The Arts: General & Reference books

Explores the tradition of personifying liberty, justice, wisdom, charity, and other ideals and desiderata in the...  Read More >>

An exploration of the beauty of simplicity in our everyday life. The collected works of a master. Philippe Weisbecker...  Read More >>

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Even Death deserves a vacation.  Read More >>

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This title was first published in 2003: Modernist architecture claimed to be the 'international style' but the...  Read More >>

This title was first published in 2002. 'Memory and Desire' is a lavishly illustrated account of the art world in...  Read More >>

What happened to art in Britain when the balance began to shift from public to private subsidy following the IMF...  Read More >>

Outstanding refresher course in creative thinking presents more than 300 methods and techniques for helping artists...  Read More >>

Based on the words and experiences of the people involved, this book tells the story of the community arts movement...  Read More >>

A unique journey through time and space to the origins of the figuration of the human body, from the Neolithic era...  Read More >>

Offering a negative definition of art in relation to the concept of culture, this book establishes the concept of...  Read More >>

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Silverpoint, and metalpoint more generally, is the practice of marking with soft metal on a specifically prepared...  Read More >>

Focusing on early Renaissance Franco-Ottoman relations, this book fills a gap in studies of Ottoman representations...  Read More >>

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The challenge of globalization and technology and the flow of students seeking higher education in another country...  Read More >>

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This comprehensive and accessible book focuses on the professional, cultural and historical environments in which...  Read More >>

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This book brings together science fiction, history, visual art, and exploration to reframe the relationship among...  Read More >>

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The natural genesis of stone is particularly suitable as a production paradigm of mimicking art; examples are rock...  Read More >>