James R Christen

Princeton University Art Museum Handbook of the Collections Revised and Expanded Edition

Revised and expanded edition of the Handbook of the Princeton University Art Museum comprised of over 92,000 objects. This essential guide features over 450 of the Museum's most important works. Color images.

The New Child: British Art and the Origins of Modern Childhood, 1730-1830

Long Journey, Short Steps

It's 1974, and a popular band called Snowblind is busy touring the Midwest club circuit. Even though they're polished, hardworking and in demand, the grueling circuit is starting to take its toll. It seems their only way out lies in the songwriting skills of Duncan Dupree. But band leader Michael Ma...

The Mask of Venice: Masking, Theater, & Identity in the Art of Tiepolo & His Time

The Mask of Venice looks at the mask, both literal and figurative, as a way of approaching the rich artistic production of 18th-century Venice. Timed to coincide with the 300th anniversary of the birth of Giambattista Tiepolo, the book explores the visual representation of masking as a metaphor for ...

Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment

Betye Saar, born in Los Angeles in 1926, emerged in the 1960s as a powerful figure in the redefinition of African American art. Over the past forty years, she has injected African American visual histories into mainstream visual culture by blending spiritual, political, and cultural iconography to c...