The Arts books

A Companion to Rainer Werner Fassbinder is the first of its kind to engage with this important figure. Twenty-eight...  Read More >>

This book provides an important new contribution to debates around housing policy and its impact on community cohesion....  Read More >>

These days artists like Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and the Chapman brothers are not only big business but also ,...  Read More >>

Shelter City provides a detailed overview of air-raid protection plans and structures developed in Europe between...  Read More >>

Architects, development practitioners and designers are working in a global environment and issues such as environmental...  Read More >>

It has long been said that a woman's hair is her crowning glory. Indeed, throughout history, hair has remained an...  Read More >>

This illustrated overview presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of Screwball Comedy and Film Noir, two popular...  Read More >>

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The paperback edition of the critically acclaimed biography. The Sparks story is now celebrated in this book, Daryl...  Read More >>

For over a century the Chicago art community has struggled to define itself in relation to other urban art centers....  Read More >>

This new edition brings a respected book up to date with current technology and practice, additional coverage of...  Read More >>

An illustrated memoir from a World War II soldier, drawn from the letters, sketches, snapshots, and mementos of...  Read More >>

This beautiful monograph illuminates the life and work of one of America's most celebrated artists, Edward Hopper....  Read More >>

Unmonumental is a groundbreaking thematic survey of sculptural work by thirty of today's leading artists, chosen...  Read More >>

With over 300 illustrations and rare drawings, this is the most comprehensive monograph on Sweden's famous modernist...  Read More >>

This volume brings together the most important essays on and by Frank Lloyd Wright, described by the American Institute...  Read More >>

With hybrids of criticism, fiction, and personal essays, this title features chapters that take on another's work,...  Read More >>

K G Subramanyan is one of the most influential Indian artists, teachers, and theorists of the twentieth century....  Read More >>

'Fish: Recipes from the Sea' is a collection of more than 200 recipes for cooking with fish and seafood from 'The...  Read More >>

Twisted bodies, deformed faces, aberrant behavior, and abnormal desires characterized the hideous creatures of classic...  Read More >>

A spectacular series of 'how to' draw art for fans of fantasy and budding artists everywhere.  Read More >>

Considers, in prose and photographs, a fertile landscape that has been farmed for centuries. With a democratic attention,...  Read More >>

Andrew Jackson Downing, now considered the father of American landscape architecture, was among the first to develop...  Read More >>

Twisted bodies, deformed faces, aberrant behavior, and abnormal desires characterized the hideous creatures of classic...  Read More >>

Alan Bates, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Tom Courtenay, Albert Finney, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Robert Shaw...  Read More >>