{"product_id":"the-dogs-gaze-a-visual-history-9780593652794","title":"The Dog's Gaze: A Visual History","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"It is difficult to think of many other books that are at once so brilliant, so wonderfully entertaining, and so moving . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Dog's Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e is full of exuberant insights about our canine friends, about art, and about the human condition.\" --Stephen Greenblatt \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A splendid blend of histories: natural, cultural, and artistic . . . A delight for dog-loving art connoisseurs, and vice versa.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom award-winning cultural historian, an enlightening and unique meditation on the presence of dogs in art, from the Paleolithic era to the present, and what our intertwined human-canine relationship reveals about human nature \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong before the phrase man's best friend became common parlance, dogs were already standing beside us in art as in life. In \u003ci\u003eThe Dog's Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e, the historian Thomas W. Laqueur invites us to explore why they feature more than any other animal in the ways in which we picture ourselves and our stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDogs have been ubiquitous in the worldmaking of visual artists as far back as the Paleolithic age. Looking across the Western tradition, from Giotto to Goya and Rubens to Rego, Laqueur shows what their presence--as hunting partners, beloved friends, and even conduits to the afterlife--reveals about our own ways of seeing and how we want to be remembered. Far from being mere motifs, dogs are an integral and intentional element of the images in which they appear: They provide narrative coherence; they look out and bear witness, often on the artist's behalf; they illuminate our understanding of morality and melancholy and some, like us, become celebrities. Indeed, as Laqueur reveals, dogs in art are our social doppelgängers, our companions in looking and being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichly illustrated and lovingly written, \u003ci\u003eThe Dog's Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique visual history that examines the remarkable social bond between two species, shedding new light on the human condition through the eyes of our canine companions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas W. Laqueur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593652794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas W. Laqueur\u003c\/b\u003e is the Helen Fawcett Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. An internationally renowned cultural historian, he has published books on topics ranging from working class religion and education to the history of sexuality and the body. He is a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society and recipient of the 2007 Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award and the 2016 Cundill History Prize. His work has been translated into twenty languages.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Thomas W. Laqueur \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48397187448989,"sku":"9780593652794","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f0931b64-3d17-4790-b27b-dbedd5d99324.jpg?v=1781075449","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-dogs-gaze-a-visual-history-9780593652794","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}