Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879) was photography’s first widely recognized artist, making images in a signature soft focus style that remains captivating to this day. Before it was an art, ...

In the 1970s, photography took off. It was already vibrant (just see the documentary work of Diane Arbus or Lee Friedlander in the 1950s and ’60s), but by the 1970s, the art form that spent its first ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

Zhuang Wubin provides a solid framework for critically exploring the region's varied histories and notable practitioners of an oft-unsung medium. The book is the first serious attempt to ...

“The New Art: American Photography, 1839–1910,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through July 20th, is a big, sprawling show of work from the medium’s era of busy development, as one format improved ...

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Center for History and Culture in Baltimore has opened a new exhibit focused on the history of the civil rights movement along with challenges facing African American ...