomable City by Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker

Unfathomable City

Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker

Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art by Kristine Stiles, Peter Selz

Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art

Kristine Stiles, Peter Selz

Nonstop Metropolis by Rebecca Solnit, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

Nonstop Metropolis

Rebecca Solnit, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

The Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and Expanded by Michael Sullivan, Shelagh Vainker

The Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and Expanded

Michael Sullivan, Shelagh Vainker

Philip Guston by Philip Guston, Clark Coolidge

Philip Guston

Philip Guston, Clark Coolidge

Visual Thinking by Rudolf Arnheim

Visual Thinking

Rudolf Arnheim

Journals

Luminos Open Access Titles

The Hegemony of Heritage by Deborah L. Stein

The Hegemony of Heritage

Deborah L. Stein

The Saburo Hasegawa Reader by Mark Dean Johnson, Dakin Hart

The Saburo Hasegawa Reader

Mark Dean Johnson, Dakin Hart

Renaissance Futurities by Charlene Villaseñor Black, Mari-Tere Álvarez

Renaissance Futurities

Charlene Villaseñor Black, Mari-Tere Álvarez

Manhua Modernity by John A. Crespi

Manhua Modernity

John A. Crespi