The Encyclopedia covers the full spectrum of dance—theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers

The book begins by outlining the history of the blues before examining its origins in African music through country stomps, ragtime songs, ballads, and field hollers, and then considers the phenomenon of the blues as an African-American art and its function as an individual expression

This book is about famous architect and a master of light, space, and geometry and his complete Works attests to this statement by showcasing Pei's transcendent, sculptural forms from more than 50 years of work, using his best known and widely admired Louvre project as a focal point

Motown is first and foremost the tale of the incredible entrepreneurship of Berry Gordy. Posner presents Berry and Motown"s stars as they lived and worked: a circle of friends, lovers, and sometimes vicious foes. Based on original interviews, extensive documentation, and official court records, Motown is a singular story, a made-in America Greek tragedy about the rise and fall of a music empire that provided the virtual soundtrack to a generation

No other introductory book presents the diversity and complexity of postwar American art from Abstract Expressionism to the present as clearly and succinctly as this groundbreaking survey. D. Joselit traces and analyzes the often contradictory formal, ideological and political conditions during this period that made American art predominant throughout the world

This extraordinary book about an extraordinary woman weaves together three stories-the remarkable career of a woman in a man

This book examines the art of 33 Latina American artists and the manner in which these artists have merged Latino and Norte Americano cultures in their work

This is a book that traces de Kooning's history, puts him on Freud's couch, plumbs the mysteries of his cryptic and ever-changing work and follows the arc of modern art through much of the twentieth century, fusing allthese elements into a remarkably lucid narrative. It explores the details of a messy personal life without compromising its subject's dignity

In the first comprehensive biography of Charles M. Russell, author examines the colorful life and times of Montana's famed cowboy artist

Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900–1970 is the first comprehensive survey of Asian American modernism. This exhibition of works by artists of Asian ancestry who lived and worked in the United States seeks to showcase some of the most important individuals contributing to the canon of Asian American art and advance awareness of this under-represented group in American art history. Their art reflects the currents of identity and style that shift between aesthetics of diverse international geographies