“Miami’s Art Boom takes art as the vantage point from which to examine the growth of a city. . . . [It is] an exploration of art as the cornerstone to growth.”—From the foreword by Franklin Sirmans, director of Pérez Art Museum Miami “Elisa Turner paints a vivid portrait of a city transformed by creativity and … Continue reading Miami’s Art Boom
Modern Art in 1940s Cuba
“The introduction of critical discourse and the role of the critics and writers of the time distinguishes this study from others that focus on the art and artist only. The inclusion of historic archival material enhances each artist’s practice, including descriptions and illustrations of key works.”—Carol Damian, author of The Virgin of the Andes: Art and … Continue reading Modern Art in 1940s Cuba
Documenting South Florida’s Disappearing Mobile Communities
By Diego Waisman, author of Sunset Colonies: A Visual Elegy to South Florida's Mobile Home Communities “People think that geography is about capitals, landforms, and so on. But it is also about place—its emotional tone, social meaning, and generative potential." Yi-Fu Tuan, Chinese-American geographer and writer (1930-2022) The motivation behind creating Sunset Colonies stemmed from … Continue reading Documenting South Florida’s Disappearing Mobile Communities
Sunset Colonies
“An urgent and timely series of images that capture compounding crises of our time. This book contributes to the ever-growing, fascinating, and terrifying investigations of South Florida as a harbinger for the remainder of the nation.”—Tatiana McInnis, author of To Tell a Black Story of Miami “Waisman’s photographic collection offers a firm and impassioned grip … Continue reading Sunset Colonies
Women across Asian Art
“This book is unique in its broad focus: addressing the feminine as a subject in art as well as women in the art world, including living artists, and reaching from the present back to the Bronze Age. Several of the essays tell stories that are long overdue, and they are likely to encourage further scholarship … Continue reading Women across Asian Art
Great Waves and Mountains
“This volume successfully brings the vibrant history of museum and individual collecting of Japanese art into a new focus. New readings of archival matter and past histories contribute to a deeper understanding of the continuity of interest in Japanese art and culture in North America.”—Amy G. Poster, curator emerita, Asian Art, Brooklyn Museum “Offers a roadmap … Continue reading Great Waves and Mountains
Internal Logic
Maggie Taylor’s digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport, and are unforgettable. Taylor’s images are built, layer by layer and object by object, through a disciplined studio process of trial and error. It is only through looking at dozens of these images, and spending time with them, that one begins to unravel the artist’s … Continue reading Internal Logic
In Memory of Jerry Uelsmann
We are saddened to share the news that Jerry Uelsmann, University Press of Florida author, University of Florida emeritus photography professor, and groundbreaking surrealist photo artist, has passed away at age 87.Uelsmann pioneered darkroom techniques for layering film negatives to create absorbing and otherworldly black-and-white photomontages. His many photo collections published with the University Press … Continue reading In Memory of Jerry Uelsmann
Picturing the Space Shuttle: The Early Years
Rare views of the beginnings of the historic space program, selected and presented by two leading space flight authorities“[An] excellent photographic history. . . . In its comprehensive approach and its introduction of images not often seen, Picturing the Space Shuttle is a collectible time capsule of the first decades of one of NASA’s crowning achievements.”—Foreword Reviews “A … Continue reading Picturing the Space Shuttle: The Early Years
Intersections
“This unique and splendid volume contains insights into cultural creativity stretching from Medieval Spain to Mughal India, from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. It obliterates dichotomies of East-West, Christian-Muslim, and religious-secular, replacing them with Islamicate traces of dalliance and delight for all who explore these well-wrought essays. Magnificently illustrated.”—Bruce B. Lawrence, author of Who Is … Continue reading Intersections
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