The Arts books

The Oxford Handbook of Black Dance Studies encompasses the thinking that considers how people in motion craft worlds...  Read More >>

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Now updated, this authoritative text offers a clear guide to masonry structures, without using complex mathematics....  Read More >>

The Written Art Collection is dedicated to artistic positions that combine language, writing and image. Starting...  Read More >>

Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) is known for her iconic installations that explored the relationship between humanity...  Read More >>

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Combining sound studies and contemporary philosophy, this study reveals the ethical potency of the sound of the...  Read More >>

Celebrate the magic, history and artistry of musicals with this...  Read More >>

Explore 50 beloved rom-com films, from their unforgettable stories to the iconic stars who brought them to life....  Read More >>

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Exploring Romantic-period works as open-ended collections of discrete book parts, prints, watercolours, manuscripts,...  Read More >>

An authoritative overview of the personal, professional, cultural, political and religious contexts in which Hensel...  Read More >>

The idea underlying this Element is that a historical text is a translation of past events. Translating His-stories...  Read More >>

This Element compares the 1951 Festival of Britain with the 2022 Unboxed Festival to explore both continuities and...  Read More >>

Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240) believed there is one Sharia for humans and another for minerals. This Element rethinks what...  Read More >>

Castro’s intimate, small-scale works confront the disenfranchisement of racial and gender minorities Through paintings,...  Read More >>

An explanation of Deleuze’s cinema books that fleshes out a structuralist “method” applicable to film and media...  Read More >>

On the evening of 26 January 1926, inventor John Logie Baird held a public demonstration in his workspace on London’s...  Read More >>

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From Hannover to Los Angeles - The eventful life of an artist, author and visionary. Käte Steinitz (1889-1975)...  Read More >>

Going behind the scenes of the travelling fair – exploring its design, atmosphere, people, and processes – in order...  Read More >>

This book explores how contemporary craftspeople, artists and other creatives identifying as LGBTQ+ use craft materials...  Read More >>

Featuring contributions from renowned scholars, curators and creatives, this edited collection re-evaluates British...  Read More >>

A comprehensive study of the revitalization and relaunch of luxury brands, using the Swiss watch industry as a case...  Read More >>

Guided by 20 ""figures of interest,"" 70 contemporary artists chart the history and mythology of New Mexico and...  Read More >>