The Book Prize Committee of The Historians of British Art is pleased to announce that “Africans in English Caricature 1769–1819: Black Jokes, White Humour” by Temi Odumosu has won the 2019 award for a single-authored book with a subject between 1600-1800. The book cleverly explores how and why satirical artists both mocked and utilized Africans as…

“The History of Venetian Renaissance Sculpture, ca. 1400–1530” by Anne Markham Schulz was named BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 by Apollo, The International Art Magazine. “Markham Schulz takes us back to the roots of art history and the importance of looking. And she enables the reader to do the same. Through what must have been…

A contribution by Prof. Genevieve Warwick History of Art, University of Edinburgh Alexandra Hoare’s book is an impressive piece of scholarship that, together with her translation of Rosa’s letters and extensive illustrations of his work, will be a standard reference text for any further research on this important artist. Hoare deftly unpacks the distinctive manner…

Editio princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible by Eric White (Princeton University Library) wins the DeLong Book History Prize 2018, awarded by the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP). SHARP annually awards the prize to the ‘author of the best book on any aspect of the creation, dissemination or uses…

The catalogue for Harvey Miller on new and forthcoming titles scheduled to appear in Spring & Summer 2018 is now available. Download your copy here.

A contribution by Sandra Hindman President and Founder, Les Enluminures & Professor Emerita, Department of Art History, Northwestern University The Medieval World at our Fingertips. Manuscript Illuminations from the Collection of Sandra Hindman Designed to accompany the special exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago of a selection of about thirty illuminated manuscript leaves from…