Art and Artifice in Visual Culture: Eighteenth Century to the Present is Professor Michael Yonan’s latest publication, just released by Routledge. Professor Yonan lastest book, co-edited with Sonia Coman and Vasile-Ovidiu Prejmerean, explores the notion of “artifice” in modern visual culture, ranging from the eighteenth century to the present, in countries around the globe.

Professor Yonan has also contributed a chapter on “Rococo Aesthetics and the Problem of Trompe l’Oeil.”